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Review Profile Please

by graysonh » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:47 am
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BS- Biology - Virginia Tech 2004
GPA: 3.4
GMAT: 700 Q:48 V:38
Work: 4 yrs total 2.5- mid sized Health care IT company as Project Manager, 1 yr Accenture Analyst, currently working as a contractor after lay off
Extracurricular: Hospital Volunteer in the past, joined a "Green" club at Accenture, helped with a local asthma information for minorities, worked with small organization that used hip hop and mentoring to motivate minority youth. NIH summer intern in college.

I took accounting finance and econ while in college.

My primary interests are corporate finance and sustainable enterprise

Schools of interest:

Consortium:
Darden
UT Austin

Last Round:
UNC

Do I have a good chance with any of the above or should I hold off until next year to get more extracurriculars under my belt. Any ideas?
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Re: Review Profile Please

by Linda Abraham » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:48 pm
graysonh wrote:African American
Male
26
BS- Biology - Virginia Tech 2004
GPA: 3.4
GMAT: 700 Q:48 V:38
Work: 4 yrs total 2.5- mid sized Health care IT company as Project Manager, 1 yr Accenture Analyst, currently working as a contractor after lay off
Extracurricular: Hospital Volunteer in the past, joined a "Green" club at Accenture, helped with a local asthma information for minorities, worked with small organization that used hip hop and mentoring to motivate minority youth. NIH summer intern in college.

I took accounting finance and econ while in college.

My primary interests are corporate finance and sustainable enterprise

Schools of interest:

Consortium:
Darden
UT Austin

Last Round:
UNC

Do I have a good chance with any of the above or should I hold off until next year to get more extracurriculars under my belt. Any ideas?
You have a competitive profile for these schools and if you can make a decent case for why you need an MBA now, I am optimistic. I see no reason above for you to wait.

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Linda
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