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Please Evaluate - Top 10 Grad School 10 Dec 2007, 23:51
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Hi Paul,
Thank you very much in advance for reviewing my profile! I've known about this site from a friend of mine who thinks highly of your professional observation & advice. I hope that you could help me decide which top Universities that should I apply to-- :-D

I am a 24 year old Asian female with an international background (I've lived in 6 different countries besides US) - trilingual.

Education
I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. in Finance (minor in economics). GPA: 3.6/4.0; Awards: Dean's List; Omicron Delta Epsilon; The National Scholars Honor Society. I joined Harvard University Summer School - Special Studies Program in Cases in Corporate Finance during Summer of my Senior Year; GPA 4.0/4.0, Rank 1st of the entire class.

Notable Work Experience
- Internship at BNP Paribas (Fixed Income Research) during Junior year (Analyst).
- Research Assistantship with an Associate Professor of Finance in College - I researched and measured real estate replacement costs.
- Now I am working at BlackRock Asset Management as a Portfolio Risk Analyst (heavy in Quants and Analytics).

Activities/ Achievements
- Student Consultant at a prestigious Consulting Organization in College.
- Mentor at an International Business Organization in College.
- Public Relations Comittee at a prestigeous Business Organization in College.
- Competed in BP (Amoco) p.l.c's Crude Oil Options Trading Competition where I won 4th place with most returns (Senior year College).
- Currently I am an active members in several prestigious Professional Organizations in New York and have been invited to attend serveral luncheon and conferences with Politicians including Governors, Mayors, and Finance Ministers from the Asia region; and were introduced to some of the most influential people in the business world from various US banks and companies.

Misc.
- I have taken CFA lvl 1 recently but not GMAT. I aim at least 750 for the test.
- I can use UNIX, SQL, JAVA, R-Statistics, and Visual Basic on top of browsing the internet and writing on Microsoft Word/Excel.
- At 12, I was selected as one of my school's representatives to meet the President. It's a life-changing experience.
- I used to "adopt" a child from Africa and sent him $12/ mo through a non-profit organization.
- I collected second-hand clothes and distributed them for the homeless.

Objective
- Getting an MBA / Masters in International Public Affairs
- Work at a prestigious non-profit organization (such as World Bank) which goal aligns with mine: to reduce poverty and increase living standards of a society through international finance and modern economic development.
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VAVAV
Hi Paul,
Thank you very much in advance for reviewing my profile! I've known about this site from a friend of mine who thinks highly of your professional observation & advice. I hope that you could help me decide which top Universities that should I apply to-- :-D

I am a 24 year old Asian female with an international background (I've lived in 6 different countries besides US) - trilingual.

Education
I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. in Finance (minor in economics). GPA: 3.6/4.0; Awards: Dean's List; Omicron Delta Epsilon; The National Scholars Honor Society. I joined Harvard University Summer School - Special Studies Program in Cases in Corporate Finance during Summer of my Senior Year; GPA 4.0/4.0, Rank 1st of the entire class.

Notable Work Experience
- Internship at BNP Paribas (Fixed Income Research) during Junior year (Analyst).
- Research Assistantship with an Associate Professor of Finance in College - I researched and measured real estate replacement costs.
- Now I am working at BlackRock Asset Management as a Portfolio Risk Analyst (heavy in Quants and Analytics).

Activities/ Achievements
- Student Consultant at a prestigious Consulting Organization in College.
- Mentor at an International Business Organization in College.
- Public Relations Comittee at a prestigeous Business Organization in College.
- Competed in BP (Amoco) p.l.c's Crude Oil Options Trading Competition where I won 4th place with most returns (Senior year College).
- Currently I am an active members in several prestigious Professional Organizations in New York and have been invited to attend serveral luncheon and conferences with Politicians including Governors, Mayors, and Finance Ministers from the Asia region; and were introduced to some of the most influential people in the business world from various US banks and companies.

Misc.
- I have taken CFA lvl 1 recently but not GMAT. I aim at least 750 for the test.
- I can use UNIX, SQL, JAVA, R-Statistics, and Visual Basic on top of browsing the internet and writing on Microsoft Word/Excel.
- At 12, I was selected as one of my school's representatives to meet the President. It's a life-changing experience.
- I used to "adopt" a child from Africa and sent him $12/ mo through a non-profit organization.
- I collected second-hand clothes and distributed them for the homeless.

Objective
- Getting an MBA / Masters in International Public Affairs
- Work at a prestigious non-profit organization (such as World Bank) which goal aligns with mine: to reduce poverty and increase living standards of a society through international finance and modern economic development.
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VAVAV,

You have a strong profile and can aim high, but you have one weakness: you age. Some schools may want to see a bit more work experience. But you could apply now and even if top schools reject you you could use their feedback to make another run next year when your profile will doubtless be even stronger. Based on your goals I would recommend that you apply to the following schools: Yale, Haas, Michigan, and Kellogg among others. Your leadership profile may not be at the Harvard or Stanford level, however.

Hope this helps,