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Hi everyone and thanx for this blog!
please, tell me what you think about my profile:

gender: male
age: 25
nationality: european :D (non-english speaker)
GMAT score: 730
Toefl IBT: 108/120
years of work experience: 3 (1 of which was an interniship before my graduation)
industry: finance
GPA: 4.0
Field of study: engineering

as you know round 2 is closing for most of the mba programs and unluckily I didn't have time to start with the application process for any of the programs I'm interested in; I don't want to apply in round 3, chances to be admitted are too slim.
however the MBA from Columbia Business School has a longer round 2 than that of other programs, starting from january 7th and ending on march 4th. I'm seriously thinking about applying to Columbia, focusing my sthrenghts on 1 MBA application only. Considering that I have strong reccomendations, what do you think my chances to be admitted will be??
my fear: I am an engineer and a finance guy (the pool of applicants is FULL of guys like me), so I think I have to find a way in my essay to make myself as much "diverse" as I can...

option B: and what if I wait and apply next year in round 1 to 3-4 MBA programs?

Thanx for the advice!

fedex wrote:Hi everyone and thanx for this blog!
please, tell me what you think about my profile:

gender: male
age: 25
nationality: european (non-english speaker)
GMAT score: 730
Toefl IBT: 108/120
years of work experience: 3 (1 of which was an interniship before my graduation)
industry: finance
GPA: 4.0
Field of study: engineering

as you know round 2 is closing for most of the mba programs and unluckily I didn't have time to start with the application process for any of the programs I'm interested in; I don't want to apply in round 3, chances to be admitted are too slim.
however the MBA from Columbia Business School has a longer round 2 than that of other programs, starting from january 7th and ending on march 4th. I'm seriously thinking about applying to Columbia, focusing my sthrenghts on 1 MBA application only. Considering that I have strong reccomendations, what do you think my chances to be admitted will be??
my fear: I am an engineer and a finance guy (the pool of applicants is FULL of guys like me), so I think I have to find a way in my essay to make myself as much "diverse" as I can...

option B: and what if I wait and apply next year in round 1 to 3-4 MBA programs?

Thanx for the advice!

You have a competitive profile for CBS and other top MBA programs. If you want to attend Columbia, I think applying for this year makes sense. Your stats are competitive and I don't see a big advantage in waiting until Fall. However, if there are other programs that you would strongly prefer, then it makes sense to wait until R1 of next year and apply to those preferred schools as well as CBS.

Best,
Linda

thanks linda, I really appreciate your comment. In the end I think I will apply to CBS in january and see what happens...