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What’s in it for you- Live Profile Evaluation Chat Session with Jenifer Turtschanow, CEO, ARINGO. Come with your details prepared and ARINGO will share insights! Pre-MBA Role/Industry, YOE, Exam Score, C/GPA, ECs Post-MBA Role/ Industry & School List.
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23 Dec 2020, 12:25
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MBA Info: Want to do an MBA for the life experience, opportunity to meet great people, and possibly to transition to a U.S. PE role from my current London role as an associate. Will refine the wording / messaging of this for the essays.
Why Now: 5yrs of experience, 3yrs at GS / MS / JPM and 2yrs at a PE fund (Bridgepoint / Apax) by the time I submit my application. Looking to possibly transition to a fund in the U.S. and because my fund does not have a path to partner for me in London without an MBA.
Target Schools: HBS / GSB
Work Exp.: Covered earlier but 2yrs as an IBD analyst at GS / MS / JPM and 1yr as an associate there. Then 1 year at Bridgepoint / Apax. Will do another year here before I submit my application.
Extra Curric.: Tennis coaching when I was a teenager. Strong swimmer competing at national level as a teenager. Captained cricket teams during school and university
Education: UK undergrad Economics (Warwick / UCL) graduated with first class honours (4.0 US equivalent). UK Postgrad MSc in Finance (Oxford / Cambridge) graduated with distinction
Race / Ethnicity: Born and brought up in the U.K. with Indian heritage
Sex: Male
GMAT: 720, Q48, V40
Would really appreciate peoples' honest opinion on my profile. What do I need to do to increase my chances at HBS and GSB? I am most concerned about my GMAT as things stand. Thanks for the help in advance!
Why Now: 5yrs of experience, 3yrs at GS / MS / JPM and 2yrs at a PE fund (Bridgepoint / Apax) by the time I submit my application. Looking to possibly transition to a fund in the U.S. and because my fund does not have a path to partner for me in London without an MBA.
Target Schools: HBS / GSB
Work Exp.: Covered earlier but 2yrs as an IBD analyst at GS / MS / JPM and 1yr as an associate there. Then 1 year at Bridgepoint / Apax. Will do another year here before I submit my application.
Extra Curric.: Tennis coaching when I was a teenager. Strong swimmer competing at national level as a teenager. Captained cricket teams during school and university
Education: UK undergrad Economics (Warwick / UCL) graduated with first class honours (4.0 US equivalent). UK Postgrad MSc in Finance (Oxford / Cambridge) graduated with distinction
Race / Ethnicity: Born and brought up in the U.K. with Indian heritage
Sex: Male
GMAT: 720, Q48, V40
Would really appreciate peoples' honest opinion on my profile. What do I need to do to increase my chances at HBS and GSB? I am most concerned about my GMAT as things stand. Thanks for the help in advance!
24 Dec 2020, 10:57
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rsharma45:
Thanks for reaching out to the forum and for sharing your profile. Overall, very strong profile.
Your GMAT is honestly fine. Could it be slightly better? Yes. Is it worth your time to take the exam again? Maybe. That depends on when you are applying and how much effort you honestly feel you need to submit to bump it up 20-30 points since anything less than that is insignificant. Are applying now for R2 deadlines or looking at next season? If the latter, then you might want to consider one more shot at the exam.
Your extracurricular activities are by far and away the weakest component of your overall profile. Everything you listed appears to be dated. You have to have at least 1-2 things that demonstrate initiative and leadership for the two schools you are targeting. I have some ideas on how you could capture low hanging fruit given the limitations of covid and time.
I happen to work with PE and investment banking clients all the time to these top programs. Assuming you are posting this in advance of the 2021 season, please reach out to us at Admissionado for a free consultation particularly if you are interested in professional consulting services, including potentially our advanced planning program.
https://admissionado.com/free-consultation/
Best,
Seth
The Admissionado Team
Thanks for reaching out to the forum and for sharing your profile. Overall, very strong profile.
Your GMAT is honestly fine. Could it be slightly better? Yes. Is it worth your time to take the exam again? Maybe. That depends on when you are applying and how much effort you honestly feel you need to submit to bump it up 20-30 points since anything less than that is insignificant. Are applying now for R2 deadlines or looking at next season? If the latter, then you might want to consider one more shot at the exam.
Your extracurricular activities are by far and away the weakest component of your overall profile. Everything you listed appears to be dated. You have to have at least 1-2 things that demonstrate initiative and leadership for the two schools you are targeting. I have some ideas on how you could capture low hanging fruit given the limitations of covid and time.
I happen to work with PE and investment banking clients all the time to these top programs. Assuming you are posting this in advance of the 2021 season, please reach out to us at Admissionado for a free consultation particularly if you are interested in professional consulting services, including potentially our advanced planning program.
https://admissionado.com/free-consultation/
Best,
Seth
The Admissionado Team
