Hi B-school experts -
I've started to seriously consider business school within the next couple years (2018 or 2019 entry). My stats are below and would seriously appreciate some high-level advice on my chances of admission to M7.
GMAT: 780
Personal: 25 yo South Asian (Non-Indian) immigrant male, but essentially raised in the US. First-generation student.
Education: BS Math & Econ from a state school with various phd level statistics classes. GPA: 3.5 (absolutely horrible the first 2 years, but close to perfect the last 1.5 years with more quantitatively heavy classes). I worked throughout my undergrad to put myself through school. Looking back, this definitely did not contribute positively academically. haha. MS from Hopkins... GPA: 3.5 completed remote while working.
Experience: Working in back office quant finance. I've been working in model development for loss forecasting models for one of the top 4 BB banks. My work has involved quantitative heavy model development and communicating results to business execs who are less familiar with the technical specifications. I have gotten 1 promotion since starting. I'm very well-regarded by my manager and executives I've worked with in the firm. I'm confident I can get quality recommendations.
Goals: I'd like to transition closer to the business. Ideally, I'd like to break into investment management or private equity. Unfortunately, with my current position, the prospect for a successful transition is quite bleak.
EC: Work and school consumes/consumed a vast majority of my time. However, I'm decently involved in the LGBT community in my city (LGBT here). My involvement is mostly participatory through sports leagues. I don't think I can come up with any solid leadership experience as part of my EC. Obviously, this is probably a problem.
Concerns:
- What are my chances of breaking into M7? I'm definitely concerned about my lack of extra curricular shine. I'm also worried that my experience is not a typical business school profile.
- I'm also concerned about my education. I was a horrible student during the first half of my undergrad. Many withdrawals and terrible grades. Though I definitely improved this ten-fold during the later years, I'm concerned that this will be a major negative for the schools I'm trying to target.
- I understand I've got about 3 years to build a much better profile, but I'd like to enter within the next 1-2 years. How does this affect my chances.
Thanks for all the help!
Rae
I've started to seriously consider business school within the next couple years (2018 or 2019 entry). My stats are below and would seriously appreciate some high-level advice on my chances of admission to M7.
GMAT: 780
Personal: 25 yo South Asian (Non-Indian) immigrant male, but essentially raised in the US. First-generation student.
Education: BS Math & Econ from a state school with various phd level statistics classes. GPA: 3.5 (absolutely horrible the first 2 years, but close to perfect the last 1.5 years with more quantitatively heavy classes). I worked throughout my undergrad to put myself through school. Looking back, this definitely did not contribute positively academically. haha. MS from Hopkins... GPA: 3.5 completed remote while working.
Experience: Working in back office quant finance. I've been working in model development for loss forecasting models for one of the top 4 BB banks. My work has involved quantitative heavy model development and communicating results to business execs who are less familiar with the technical specifications. I have gotten 1 promotion since starting. I'm very well-regarded by my manager and executives I've worked with in the firm. I'm confident I can get quality recommendations.
Goals: I'd like to transition closer to the business. Ideally, I'd like to break into investment management or private equity. Unfortunately, with my current position, the prospect for a successful transition is quite bleak.
EC: Work and school consumes/consumed a vast majority of my time. However, I'm decently involved in the LGBT community in my city (LGBT here). My involvement is mostly participatory through sports leagues. I don't think I can come up with any solid leadership experience as part of my EC. Obviously, this is probably a problem.
Concerns:
- What are my chances of breaking into M7? I'm definitely concerned about my lack of extra curricular shine. I'm also worried that my experience is not a typical business school profile.
- I'm also concerned about my education. I was a horrible student during the first half of my undergrad. Many withdrawals and terrible grades. Though I definitely improved this ten-fold during the later years, I'm concerned that this will be a major negative for the schools I'm trying to target.
- I understand I've got about 3 years to build a much better profile, but I'd like to enter within the next 1-2 years. How does this affect my chances.
Thanks for all the help!
Rae
