Hi Stacy Blackman Team - Would you kindly comment on my chances for the listed schools? Greatly appreciate your insights
Born in Iran
Lived in Europe for 10 years and graduated from High school
Moved to Canada in 2000 and graduated from a mid-tier Canadian University
- Major Finance / Minor Economics
- 10.7 / 12 GPA (Based on some conversion tables I think this is a 3.8 )
- University Senate Medal for outstanding academic achievements
- Dean’s list all years
- In my final year I was part of a two person team to make it to the finals of Canada’s most prestigious undergraduate business case competition (top 6 teams out of 30 schools, some from Europe and Asia).
GMAT
750 (98%) V46 (99%) Q48 (84%) – AWA not available yet (could be as low 4 and as high as 5 - I felt like I was still asleep on the first essay – I wrote at 8am)
Languages
Fluent in English and German
Fluent in spoken Farsi
Currently taking French classes (Beginner level II – passed Level I)
Career
Intern at a global insurance company (4months)
Financial Analyst at a Dow Jones Company in Canada (15 mths)
Promoted to Advisory Financial Analyst (18 mths)
Career Switch into Management Consulting at same company (Financial Management – process optimazation, financial transformation and strategy etc) in March 2008
Extracurricular:
- Very involved in univeristy and MBA recruitment for my company
- Coordinated various events for new hires
- Mentor to a new hire
- Considering to teach as a GMAT instructor for one of the four major prep companies
- Board of Directors at non-for profit focusing on financial counselling for folks living below poverty line (Been doing this for yr now – unfortunately we may go out of business soon. The org has been around for 20 yrs)
Schools: A bit torn here. Weighing my options as I just wrote the GMAT today and was a bit surprised by my score.
Here is the list:
Kellog (one yr), Insead (one yr) – Original goal
Harvard, Stanford, Wharton – Considering at this point
Post-MBA Goal:
Consulting
Born in Iran
Lived in Europe for 10 years and graduated from High school
Moved to Canada in 2000 and graduated from a mid-tier Canadian University
- Major Finance / Minor Economics
- 10.7 / 12 GPA (Based on some conversion tables I think this is a 3.8 )
- University Senate Medal for outstanding academic achievements
- Dean’s list all years
- In my final year I was part of a two person team to make it to the finals of Canada’s most prestigious undergraduate business case competition (top 6 teams out of 30 schools, some from Europe and Asia).
GMAT
750 (98%) V46 (99%) Q48 (84%) – AWA not available yet (could be as low 4 and as high as 5 - I felt like I was still asleep on the first essay – I wrote at 8am)
Languages
Fluent in English and German
Fluent in spoken Farsi
Currently taking French classes (Beginner level II – passed Level I)
Career
Intern at a global insurance company (4months)
Financial Analyst at a Dow Jones Company in Canada (15 mths)
Promoted to Advisory Financial Analyst (18 mths)
Career Switch into Management Consulting at same company (Financial Management – process optimazation, financial transformation and strategy etc) in March 2008
Extracurricular:
- Very involved in univeristy and MBA recruitment for my company
- Coordinated various events for new hires
- Mentor to a new hire
- Considering to teach as a GMAT instructor for one of the four major prep companies
- Board of Directors at non-for profit focusing on financial counselling for folks living below poverty line (Been doing this for yr now – unfortunately we may go out of business soon. The org has been around for 20 yrs)
Schools: A bit torn here. Weighing my options as I just wrote the GMAT today and was a bit surprised by my score.
Here is the list:
Kellog (one yr), Insead (one yr) – Original goal
Harvard, Stanford, Wharton – Considering at this point
Post-MBA Goal:
Consulting
