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04 Jul 2022, 11:11
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Hi Team,
I would be really appreciate if you could help take a look at my profile.
GMAT: 720
Bio: 33y asian male
Education:
Undergrade GPA 3.2 in llb from average school
Grads school: GPA3.5 in top 5 MiM and MSc Fin in France
WE:
Had 7yr of experience as sellside trader in investment bank in HK, roles included franchaise building, risk management and profit generation.
Option 1: Apply to a US MBAs with a focus on Finance, such as Whartons, Chicago, Columbia(the value investing specialization seems interesting), LBS etc.
Post MBAs plan: want to accelerate career growth and switch to a buyside role in quantitative driven investing and/or switch to different product(from fixed income to equity/multi-asset).
Option 2: Apply to MBAs with a focus on Business Analytic, MIT, Yale SOM, INSEAD etc(feel free to add any other strong program).
Post MBAs plan: privot career to tech/consulting. I have background in quantatitive finance and concurrently pursuiting a part-time master in computer science.
Reason for MBAs: After years intensive and stressful risk taking role, I want to take an MBA as a sabbatical and looking for a career change. I have applied to different roles in same industry and roles in other industrial and find that a strong US MBAs could be very helpful for a mid career change. Thereforce I would like to keep my options open and make the application from two different direction concurrently.
I would be really appreciate if you could help take a look at my profile.
GMAT: 720
Bio: 33y asian male
Education:
Undergrade GPA 3.2 in llb from average school
Grads school: GPA3.5 in top 5 MiM and MSc Fin in France
WE:
Had 7yr of experience as sellside trader in investment bank in HK, roles included franchaise building, risk management and profit generation.
Option 1: Apply to a US MBAs with a focus on Finance, such as Whartons, Chicago, Columbia(the value investing specialization seems interesting), LBS etc.
Post MBAs plan: want to accelerate career growth and switch to a buyside role in quantitative driven investing and/or switch to different product(from fixed income to equity/multi-asset).
Option 2: Apply to MBAs with a focus on Business Analytic, MIT, Yale SOM, INSEAD etc(feel free to add any other strong program).
Post MBAs plan: privot career to tech/consulting. I have background in quantatitive finance and concurrently pursuiting a part-time master in computer science.
Reason for MBAs: After years intensive and stressful risk taking role, I want to take an MBA as a sabbatical and looking for a career change. I have applied to different roles in same industry and roles in other industrial and find that a strong US MBAs could be very helpful for a mid career change. Thereforce I would like to keep my options open and make the application from two different direction concurrently.
04 Jul 2022, 20:27
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gmatdriller1:
I don't think it makes much of a difference between Option 1 and Option 2. It's really more of a personal call as to the direction you want to take. The schools you highlighted in both options feel somewhat similar in terms of competition. Option 2 might be slightly easier, but I wouldn't necessarily go with it because you think that's the pathway of less resistance.
The big concern for you is going to your age. Even though you have graduate school already under your belt, coming in at 33 is going to make things tough. You're in this middle ground between being on the older side for a full-time MBA and on the younger side for the EMBA. There are people who enter a full-time MBA at 33, but it's not terribly common.
Also, your GPA/GMAT combo is solid but not stellar. That might make some of these schools (MIT, Wharton) more of a reach. I wouldn't necessarily recommend retaking the GMAT at this point unless you felt simply sitting for the exam again could help you gain 20+ points.
Lastly, do you have any extracurriuclar achievements or interesting, personal stories to share? Either or both of these can improve your chances.
I don't think it makes much of a difference between Option 1 and Option 2. It's really more of a personal call as to the direction you want to take. The schools you highlighted in both options feel somewhat similar in terms of competition. Option 2 might be slightly easier, but I wouldn't necessarily go with it because you think that's the pathway of less resistance.
The big concern for you is going to your age. Even though you have graduate school already under your belt, coming in at 33 is going to make things tough. You're in this middle ground between being on the older side for a full-time MBA and on the younger side for the EMBA. There are people who enter a full-time MBA at 33, but it's not terribly common.
Also, your GPA/GMAT combo is solid but not stellar. That might make some of these schools (MIT, Wharton) more of a reach. I wouldn't necessarily recommend retaking the GMAT at this point unless you felt simply sitting for the exam again could help you gain 20+ points.
Lastly, do you have any extracurriuclar achievements or interesting, personal stories to share? Either or both of these can improve your chances.
