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Apr 2909:00 AM PDT
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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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Get the inside scoop on what makes Emory’s Goizueta Business School great and how you can present a strong MBA application. Explore the difference between our One-Year MBA and Two-Year MBA programs, talk to our admissions team, and meet students.- May 01
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25 May 2015, 00:02
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Hi there,
I am a South African and was hoping to get a bit of insight and having read the quals and experience of those applying to business schools on this site has, quite honestly, been pretty intimidating.
I have been offered a permanent position at Deloitte NYC following a secondment there a few months ago, and I really would like to study in the US and build on my Chartered Accountant and CPA qualifications.
Profile:
[*]Bachelor of Accounting 2.8 GPA
[*]Bachelor of Accounting Honours 2.5 GPA
[*]3 Years work experience at Deloitte South Africa in public accounting where I managed engagement teams and as a result of my high ratings, was offered a secondment to San Francisco for 4 months.
[*]2 Years work experience at Deloitte South Africa in the Consulting practice as a management consultant specialising in African Market entry and finance transformation.
[*]Another secondment to NYC for 4 months which resulted in this opportunity to move.
[*]I've only ever worked at Deloitte, having particular loyalty to them as they provided a scholarship for me to attend university after interning for them in high school.
[*]I have been involved in a few community services, such as organising outreach programmes for underprivileged orphans in South Africa by renovating their schools, planting of vegetable gardens, and the building of a library for their schools and filling the shelves with donated books. I am also involved with an animal shelter which actively searches for families to adopt previously abused or abandoned pets.
I realise my university transcripts are not strong, however, I will detail in my applications that 2009 and 2010 was a tough year for my family and I was working full-time whilst taking on a full-time degree.
I am aiming for 650-700 in the GMAT (I'd want to take this before heading out to the US) and target schools would be Columbia and NYU (part-time).
I'd appreciate very much any input as I am really nervous about making this move to the US on my aspiration to study at one of the above schools.
I am a South African and was hoping to get a bit of insight and having read the quals and experience of those applying to business schools on this site has, quite honestly, been pretty intimidating.
I have been offered a permanent position at Deloitte NYC following a secondment there a few months ago, and I really would like to study in the US and build on my Chartered Accountant and CPA qualifications.
Profile:
[*]Bachelor of Accounting 2.8 GPA
[*]Bachelor of Accounting Honours 2.5 GPA
[*]3 Years work experience at Deloitte South Africa in public accounting where I managed engagement teams and as a result of my high ratings, was offered a secondment to San Francisco for 4 months.
[*]2 Years work experience at Deloitte South Africa in the Consulting practice as a management consultant specialising in African Market entry and finance transformation.
[*]Another secondment to NYC for 4 months which resulted in this opportunity to move.
[*]I've only ever worked at Deloitte, having particular loyalty to them as they provided a scholarship for me to attend university after interning for them in high school.
[*]I have been involved in a few community services, such as organising outreach programmes for underprivileged orphans in South Africa by renovating their schools, planting of vegetable gardens, and the building of a library for their schools and filling the shelves with donated books. I am also involved with an animal shelter which actively searches for families to adopt previously abused or abandoned pets.
I realise my university transcripts are not strong, however, I will detail in my applications that 2009 and 2010 was a tough year for my family and I was working full-time whilst taking on a full-time degree.
I am aiming for 650-700 in the GMAT (I'd want to take this before heading out to the US) and target schools would be Columbia and NYU (part-time).
I'd appreciate very much any input as I am really nervous about making this move to the US on my aspiration to study at one of the above schools.
26 May 2015, 07:39
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Hi Andrew,
There are some unique strengths in the profile you've posted here: top business schools will be attracted to your brand-name employment with evident leadership, great international experience and community engagement, as well as the fact that represent a much-desired geography. There is also a weakness or two: the low GPA will be an issue, but you could to some degree obviate that by a stronger showing in the GMAT.
School choices will be crucial: the part-time NYU program is often more broad-minded about lower numbers when an applicant brings a strong professional history and a clear vision for the MBA experience. If you're thinking Columbia J-term, the same applies -- your GPA will remain an issue, but if you can be sure your GMAT is at or around 700, you'll show that you're moving in the right direction.
You might want to expand your search to other top-20 MBA programs in the US, where you will get what you need from the MBA experience but have a stronger shot in comparison to the competition. New York-based schools are excessively competitive simply because of the location; if you can consider other cities in the US, you will have more options, many of which are at least as good as the NY schools.
Hope this helps!
Margaret Strother
Stacy Blackman Consulting
There are some unique strengths in the profile you've posted here: top business schools will be attracted to your brand-name employment with evident leadership, great international experience and community engagement, as well as the fact that represent a much-desired geography. There is also a weakness or two: the low GPA will be an issue, but you could to some degree obviate that by a stronger showing in the GMAT.
School choices will be crucial: the part-time NYU program is often more broad-minded about lower numbers when an applicant brings a strong professional history and a clear vision for the MBA experience. If you're thinking Columbia J-term, the same applies -- your GPA will remain an issue, but if you can be sure your GMAT is at or around 700, you'll show that you're moving in the right direction.
You might want to expand your search to other top-20 MBA programs in the US, where you will get what you need from the MBA experience but have a stronger shot in comparison to the competition. New York-based schools are excessively competitive simply because of the location; if you can consider other cities in the US, you will have more options, many of which are at least as good as the NY schools.
Hope this helps!
Margaret Strother
Stacy Blackman Consulting
26 May 2015, 07:54
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Hi Margaret,
Thanks so much for the response. To be honest, I have my heart set on the NYU part-time program as I want to continue working during my studies to ensure no disruption to my firm as a result.
I have been advised to highlight certain things regarding my GPA:
> Show that I have excelled post university i.e. the circumstances have resulting in poor performance are no longer an issue
> I can do this through the highlighting of my professional designations and the fact that I passed my professional CA exams on the first attempt.
> That I also have a CPA designation, showing my ability to learn
That being said, I will do well in the GMAT and help support the above. Perhaps this will be enough for NYU
Thanks so much for the assistance.
Andrew
Thanks so much for the response. To be honest, I have my heart set on the NYU part-time program as I want to continue working during my studies to ensure no disruption to my firm as a result.
I have been advised to highlight certain things regarding my GPA:
> Show that I have excelled post university i.e. the circumstances have resulting in poor performance are no longer an issue
> I can do this through the highlighting of my professional designations and the fact that I passed my professional CA exams on the first attempt.
> That I also have a CPA designation, showing my ability to learn
That being said, I will do well in the GMAT and help support the above. Perhaps this will be enough for NYU
Thanks so much for the assistance.
Andrew
