Hi experts,
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am white/hispanic, 26-year old male born and raised in the US looking to apply to H/S/W along with Booth and Columbia in round 2 - H & W being my top choices.
GMAT Score: 780 - Q50/V47/IR7
Undergraduate education:
Completely unknown small private university in the Northeast
Majors - Economics; Mathematical Finance (minor in Math)
GPA - 4.0
Work experience:
28 months as of November working in sell-side Equity Research at a large multinational bank (despite its size and breadth, it is not very well-known and doesn't even come close to competing with the conventional investment banks).
Career goals/Why GMAT:
I'm ideally looking to stay in finance but transition to a buy-side role at a large hedge fund (would settle for an asset manager or a private equity fund). Up until this point, I've been rather unsuccessful in making this transition without an MBA. Obviously, if the stars align and I could make this transition without going to business school, then I most definitely would - but that happening seems more and more unlikely.
Extra Curriculars:
I have a very skewed work/life balance so this is something that has been put on the back burner since I left undergrad. I'm sure if you twisted my arm I could list a few, but they would all be stretches and require some massaging at best.
So I guess my questions are:
Given my current situation, there is little benefit at all career-wise in attending a school outside of the ones listed above. What are my chances of getting into H/W? the others mentioned?
Obviously my ECs are going to be my biggest weakness - is this something that could/would be overlooked given my situation?
Lastly, would I realistically be looking at scholarships if my application were to be accepted at the schools mentioned?
Thanks for the help!
JC
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am white/hispanic, 26-year old male born and raised in the US looking to apply to H/S/W along with Booth and Columbia in round 2 - H & W being my top choices.
GMAT Score: 780 - Q50/V47/IR7
Undergraduate education:
Completely unknown small private university in the Northeast
Majors - Economics; Mathematical Finance (minor in Math)
GPA - 4.0
Work experience:
28 months as of November working in sell-side Equity Research at a large multinational bank (despite its size and breadth, it is not very well-known and doesn't even come close to competing with the conventional investment banks).
Career goals/Why GMAT:
I'm ideally looking to stay in finance but transition to a buy-side role at a large hedge fund (would settle for an asset manager or a private equity fund). Up until this point, I've been rather unsuccessful in making this transition without an MBA. Obviously, if the stars align and I could make this transition without going to business school, then I most definitely would - but that happening seems more and more unlikely.
Extra Curriculars:
I have a very skewed work/life balance so this is something that has been put on the back burner since I left undergrad. I'm sure if you twisted my arm I could list a few, but they would all be stretches and require some massaging at best.
So I guess my questions are:
Given my current situation, there is little benefit at all career-wise in attending a school outside of the ones listed above. What are my chances of getting into H/W? the others mentioned?
Obviously my ECs are going to be my biggest weakness - is this something that could/would be overlooked given my situation?
Lastly, would I realistically be looking at scholarships if my application were to be accepted at the schools mentioned?
Thanks for the help!
JC
