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Hi Paul,


I would like that ou evaluate my profile

I have 29 years and have been working for 6 years, 2,5 of which abroad (Europe), I am originally from South America. I work at a investment bank and have already passed through several areas and have climbed at the company's rank, now I am deputy director which is for a US investment firm a Associate Level, or perhaps even higher.
My current GMAT is 760 (Q49 V44) 5.5AWA with 109 on the TOEFL iBT (S26 W27 L27 R29), mother tongue is Portuguese, and speak also Spanish at an itermediate level. I have a BSc in Electrical Engineering, Top 17%, from a top school.

I intend to remain in financial market at a global position, develop some new markets and as a long term goal to have my own investment company;

Extra-curricular: participated at my city's choral - studied 9 years of classical music, played basketball as guard for my city's team and was into politics all of this before start working.

I was planning to apply for these schools: Chicago, Columbia, Wharton, LBS, MIT, Stanford and Harvard.

What of them would you rank as feasible schools? Do you think my age hurts a bit at S/H? Regarding my goals what would fit best?

Many thanks in advance.

Kind regards
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Hi Paul,


I would like that ou evaluate my profile

I have 29 years and have been working for 6 years, 2,5 of which abroad (Europe), I am originally from South America. I work at a investment bank and have already passed through several areas and have climbed at the company's rank, now I am deputy director which is for a US investment firm a Associate Level, or perhaps even higher.
My current GMAT is 760 (Q49 V44) 5.5AWA with 109 on the TOEFL iBT (S26 W27 L27 R29), mother tongue is Portuguese, and speak also Spanish at an itermediate level. I have a BSc in Electrical Engineering, Top 17%, from a top school.

I intend to remain in financial market at a global position, develop some new markets and as a long term goal to have my own investment company;

Extra-curricular: participated at my city's choral - studied 9 years of classical music, played basketball as guard for my city's team and was into politics all of this before start working.

I was planning to apply for these schools: Chicago, Columbia, Wharton, LBS, MIT, Stanford and Harvard.

What of them would you rank as feasible schools? Do you think my age hurts a bit at S/H? Regarding my goals what would fit best?

Many thanks in advance.

Kind regards
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Kwam,

Your profile looks strong and very distinctive. Your age is a minor negative, not a big one. It sounds like you don't have recent/current extracurriculars/community, however, so that's a negative. Because of this, I think HBS and Stanford will be tough, though you might as well take a swing at HBS, just understand that it's a longshot. Depending on the quality of the leadership/impact stories you write about, your chances are respectable or better at Chicago, Columbia, Wharton, LBS, and MIT, with Chicago, LBS, and MIT looking the most doable IMO. You need to be very savvy about the essays because you need to handle the recent community/ extracurricular issue well.

Good luck,