Background:- Male
- Dual Citizen: Filipino and US
- Born in the US but lived my whole life in the Philippines
- Turning 26 this December
Work Experience - total around 5 years at matriculation
- Did 1 year in a boutique alternative investment manager
- Now in my 3rd year in Corp. Dev for one of the largest corporations in the Philippines
- Promoted twice - once in my first job and once in my second job
GMAT: 740
Education- Math in Top 3 university in the country
- GPA: 2.5/4. 2.5 is around average in my class. No excuse for the low GPA other than being unfocused and immature.
- CFA Charterholder.
Extracurriculars- Opened my own neighborhood sundry store. Operated for a few months and made some money but had to close down because there wasn't enough foot traffic
- Been doing volunteer work the past 5 months - teaching financial literacy classes to less fortunate
Goal- Corp Dev Strat for a F500 in the US
- Eventually go back to the Philippines to do Corp Dev or start my own fund
Targets- Booth, Tuck, Ross, Stern, Darden, McCombs, Foster
Questions1. How are my prospects?
2. Will the schools consider me an international applicant due to my US citizenship?
3. If I apply next year instead, what can I do to improve my prospects?
4. Would the CFA charter lessen adcoms’ fears of my academic capabilities? The exams are relatively quant-heavy and were taken more recently than my college classes. Additional classes to offset my GPA aren’t really an option in the Philippines.