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09 Mar 2007, 20:33
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Hi Hjort,
I would really appreciate if you could give me your thoughts on my profile.
Italian, 27 year-old male (although I'd be 29 should I start in autumn 2008)
GMAT 760 49Q 45V AWA 5.0
Master Degree in Economics at Venice University, graduated summa cum laude
I have been working in the investment fund industry for 8 years (I started while I was still studying) for three different companies:
- Banca Intesa in Italy for 5 years, joined at an entry level position (I was 19) in shareholder services, and then progressed and eventually supervised 3 team members in the fund accounting department. I was also involved in project management.
- Citigroup in Dublin for 2 years, joined as a senior fund administrator, moved then to the hedge fund team and eventually supervised 2 team members.
- Fortis in Cayman for 2 months now, temping as a senior hedge fund administrator.
Languages
Italian is my native language (along with my regional language but I'm not sure I can count that! hehe), and my English is pretty good since I have been living in English-speaking countries for 2 1/2 years.
I also speak decent French and basic Spanish.
Extracurriculars
- Music/theatre, I (used to) sing and was the frontman of my old band in Italy. I studied for a few years and acted/sang in two amateur musicals.
- Internet, I am involved in a forum for italians loving/living in Ireland and I was asked to join the "editorial staff" of the website. With another guy I started an Italian wiki about living and working in Ireland as well. At the moment with two other guys I am starting a forum for people living in/moving to Cayman.
- I'm a certified PADI diver, not sure if that can help! Smile
Applications
After Ireland and Cayman I would like to live in the USA for a while and I also would like to do an MBA in one of the world's top schools... so killing two birds with one stone sounded as a good idea!
The schools I sent my GMAT score to are Harvard, Stanford and Wharton.
However I am not sure I will be interested in working in the US after the MBA so I am also considering LBS and Insead although, as I said, I would rather do it in the US.
I am definitely willing to find some consultant to help me, especially on the essay side, since English is not my mother tongue.
Getting good recos from my bosses shouldn't be a problem at all, even though I can't really imagine them writing about "amazing detailed leadership stories" about me. To be honest I haven't a clue about what kind of letters the admission guys expect...
After the MBA
To be honest there are a few options that would appeal to me.
The first would be remaining in the same field (financial services) but in a different role, trying to get into management or project management.
I have to say that switching to consulting, investment management or corporate finance would be appealing to me as well, depending also on the kind of jobs that I could get... I'd be quite flexible.
Do you think I should necessarily make up my mind before applying or having a few possible options would still be considered ok?
I am aware that my profile is pretty strong from an academic/GMAT/international point of view but I'm afraid that my extracurriculars are quite poor, I read amazing stories around this forum...
Also I'm afraid that my career path might look a bit incertain since every time I moved country I had to compromise on the job I was getting.
I just would like to understand if I have any chance to be admitted in those schools.
Stanford would be my first choice I suppose (location and "cooperative" atmosphere).
Thanks so much in advance
I would really appreciate if you could give me your thoughts on my profile.
Italian, 27 year-old male (although I'd be 29 should I start in autumn 2008)
GMAT 760 49Q 45V AWA 5.0
Master Degree in Economics at Venice University, graduated summa cum laude
I have been working in the investment fund industry for 8 years (I started while I was still studying) for three different companies:
- Banca Intesa in Italy for 5 years, joined at an entry level position (I was 19) in shareholder services, and then progressed and eventually supervised 3 team members in the fund accounting department. I was also involved in project management.
- Citigroup in Dublin for 2 years, joined as a senior fund administrator, moved then to the hedge fund team and eventually supervised 2 team members.
- Fortis in Cayman for 2 months now, temping as a senior hedge fund administrator.
Languages
Italian is my native language (along with my regional language but I'm not sure I can count that! hehe), and my English is pretty good since I have been living in English-speaking countries for 2 1/2 years.
I also speak decent French and basic Spanish.
Extracurriculars
- Music/theatre, I (used to) sing and was the frontman of my old band in Italy. I studied for a few years and acted/sang in two amateur musicals.
- Internet, I am involved in a forum for italians loving/living in Ireland and I was asked to join the "editorial staff" of the website. With another guy I started an Italian wiki about living and working in Ireland as well. At the moment with two other guys I am starting a forum for people living in/moving to Cayman.
- I'm a certified PADI diver, not sure if that can help! Smile
Applications
After Ireland and Cayman I would like to live in the USA for a while and I also would like to do an MBA in one of the world's top schools... so killing two birds with one stone sounded as a good idea!
The schools I sent my GMAT score to are Harvard, Stanford and Wharton.
However I am not sure I will be interested in working in the US after the MBA so I am also considering LBS and Insead although, as I said, I would rather do it in the US.
I am definitely willing to find some consultant to help me, especially on the essay side, since English is not my mother tongue.
Getting good recos from my bosses shouldn't be a problem at all, even though I can't really imagine them writing about "amazing detailed leadership stories" about me. To be honest I haven't a clue about what kind of letters the admission guys expect...
After the MBA
To be honest there are a few options that would appeal to me.
The first would be remaining in the same field (financial services) but in a different role, trying to get into management or project management.
I have to say that switching to consulting, investment management or corporate finance would be appealing to me as well, depending also on the kind of jobs that I could get... I'd be quite flexible.
Do you think I should necessarily make up my mind before applying or having a few possible options would still be considered ok?
I am aware that my profile is pretty strong from an academic/GMAT/international point of view but I'm afraid that my extracurriculars are quite poor, I read amazing stories around this forum...
Also I'm afraid that my career path might look a bit incertain since every time I moved country I had to compromise on the job I was getting.
I just would like to understand if I have any chance to be admitted in those schools.
Stanford would be my first choice I suppose (location and "cooperative" atmosphere).
Thanks so much in advance
