I am interested in my chances at top 20 b-schools. I applied round 2 to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, MIT, UCLA, NYU, Columbia.
Rejected from Harvard and Columbia. Recently Interviewed at UCLA - still waiting for final decision. I am curious what you think my chances are at the remaining schools and if you believe there are any programs I may have overlooked that I should consider for round 3.
Here are my stats and background:
29-year-old white male, 55 months FT work experience
690 GMAT
3.9 Undergrad GPA - Honors Program in Economics (very quantitative) at UC school (think San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine)
3.5 Grad GPA - Masters of Accounting (MAcc) from highly ranked Accounting Program (think UT-Austin or University of Southern California)
Work experience includes a 16-month stint as an M&A analyst at a boutique oil & gas investment bank; two years with a rare mid-cycle promotion to associate director at well-known, public, NY-based financial firm (but not a huge Goldman, JP Morgan, TPG, KKR, Blackstone or similar) where I led sourcing and due diligence for oil & gas private equity deals, sourced 2 of my team's largest and most successful PE deals and developed my team's most profitable PE product.
"SEC Whistleblower" who led to the agency's recovery of over $3 million from company and a person's lifetime ban from the securities industry - I have been told business schools would find this interesting and valuable
Raised $5 million from a foreign family office to start up a small oil company that had a $12+ million valuation 16 months later - I divested my interests and departed due to a "too-attractive-to-resist" offer to sell
Currently an advisory board member for two small oil companies and a charity that provides critical surgical and reconstructive care to children in conflict regions
Strong recommendations
Rejected from Harvard and Columbia. Recently Interviewed at UCLA - still waiting for final decision. I am curious what you think my chances are at the remaining schools and if you believe there are any programs I may have overlooked that I should consider for round 3.
Here are my stats and background:
29-year-old white male, 55 months FT work experience
690 GMAT
3.9 Undergrad GPA - Honors Program in Economics (very quantitative) at UC school (think San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine)
3.5 Grad GPA - Masters of Accounting (MAcc) from highly ranked Accounting Program (think UT-Austin or University of Southern California)
Work experience includes a 16-month stint as an M&A analyst at a boutique oil & gas investment bank; two years with a rare mid-cycle promotion to associate director at well-known, public, NY-based financial firm (but not a huge Goldman, JP Morgan, TPG, KKR, Blackstone or similar) where I led sourcing and due diligence for oil & gas private equity deals, sourced 2 of my team's largest and most successful PE deals and developed my team's most profitable PE product.
"SEC Whistleblower" who led to the agency's recovery of over $3 million from company and a person's lifetime ban from the securities industry - I have been told business schools would find this interesting and valuable
Raised $5 million from a foreign family office to start up a small oil company that had a $12+ million valuation 16 months later - I divested my interests and departed due to a "too-attractive-to-resist" offer to sell
Currently an advisory board member for two small oil companies and a charity that provides critical surgical and reconstructive care to children in conflict regions
Strong recommendations
