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08 Sep 2016, 13:41
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Hello! I'm preparing myself to apply for an MBA next year, and I would really appreciate your profile evaluation and some help on defining my targets (given my background, GPA, GMAT and post-MBA goals).
* South american, male, 29 yo
* GPA: 2.4 (sad) in business (local top business school)
* GMAT: did not take yet, but expecting 720+ (based on mock exams I took)
* Work Experience:
- 4 years / Structured Finance (Asset Backed Securities) in a middle-sized well-known local investment bank / promoted yearly / participated on several interesting deals, some of them as the the main responsible analyst (one of the deals was a ~USD 200M public offering)
- 1 year / Associate - Structured Finance in a very small boutique / resigned on March
- Just started as an Associate in a new small investment boutique (Structured Finance again)
* I'm going to take the CFA Level I exam in December (pretty confident that I will pass)
* Voluntary Work: responsible for the financial management in an NGO which helps refugees (started 1 week ago)
* My post-MBA goal: Investment Banking / US
From what I've read and given my profile, I'm trying to find out my best options from: Booth, Columbia, NYU, MIT, Yale, Tuck, Ross, Darden, UCLA Anderson, Duke.
I would really appreciate your insights!
* South american, male, 29 yo
* GPA: 2.4 (sad) in business (local top business school)
* GMAT: did not take yet, but expecting 720+ (based on mock exams I took)
* Work Experience:
- 4 years / Structured Finance (Asset Backed Securities) in a middle-sized well-known local investment bank / promoted yearly / participated on several interesting deals, some of them as the the main responsible analyst (one of the deals was a ~USD 200M public offering)
- 1 year / Associate - Structured Finance in a very small boutique / resigned on March
- Just started as an Associate in a new small investment boutique (Structured Finance again)
* I'm going to take the CFA Level I exam in December (pretty confident that I will pass)
* Voluntary Work: responsible for the financial management in an NGO which helps refugees (started 1 week ago)
* My post-MBA goal: Investment Banking / US
From what I've read and given my profile, I'm trying to find out my best options from: Booth, Columbia, NYU, MIT, Yale, Tuck, Ross, Darden, UCLA Anderson, Duke.
I would really appreciate your insights!
09 Sep 2016, 03:13
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Hello! I'm preparing myself to apply for an MBA next year, and I would really appreciate your profile evaluation and some help on defining my targets (given my background, GPA, GMAT and post-MBA goals).
* South american, male, 29 yo
* GPA: 2.4 (sad) in business (local top business school)
* GMAT: did not take yet, but expecting 720+ (based on mock exams I took)
* Work Experience:
- 4 years / Structured Finance (Asset Backed Securities) in a middle-sized well-known local investment bank / promoted yearly / participated on several interesting deals, some of them as the the main responsible analyst (one of the deals was a ~USD 200M public offering)
- 1 year / Associate - Structured Finance in a very small boutique / resigned on March
- Just started as an Associate in a new small investment boutique (Structured Finance again)
* I'm going to take the CFA Level I exam in December (pretty confident that I will pass)
* Voluntary Work: responsible for the financial management in an NGO which helps refugees (started 1 week ago)
* My post-MBA goal: Investment Banking / US
From what I've read and given my profile, I'm trying to find out my best options from: Booth, Columbia, NYU, MIT, Yale, Tuck, Ross, Darden, UCLA Anderson, Duke.
I would really appreciate your insights!
* South american, male, 29 yo
* GPA: 2.4 (sad) in business (local top business school)
* GMAT: did not take yet, but expecting 720+ (based on mock exams I took)
* Work Experience:
- 4 years / Structured Finance (Asset Backed Securities) in a middle-sized well-known local investment bank / promoted yearly / participated on several interesting deals, some of them as the the main responsible analyst (one of the deals was a ~USD 200M public offering)
- 1 year / Associate - Structured Finance in a very small boutique / resigned on March
- Just started as an Associate in a new small investment boutique (Structured Finance again)
* I'm going to take the CFA Level I exam in December (pretty confident that I will pass)
* Voluntary Work: responsible for the financial management in an NGO which helps refugees (started 1 week ago)
* My post-MBA goal: Investment Banking / US
From what I've read and given my profile, I'm trying to find out my best options from: Booth, Columbia, NYU, MIT, Yale, Tuck, Ross, Darden, UCLA Anderson, Duke.
I would really appreciate your insights!
Hey there,
So a few thoughts here:
First of all that your general profile (South American + Finance) is a good base, and should be able to get you into a good school.
Secondly, with your GPA, you will have to expand your list to Top 20 schools. Top 10 will be too risky, and your current school list is far too difficult. The average GPA for Top 10 schools is 3.6!!!! Which means for them to take a guy with a 2.4 your profile has to be psychotically amazing! More logical is to spread out your school list among Top20/30 schools (depending, of course upon your GMAT).
So that's very much in general for now. But come back again with any questions you have and of course when you get your actual GMAT score.
Best,
Jon
