Hello consultants,
I would love to get advice as to what schools I should be considering as well as whether my current selection is too aggressive. Here is a summary of my stats:
Female, 29
GPA 3.0 - from UC Davis
BS in management science economics & minor in math
low GPA because I worked a lot to pay for school and had to finish in 3 years.
GMAT - 720
5 years of work experience:
3 years in investment banking, one of those years was in the firm's European office.
2 years in corporate finance and strategy for a PE firm, currently a Finance Manager.
extracurriculars:
-on the board of small non-profit LGBT theater, have been volunteering with this theater to do the AIDs walk every year for 3 years, recently joined the board. On the marketing committee.
-triathelete
-founded a book club that currently has 14 members, organizing meetings and meeting materials every month
-member of an womens knowledge sharing investment club, helping women to learn the basics of managing their own finances and leveraging the stock market.
-member of several business affiliations in my industry.
-Chair of professional committee for a my business fraternity (co-ed) in college
-partner in a small business venture
Interests:
-green building and energy efficiency in the built environment (my industry is real estate)
-entrepreneurship
My target schools are Tuck, Haas, Chicago and Stanford.
Please tell me what other schools I should be considering and whether I am competitive at Stanford and Haas or whether I shouldn't bother applying...
Thank you!!
I would love to get advice as to what schools I should be considering as well as whether my current selection is too aggressive. Here is a summary of my stats:
Female, 29
GPA 3.0 - from UC Davis
BS in management science economics & minor in math
low GPA because I worked a lot to pay for school and had to finish in 3 years.
GMAT - 720
5 years of work experience:
3 years in investment banking, one of those years was in the firm's European office.
2 years in corporate finance and strategy for a PE firm, currently a Finance Manager.
extracurriculars:
-on the board of small non-profit LGBT theater, have been volunteering with this theater to do the AIDs walk every year for 3 years, recently joined the board. On the marketing committee.
-triathelete
-founded a book club that currently has 14 members, organizing meetings and meeting materials every month
-member of an womens knowledge sharing investment club, helping women to learn the basics of managing their own finances and leveraging the stock market.
-member of several business affiliations in my industry.
-Chair of professional committee for a my business fraternity (co-ed) in college
-partner in a small business venture
Interests:
-green building and energy efficiency in the built environment (my industry is real estate)
-entrepreneurship
My target schools are Tuck, Haas, Chicago and Stanford.
Please tell me what other schools I should be considering and whether I am competitive at Stanford and Haas or whether I shouldn't bother applying...
Thank you!!
