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by eraserhead » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:09 am
Hi I just scored 690(Q49 V34) on GMAT (already took it twice and scored 650 and 640).
I am 31 year old from Serbia having 5 years of post graduate work experience.
2 years of audit (Big4)
2 years as a financial analyst
1 year of consulting in deals department (same Big4 company)

I am involved in various NGO. I was a founding member of one of political parties here, the first president of youth organization and one of the youngest candidates for Serbian parliament 5 years ago. Since then I pursued career in finance instead of politics.

Do you believe that schools such as NYU, UCLA are within my reach?

Thanks for the advice.
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by Jon@Admissionado » Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:13 am
I think those schools should be within your reach (and perhaps even better schools)

In my years of working with clients, I have seen that amongst the most attractive profiles for business school are those who come from a political background.

That plus a Big-4 experience should really make you a very strong candidate (depends a bit on exactly WHAT you did in this political platform, as well as how you performed at your Big 4), but overall I think you are off to a great start.
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by eraserhead » Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:57 am
Thank you very much for the response, I just have one more question.


What I wanted to ask you is whether I should emphasise my political activity and include this recommendation with all schools or just those known to be politically oriented to some extent, such as Harvard or Stanford?

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by Jon@Admissionado » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:29 am
Yes. To all schools for sure.
Political involvement always looks very strong.
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