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by amitmishra012 » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:15 am
Hi,

Can you please evaluate my profile?

GMAT: 720
TOEFL: 108
Undergrad: BE Computer Engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University, India, 3.7 GPA
CFA Level II candidate
Workexp: 7 years - 2 years for small start up company, 5 years for Infosys technologies

Worked as a Business Analyst/Associate PM in a financial client for 3 years in US.

Involved in various extra curricular activities at school and college level. Won few elocution and painting competitions.

Weakness: Left work in mid of 2007 to take care of my kid. My kid had some health issues at that time and could not continue working. Once he was doing good, decided to come back to workforce in 2008, but due to visa restrictions and the economic conditions could not find any suitable options. So decided to study further, started with CFA and then moved on GMAT, TOEFL for MBA program.

Target Schools: UCLA,USC,Loyola Marymount (cannot relocate from southern california because of family reasons)

Does my profile look good enough for the schools I am targetting for?
Do you think after 2-3 year gap, I can get into UCLA or USC?
Are there any other colleges I should add to my list?

Thanking you in anticipation
Amit
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by Paxton Helms - Kaplan » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:01 pm
Hi, Amit--

I think that, with your great experience before you took time off and your strong scores, that you should be a competitive candidate at the schools you mentioned.

Two other thoughts:

- I think UC Irvine may have an MBA program.

- Why the MBA if you already have the CFA? I mean, isn't that equivalent to an MBA in finance? I'm not saying that you can't or shouldn't (or that the admissions committee will look askance at it) it's just that you should have some compelling reason for wanting to have an MBA and a CFA.

Hope this helps--

Paxton
Keep me in the loop about your thinking and let me know if you have any more questions.

Paxton



Paxton Helms is an MBA admissions consultant for Kaplan Admissions Consulting. He earned his MBA from UCLA and specializes in helping clients that are applying to top twenty and "reach" programs. He can be reached directly at [email protected].

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by amitmishra012 » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:13 pm
Thanks Paxton. Appreciate your inputs on my query.

I have not yet completed the CFA Charter. I have just finished Level 1 CFA and enrolled for Level 2. Its very hard to be focused and do self study. Also CFA is more into technical side of finance. I want to get an MBA to learn more of business side of finance and also I would love to attend a school and interact with classmates rather than being alone at home and studying CFA.

Do you think the gap of 3 years in going to put a negative impression on my grad school application? I am quite worried about the gap in 3 years, like what impression it will give to adcom?

Thanks,
Amita
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