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Test Date: August 18, 2009
Target GMAT Score: 720
GMAT Score: 730
Topic: Profile Evaluation
PostTue Nov 03, 2009 4:26 pm Reply with quote
Responses from any MBA admissions consultant welcome.

I know it's early for me to post this b/c I'm interested in matriculating in 2012, but I just want to gauge my chances.

Age at Matriculation: 28

UNDERGRADUATE
Top 50, Public
Top 25 Undergrad Bschool
Major: Finance
3.3 overall GPA (slacked off first few years, worked hard to raise it the last few years)
3.7 finance GPA
GMAT: 730 (50 Q, 40 V)
Ethnicity: Asian of some sort
Nationality: American, Adopted into Caucasian-American family

WORK EXPERIENCE
1.5 years thus far
Research Associate at a start-up that offers a research and analytics platform for the private equity industry
    Have structured detailed research processes that have significantly reduced the time required to find info and populate it in our platform
    Co-authored quarterly reports and newsletters read by over 100,000 subscribers, generating 25 leads that became clients
    Assisted in creating a public comparables tool with over 12,000 publicly traded companies
    Created the framework for a financial modeling plug-in to be added in our platform eventually


Next 2.5 years
Hopefully M&A at a boutique investment bank or a corporate finance rotation in an extremely reputable F500 tech company

EXTRACURRICULARS
Past
Served as Executive Director of a nationwide (my ethnic group)-American student conference with 300 guests. Conference’s aim is to raise awareness of community-specific issues, encourage students to network, and inspire students to contribute to the improvement of said community.
    Directed an executive board of 10 members and a team of over 40 volunteers
    Generated $32,000 in corporate sponsorship and donations
    Organized 34 seminars and workshops, 3 concerts, and 4 opening ceremonies with more than 30 guest speakers and entertainers
    Created and implemented conference’s 4-day logistical outline


Coordinated research for an international human rights organization advocating the rights of defectors from a certain politically unstable nation

Taught English to defectors who fled said politically unstable nation

Present & Future
Currently mentoring adoptee youths of my ethnic group who were raised by Caucasian-American families. Helping them with identity crisis issues.

Avid strength & conditioning and performance athletics junkie. Plan to either volunteer as S&C coach for a youth wrestling team or a YMCA/Boys & Girls Club, or compete in the CrossFit Games.

Will join the board of the parent organization that oversees the conference mentioned above and act as an advisor to future schools hosting the conference.

OTHER PARTICULARS
Lived 2 years in the country from which I was adopted.

Met birth family and maintained relationship with them.

Learned to speak the language of said motherland with conversational fluency. Hope to someday speak the language on a more scholarly level.

WHY MBA?
Want a career in mid-market private equity. Fascinated by the impact that changes in operational and financial inputs have on the performance of a company. True passion for reshaping a company and making it a more profitable, CF-positive organization.

REACH SCHOOLS
Wharton
Booth
Tuck

SWEET SPOT
Stern
Fuqua
Darden
Ross

SAFETY
Kelley
Marshall
Tepper
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bryantmichaels
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PostTue Nov 03, 2009 6:30 pm Reply with quote
Without dragging it out, you are a good b-school candidate for the top ten with broad demonstration of the key attributes that will be attractive to those schools, including maturity, leadership, scholarship and teamwork skills. One thing I did not see is your post-MBA goals or vision for your future career. This will be critical and must make sense to the committee in light of your achievements. With the luxury of time on your side, go ahead and begin making contacts in your target field of choice. Also make sure you begin visiting your target schools and see if you can get to know some alumni or even current students who can give you insight into each school's culture. This will help you demonstrate how you fit with each program in a unique way. Your story sounds interesting and can definitely differentiate you. CAsting your story in a memorable way to the committee through well articulated essays will be essential. Good luck.
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