Ask Stacy Blackman

Hi, would you be so kind to assess my profile?

Gender: Male

Age: 24 (25 two months ahead of matriculating)

Nationality: Uruguayan (South America)

GPA: BS Accounting (with the equivalent of a CPA in the US) 82/100 at very important private University. Top 20% of class. (please do not benchmark with US percentage system. Top 1% is about 90-91/100 here). Received 35% merit based scholarship due to a 1480/1600 entrance exam score (similar to SAT)

GMAT: Did not take it yet. Please assess my chances with 680 and with 720.

Work Experience:
-41 months at matriculation. KPMG Advisory Services - Senior Consultant (three promotions).
-Experienced in M&A, valuations, financial modeling (at the Corporate Finance division) and process engineering, integration (after merger), business transformation strategy (at the Management Consulting division).
-Developed Corporate Social Responsibility strategy -emphasized in the environment- among KPMG Uruguay.
-Captain of the Advisory Services soccer team.
-General Management Assistant Professor at my University for a year (upon applying).

Extracurriculars:
-Executive Board Advisor at Latin American Sephardic Federation in Uruguay's sephardic community. Fund-raising and community involvement projects. 2,5 years upon applying.
-Mentor at 'Project Shoah'. Gave lectures to over 700 high-school students about the Holocaust and how it connects with nowadays bullying. 2 years upon applying. Member of this organization's fund-raising board too.
-Co-found a charitable organization, with about 10 to 15 volunteers in charge of helping homeless people, raising food and clothes donations.
-Have been involved for 4 years in a youth jewish movement, where I was in charge of a group of 30 children.

Other:
-Published an analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility at Uruguay's mid-market companies.
-Lived 10 months in Israel, where I have taken a 4-month community leadership program.

I am willing to apply next winter (Class of 2018), R2 to: HBS, Kellogg, Tuck, Yale SOM, Cornell Johnson and maybe Chicago Booth.

Thank you very much, I will appreciate your insights!

Thank you for your early and encouraging response Margaret!

I will provide you with the information you asked for:

-My goal is to develop sustainable energy projects in Uruguay, creating employment and bringing foreign investments to the country. I have had experience in several wind farms projects (financial modeling) at KPMG. A goal that I personal have for any time in my lifetime is to create a large NGO helping job/homeless families. What I am doing at this time with the charitable organization I believe is good, considering the limitations, but I would like to take the big step (infraestructure, funding, strategic associations, etc.)
-My time in Israel was between high-school and University. In addition to the leadership program, I have had several experiences including meeting multi-cultural people, receiving Israel's Red Cross two-week training, working on a Kibbutz (colaborative farm, for making it easy). This time in Israel is staightly related with my involvement in the youth jewish movement, being the work on this movement the main sponsor of the program.
-I have been involved in projects with international counterparts, but not travelled for that purpose.
-Immediately post-MBA in the US, because I would like to gain experience and network with potential investors, as well as gaining knowledge of the best practices. I am considering to select entrepreneurship and private equity elective courses for that purpose. Then I am planning to come back and execute my goals.

Once again, I appreciate your insights!