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Hi all,

Thank you for taking the time out to review my profile. Any advise about about polishing my profile is welcome. My Target schools: Berkley, Cornell, Duke, U of Michigan, Yale, U of Minnesota


Here is a quick sketch about my profile:

Hispanic - originally from South America working on the U.S on a H1B visa

GMAT 670 (Q46/V36) (I'm seriously thinking about retaking it)

GPA 3.77 Double major Finance/International Business (from a small state university)

Work experience: 2yrs (Accountant/Financial analyst) for the North America office of a Korean Conglomerate.

Extracurricular s: Worked as a Resident Assistant for 3 yrs. Spanish tutor, Finance Tutor, Started a student organization (too bad it died soon after I graduated college). Just started as a board member for a local nonprofit.

Goal: move up the chain as a Financial Analyst, maybe even move back to my home country in South America and help with country development.

I am planning to apply next year, for the 2014 batch. Any recommendations on how to improve my profile for next year? Again that you very much for your input

Hello,

Thanks for posting your profile. Looks like you're already taking some great steps. My concern with your professional experience is that it doesn't allow for as much team work and leadership as some other professions do, so I would recommend taking on as much responsibility as you can at work - if there are any projects you can lead, that would be great.

Also, show that you can lead and manage teams outside of work. The nonprofit board is great. Maybe consider some other extracurricular leadership activity that allows you to work with/manage teams as well? While it sounds like you were very active during college, it seems you are not as much since.

Finally, I do recommend that you retake the GMAT as most of the schools on your list are quite competitive and would want to see a 700+ score.

Best of luck,
Mili

Mili Mittal
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