Stacy,
I was hoping you could help me with a profile evaluation for my target schools of Wharton/Columbia/NYU. My biggest concern is with regards to my very unique undergraduate experience. I started at one school, performed poorly, transferred to a community college where I performed better and transferred to Rutgers where I finally performed to my abilities. The majority of the community college and Rutgers education was completed while working full-time in addition to full-time education.
Undergrad:
Penn State (6 credits) 0.67 GPA
Community College (50 credits) 2.7 GPA
Rutgers (70 credits) 3.7 GPA: Graduated with High Honors- BS in Business, Finance
Graduate:
Babson College (45 credits) 3.87 GPA: Graduated Summa Cum Laude - Master of Science in Management, concentrated in Finance.
GMAT: 740
Professional: 6 years post-undergrad with a leading Telecom company. Spent first 3 years in finance rotational program, presently work in investment management subsidiary. While I do not have any direct reports, I have been promoted twice with increasing responsibilities.
Extra: Passed Level 1 of CFA, sitting for Level 2 in June 2011 (will put Level 3 on hold for MBA)
I have no valuable extra-curricular activities outside of work. I exercise, and play social sports, but do not
volunteer or have any significant contributions to the community.
Best regards,
Ben
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Dear Ben,
The GPA that will mainly factor into your evaluation will be from Rutgers. However, your transcripts from Penn State and the community college will be taken into consideration. I don't think your rocky start is going to be a deal breaker for you as you finished strong and got on the right path. I do think you should write the optional essay for schools that have one though, noting your rocky start and then providing evidence on how you will succeed in the classroom now. You can use your MS degree as evidence of that as well as your GMAT. Aside from your transcripts, the only other potential weakness will be your lack of extracurricular activities. Otherwise, you appear to have a solid foundation for a competitive application.
Good luck,
Lisa
The GPA that will mainly factor into your evaluation will be from Rutgers. However, your transcripts from Penn State and the community college will be taken into consideration. I don't think your rocky start is going to be a deal breaker for you as you finished strong and got on the right path. I do think you should write the optional essay for schools that have one though, noting your rocky start and then providing evidence on how you will succeed in the classroom now. You can use your MS degree as evidence of that as well as your GMAT. Aside from your transcripts, the only other potential weakness will be your lack of extracurricular activities. Otherwise, you appear to have a solid foundation for a competitive application.
Good luck,
Lisa
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