Background info:
Born and live in the US, white, male, 29 years old.
I have a 3.46 undergrad from Texas A&M University and an masters degree in Economics from a similar school with a similar GPA.
Since graduating in 2005, I've worked full time (apart from the 1.5 years in grad school).
Work experience: nothing too special; started as a business analyst, and am now an AVP with a couple of analysts working for one of the 4 ultra big banks in the US doing risk management in mortgage backed securities.
Extra curriculars: also nothing too special. Was in a fraternity and volunteered a bit.
GMAT: I had a terrible sinus infection the morning of my GMAT attempt and scored terrible. I was averaging about 710 or 720 on my practice exams, and could barely see when I took the GMAT. So, I needed a retake, but there were no available times over the next few weeks/month. So, I took the GRE, and made an equivalent (according to the conversion provided by ETS/GRE) of a 700.
SUMMARY FROM ABOVE: 5 years work experience, 700 GMAT, 3.5 GPA from a big public, and an MS in Econ
Here's my quandry... I'm married, I'll nearly be 30 when next august rolls around, don't want to seem like a job hopper (just started at my current position a bit over a year ago), and already earn a salary pretty close to 6 figures. So, I feel like a part time or executive program makes sense for me. However, I am unsure if that would grant me the same opportunities and salary bump that a full time program would. Thougths on that first of all?
Secondly, my choices that I FEEL like I'm leaning toward right now are
1) University of Texas Part Time
2) Yale Full Time
3) Duke Full Time
What are my chances at those schools? Should I knock any of those off? Should I include any others?
Born and live in the US, white, male, 29 years old.
I have a 3.46 undergrad from Texas A&M University and an masters degree in Economics from a similar school with a similar GPA.
Since graduating in 2005, I've worked full time (apart from the 1.5 years in grad school).
Work experience: nothing too special; started as a business analyst, and am now an AVP with a couple of analysts working for one of the 4 ultra big banks in the US doing risk management in mortgage backed securities.
Extra curriculars: also nothing too special. Was in a fraternity and volunteered a bit.
GMAT: I had a terrible sinus infection the morning of my GMAT attempt and scored terrible. I was averaging about 710 or 720 on my practice exams, and could barely see when I took the GMAT. So, I needed a retake, but there were no available times over the next few weeks/month. So, I took the GRE, and made an equivalent (according to the conversion provided by ETS/GRE) of a 700.
SUMMARY FROM ABOVE: 5 years work experience, 700 GMAT, 3.5 GPA from a big public, and an MS in Econ
Here's my quandry... I'm married, I'll nearly be 30 when next august rolls around, don't want to seem like a job hopper (just started at my current position a bit over a year ago), and already earn a salary pretty close to 6 figures. So, I feel like a part time or executive program makes sense for me. However, I am unsure if that would grant me the same opportunities and salary bump that a full time program would. Thougths on that first of all?
Secondly, my choices that I FEEL like I'm leaning toward right now are
1) University of Texas Part Time
2) Yale Full Time
3) Duke Full Time
What are my chances at those schools? Should I knock any of those off? Should I include any others?
Last edited by jiggedy on Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:45 am, edited 1 time in total.