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11 Dec 2010, 22:48
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Hi,
Could you please take a look at my profile and let me know how strong my application looks for the schools that I am applying to. I am a bit concerned that I may only get into 1 or 2 of the 7 schools that I am applying to. I considered applying to Harvard/MIT/Wharton as well but I figured that would be too much of a reach and decided to save myself the application costs. Am I being too cautious? Do you recommend that I apply anywhere else?
Thanks in advance!!
Profile:
Age: 27 (at matriculation)
Nationality: British & Canadian
GMAT: 700 (65% quant, 95% verbal, 6.0 writing)
Work Experience:
2 years at a top investment bank working in London, UK
1 year as a bond trader for a firm in Chicago
Currently employed as a business analyst for another financial services firm in Chicago
Undergrad: 3.2 GPA at a top 10 private US university - double major in Economics and International Relations
Undergrad Extracurriculars:
-4 year varsity athlete (played a 2nd varsity sport for 2 years as well)
-Fraternity involvement
Post-grad Extracurriculars:
-I help out a bit with the career services team at my undergrad school...interviews, speeches etc.
-Board of Trustees for my fraternity chapter
-Traveling (have visited 35 countries now)
Schools that I am applying to in R2:
-Chicago
-Yale
-Cornell
-Georgetown
-USC
-Duke
-Oxford
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Thanks!
Could you please take a look at my profile and let me know how strong my application looks for the schools that I am applying to. I am a bit concerned that I may only get into 1 or 2 of the 7 schools that I am applying to. I considered applying to Harvard/MIT/Wharton as well but I figured that would be too much of a reach and decided to save myself the application costs. Am I being too cautious? Do you recommend that I apply anywhere else?
Thanks in advance!!
Profile:
Age: 27 (at matriculation)
Nationality: British & Canadian
GMAT: 700 (65% quant, 95% verbal, 6.0 writing)
Work Experience:
2 years at a top investment bank working in London, UK
1 year as a bond trader for a firm in Chicago
Currently employed as a business analyst for another financial services firm in Chicago
Undergrad: 3.2 GPA at a top 10 private US university - double major in Economics and International Relations
Undergrad Extracurriculars:
-4 year varsity athlete (played a 2nd varsity sport for 2 years as well)
-Fraternity involvement
Post-grad Extracurriculars:
-I help out a bit with the career services team at my undergrad school...interviews, speeches etc.
-Board of Trustees for my fraternity chapter
-Traveling (have visited 35 countries now)
Schools that I am applying to in R2:
-Chicago
-Yale
-Cornell
-Georgetown
-USC
-Duke
-Oxford
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Thanks!
13 Dec 2010, 00:57
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You only need *one* admit.
Apply to the schools where you'd be happy to go to *any* of them if that admit were the only one.
Given your list, I don't think you're being cautious. You should be able to get into a few of them (and again, you only need *one*), with schools like Georgetown, Oxford and USC being pretty much safeties. Just do the best you can on the written applications, and hope that's good enough.
Apply to the schools where you'd be happy to go to *any* of them if that admit were the only one.
Given your list, I don't think you're being cautious. You should be able to get into a few of them (and again, you only need *one*), with schools like Georgetown, Oxford and USC being pretty much safeties. Just do the best you can on the written applications, and hope that's good enough.
