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Hi I'm a 25 year old white male from NYC. I'm a CPA who did roughly 2 years Big 4 auditing and has spent the last two years in financial services/insurance broking internal audit for a fortune 200 company. I travel extensively for my company, performing audits in multiple foreign countries.
I scored 720 GMAT (Q47 V41 IR 8)on my first attempt last week. I am considering retaking as I feel I can hit 750. My main motivation in scoring higher is the hope that it will land me a large scholarship at a top 20 mba program. Is this likely?
My extra curriculars are a bit weak. I play rec sports and was in a leadership role in a fraternity in college.
I attended seton hall university on a full scholarship (SAT 99th percentile) for undergrad. (3.4 GPA, accounting degree)
My target schools are pretty much anything top 20 that would give me a large scholarship. Duke seems to give out a decent amount.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I scored 720 GMAT (Q47 V41 IR 8)on my first attempt last week. I am considering retaking as I feel I can hit 750. My main motivation in scoring higher is the hope that it will land me a large scholarship at a top 20 mba program. Is this likely?
My extra curriculars are a bit weak. I play rec sports and was in a leadership role in a fraternity in college.
I attended seton hall university on a full scholarship (SAT 99th percentile) for undergrad. (3.4 GPA, accounting degree)
My target schools are pretty much anything top 20 that would give me a large scholarship. Duke seems to give out a decent amount.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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03 Jan 2015, 20:22
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Hi there,
Sorry for the delay in responding - the holidays + R2 deadlines had us pretty busy! Well first off, you've got a solid GMAT. If you think you can improve it to a 750 for a merit aid bump, be my guest. I'm going to answer the two questions I see above but if I missed any or if you have more, you just let me know, sound good?
First off, there are definitely merit based aid options available to you and yes, your GMAT plays a role. Given your demographic and work ex, I'd say you'd have to be in the 14 - 20 range to get an amount that might be meaningful. But even then, that isn't a guarantee. If the year you apply the schools get a lot of similar applicants who are all relatively good, your chances will drop significantly. You also don't bring anything unique or diverse to the table per se so that'll affect your chances somewhat. Duke I wouldn't count on - you'll see their median GMAT for this year's class rise meaningfully and their latest rankings won't help things. But UNC or Emory or even Tepper or Johnson would be good bets.
As for your involvement, yes, that's light. But think hard about what you did at the Big 4 - those firms require a lot of "involvement" and those communities and thought leadership and whatnot all count!
Bhavik
Sorry for the delay in responding - the holidays + R2 deadlines had us pretty busy! Well first off, you've got a solid GMAT. If you think you can improve it to a 750 for a merit aid bump, be my guest. I'm going to answer the two questions I see above but if I missed any or if you have more, you just let me know, sound good?
First off, there are definitely merit based aid options available to you and yes, your GMAT plays a role. Given your demographic and work ex, I'd say you'd have to be in the 14 - 20 range to get an amount that might be meaningful. But even then, that isn't a guarantee. If the year you apply the schools get a lot of similar applicants who are all relatively good, your chances will drop significantly. You also don't bring anything unique or diverse to the table per se so that'll affect your chances somewhat. Duke I wouldn't count on - you'll see their median GMAT for this year's class rise meaningfully and their latest rankings won't help things. But UNC or Emory or even Tepper or Johnson would be good bets.
As for your involvement, yes, that's light. But think hard about what you did at the Big 4 - those firms require a lot of "involvement" and those communities and thought leadership and whatnot all count!
Bhavik
