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Hello Everybody,

I am applying for MBA-12 admission and will really appreciate if the experts here can suggest a few right schools based on the profile below.

GMAT: 710 (Multiple Times)

Education:
Undergrad (BE) - NSIT, Delhi University (India) Department: Computer Science, (60.0% First Class...�)
Grad (MS): University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Department: Finance (Quantitative Finance)(GPA: 3.45/4.0)

Work Experience:
Total Work experience till date: 42 months (Across all domains)

Current (1 year): Sr. Corporate Financial Analyst in a consumer finance company. Work collaboratively with the CEO& CFO on deals pitching for investment into the firm and on other advanced financial negotiations.

Was Promoted to Sr. Financial Analyst after 6 months

Previous: Worked for a Predictive Analytics consulting company and developed a Midwestern Bank's leasing model.

Work Experience in India:
Developed & defined statistical rules based on the medical financial data.
Received "Pat on the Back" honor awarded only to a few associates of hundreds

Also, internship experience in a big mobile handset company working on simulated forecasts

Other achievements:
Financial Risk Manager - FRM)
CFA Cleared All Levels- Charter Awaited
SAS Certified Programmer

Sports:
Former national level professional tennis player

Community Work:
Worked in a non-profit to collect& collate data to find misappropriations of federal funds

Recommendations: From current CEO (MBA,Columbia)and CFO

Post MBA interested in Corporate Development of Fortune500 firms

I was initially thinking of applying for one yr program as I have a strong finance background but there are not a lot of good options in US

U Chicago
Kellogg (One Year MBA)
Wharton
Dartmouth (Tuck)
ISB (India) - I've heard it's not great for finance placements though... �

Please suggest if the list is achievable and what other schools I should look at.

Thanks
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by Jon@Admissionado » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:15 pm
Well, the first thing that struck me in your profile is "pro tennis". This may sound silly, but I've seen professional athletes do very well. (Of course you gotta have the other stuff - the work experience, the GMAT, etc.) But I would definitely suggest you exploit that experience for at least one exciting essay.

As for your work experience, things remain a bit obscure. IT seems very good, although it's hard to see exactly how good in terms of the other excellent candidates you'd be going up against - so I'm especially curious how you have fared in terms of speed and number of promotions and leads.

But overall, you do have the numbers and the background, and I'm confident that if you can kick the heck out of those essays and shine in a unique way, you should be a strong candidate.

If you are interested in one year options you are gonna have to look in Europe a bit - Oxford, Cambridge, LBS (which you CAN finish in 15 months although normally it's longer) in England, and of course INSEAD in France.

Otherwise in the US how about adding Columbia, NYU, and maybe Johnson as a back up?

They are all great finance programs.
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