Undergrad: State school. 3.2 GPA.
Law School JD: Top 6 but not top 3 law school. ALMOST top 1/3. 0.1 short of graduating with honors.
Law School Tax LLM: One of the top tax programs. 3.8+ GPA.
LSAT: 172 (taken)
GMAT: 760 (taken, think I could do 780 if I study a bit more)
Age: Older than most I assume. 40.
Work experience: 4 years at big 4 M&A and International Tax (technically M&A but worked a lot Int Tax assignments). Promoted twice in that time. Played poker professionally for a long time before going back to finish undergrad then going to get a JD.
Very limited leadership experience in school. Was student government rep and debate team treasure/VP for a year but then just stopped and dedicated my free time to playing poker/blackjack
Goals: MBB/Big 4 type of strategic/management consulting. Although I have done really well in tax advisory and have moved consistently in the direction of modeling and M&A deals, I want to take the last step and basically go all in on the business side of things. Truth be told, I always suspected this would end up being the case. But with no work experience I couldn't get into any decent MBA program so I just went to the best law school I could get into on the strength of my LSAT.
What schools could I realistically get into? Reach schools? Does it help that my law school also has a top-tier MBA program? I also can get recommendation letters from some of the professors at the business school from my law school alma mater. (I took some business classes at the business school.) Would that help?
Law School JD: Top 6 but not top 3 law school. ALMOST top 1/3. 0.1 short of graduating with honors.
Law School Tax LLM: One of the top tax programs. 3.8+ GPA.
LSAT: 172 (taken)
GMAT: 760 (taken, think I could do 780 if I study a bit more)
Age: Older than most I assume. 40.
Work experience: 4 years at big 4 M&A and International Tax (technically M&A but worked a lot Int Tax assignments). Promoted twice in that time. Played poker professionally for a long time before going back to finish undergrad then going to get a JD.
Very limited leadership experience in school. Was student government rep and debate team treasure/VP for a year but then just stopped and dedicated my free time to playing poker/blackjack
Goals: MBB/Big 4 type of strategic/management consulting. Although I have done really well in tax advisory and have moved consistently in the direction of modeling and M&A deals, I want to take the last step and basically go all in on the business side of things. Truth be told, I always suspected this would end up being the case. But with no work experience I couldn't get into any decent MBA program so I just went to the best law school I could get into on the strength of my LSAT.
What schools could I realistically get into? Reach schools? Does it help that my law school also has a top-tier MBA program? I also can get recommendation letters from some of the professors at the business school from my law school alma mater. (I took some business classes at the business school.) Would that help?
