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Profile evaluation

by rafa.br » Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:46 pm
Hi guys,

I would like some evaluation on my profile and my chances in the schools I am applying to.

General info:
- Male;
- Brazilian;
- 28 years old;
- Single;

Education:
- Industrial Engineering from a top 5 engg school in Brazil;
- Grades not exceptional (7.0/10.0);
- Short course in finance of 10 weeks at City University/UK;

Extra-activities:
- Scientific work during the undergrad;
- Published papers in some undergrad conferences;
- Organized two students' conference, first as member of the organization team and on the following year as co-president;
- volunteer work in a recycling cooperative teaching notions of math and as internal consultant for cost reductions;
- while in the university I putted my course on hold for one year and travelled to London to study english, work, travel in Europe and later study at City University;
- after university I've supported a NGO that supports children with cerebral plalsy;

Professional background: Finance / Equity Research
- 1.5 years as equity research intern in a large asset manager;
- 1.5 years as equity research analyst in a start-up hedge fund;
- last 2.5 years I've worked with equity research analyst in a brokerage house attending Brazilian and American clients; Actually during this year I was promoted to a senior position;
During these experiences I've always performed very well and went beyond my roles as stock analyst, specially on the last years when I assumed some more managerial functions in the area.

Short and long term goals:
- first get some experience abroad working with investment management and later come back to Brazil to run my own company;

GMAT: 640 (47 M / 31 V / 4.5 AWA)
I'm gonna take the gmat test again this week, but I'm not confident once I had no time to study decently on the last weeks.

Target schools on 2nd round: MIT, Wharton, Duke, Yale, Cornell, NYU and UNC

What do you think guys??? Actually, I really want to apply this year. Should I extend my options?!?!?!?

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by Jon@Admissionado » Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:30 pm
Hmmm going with an unknown GMAT so late in the game is gonna be a rocky ride indeed. It's very hard to make a plan when you don't know what bird you have in hand. Which means you gotta either
1. Come up with a gameplan with your CURRENT GMAT, changing your school list
2. Wait till next year and be all the wiser.


Cause right now, the schools you listed are out of your range, and it's very hard to figure out in R2 where you might apply when you don;t yet know what GMAT you might get! soooooo if it's not unreasonable, maybe bite the bullet, and hold off till next season?
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by FutureWorks » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:09 am
Hi,


Unfortunately the score is low to make it into top schools. So you have two options either apply to universities with less gmat requirement or give you gmat again. A score above 700 is advisable when applying to the schools in your list.
Juggling between work and studies is tough so you need to define a significant time for your GMAT preparation. Sometimes taking few days off work for preparing for the GMAT can help a person tremendously. If you have time this may not be a bad idea. Take practise GMAT tests to see how you are doing. If you cannot do that don't worry. What might work instead is to set aside 1-2 hours at night on weekdays and major part of your weekend to study and prepare for GMAT- in this case we will suggest a good 2-3 months preparation. However we recommend you to keep taking practise tests to gauge your performance. It will help you in identifying your weak areas and you can focus on them accordingly. You might be able to study more than the given hours and that would take you less than 2-3 months. It all depends on your potential really.
There are various ways you can use to practise for your GMAT. You might need to change your practise style and try this combination to provide you flexibility and different styles to practise so it doesn't get monotonous.
It could be combination of-
1-Books- Books like- The Official Guide for GMAT Review, The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review, The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review etc could be used.
2-Online Study Guide: Websites like Knewton, Grockit etc provide you with practise questions online.
3-Smart phone applications- Kaplan, Veritas etc offer applications to prepare for GMAT on your smart phones.