Profile Eval

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Hi,

I would like someone to please evaluate my profile for the colleges that I would like to apply to. My detailed profile is given below:-

GMAT - 710 (Q49, V38, Essays 5.5/6) 
Nationality : Indian 
Age:31

Education: 
Class X ICSE – 84.17%
Class XII – HSC – 69%
Yr: 2000 -Bachelor of Commerce - 69.9% 
Nov, 2001 -India Chartered Accountant - 50.25% 
Yr: 2002 - Masters of Commerce - 64% 
Yr: 2009: CFA (CFA institute USA) - All first attempt

Work Experience: Total approx. 7 years
2002-03 : 1.25 years: Auditing/Consulting India’s leading 
2004-05 : 1 year: Investment Banking - Leading global Investment banks 
2005-08: 3.5 years: Investment Management - Equity Analyst India Dedicated Long/Short Hedge fund 
2009-11 : 1 yr 8months: India Equity Sales

Extra Curricular: 
Member Nature Club in College 
Adventure sports enthusiast – Hiking, Trekking, River rafting

Career short term Goal:
Work in an investment management role for a multi-asset class, multi-geography, multi-strategy asset management company

Please Evaluate profile for: 
1) Chicago Booth 
2) Stanford 
3) Wharton 
4) MSCF Carnegie Mellon 
5) Columbia MBA 
6) NYU Stern MBA 
7) Yale

Thanks a lot, 
Regards, 
Madzy

Accepted.com · Answer

Thanks for your post. Here's how I see it.

1) Chicago Booth Competitive
2) Stanford Stretch
3) Wharton Stretch
4) MSCF Carnegie Mellon competitive
5) Columbia MBA Competitive
6) NYU Stern MBA Competitive
7) Yale Competitive.

Best,
Linda

madzy · Answer

Hi Linda,

Thanks for your assessment.

Which schools in your opinion should I be applying?

Regards,
Madzy

Accepted.com · Answer

I recommend you apply to all the programs on your list except Stanford and Wharton and consider adding  Duke  and perhaps  Georgetown  and/or Rochester.

madzy · Answer

Hi Linda,

What's your sense on my chances to make it to a Cornell, or Tepper? Also, LBS?

Do you think I should be applying to places in Europe?

I never thought my profile was not good enough.

Regards,
madzy

jenniferbloom · Answer

The European programs make a lot more sense to me. It is not that your profile is "not good enough" at all! It is that your profile shows that you have a lot more experience than these programs are prepared for: they have little more to teach you! The European programs tend to accept students that are slightly older and have more experience than the US programs do. For that reason, I see them as better fits.

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