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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!
10 Sep 2016, 11:14
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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).
Hi the1whoknocks! Thanks for reaching out- will address your profile and make comments in blue below
* South american, male, 29 yo
* GPA: 2.4 (sad) in business (local top business school)Where was this? Make no excuses but you may have to address this in an optional essay... also did you trend higher in the last few years?
* GMAT: did not take yet, but expecting 720+ (based on mock exams I took)OK- well we need to see it in final print before we take this to the bank... but looking good
* 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)Good experience and helpful to post MBA goals since you are already in field
- 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)again... can't take that to the bank until you have the cash in hand...
* Voluntary Work: responsible for the financial management in an NGO which helps refugees (started 1 week ago)1 week ago? Are you kidding? OK well better late than never and especially ok if you are planning on fall 2018 matriculation
* 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!
So with your investment banking interests- I would say Columbia and NYU are great choices- all the schools on your list can get you there but you might enjoy the extra resources of being in school in NYC for the networking. You may have seen this- but Poets & Quants had a good article tracking best schools for sending people to I-Banking here: https://poetsandquants.com/2016/02/02/be ... banking/2/ and you can see that Wharton is highly rated there as well as Harvard, Stanford and Yale and Booth, MIT, Fuqua and Tuck. The good news too is that since less people seem to want this option it is a great time to be seeking this path post MBA from the student side! I'd work on developing stronger leadership and also looking for opportunities to lead at work and get busy nailing down that GMAT. We'd love to help you best position yourself so consider getting a free consult from us at this link: https://stratusprep.com/free%20consult/ Hi the1whoknocks! Thanks for reaching out- will address your profile and make comments in blue below
* South american, male, 29 yo
* GPA: 2.4 (sad) in business (local top business school)Where was this? Make no excuses but you may have to address this in an optional essay... also did you trend higher in the last few years?
* GMAT: did not take yet, but expecting 720+ (based on mock exams I took)OK- well we need to see it in final print before we take this to the bank... but looking good
* 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)Good experience and helpful to post MBA goals since you are already in field
- 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)again... can't take that to the bank until you have the cash in hand...
* Voluntary Work: responsible for the financial management in an NGO which helps refugees (started 1 week ago)1 week ago? Are you kidding? OK well better late than never and especially ok if you are planning on fall 2018 matriculation
* 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!
