GMAT: 730
Education:
• Drexel University ’11- GPA: 3.90 (Accounting/Finance)
• Wake Forest University School of Law ’14- J.D.
Internships:
• 1.5 years spent as Internal Audit Co-op with Insurance Corporation while at Drexel.
• Legal internships in-house w/three companies, two of them Fortune 500 companies (Major Retailer/Bank).
• Interned with district attorney’s office; had opportunity to prosecute several real cases on my own.
• Worked 3 years for law professor researching corporate governance.
Full-Time Work Experience
• Currently work full-time as operations analyst for fiberoptics company (interned with company in legal during law school August-January). Took ops position in hopes to improve MBA candidacy. Learning the business/responsible for numerous reports. Started position in June.
Certification
• Bar (pending; will attempt several states by 2015 Summer to keep options open)
Target Programs (Full-time):
• Texas- McCombs
• Emory- Goizueta
• Vanderbilt- Owen
• Duke- Fuqua (Reach)
• Penn- Wharton (Reach)
Post-MBA Goal:
• Consulting firm/investment banking/oil
• I understand that my candidacy has a glaring deficiency (full-time work experience) but pursuing an MBA is something I truly want to do. I realized while interning in-house during my 2nd year of law school that instead of counseling those who are making strategic business decisions, I wanted to be a part of such decisions.
• I am looking for any advice as to how to best market myself to my target schools; I would like to apply by Round 2 this fall to any of the aforementioned if I have the potential to be a viable candidate. I want to get the ball rolling ASAP.
Thanks for you time.
Nick