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UCLA FEMBA

by stevennu » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:25 am
Hey everyone. I'm wondering what my chances are for getting into UCLA Anderson's FEMBA program. A bit about me...

Graduated in 2010 from USC with a B.S. in Public Policy, Planning and Management with an emphasis in Real Estate Development and Finance. My undergrad GPA was 3.73.

While in undergrad I interned 24 hours per week with a small real estate private equity group. Additionally, I helped start TIG (Trojan Investing Group), a group of students that met on a weekly basis to discuss value investing. I was part of a fraternity and heavily involved in TREA (Trojan Real Estate Association). I was part of a real estate case competition team that won first place against (Wharton, University of Singapore, Univerity of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Aukland New Zealand, etc).

Upon graduation, I joined a mid-size real estate private equity group where I spent two years as an analyst. Worked on many projects and got a lot of exposure to different types of deals.

Last year, I moved to a top 10 real estate advisory/real estate private equity firm. Although I am an analyst, my role is more that of an associate. I work directly with the SVP of Acquisitions and handle everything from the underwriting to due diligence to closing of new deals. There is no one working between the SVP and myself.

I'm looking to take the GMAT in October and hope to score between 650 and 680. UCLA will be the only program I'm applying to. I believe it is one of the best MBA programs in the country and am not looking at any other options at this point since I'm looking to continue working as I earn my MBA.

I'm a first generation Mexican / Cuban American and am part of ULI Young Leaders.

Taking all that into consideration, what are my chances? I'm aiming to apply in the first round.
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by MBAApply » Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:35 pm
stevennu wrote:Hey everyone. I'm wondering what my chances are for getting into UCLA Anderson's FEMBA program. A bit about me...

Graduated in 2010 from USC with a B.S. in Public Policy, Planning and Management with an emphasis in Real Estate Development and Finance. My undergrad GPA was 3.73.

While in undergrad I interned 24 hours per week with a small real estate private equity group. Additionally, I helped start TIG (Trojan Investing Group), a group of students that met on a weekly basis to discuss value investing. I was part of a fraternity and heavily involved in TREA (Trojan Real Estate Association). I was part of a real estate case competition team that won first place against (Wharton, University of Singapore, Univerity of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Aukland New Zealand, etc).

Upon graduation, I joined a mid-size real estate private equity group where I spent two years as an analyst. Worked on many projects and got a lot of exposure to different types of deals.

Last year, I moved to a top 10 real estate advisory/real estate private equity firm. Although I am an analyst, my role is more that of an associate. I work directly with the SVP of Acquisitions and handle everything from the underwriting to due diligence to closing of new deals. There is no one working between the SVP and myself.

I'm looking to take the GMAT in October and hope to score between 650 and 680. UCLA will be the only program I'm applying to. I believe it is one of the best MBA programs in the country and am not looking at any other options at this point since I'm looking to continue working as I earn my MBA.

I'm a first generation Mexican / Cuban American and am part of ULI Young Leaders.

Taking all that into consideration, what are my chances? I'm aiming to apply in the first round.
I think you have a pretty solid profile for the FEMBA program. I would shoot higher on the GMAT though -- aim for 700+ to be safe. In fact, I think that may be the biggest issue right now, so that should be your sole focus, which is to do all you can to get the strongest GMAT you can. Beyond that, I think your profile is solid -- while the years of work experience at FEMBA vary more than in a full-time, it does skew a little older than full-time so you may be on the younger side (athough certainly not to the point where it's going to be an issue for admissions).

Just kill that GMAT!

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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:44 am
Steve,

I am a UCLA Anderson full-time graduate.

I feel even with a 650-680 you are an excellent candidate for UCLA FEMBA as your GMAT will be near the UCLA FEMBA average, but your GPA will be considerably higher than the UCLA FEMBA average. The school expanded the number of slots a few years ago so the selectivity is at 64%. Beyond the statistics your background is very compelling.

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by stevennu » Wed Oct 09, 2013 5:02 pm
MBAPrepAdvantage wrote:Steve,

I am a UCLA Anderson full-time graduate.

I feel even with a 650-680 you are an excellent candidate for UCLA FEMBA as your GMAT will be near the UCLA FEMBA average, but your GPA will be considerably higher than the UCLA FEMBA average. The school expanded the number of slots a few years ago so the selectivity is at 64%. Beyond the statistics your background is very compelling.

Good luck,
Michael,

My GMAT is scheduled for November 23. I've taken several practice MGMAT CAT's and have been in the mid 600's range. 640-650. My verbal is around 90th percentile yet my quant is at around 50th. I'm working very hard to get that number up to at least the 60th percentile. How much of an issue do you think there is by having skewed sections? My daily work is very quant heavy so maybe admissions takes that into consideration when evaluating my score?

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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:48 am
As a follow-up, how did you do on the exam?
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