Hello,
Thanks in advance for any advice. Here is my profile:
I have recently graduated from undergrad (mid tier UC) and have a full time job starting in mid July in LA. I am shooting for top business school programs (M7) but I realize that may be a stretch so I would be willing to settle for a top 15 school, but I think it’s better to shoot for the top regardless of realistic placement.
Here's my profile:
Education
• Middle tier University of California (think UCSB, UCD, UCI, UCSD)
• Started undergrad in Chemical Engineering, lacked interest, received scattered bad grades, failed a couple classes, then switched to a business economics equivalent major and got a 3.86 major GPA. Very strong uptrend obviously, Cumulative GPA = 3.2. Also should mention that I graduated 4 years and 2 quarters because of the late switch.
• Studied abroad at London School of Economics, got a 4.0 GPA in 2 finance classes
• Also was vice president of the school finance club, and active in another investment club, active in student government (finance council)
Work
• I am going to start full time in investment manager research. Decent firm hires mainly from USC, UCLA.
• Also pursing the CFA (recently took level 1, plan to finish program) and possibly the CAIA
Background/Story
• 1st generation American on mom’s side—mother emigrated from north western Europe. Parents got divorced young at a young age. Went to public schools in a poor central valley town… Discovered my passion for education in college… etc
Building the application
I plan to score high on the GMAT-- I am confident that I get a great score with a lot of studying.
I plan to build an alternate transcript emphasizing stats and math.
Also plan to be active in a group outside of work like toastmasters
Given those plans can anyone suggest anything that would really strengthen my application?
It seems that application is weak in leadership and volunteering but I am not sure what I should do about that. Another mba consultant mentioned that I should start playing a sport, not sure if that would help... Any thoughts?
Thank you
Thanks in advance for any advice. Here is my profile:
I have recently graduated from undergrad (mid tier UC) and have a full time job starting in mid July in LA. I am shooting for top business school programs (M7) but I realize that may be a stretch so I would be willing to settle for a top 15 school, but I think it’s better to shoot for the top regardless of realistic placement.
Here's my profile:
Education
• Middle tier University of California (think UCSB, UCD, UCI, UCSD)
• Started undergrad in Chemical Engineering, lacked interest, received scattered bad grades, failed a couple classes, then switched to a business economics equivalent major and got a 3.86 major GPA. Very strong uptrend obviously, Cumulative GPA = 3.2. Also should mention that I graduated 4 years and 2 quarters because of the late switch.
• Studied abroad at London School of Economics, got a 4.0 GPA in 2 finance classes
• Also was vice president of the school finance club, and active in another investment club, active in student government (finance council)
Work
• I am going to start full time in investment manager research. Decent firm hires mainly from USC, UCLA.
• Also pursing the CFA (recently took level 1, plan to finish program) and possibly the CAIA
Background/Story
• 1st generation American on mom’s side—mother emigrated from north western Europe. Parents got divorced young at a young age. Went to public schools in a poor central valley town… Discovered my passion for education in college… etc
Building the application
I plan to score high on the GMAT-- I am confident that I get a great score with a lot of studying.
I plan to build an alternate transcript emphasizing stats and math.
Also plan to be active in a group outside of work like toastmasters
Given those plans can anyone suggest anything that would really strengthen my application?
It seems that application is weak in leadership and volunteering but I am not sure what I should do about that. Another mba consultant mentioned that I should start playing a sport, not sure if that would help... Any thoughts?
Thank you
