Thank you so much in advance for reading my post. I just took my GMAT this weekend and walked out with a 670 (45Q, 37V).
Female
23 y/o Asian
Applying from US but grew up in Asia
Will have two years of accounting advisory experience from a Big 4 accounting firm (one year audit, one year valuation). Finalist in firm's national intrafirm business proposal competition, extensive participation in firm recruiting efforts and intrafirm organizations). Have managed a team of two for four months.
Graduated with a 3.5 from top 25 national university (top 3 ranked business program). Strong extracurriculars (president of premier peer mentoring organization, student rep for school financial aid office, executive board of sorority). Stayed busy every summer with internships and jobs.
Will have strong recommendations from supervisor at work, supervisor from college, and colleague of two years. Also currently involved as an organizer of an Asian professionals group (around 300 members).
I'm thinking of schools like NYU, USC, Georgetown, CMU, and UVA as good matches, with Berkeley and Columbia as my reaches. Based on my profile, is this list realistic? Do I have a good shot at my matches? Is my GMAT the weakest part of my application? (My relatively low amount of work experience is also slightly worrying me).
My story for an MBA is that I don't want to stay in accounting, I intend to concentrate in finance (aim to be a financial analyst with a F100 firm upon graduation) with a high likelihood of heading back to Asia after graduation (hence the schools with a strong Pacific Rim reputation). If not Asia, then definitely a major city with a high concentration of Asians. Is this a coherent/compelling enough story?
Thanks again.
Female
23 y/o Asian
Applying from US but grew up in Asia
Will have two years of accounting advisory experience from a Big 4 accounting firm (one year audit, one year valuation). Finalist in firm's national intrafirm business proposal competition, extensive participation in firm recruiting efforts and intrafirm organizations). Have managed a team of two for four months.
Graduated with a 3.5 from top 25 national university (top 3 ranked business program). Strong extracurriculars (president of premier peer mentoring organization, student rep for school financial aid office, executive board of sorority). Stayed busy every summer with internships and jobs.
Will have strong recommendations from supervisor at work, supervisor from college, and colleague of two years. Also currently involved as an organizer of an Asian professionals group (around 300 members).
I'm thinking of schools like NYU, USC, Georgetown, CMU, and UVA as good matches, with Berkeley and Columbia as my reaches. Based on my profile, is this list realistic? Do I have a good shot at my matches? Is my GMAT the weakest part of my application? (My relatively low amount of work experience is also slightly worrying me).
My story for an MBA is that I don't want to stay in accounting, I intend to concentrate in finance (aim to be a financial analyst with a F100 firm upon graduation) with a high likelihood of heading back to Asia after graduation (hence the schools with a strong Pacific Rim reputation). If not Asia, then definitely a major city with a high concentration of Asians. Is this a coherent/compelling enough story?
Thanks again.
