Hi Stacy/Lisa
I'm debating whether I should submit a last-minute second round app to HBS. Altogether, I'd have about 2.5 weeks to do everything (essays, application, etc.) The only things that are done are GMAT (which I took last year) and recommendations (for which I asked my recommendors today, in case I do apply). So far, I've put little effort into the app, and didn't even know what the essay questions were until today. Nonetheless, I feel that I am good at "improvising" and might be able to crank out a few good essays in 2 weeks; I just want to make sure that my profile is competitive.
I have a 3.6 GPA from Middlebury College in Economics and a 750 GMAT. I am a college senior so I don't have any work experience. I have 4 summer internships; 1 with J.P. Morgan's Investment Banking Division (Mergers and Acquisitions) in New York and 1 with Lehman Brothers, also in IBD (Healthcare) in Hong Kong.
The other 2 internships were with smaller entrepreneurial firms, but 1 was in a developing market (internship at a bank in Bolivia doing micro-finance type work). I had volunteered at an orphanage while in Bolivia in a leadership capacity (and had recruited others to join the same cause). This experience had allowed me to aid the founding of two student groups when I got back to college: a group founded by a group of my friends to aid orphans in Vietnam - the group arranged a self-funded trip over the summer to the orphanage; and a group founded by my sister which cares for orphans in Somalia (and is currently fund-raising to set up a similar trip) - I had influence over both organizations in their early stages
I have also been a teaching and research assistant for 2 years and studied Chinese at a top Chinese University for 1 semester.
I hope that this experience is unique enough that it would make putting forth an application worthwhile. I just want to confirm before committing the time and energy.
Thanks,
JC
I'm debating whether I should submit a last-minute second round app to HBS. Altogether, I'd have about 2.5 weeks to do everything (essays, application, etc.) The only things that are done are GMAT (which I took last year) and recommendations (for which I asked my recommendors today, in case I do apply). So far, I've put little effort into the app, and didn't even know what the essay questions were until today. Nonetheless, I feel that I am good at "improvising" and might be able to crank out a few good essays in 2 weeks; I just want to make sure that my profile is competitive.
I have a 3.6 GPA from Middlebury College in Economics and a 750 GMAT. I am a college senior so I don't have any work experience. I have 4 summer internships; 1 with J.P. Morgan's Investment Banking Division (Mergers and Acquisitions) in New York and 1 with Lehman Brothers, also in IBD (Healthcare) in Hong Kong.
The other 2 internships were with smaller entrepreneurial firms, but 1 was in a developing market (internship at a bank in Bolivia doing micro-finance type work). I had volunteered at an orphanage while in Bolivia in a leadership capacity (and had recruited others to join the same cause). This experience had allowed me to aid the founding of two student groups when I got back to college: a group founded by a group of my friends to aid orphans in Vietnam - the group arranged a self-funded trip over the summer to the orphanage; and a group founded by my sister which cares for orphans in Somalia (and is currently fund-raising to set up a similar trip) - I had influence over both organizations in their early stages
I have also been a teaching and research assistant for 2 years and studied Chinese at a top Chinese University for 1 semester.
I hope that this experience is unique enough that it would make putting forth an application worthwhile. I just want to confirm before committing the time and energy.
Thanks,
JC
