Would appreciate if you can provide feedback on my case.
hi @cg07, happy to provide feedback to you and will do so below.28 yr old Filipino Male with green card
Full-time work experience:
- 2.5 years as an Investment Banking Analyst (government financial institution) focusing on infrastructure investments;
- 3.5 years as an Investment Banking Associate with Top Tier ASEAN Investment Bank(was promoted to Associate)
- Was supposed to be promoted to senior analyst in my first job but was poached by a multinational investment bank (top tier in South East Asia)
- Spearheaded the establishment of an analyst pool program which enables analysts to rotate on different investment banking products (saves the firm extra cost and increases efficiency of working teams)
- 6 years Investment banking experience in M&A, Equity, and Debt financing
This looks like a lot of work- are you saying it is 6 total or 12? as if it is 12 you may find schools questioning more why you need MBA.740 GMAT
Nothing not to like here!Undergrad info:
Top 3 Philippine University
Applied Economics; 2.167 GPA
Low GPA due to father being diagnosed with kidney failure, and heart attack; mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, stage 1 breast cancer
This is the weak link for sure- but explaining the context of what you were dealing with- as you have done here- helps adcom know what else was going on. I am sorry you had to deal with all this in college.Significant college and post-college extra-curricular activities:
Undergrad extra-curricular: University student government, economics organization
Post undergrad: Volunteer for Non profit organizations like Teach for the Philippines, Gawad Kalinga (reach out to poor communities and teach the under privileged)
Post-MBA goal:
Transition to Private Equity or Investment Banking in the US. Strong recommendation letters from high level executives (President & CEO, Managing Director, and Executive Director). President & CEO of the firm is an alumnus of Kellogg.
convincing adcom why you can't do that now is key- I'd look at the angle of you wanting to get more leadership expertise to help you as you move forward in organization.I know most of the schools I will be applying to will be a reach due to my GPA but below are my dream schools:
I think your work experience trumps GPA here and the GMAT helps. If you do have 12 yrs work, I also might look at the GSB MSx program as with your experience you may find this program meets your needs also.- Wharton
- Columbia
- Yale
- Booth
- Kellogg
I would apply with confidence to all these programs. To reach out for a free consult to help you even more- go here:
https://stratusadmissionscounseling.com ... b-visitor/ Would appreciate any advice. Thank you.