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02 Jan 2007, 21:51
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Me: white, American, male, 28. I've worked in equity sales in New York for 5 years. 3.0 GPA in international business from a state university. Just took the GMAT in late December and got a 730 (47 V, 44 Q). I view my weaknesses as my average undergrad and work resume and my main strength as a strong extracurricular resume (i.e. board member of a very active and respected charity organization).
I'd like to start B-school, full-time, in Fall 2007, but I can wait till Fall 2008 if I have to. My preferences at the moment are: 1) Chicago, 2) Harvard, 3) Columbia, 4) NYU.
My questions are:
1) Should I apply for Round 3 for Fall 2007 entry to these schools, or should I just wait and apply for early decision for Fall 2008?
2) Would I hurt my chances of acceptance for Fall 2008 by applying and getting rejected in Round 3 for Fall 2007?
3) What should I do to help my chances as a Round 3 applicant (as opposed to what a Round 1 applicant should do)?
4) What are the chances of someone with my profile being accepted in Round 3 at the schools listed above?
Thanks for any advice and answers you can give me. They will be greatly appreciated.
I'd like to start B-school, full-time, in Fall 2007, but I can wait till Fall 2008 if I have to. My preferences at the moment are: 1) Chicago, 2) Harvard, 3) Columbia, 4) NYU.
My questions are:
1) Should I apply for Round 3 for Fall 2007 entry to these schools, or should I just wait and apply for early decision for Fall 2008?
2) Would I hurt my chances of acceptance for Fall 2008 by applying and getting rejected in Round 3 for Fall 2007?
3) What should I do to help my chances as a Round 3 applicant (as opposed to what a Round 1 applicant should do)?
4) What are the chances of someone with my profile being accepted in Round 3 at the schools listed above?
Thanks for any advice and answers you can give me. They will be greatly appreciated.
03 Jan 2007, 19:22
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Texas_Dawg
Texas_Dawg,
I don't see HBS as being in the cards for you either in the third round or next fall. Based at least on what you gave me, there isn't enough superhuman achievement or sheer unusualness. Your odds are a bit better at CBS; you are competitive at Chicago and NYU. Being in sales is frankly a negative that you will have to overcome by talking about leadership roles, so your community activity will help you. Third round can make sense for people who are truly outstanding. You are strong but not quite in the "grab him even though it's third round!" category. So I would wait. The downside to applying third round now and reapplying in the fall, is that by the time you get feedback on any dings you won't have any time to act on it. So given the caliber of school you're shooting for it might make more sense to use the next 10 months to really juice up your profile.
Hope this helps,
04 Jan 2007, 11:55
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Thanks, Paul.
Question about this:
How would one juice up their profile in only 10 months?
Other than not having much time after a ding to significantly improve a resume, does it look bad in the eyes of the admissions boards to apply so soon after having applied in the previous year's final round?
Something else I'm having to consider: My most recent manager, who's willing to write a positive letter of recommendation, recently left the firm. So by next fall, he'll be nearly a year removed from having been my manager, and my current manager is the principal of the firm who would not be too happy about my wanting to leave.
Question about this:
pbodine
How would one juice up their profile in only 10 months?
Other than not having much time after a ding to significantly improve a resume, does it look bad in the eyes of the admissions boards to apply so soon after having applied in the previous year's final round?
Something else I'm having to consider: My most recent manager, who's willing to write a positive letter of recommendation, recently left the firm. So by next fall, he'll be nearly a year removed from having been my manager, and my current manager is the principal of the firm who would not be too happy about my wanting to leave.
