Hello,
My question is about the type of work experience a school like Columbia is looking for. I am currently working as a financial analyst at a boutique firm and while I have learned a great deal about finance and would not mind working my way up to bigger things in the industry, I am afraid a top school would look at my application and not see "big career accomplishments" and brush it aside or throw it on a stack with 1,000 other analysts that applied. On the other hand, I have the opportunity to work in real estate development with my family, and immediately be thrown into big projects like developing a regional shopping center. My goal in that case would be to use the MBA to add to my skills to grow the company. My one concern with that is the school seeing that I just worked with family and not take it seriously.
I was looking to apply for 2014. Assuming a 3.7 GPA (University of South Florida), a 700 GMAT, and community involvement how do you think schools would look at the application?
Thanks,
Derek
My question is about the type of work experience a school like Columbia is looking for. I am currently working as a financial analyst at a boutique firm and while I have learned a great deal about finance and would not mind working my way up to bigger things in the industry, I am afraid a top school would look at my application and not see "big career accomplishments" and brush it aside or throw it on a stack with 1,000 other analysts that applied. On the other hand, I have the opportunity to work in real estate development with my family, and immediately be thrown into big projects like developing a regional shopping center. My goal in that case would be to use the MBA to add to my skills to grow the company. My one concern with that is the school seeing that I just worked with family and not take it seriously.
I was looking to apply for 2014. Assuming a 3.7 GPA (University of South Florida), a 700 GMAT, and community involvement how do you think schools would look at the application?
Thanks,
Derek
