Hey,
To give you a brief background about myself, I am an Indian male who has worked in the M&A advisory division of the largest investment bank in Europe for a period of 2 years and am close to joining another bulge bracket American investment bank. As far as academics are concerned, i've always ranked in the top 5-8% of the class and have completed my BBA in India itself. GMAT score of 720.
Aspirations: Ideally, i'd like to apply to the Top 12-15 schools after gaining another 1-2 years of work ex i.e. intake of 2012 or 2013.
Still have a niggling concern regarding the essays. Given the fact that most analysts (entry-level position) do have rather standard profiles i.e. financial modelling, industry theme work, DD, etc. it becomes hard to spin a compelling story having had a restricted sort of profile. E.g. It wouldn't be possible to jot down the fact that i taught school kids in Uganda, went and saved the blue ridgeback whale of the coast of mauritius or something a little more offbeat which in most cases augments the essay with the finance work ex forming the body of each essay.
Questions regarding leadership (ideally to be cited from your professional experience) and other softer issues become harder to answer as the profile of an Analyst is very structured and vanilla.
Is it a significant disadvantage to have a pure-play finance work ex, without having something a little more interesting to augment your essays?
Thanks.
To give you a brief background about myself, I am an Indian male who has worked in the M&A advisory division of the largest investment bank in Europe for a period of 2 years and am close to joining another bulge bracket American investment bank. As far as academics are concerned, i've always ranked in the top 5-8% of the class and have completed my BBA in India itself. GMAT score of 720.
Aspirations: Ideally, i'd like to apply to the Top 12-15 schools after gaining another 1-2 years of work ex i.e. intake of 2012 or 2013.
Still have a niggling concern regarding the essays. Given the fact that most analysts (entry-level position) do have rather standard profiles i.e. financial modelling, industry theme work, DD, etc. it becomes hard to spin a compelling story having had a restricted sort of profile. E.g. It wouldn't be possible to jot down the fact that i taught school kids in Uganda, went and saved the blue ridgeback whale of the coast of mauritius or something a little more offbeat which in most cases augments the essay with the finance work ex forming the body of each essay.
Questions regarding leadership (ideally to be cited from your professional experience) and other softer issues become harder to answer as the profile of an Analyst is very structured and vanilla.
Is it a significant disadvantage to have a pure-play finance work ex, without having something a little more interesting to augment your essays?
Thanks.
