Requesting profile evaluation

[sanmeet]

Indian Male
Age: 26
GMAT: 710 (Q51 V33)

Acads: Engineer
College: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Among the Top 5 engineering colleges in India)
GPA: 3.0 GPA (above average by college standards)
Cleared CFA Level 1, hopefully will cover Level 2 by admission time.

Work Ex: 3 years in financial services and 1 year in Consulting
Worked for 1.5 years as an Investment Banking Analyst in Energy sector for the support office of UBS Investment Bank. Wanted to try something new, spent 11 months in a healthcare consulting firm, did not like it so switched back to financial services. Currently working with Deutsche Bank Equity research team, again in the Energy Sector. Have built end to end financial models for oil companies and pretty comfortable with the dynamics of business in energy sector.

My client from Deutsche Bank Equity Research Team in UK has promised a reference letter (hopefully it could be helpful)

Extra curricular:
1. Co-founded and fully designed the company newsletter while working at UBS.
2. Design coordinator for the college cultural festival. Responsible for the banners, posters and the overall appearance of the festival.
3. Head of the college Photography Club.

Looking for a career in Financial Services.

Based on my profile which business schools should I target? Do I have a shot at schools like Wharton and Columbia? Where else can I apply?

[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

I think Wharton and Columbia might be a stretch, but everyone should have a stretch school in the mix. You should likely apply to the gamut of Wall-street feeder schools such as Duke, Virginia, Tuck, Georgetown, even Owen and UNC Keenan Flagler send grads to work on the STreet. TRuthfully, any business school in the top 20 will get you access to a decent financial services job--particularly if you would be just as happy at regional banks. Don't get me wrong, you have some differentiators, such as consulting experience to go with having been an IB analyst. This likely has given you a broad perspective on the markets and will be appealing not only to b-schools, but also to potential employers. Figure out where you want to work geographically, then choose a handful of schools within an 8-hour drive of your target work market post MBA. You should have no problem getting into a top 20 school if your application is passionate and written in a compelling way.