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houellemont
Joined: 22 Feb 2014
Last visit: 02 Oct 2016
Posts: 13
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 7
Location: Dominican Republic
Concentration: Finance, Strategy
Schools: Goizueta '18 (M$)
GMAT 1: 480 Q36 V21
GMAT 2: 620 Q44 V31
GPA: 3.03
WE:Analyst (Retail Banking)
Products:
12 Dec 2014, 04:15
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Hi,
I'm from the Dominican Republic. I'd really appreciate some expert advice with my profile evaluation.
Work experience
I've been working in a retail bank (2nd private bank in my country with US$4.3b of assets, 19% of market share and >4,000 employees) for almost four years. I've been promoted two times in this time (from analyst to manager assistant to manager) and I'm currently manager at the strategic planning department. My expericence here has been invaluable. I have not only worked with the planning of the bank but also with the planning of other companies belonging to the same financial group including an insurance company, a brokerage house and a pension fund.
References
I can get 2 reference letters from two different executive vice presidents. One of them had a high position at McKinsey.
Academic background
-Undergrad: Economics
-GPA: 3.0/4.0
GMAT
620 (Q:44, V:31, IR:5)
I want to apply for fall 2016. What are my chances to get accepted at:
List A)
1) McGill
2) York
3) University of Toronto
4) Texas A&M
List B)
1) University of Texas at Dallas
3) University of British Columbia
4) HEC Montreal
5) Southern Methodist University
I'm from the Dominican Republic. I'd really appreciate some expert advice with my profile evaluation.
Work experience
I've been working in a retail bank (2nd private bank in my country with US$4.3b of assets, 19% of market share and >4,000 employees) for almost four years. I've been promoted two times in this time (from analyst to manager assistant to manager) and I'm currently manager at the strategic planning department. My expericence here has been invaluable. I have not only worked with the planning of the bank but also with the planning of other companies belonging to the same financial group including an insurance company, a brokerage house and a pension fund.
References
I can get 2 reference letters from two different executive vice presidents. One of them had a high position at McKinsey.
Academic background
-Undergrad: Economics
-GPA: 3.0/4.0
GMAT
620 (Q:44, V:31, IR:5)
I want to apply for fall 2016. What are my chances to get accepted at:
List A)
1) McGill
2) York
3) University of Toronto
4) Texas A&M
List B)
1) University of Texas at Dallas
3) University of British Columbia
4) HEC Montreal
5) Southern Methodist University
19 Dec 2014, 10:38
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Hi there,
Thanks for posting. So on the plus side, you have some good work experience in the banking industry, studied econ in the past, and are from a somewhat less-common nationality. On the down side, you have a GPA a bit lower than many of the schools would like and a GMAT score a bit low for the List A schools. I don't know much about your community involvement; leadership examples; interests outside of work; your goals and rationale for the degree... but at this point I'd say your better chances are on the List B schools, so maybe you want to aim for 1-2 on List A and 2-3 on List B? For more on choosing schools, check out our free download at: https://info.mbamission.com/Selecting-Yo ... ram-E-Book. Good luck and let us know how we can help!
Thanks for posting. So on the plus side, you have some good work experience in the banking industry, studied econ in the past, and are from a somewhat less-common nationality. On the down side, you have a GPA a bit lower than many of the schools would like and a GMAT score a bit low for the List A schools. I don't know much about your community involvement; leadership examples; interests outside of work; your goals and rationale for the degree... but at this point I'd say your better chances are on the List B schools, so maybe you want to aim for 1-2 on List A and 2-3 on List B? For more on choosing schools, check out our free download at: https://info.mbamission.com/Selecting-Yo ... ram-E-Book. Good luck and let us know how we can help!
houellemont
Joined: 22 Feb 2014
Last visit: 02 Oct 2016
Posts: 13
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 7
Location: Dominican Republic
Concentration: Finance, Strategy
Schools: Goizueta '18 (M$)
GMAT 1: 480 Q36 V21
GMAT 2: 620 Q44 V31
GPA: 3.03
WE:Analyst (Retail Banking)
Products:
19 Dec 2014, 12:50
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Thank you for taking the time to evaluate my profile. Here are some more details:
About the GMAT:
I have taken it twice, actually. The first time was in march 27 2013 and I scored 480 (Q: 36, V: 21). Evidently, I took it with no preparation. I underestimated how tricky this exam could be. The second time was on december 10 2014, and I scored the 620 I wrote you in the first post. I'm VERY confident I can score higher. I was supposed to take the examan (the second time) on october 27 2014 but when I arrived to the test center they told there were some connection issues and I had to reschedule the exam (for free of course). I tought to reschedule a month later (december 10) to prepare a little bit more, instead I was so overwhelmed with work that I barely studied. What worries me is what the universities I'll be applying would think of someone taking the examn 3 times. What do you think I should do about this?
Experience:
I started in 2010 as an analyst in a department that develops and sales cash management products. I was in charge to create from scratch the reports needed to follow up how the sales were doing. I also prepare power points presentations with these results.
A year and a half later, I was promoted to assistant manager and my work now would consist not only in what I was already doing but also in creating (from scratch again) the reports that the executive VP of corporations business needed to follow up the results of his area. With these new tasks I had the oppotunity to learn for the first time how a bank really works.
A year after that I fill a request for an available position as assistant manager at the strategic planning department. In this new department I've been able to lear a lot more about the bank and other industries, but the most important thing I've learned is to think. My boss (he is executive VP of strategic planning and used to have high position at McKinsey) insists so much with this. When we make power points presention he insists that that even the smallest number in a slide must have a purpose to be in that slide. He also insists in the message we want share and how every slide in a presentation must take you to that message. We recentley merged with another bank and my boss was the manager of the project. With this I had the opportunity to work deep inside the merge. Oh, I almost forget to mention that I was recently promoted to manager.
Involvement:
Well, I've been a volunteer for over a year in an organization responsible for collecting dogs in the street, feed them, cure them when they've been mistreated, and put them up for adoption.
In my spare time I read and play or watch soccer. I'm also thinking in taking french classes since I want to apply to HEC Montreal and McGill.
Goals:
There's a good chance the company where I work offers me some financial aid. This means I would be returning to my country after the MBA. Following this path, my long term goals would be to keep escalating positions within the company or other company in my country.
I hope this helps you have a wider view of my profile.
Thank you very much!
About the GMAT:
I have taken it twice, actually. The first time was in march 27 2013 and I scored 480 (Q: 36, V: 21). Evidently, I took it with no preparation. I underestimated how tricky this exam could be. The second time was on december 10 2014, and I scored the 620 I wrote you in the first post. I'm VERY confident I can score higher. I was supposed to take the examan (the second time) on october 27 2014 but when I arrived to the test center they told there were some connection issues and I had to reschedule the exam (for free of course). I tought to reschedule a month later (december 10) to prepare a little bit more, instead I was so overwhelmed with work that I barely studied. What worries me is what the universities I'll be applying would think of someone taking the examn 3 times. What do you think I should do about this?
Experience:
I started in 2010 as an analyst in a department that develops and sales cash management products. I was in charge to create from scratch the reports needed to follow up how the sales were doing. I also prepare power points presentations with these results.
A year and a half later, I was promoted to assistant manager and my work now would consist not only in what I was already doing but also in creating (from scratch again) the reports that the executive VP of corporations business needed to follow up the results of his area. With these new tasks I had the oppotunity to learn for the first time how a bank really works.
A year after that I fill a request for an available position as assistant manager at the strategic planning department. In this new department I've been able to lear a lot more about the bank and other industries, but the most important thing I've learned is to think. My boss (he is executive VP of strategic planning and used to have high position at McKinsey) insists so much with this. When we make power points presention he insists that that even the smallest number in a slide must have a purpose to be in that slide. He also insists in the message we want share and how every slide in a presentation must take you to that message. We recentley merged with another bank and my boss was the manager of the project. With this I had the opportunity to work deep inside the merge. Oh, I almost forget to mention that I was recently promoted to manager.
Involvement:
Well, I've been a volunteer for over a year in an organization responsible for collecting dogs in the street, feed them, cure them when they've been mistreated, and put them up for adoption.
In my spare time I read and play or watch soccer. I'm also thinking in taking french classes since I want to apply to HEC Montreal and McGill.
Goals:
There's a good chance the company where I work offers me some financial aid. This means I would be returning to my country after the MBA. Following this path, my long term goals would be to keep escalating positions within the company or other company in my country.
I hope this helps you have a wider view of my profile.
Thank you very much!
