Hello,
I plan on applying to the following schools and hope to start Fall of 2010. I would love it if someone could give me the chances at each of these individual schools, or as a whole.
Notre Dame (1 year MBA)
Kellog
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
U Chicago
Duke
HBS (sort of a pipe dream)
My Profile is as follows:
3.4 GPA, graduating with a BBA in Management and Human Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Top 10 public)
Very heavily involved in several social clubs while in school, including prominent roles on some governing boards as well as VP Finance for my fraternity
2 years of work experience at Accenture, up for early promotion to Consultant, receive great reviews.
Plan on getting my recommendations from a Senior Exec that I worked closely with (Notre Dame undergrad alumni), a former family friend that was a Vice President of Vodaphone, and possibly a board member at the University of Notre Dame that is also a family friend. Is it unwise to have family friends write letters of recommendation?
I'm taking the GMAT in April '09 but have been receiving around 680-720 scores on the practice tests (wide variety but getting closer to around 710 now with little variation).
In terms of goals and aspirations for wanting to obtain an MBA: I'm currently working in an IT Consulting role, implemting large scale systems at high profile clients. I'd prefer to make the move to Management/Strategy Consulting and the move to a McKinsey, Bain or Boston Consulting Group, however I plan on leaving options open for a more "industry" position if one were to interest me.
My concern is that my volunteering history isn't very developed and any attempts to correct that now would be interpretted as simply "padding" my application. With all of that said, what are my chances at the schools listed above.
Thanks again!
I plan on applying to the following schools and hope to start Fall of 2010. I would love it if someone could give me the chances at each of these individual schools, or as a whole.
Notre Dame (1 year MBA)
Kellog
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
U Chicago
Duke
HBS (sort of a pipe dream)
My Profile is as follows:
3.4 GPA, graduating with a BBA in Management and Human Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Top 10 public)
Very heavily involved in several social clubs while in school, including prominent roles on some governing boards as well as VP Finance for my fraternity
2 years of work experience at Accenture, up for early promotion to Consultant, receive great reviews.
Plan on getting my recommendations from a Senior Exec that I worked closely with (Notre Dame undergrad alumni), a former family friend that was a Vice President of Vodaphone, and possibly a board member at the University of Notre Dame that is also a family friend. Is it unwise to have family friends write letters of recommendation?
I'm taking the GMAT in April '09 but have been receiving around 680-720 scores on the practice tests (wide variety but getting closer to around 710 now with little variation).
In terms of goals and aspirations for wanting to obtain an MBA: I'm currently working in an IT Consulting role, implemting large scale systems at high profile clients. I'd prefer to make the move to Management/Strategy Consulting and the move to a McKinsey, Bain or Boston Consulting Group, however I plan on leaving options open for a more "industry" position if one were to interest me.
My concern is that my volunteering history isn't very developed and any attempts to correct that now would be interpretted as simply "padding" my application. With all of that said, what are my chances at the schools listed above.
Thanks again!
