Beanz33 wrote:
Hi there,
I recently took the GMAT and am hoping to gain some insight regarding my candidate profile for FT MBA Programs (ideal matriculation in 2018).
With that in mind, please see the details of my current situation below:
Undergrad - UC Davis (2013)
Major - Economics
GPA - 3.61
GMAT - 710 (44Q 41V 8IR)
Age at Enrollment - 28
Designations - CFA Charterholder, CAIA Charterholder
Extracurriculars - Current: Local CFA Society Mentor, Local CAIA Society Member, University Finance Club Mentor, Corporate Mentor Program. Previous: University Boxing Club Member, University Financial Club Member, Local Middle School Reading Partners Club Tutor, Golden Key Honor Society Member. Additionally, I worked during my entire senior year for a major wirehouse in their PWM department.
I am currently an associate at a boutique investment bank, and prior to that I worked in the wealth management industry within two of the most well-known wirehouses (think ML, JPM, GS, CITI) for approximately three years. I am aiming to work in investment banking post-MBA, but within a technology vertical of a bulge bracket bank (looking to hop industries and level-up in terms of scale).
My major concern is that before UCD I spent four years at city college. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do (was 17 years old), and even considered attempting to become a professional boxer. It wasn't until my third year that I saw the light and began to seriously pursue a finance path (finished with a 3.07 GPA).
I am planning on applying to: Anderson, Haas, Tuck, Stern, Fuqua, Johnson, and Kellogg. To my hopeful audience....what're my chances with these programs?
Thank you in advance for any and all responses!!!
Hey there,
Very good to hear from you!
You have an interesting and a good profile and I think you can get some great stuff done with it. Although there are some weaknesses and difficulties.
Let's start with your goals - I'm not sure that your move to IB is the best possible goal. It's considered the top Finance job more or less, and that plus moving to bulge bracket, where you will compete in these selfsame top schools with folks whore are COMING from bulge bracket and IB might be tough.
Don't take this to mean I don't think you can make those goals - totally! But they may not be the best strategically. You may want to propose for example a continued career in wealth management but at a far higher managerial level, for example.
I think your school list is quite solid, and that it has more or less a good mix of schools. You are however missing a real "Safe school" or two in your list, and I would suggest you add one of those.
Other than that, what I can say is that a lot of your success in your application will depend upon the story you are able to present the AdCom - how passionate, interesting, unique ambitious and logical it all is.
Good luck to you!
And feel free to drop us a line for a
free consultation.
Best,
JF
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09 Jul 2017, 00:40
