Yay or Nay?

[mrinalini2185]

Hi Stacy...I am currently 22 years old and am working at the International Monetary Fund on a two year contract in the Research Assistant Program with the Monetary and Capital Markets Department. I did my undergrad in a double major from University of Maryland Smith School of Business in Economics which was an Honors Thesis as well and in Finance witha GPA of 3.8 where I was in many leadership positions such as being a resident assistant and on the council for diversity within residence halls and incharge of developing a conducive academic environment in my residence hall. Along with this I have also worked with Ernst & Young in Consultancy in India and have helped them give advice to pharmaceutical companies to setup in India. I also have produced a paper based on my recommendations and work there. While in high school I have been involved with setting up of small home-businesses for rural women in India and for excellence in Academics, ExtraCurricular/Leadership and Sports I was awarded an Excellence Award given to only three people in a batch of 60+ in my high school graduating class. My GMAT scores are 700+. I will be applying in the dual degree JD/MBA program later this year.

What do you think my chances are of making to:
Harvard
Yale
UPenn
Colombia
Georgetown
NYU
Duke
UVA

Many thanks for taking time to evaluate my profile and giving me any tips you might have for the application process and making choices. I sincerely appreciate it.

[Amy]

Hi mrinalini2185,

It sounds like you have an interesting background and also have stellar academics, both of which will be helpful when applying to the JD-MBA program. The joint programs are a bit more competitive, so I would say there are no guarantees for the top schools. The added complexity is that some of the schools on your list have top ranked programs in either MBA or JD, so while a school like Yale is a bit less competitive for MBAs, it's incredibly competitive for JD applications.

I think you have a nice list of options that should allow you to find a program that works for you. If you need to narrow the list down (8 schools are a lot to apply to) I would still maintain a mix of more competitve and less competitive programs.

Good luck!

Amy