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14 Jul 2015, 05:37
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1) Full-time work experience.
Operations position at top 15 bank (6 months)
Management position at a retail store (12 months)
Customer service, negotiating short sales. (12 months)
Total 30 months work exp as of now.
2) GMAT
700 Q49 V36
AWA: 5.5
IR: 4 (38 percentile) – Could be a concern regarding gmat, but really not looking to retake.
3) College info:
Small state university. Major – Business Management. Cumulative GPA 3.53.
4) EC:
Black Belt program for Mixed Martial Arts
Amateur Bodybuilding
Looking to start volunteer work in a marketing firm or elsewhere
5) Target programs.
Potentially looking at:
UNC (Kenan-Flagler), UT-Austin, and Tepper. But I honestly do not know where I currently fit with my given stats.
Not having strong extra-curriculars, my concern is getting into top 50 programs. Would love advice regarding this issue.
6) Application cycle:
Looking to apply to 4-5 in each cycle, R1 and R2. For matriculation in 2016.
7) Post-MBA goal.
Leaning towards Finance or management.
8)Personal:
Male; White
Looking to boost my extra curriculars and work experience in the next year. Would appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance!
Operations position at top 15 bank (6 months)
Management position at a retail store (12 months)
Customer service, negotiating short sales. (12 months)
Total 30 months work exp as of now.
2) GMAT
700 Q49 V36
AWA: 5.5
IR: 4 (38 percentile) – Could be a concern regarding gmat, but really not looking to retake.
3) College info:
Small state university. Major – Business Management. Cumulative GPA 3.53.
4) EC:
Black Belt program for Mixed Martial Arts
Amateur Bodybuilding
Looking to start volunteer work in a marketing firm or elsewhere
5) Target programs.
Potentially looking at:
UNC (Kenan-Flagler), UT-Austin, and Tepper. But I honestly do not know where I currently fit with my given stats.
Not having strong extra-curriculars, my concern is getting into top 50 programs. Would love advice regarding this issue.
6) Application cycle:
Looking to apply to 4-5 in each cycle, R1 and R2. For matriculation in 2016.
7) Post-MBA goal.
Leaning towards Finance or management.
8)Personal:
Male; White
Looking to boost my extra curriculars and work experience in the next year. Would appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance!
16 Jul 2015, 04:25
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atl12688
Hey dude,
Good to hear from you.
Overall, what I see here is pretty good. Solid GMAT, solid GPA and solid progress at work.
The one thing that makes it real hard for me to evaluate you though, is that I don't really know anything about your work experience - what you did, where you work, if you have lead people, if you have gotten raises/promotions. I mean you say "top bank" but are we talking investment bank? retail bank? something else?
I take it also, that since you didn't elaborate about your volunteer work, you don't have that much, right? I mean, it's not terrible, but not that great either.
I'm guessing that you can fit somewhere in the range of about 10-30 in the rankings, but write me back with more detail, and I can answer you more precisely,
Best,
JF
16 Jul 2015, 06:41
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JonAdmissionado
Thank you for the reply!
From 2012-13 I worked at an internationally known retail store as a manager, so this was my only leadership experience. Received one pay increase and one promotion in the year i was there. The position i held in 2013-14 was at a smaller company, which was a vendor for Bank of America. The role was a lot of quality assurance and customer interaction, but I did receive one pay increase. The most recent position I had was at Citigroup. This job was operations, so again not in a management or leadership role.
Yes that's correct regarding the volunteer work. I am currently researching opportunities in my area, and hopefully will get something going soon. I am finding a theme in my profile, it seems my work experience may be more troublesome than my extra-curriculars and volunteering. Any further information you may be able to provide would be greatly appreciated, and I hope I included enough information to give you a better idea.
