Please evaluate my profile MBA application

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Hi, this is my profile:

Female/26/Vietnamese
5 years of experiences at Ernst & Young from graduation
IELTS: 8
Expected GMAT: 710 (will take in November 2011)

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

- 2008 – present Professional Level - United Kingdom Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), completed 13/14 required papers.
- 2006 – present Training courses on accounting, auditing, tax, banking and due diligence organized by Ernst & Young Vietnam
- 2002 – 2006 BA, Foreign Trade Economics at Foreign Trade University (FTU) (the most pretigious economic university in Vietnam); GPA: 3.4 (First cohort ranking, 1/120).
Sumitomo Scholarship – an honorable scholarship awarded for top 1% with highest score out of over 1,000 FTU students by-year course – in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

WORK EXPERIENCES

- Transaction Advisory Services Division: In charge of financial and commercial due diligence projects and supported valuation projects in various industries (mobile retailing, banking, securities, real estates, hospitality, health care services, food processing and distribution).
- Assurance Services Division: Senior in charge of the audit of various financial institutions in Vietnam (the 4 biggest state-owned banks and other commercial banks). Involve in the consulting project to establish credit scoring systems for almost all banks in Vietnam

Thank you for always kind supports.

FutureWorks · Answer

Hi, Are you looking for any specific country and university? If so do let us know so we can advise you accordingly. Thanks

minhminh7884 · Answer

I'm looking for a one-year or accelerated MBA course. My target schools are:
1. Emory University
2. TCU Neeley
3. Babson College
4. Chapman University

Is my resume suitable to apply for these ones. How should I improve the presentation of my resume?

Many thanks

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FutureWorks · Answer

Hi

Thanks for sharing the details. If you are able to score around 700 you would be in a secure position GMAT wise. For example looking at the past mba class profile of your desired schools the students scored – Emory University: Class of 2012: MBA: Average GMAT Score642, Middle 80% GMAT Score Range560-730. Hence you’re expected score makes your chances strong.
Often candidates overweigh GMAT score and under weigh the importance of their profile. Since your GMAT score is fine you should now leverage rest of the profile. Make sure you balance the profile well and plan the things to utilize your time properly across different activities that play vital role in getting admission and your profile building.
 Your academics, beyond the academics and your work experience all play vital role. 
Generally most of the applicants have a good 4-5 years of work experience. Although it is not just the work experience that counts but also what you did there like-what were your achievements, what initiative you took, what changes you drove in your workplace etc. So to leverage this if you can show that in 5 years you have demonstrated the skills business schools are looking for -you could put in a strong set of essays.

Admissionado · Answer

Well it depends on lots of things, but I would say if you hit even a 670 or higher you would have a good chance to get into one of the schools you applied to, so that takes a bit of pressure off.

As for how to present your resume, well it's something that needs to be worked on. But here are two tips:
1. Focus on ACHIVEMENTS rather than responsibilities
2. Give us the RESULTS of your actions.
soooo for example, we would take your line here:
In charge of financial and commercial due diligence projects and supported valuation projects in various industries

and transform it into something like:
"Oversee a team of ten in five due diligence projects on deals worth 167$ million."
(or whatever details happen to be true)

Hope this helps!

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