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Joined: 29 Mar 2013
Posts: 2
Given Kudos: 0
Location: United States
Concentration: Finance, Strategy
GPA: 3.83
WE:Account Management (Hospitality and Tourism)
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08 Apr 2014, 10:34
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*29/m/white
*B.A. in Economics and Russian (Phi Beta Kappa, 3.8 GPA), M.A. in Slavic & East European Studies (4.0 GPA)--both from the same Big 10 university
*GMAT 740
*work at an online travel company. Started off as a ticketing data analyst, now moving into account management.
*past work experience a real grab bag: reverse mortgage servicing, newspaper internship, data entry temping, Wal-Mart greeter and later manager. I will be at 75 months of WE at matriculation in fall 2015
*very active in community: president of young adult group at a large church, run a monthly speaker series, run a men's group, serve on board of a church networking website, run happy hour club at work
My concern is that I applied last year with mixed results. I got in and got aid at HEC and Schulich. I got waitlisted and ultimately rejected at Booth. The school that I still can't figure out is Foster--denied after an interview.
From last year to now, I have beefed up my resume by (1) moving from a very menial and low-paying job in reverse mortgage servicing to a much better job in travel tech and (2) upgrading from a group member to group president/manager of some of my extracurriculars.
I am looking to get into consulting with my MBA. I am mostly interested in the top 10 U.S. schools, INSEAD, and Foster. I will probably apply for one or two additional top 25 schools but only consider if offered significant aid.
I am looking for thoughts on (1) where I would profile best and (2) what I can do to strengthen my resume before applying this fall.