Thank you for taking the time to evaluate my profile!
**What do you think my chances are for admission at H/W/S?
Age: 25/M
Ethnicity: African-American
GPA: 3.2 / Major: 3.4
GMAT: In Process
School: #2 Undergraduate Business Program
Major: Accounting
Designation: Licensed Certified Public Accounting (CPA)
Profession: Privately Held – Public Accounting Firm
Target Schools: H/W/S, Columbia, Darden, Chicago and MIT.
Applying fall 2008 for fall 2009 admission
Work Experience: 3 years full time work experience
Year 1 – Staff
Responsibilities were general financial accounting for private and federal clients as well as new business development (assisted in obtaining several new contracts for the firm)
Year 2 – Senior
Co-led 10 professionals to create the approach and design for a federal agency’s first comprehensive loan sales guidebook through research, analysis, interviews, quality assurance and timely delivery of reports.
Year 3 – Manager
Currently lead 15 professionals, across four practice groups: financial statements, operating procedures, policy, and expense allocation. My team was able to get the client a clean audit opinion despite numerous client imposed set backs, my leadership during the event led to my promotion.
Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
State CPA Society
National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
Undergraduate and Minority Alumni Club
Extracurricular (college)
Student Body Pres. Candidate
Student Body Rep.
Founder, Campus Tour group
Prospective Students Moderator
Minority Alumni Roundtable Contributor
Big Sibling Program
Business Fraternity
Community Service
Founded community based non-profit aimed at increasing the number of certified minority professionals through speaking, mentoring and networking. In the process of securing grant money from federal government, working on a summer camp through donor funding, will hold a speaker series and networking events in the spring.
Board of Directors, Discipleship Program training leaders
Trustee at Church in charge of monitoring financial wellness of Church
Professional Mentoring Non-profit, Volunteer
Democratic Campaign, Volunteer
Private Business Pursuits
Production Company: Founded May 2005, Exit April 2007
Social Network Internet Start-up: Founded November 2007, in the funding and beta testing phase (CA)
Reasons for pursuing an MBA
Challenging leadership
Broader exposure – People and Topic Areas
Education/Information
Entrepreneurial Networking
Professional specialty
Questions
1. My question is what else can I do to stand out and find uniqueness in my story?
2. How can I differentiate myself and make a case for admission at my top choices?
Thank you very much for your time!
**What do you think my chances are for admission at H/W/S?
Age: 25/M
Ethnicity: African-American
GPA: 3.2 / Major: 3.4
GMAT: In Process
School: #2 Undergraduate Business Program
Major: Accounting
Designation: Licensed Certified Public Accounting (CPA)
Profession: Privately Held – Public Accounting Firm
Target Schools: H/W/S, Columbia, Darden, Chicago and MIT.
Applying fall 2008 for fall 2009 admission
Work Experience: 3 years full time work experience
Year 1 – Staff
Responsibilities were general financial accounting for private and federal clients as well as new business development (assisted in obtaining several new contracts for the firm)
Year 2 – Senior
Co-led 10 professionals to create the approach and design for a federal agency’s first comprehensive loan sales guidebook through research, analysis, interviews, quality assurance and timely delivery of reports.
Year 3 – Manager
Currently lead 15 professionals, across four practice groups: financial statements, operating procedures, policy, and expense allocation. My team was able to get the client a clean audit opinion despite numerous client imposed set backs, my leadership during the event led to my promotion.
Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
State CPA Society
National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
Undergraduate and Minority Alumni Club
Extracurricular (college)
Student Body Pres. Candidate
Student Body Rep.
Founder, Campus Tour group
Prospective Students Moderator
Minority Alumni Roundtable Contributor
Big Sibling Program
Business Fraternity
Community Service
Founded community based non-profit aimed at increasing the number of certified minority professionals through speaking, mentoring and networking. In the process of securing grant money from federal government, working on a summer camp through donor funding, will hold a speaker series and networking events in the spring.
Board of Directors, Discipleship Program training leaders
Trustee at Church in charge of monitoring financial wellness of Church
Professional Mentoring Non-profit, Volunteer
Democratic Campaign, Volunteer
Private Business Pursuits
Production Company: Founded May 2005, Exit April 2007
Social Network Internet Start-up: Founded November 2007, in the funding and beta testing phase (CA)
Reasons for pursuing an MBA
Challenging leadership
Broader exposure – People and Topic Areas
Education/Information
Entrepreneurial Networking
Professional specialty
Questions
1. My question is what else can I do to stand out and find uniqueness in my story?
2. How can I differentiate myself and make a case for admission at my top choices?
Thank you very much for your time!
