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GMAT 1: 760 Q51 V41
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20 Nov 2015, 02:56
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Hi,
Looking for feedback on what schools are realistic for my profile which is as follows:
GMAT: 760 Q51 V41 IR8, no AWA yet
Age: Currently 25, will apply Round 1 2016, will be 27 by the start of the MBA program
School: Top 3 school in the Philippines, BS in Business Management, minor in Finance
Leadership: Course representative for my course, which has the largest population among all the courses in my school, Finance Head for the School of Management Night (celebration event), where we raised funds for the school scholarship fund
GPA: 3.06, top 20% of my class (of a particular concern to me because of the different grading system locally vs. in the US while using the same 4 pt scale)
Work Experience: 2.5 years in a mid sized local bank, first as a management trainee and then as a Corporate Banking Account Officer. Finished top of my management trainee class and was promoted after my first full year of service in a Corporate Banking position. In January 2014, I moved to a boutique M&A advisory firm as an Associate.
Extracurriculars: Nothing really outside of CFA. I have been tapped by one of my superiors at work to help out in the next edition of Collegiate Finance Competition run by the Finance Executives Association of the Philippines. Now that I don't have the GMAT to worry about, I'm also looking into writing part time about local sports.
Other: I've passed level 1 and 2 of the CFA exams and am enrolled in Level 3 for the June 2016 test. Will hopefully have the 3rd exam passed by applications next year. I plan on centering my application around my work experience as an investment banker in a developing country (we work with mid market firms that big investment houses don't typically pay attention to but have the most need for capital). My short term goal is to get into PE or Consulting with the long term goal behind it being to get experience with best practices at top firms in order to bring back that knowledge to businesses in the Philippines, whether through consulting, investing, or entrepreneurship.
Looking for feedback on what schools are realistic for my profile which is as follows:
GMAT: 760 Q51 V41 IR8, no AWA yet
Age: Currently 25, will apply Round 1 2016, will be 27 by the start of the MBA program
School: Top 3 school in the Philippines, BS in Business Management, minor in Finance
Leadership: Course representative for my course, which has the largest population among all the courses in my school, Finance Head for the School of Management Night (celebration event), where we raised funds for the school scholarship fund
GPA: 3.06, top 20% of my class (of a particular concern to me because of the different grading system locally vs. in the US while using the same 4 pt scale)
Work Experience: 2.5 years in a mid sized local bank, first as a management trainee and then as a Corporate Banking Account Officer. Finished top of my management trainee class and was promoted after my first full year of service in a Corporate Banking position. In January 2014, I moved to a boutique M&A advisory firm as an Associate.
Extracurriculars: Nothing really outside of CFA. I have been tapped by one of my superiors at work to help out in the next edition of Collegiate Finance Competition run by the Finance Executives Association of the Philippines. Now that I don't have the GMAT to worry about, I'm also looking into writing part time about local sports.
Other: I've passed level 1 and 2 of the CFA exams and am enrolled in Level 3 for the June 2016 test. Will hopefully have the 3rd exam passed by applications next year. I plan on centering my application around my work experience as an investment banker in a developing country (we work with mid market firms that big investment houses don't typically pay attention to but have the most need for capital). My short term goal is to get into PE or Consulting with the long term goal behind it being to get experience with best practices at top firms in order to bring back that knowledge to businesses in the Philippines, whether through consulting, investing, or entrepreneurship.
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Thanks for the detailed post. Your profile is very good overall, though one thing I would recommend working on immediately is filling in the extra-curricular story. You should target top 10 schools and while I would want to find out more about your profile before narrowing down specifically, HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT Sloan and Booth should be on your list.
Feel free to contact me if you want to start crafting your story and developing the extra-curricular strategy, which is a big gap right now that needs attention.
Best,
Scott
Feel free to contact me if you want to start crafting your story and developing the extra-curricular strategy, which is a big gap right now that needs attention.
Best,
Scott
jmikery
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Concentration: Finance
Schools: Anderson '19 (A$) Wharton '19 (D) Kellogg '19 (A) HBS '19 (D) Booth '19 (D) CBS '19 (D) Duke '19 (WL)
GMAT 1: 760 Q51 V41
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Schools: Anderson '19 (A$) Wharton '19 (D) Kellogg '19 (A) HBS '19 (D) Booth '19 (D) CBS '19 (D) Duke '19 (WL)
GMAT 1: 760 Q51 V41
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Which of those schools do you think maximizes my scholarship opportunities? I'm also looking into applying to Duke simply because I can get a fee waiver and I have plenty of time to apply
. I think Top 10-15 schools should be totally fine.
