beans123 wrote:
Curious to hear group thoughts on chances of getting into a top b-school
Overview:
- Tech-oriented female looking to gain general business acumen as well as continued tech/ strategy skillset
- Looking to switch industries (from financial services to healthcare or consumer retail)
- From the US; want to live/ travel abroad - b-school seems like cheapest/ best option
Numbers:
- 3.5/4 at Top 15 U.S. University
- GMAT: 700
Professional Experience:
- 1 year in Tech Consulting at household name (Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, etc)
- 2 years in Fintech at top 2 U.S. bank
Extras:
- On the young professional board of a multi-national non-profit; also weekly volunteer at a grassroots org for underserved high school students enduring college application process
- Potential to launch social responsibility mobile app
Top Schools: London Business School, INSEAD, MIT, Wharton, Haas, NYU
Looking for general counsel in terms of ways to improve my application/ schools to consider - I have time before I begin applying (18 months), generally have struggled with the GMAT although I know that's the "lowest hanging fruit". Thanks!
Hello
beans123You have great schools on list.
Just if you are from US and want to live abroad why do you even target some US schools ?
Being a aspiring female is going to be your advantage, from cultural diversification perspective, especially in Europe as being US female.
Not that many US students choose Europe over US, still.
With your GMAT score you are set for LBS and INSEAD and I would recommend adding even some more European schools on your list, since living abroad is your goal.
For that purpose you can visit my list of best European Business schools here, along with average GMAT scores and even ranges presented, for easier targeting :
https://gmatclub.com/forum/mba-in-europ ... l#p2181213I can recommend Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, LSE (for some master in the field that you want to shift on) HEC, IMD, etc. depending on your geographic preference.
Here are average GMAT scores for your target US schools:
MIT 730
Wharton 732
Haas 726
NYU 716
Those are averages for admitted students, meaning higher and lower scores can work if overall profile is good one (as yours), so you can still be interesting to them with current score.
I am curious why would you like to move from such hot industry as FinTech ?
Good Luck with application
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20 Apr 2019, 19:33
