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Nationalit: Dutch (The Netherlands, Europe)

Gender: Male

Age: 22

Academics:
Bachelor of Science in Medicine - GPA: 90th Percentile (#1 Ranked Dutch Medical School)
Master of Science in Health Science Research - GPA: 90th Percentile (#1 Ranked Clinical Research Center in Europe)
(Did both degrees together in four years, usually a master is initiated after the bachelor, but this dual degree is offered to students who've showcased exceptional talent and motivation)

ToEFL: 116/120

GMAT: 750 (Q49, V45, AWA 6.0)

Extracurricular:
Professional Gamer (1st national championships 2008, 16th world championships 2008, 2nd national championship 2009 and won many more online tournaments, visited various countries for competitions, I was featured in major newspapers, magazines and on TV)

eSports expert (Wrote an article about gaming and factors of success, read by over 20,000 people)

President of the "Year Representation - 2" and "Year Representation - 3" (Leading a team of 6, had some very difficult challenges which I aced, best performance by a Year Representation in years)
- I wrote a proposition to change part of the Case Method Teaching in the Core Curriculum, it passed and resulted in better results by students in the clinical phase of medical school

Won elections by majority of votes: President of the Faculty Council (Leading a team of 8, discussing with Board of Directors and Dean of Faculty about student related stuff)

Representative of YR-2/YR-3/FC in the "Medical Education Council "Insert faculty name here""

Work Experience: (Not impressive, but amounted to at least 15-20hrs/week)
Full time: ZERO

Part Time: All throughout my academic career
Intensive Care Cardiology student team - 9 months (Creating a bridge between theory and practice)

Lionbridge Technology, Internet Analyst - 2 years (Can't elaborate publicly, NDA)

Assistant Manager at Stadswonen BV, managed financial administration throughout the year, created financial and social annual reports for our student flat. 3.5 years

Career:
1.
I wish to pursue a career in non-profit internet entrepreneurship; more specifically I wish to incorporate many of the knowledge (by research and lectures, books etc.) I have accumulated into a business model. I already have most of it sorted, but I just don't want to give any hints on a public forum.

2.
Hedge Funds/Private Equity, you may laugh, but HFs want people with specific knowledge. I can deliver that knowledge to them as I have the connections or may be able to solve the cases itself (mainly directed towards investments in medicines, medical devices and medical start-ups).

Aiming for:
1. Stanford/Harvard
2. MIT/Wharton/Columbia

Thank you in advance.
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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:16 pm
In a nutshell, you seem to posess many attributes of not only a candidate for top schools, but potentially a top candidate at those schools. With your experience, top academic record, stellar GMAT score and clear post-MBA vision, I would expect you to get multiple offers and potentially even be in the running for fellowships. The fact that you are Dutch will also help, as it is an underrepresented nationality at US b-schools. The only wild card would be your timing. Even though you have top credentials, if you are applying in round three this year, it may still be a challenge as round three leaves precious few seats to offer even top candidates. I think frankly that you are the type of candidate who would have the best shot in round three, but at this point, schools are looking to fill specific niches in their student body, for which you may or may not fit. You would be a shoo-in for round one next year though. either way, you should get offers. Good luck.
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by Yes.WeCan » Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:18 am
I forgot to add that I'm not up to the point I described in the OP. I'm thinking of applying in R1 of Class of 2014. I haven't taken the GMAT/ToEFL yet, but I tend to score extremely well on standardized tests (Did two at 99,9th+ percentile each). I have already developed a studyplan for english/GMAT and I think using these I hope to match these figures.

So besides the GMAT/ToEFL this is what I will have achieved (I'm on track for everything I listed) by the time. I intend to enroll in the scholarship contest here, since I can use any help because it's hard for me to distinguish what's important for me to mention and what isn't. The fact is I would love to be independent and hire an AdCon myself, but I don't have the money for it..

Thanks for your time!

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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:27 pm
When the time comes, you may just consider hiring out for an hourly consulting package to help with the essays--this would come in much cheaper than a full support package. Also, since there is so much time between now and your target application, you can set aside nominal monies every year and likely hardly notice. When the time arrives to assemble your package, you will have it all "prepaid." Just a thought.
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