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24 Apr 2010, 13:05
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Hi Alex,
Seen you on these forums giving a lot of high quality advice... was wondering if you could give me an opinion on my profile:
GMAT: 770 (50Q, 47V, 6.0 AWA)
Education: Summa Cum Laude (3.9+ GPA) with dual degrees (BA/BS) from top public university (Mich/Cal/UVa)
W/E: Expected 2-3 years at top bulge bracket investment bank in Chi/SF
EC: Involved in arts/theater for 2 years in college, founded and ran own univ. course, leadership positions in several clubs but nothing overly "outstanding"
Community Service: volunteered for 3 weeks at an orphanage in Latin America, currently mentoring underprivileged kids in local community
Essays: Probably going to hire an admissions consultant so they should be decent/good.
I am looking to apply in around 2-3 years; I am current a graduating senior in UG. I had a couple of questions i was hoping for your take on:
- What are the biggest areas of weakness in my app? I'm somewhat concerned about being an overrepresented investment banker.
- In my free time over the next few months, what would be the best thing for me to work on? (Campus visits/ECs/Essays?) Considering that once I start work, I won't really have time for ECs due to 100-hour weeks, which may be an issue.
- What would be an honest assessment of my reaches and targets at this point?
Thanks a lot in advance. I really appreciate your insights!
Seen you on these forums giving a lot of high quality advice... was wondering if you could give me an opinion on my profile:
GMAT: 770 (50Q, 47V, 6.0 AWA)
Education: Summa Cum Laude (3.9+ GPA) with dual degrees (BA/BS) from top public university (Mich/Cal/UVa)
W/E: Expected 2-3 years at top bulge bracket investment bank in Chi/SF
EC: Involved in arts/theater for 2 years in college, founded and ran own univ. course, leadership positions in several clubs but nothing overly "outstanding"
Community Service: volunteered for 3 weeks at an orphanage in Latin America, currently mentoring underprivileged kids in local community
Essays: Probably going to hire an admissions consultant so they should be decent/good.
I am looking to apply in around 2-3 years; I am current a graduating senior in UG. I had a couple of questions i was hoping for your take on:
- What are the biggest areas of weakness in my app? I'm somewhat concerned about being an overrepresented investment banker.
- In my free time over the next few months, what would be the best thing for me to work on? (Campus visits/ECs/Essays?) Considering that once I start work, I won't really have time for ECs due to 100-hour weeks, which may be an issue.
- What would be an honest assessment of my reaches and targets at this point?
Thanks a lot in advance. I really appreciate your insights!
25 Apr 2010, 12:18
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The biggest weakness is overthinking and overplanning -- it sounds like you're already planning your life 3+ years from now before even making that huge jump from college student to working professional.
Take it one step at a time. Do not underestimate the changes and obstacles you will experience in this transition - you will mature a lot, you will change your perspective, you will encounter things in your job/life that you won't expect. Do NOT take this for granted and assume "if I do X, Y and Z in the next few years and stick to my baked-in plan, I will be ready for b-school in 3 years!".
Again, don't worry about b-school. It may sound counter-intuitive because you've probably always heard that one needs to plan ahead, but in cases like yours (i.e. the personality types going into IB and consulting straight out of college) - it's usually the opposite -- you have to focus more on living in the moment and dealing with what is immediately in front of you, rather than trying to live three steps ahead (and getting neurotic about one's future and taking the present for granted - which can end up screwing you up more because you aren't as focused on the present).
Don't try and manufacture your resume for b-school - it's ass-backwards. If you're a compelling person, you're a compelling person - you will make choices that are best for your life, and your resume will be a byproduct of that, and not the reason for your career decisions.
The MBA isn't a magic slipper or some conditional gatekeeper that is preventing you from being some successful person (however you measure it).
Point is, focus on what is immediately ahead of you -- a very consuming job - and take it a step at a time. Because once you do that, you may achieve even more than you would've expected had you "lived" 3 steps ahead. Or you may not even go to b-school at all.
For a personality type like yourself (I'm being presumptuous, but given that you're going into banking, it's not a stretch to make that assumption), the greatest danger isn't lack of planning - but neurotically over-planning - turning your career, resume and life into some "plug and play" recipe.
A lot of things in your career and life WILL be non-linear -- rather than trying to force it into some linear progression, embrace the fact that it will be non-linear, random, and uncertain. You will discover something greater as a working adult than whatever you've tried to neurotically plan for as a college senior.
Again, congratulations on your job offer. Focus on getting through the first year as an analyst first.
Take it one step at a time. Do not underestimate the changes and obstacles you will experience in this transition - you will mature a lot, you will change your perspective, you will encounter things in your job/life that you won't expect. Do NOT take this for granted and assume "if I do X, Y and Z in the next few years and stick to my baked-in plan, I will be ready for b-school in 3 years!".
Again, don't worry about b-school. It may sound counter-intuitive because you've probably always heard that one needs to plan ahead, but in cases like yours (i.e. the personality types going into IB and consulting straight out of college) - it's usually the opposite -- you have to focus more on living in the moment and dealing with what is immediately in front of you, rather than trying to live three steps ahead (and getting neurotic about one's future and taking the present for granted - which can end up screwing you up more because you aren't as focused on the present).
Don't try and manufacture your resume for b-school - it's ass-backwards. If you're a compelling person, you're a compelling person - you will make choices that are best for your life, and your resume will be a byproduct of that, and not the reason for your career decisions.
The MBA isn't a magic slipper or some conditional gatekeeper that is preventing you from being some successful person (however you measure it).
Point is, focus on what is immediately ahead of you -- a very consuming job - and take it a step at a time. Because once you do that, you may achieve even more than you would've expected had you "lived" 3 steps ahead. Or you may not even go to b-school at all.
For a personality type like yourself (I'm being presumptuous, but given that you're going into banking, it's not a stretch to make that assumption), the greatest danger isn't lack of planning - but neurotically over-planning - turning your career, resume and life into some "plug and play" recipe.
A lot of things in your career and life WILL be non-linear -- rather than trying to force it into some linear progression, embrace the fact that it will be non-linear, random, and uncertain. You will discover something greater as a working adult than whatever you've tried to neurotically plan for as a college senior.
Again, congratulations on your job offer. Focus on getting through the first year as an analyst first.
