Hi all, I just found this forum, and felt that there were some good advice given throughout the various posts. At any rate, I'm applying for 2010 bschool admission, and would like a rough profile evaluation to gauge where I'm at.
Targeted Schools: Harvard, Wharton, Duke
Ethnicity: asian american
GMAT: 710 (Q46/V42)
College GPA: 3.73 (2 years of EE, then switched majors to business, and graduated with a degree in finance and a degree in mgmt information sciences)
Work Experience: 4+ years of management consulting with a focus in strategic sourcing
Extracurricular - College: 1 year as a research assistant to a Finance professor
Extracurricular - Post Graduate: None
My biggest concern is obviously the lack of extracurricular activities throughout my work experience, and also a lack of leadership activities outside of direct project work. I.e. i've lead client teams before, but was never on any internal firm committees. This is mainly due to the demands of my job as I have to travel on a weekly basis, and often have to work on the weekends, which leave me with very little time to do any type of community or volunteer work.
My second concern is the low quants on the GMATS, and how that could affect my chances. I've only taken it once, and I think that based on my performance in practice exams, my natural range for quant is around the 48-49 mark, which should boost my score up to the 730-740 range. That said, my understanding is that it's not that necessarily that big of a jump, and that my strong undergraduate marks in math heavy subjects (due to 2 years of EE & the stats courses required for the finance degree), along with my quant-intensive work experience would be enough to compensate for the somewhat low quant score.
Any advice or insights on my profile and how it fits with my targeted schools would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Targeted Schools: Harvard, Wharton, Duke
Ethnicity: asian american
GMAT: 710 (Q46/V42)
College GPA: 3.73 (2 years of EE, then switched majors to business, and graduated with a degree in finance and a degree in mgmt information sciences)
Work Experience: 4+ years of management consulting with a focus in strategic sourcing
Extracurricular - College: 1 year as a research assistant to a Finance professor
Extracurricular - Post Graduate: None
My biggest concern is obviously the lack of extracurricular activities throughout my work experience, and also a lack of leadership activities outside of direct project work. I.e. i've lead client teams before, but was never on any internal firm committees. This is mainly due to the demands of my job as I have to travel on a weekly basis, and often have to work on the weekends, which leave me with very little time to do any type of community or volunteer work.
My second concern is the low quants on the GMATS, and how that could affect my chances. I've only taken it once, and I think that based on my performance in practice exams, my natural range for quant is around the 48-49 mark, which should boost my score up to the 730-740 range. That said, my understanding is that it's not that necessarily that big of a jump, and that my strong undergraduate marks in math heavy subjects (due to 2 years of EE & the stats courses required for the finance degree), along with my quant-intensive work experience would be enough to compensate for the somewhat low quant score.
Any advice or insights on my profile and how it fits with my targeted schools would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
