Profile Evaluation Request - 750 GMAT / 3.03 GPA

Hi,

Thank you for offering your professional advice! Please see my situation/background below:

1. WE: 4 years (at matriculation for Class of 2019) in Technology Consulting (Accenture/E&Y/PwC); have done both technical implementation work and most recently project management work
2. GMAT: 750 (50Q 41V)
3. College: graduated in 2013 from Top 10 engineering school (CMU, GaTech, UMich) – B.S. ChemE and BME Double Major with 3.03 GPA (upward trend) due to significant college ECs
4. EC: During college, co-founded a startup that received some funding and co-founded a social fraternity. Post-college, I am the lead of my office's volunteer group and I also participate in some other more minor EC/volunteer opportunities
5. Certifications: none
6. Post-MBA goal: BB Investment Banking (ideally in a healthcare group) --> long-term goal: healthcare/biotech investments (not sure whether PE, VC, HF, etc.)
7. 25yo Asian-American male

I applied to several schools this year (ranging from Booth to Yale) for the class of 2018 and was dinged by all of them. Only received an interview invite from Booth, which I thought I did very well in FWIW. Despite my true desires for IB, my applications this year centered on wanting to do MBB to gain the skills to eventually continue/expand my family’s pharma venture as it created the most cohesive and interesting story. I was afraid that saying IB would be too random for my background and that my long-term goals would be hard for me to justify.

I am not sure if my schools are too ambitious and that I need to be more realistic with my targets. Or if there is something fundamentally wrong with my candidacy that I can/can’t improve on. I do not plan on applying anymore this year and would rather give these schools another shot next year. I plan on taking a couple extension courses and maybe volunteering in some pro-bono consulting.

Any advice or feedback will be much appreciated!


Thanks,

iby1229