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w23ds: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 2; Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:40 pm

by w23ds » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:22 pm

Hi,

Can you help evaluate my chances at my target schools and my chances at scholarships? I already have significant grad school debt from my law degree so I'm trying to maximize my chances at scholarships. Thanks so much! I appreciate any input you can give me.

GMAT: 710 (44Q/44V) (First attempt. Would it be worth retaking for scholarship funds?)
IR: 7
GPA: 3.6 from a top 50 US undergrad
Law degree from a top US 14-law school
Work Experience: 3 years as an attorney at a large law firm doing sophisticated development/finance-related transactions (will be 4 years when starting my MBA)
Extracurriculars: active volunteer teacher/tutor at education non-profits, on a city government advisory committee
Goal: Work in strategy/management, preferably in the education technology space
Age/Ethnicity: 28/female/Asian
Target schools: Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, NYU, Columbia

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by Jon@Admissionado » Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:55 am

Well things look good so far. You have good grades a good GMAT, law experience int he right place. I do need more details to be more precise though. I'd say for sure Top 20 schools are in range. Whether your profile is good enough for Top 5 (H/S/W) is another question altogether. It depends on exactly how well you have done at work, and what else you have in your profile. Because you aren't from a Top school, and your GMAT is a bit below average. So top five schools might be stretches, but I think the rest should be quite good for you.

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by w23ds » Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:27 am

Jon@Admissionado - I've brought in my own clients (which is rare for an attorney at my level in at my firm), worked on numerous deals in the range of $50 million -$1 billion, including some very high profile deals and deals in which I was figuratively the second-in-command (these deals were deals in the $50-80 million range). Although these are somewhat big stepping stones in law, I wasn't sure how it would play out to admissions since it probably doesn't seem that spectacular to someone not in the field of law. Because this is pretty much my one shot at switching career fields and I really do need scholarship money, should I focus more of my time on (1) writing essays or (2) studying and retaking the GMAT in hopes of boosting my score by 20 or so points?

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by Jon@Admissionado » Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:22 pm

Hey,
Well, they won't know only if you don't tell them!

Plus, you can have your recommender write some very praiseworthy stuff about these achievements in the LOR. That would be a pretty good idea.

If you want to apply this year, it's a bit late to think about retaking the GMAT. So I'd say just pour that extra time into essay writing. It will likely pay off more.

Best,
JF

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