Hi all -- Looking for a
profile review and any advice you can offer me!
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Sexual Orientation: Gay
Undergrad: Large State School in the South - First Generation
-Also studied abroad, twice
Bachelors Degree: Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 3.6/4
GMAT: 650 (Q44, V35) -- I have such horrible standard test anxiety. Started at a 470 and was able to get it here, not looking to take again.
Target Schools: Was shooting for M7, specifically HBS, Sloan, Booth, Wharton...don't know if this is possible given my GMAT, please recommend any schools you think I should look more into. Have aspirations to work internationally (at least in the short term), so targeting schools with some international presence/connections.
4 Years work experience: Have two engineering internships I did in undergrad, did tech consulting for 2.5 years, and now been at a BB Investment Bank doing equity research for a little over a year
ECs: Treasurer of my college's LGBTQ alumni association for 2 years...everything else I did was in college but included
-Treasurer of National Society of Black Engineers
-Treasurer of Greek Fraternity
-Vice Chair for our Homecoming Weekend (was also on homecoming court)
-On the board for campus wide volunteer day
-On of 4 students to run orientation weekend for freshman -- much more, too much to name
Reason for MBA: 1) I came into finance in a round about way, so while I love the on the job training, I would love to go back and learn the fundamentals of the finance industry/world and get the technical knowledge that comes along with it. 2) Expand my network of people.
Post MBA: I want to work internationally in the Energy space. I currently cover the energy industry, and think its importance in the global space will only increase. I would love to work in M&A, hedge funds, or private equity for the energy space. I think that ultimately people with clean energy try to innovate without including big oil and gas companies, and I just don't think that is feasible, I think the goal really should be working together on it. I see a lot of opportunity in developing countries to spearhead this efforts as they don't already have the infrastructure in place. So getting an MBA would provide me the opportunity, and network, to work on developing these new projects.