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Several executive board member positions in undergrad, founder of club. Several non-profit board positions involved for 3-5 years. Mentoring. Involved with undergrad admissions board.
Target School: Harvard
Considering: Stanford GSB
See More Profiles For: Harvard
Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: Georgetown / Vanderbilt Level (top non-ivy Private)
Undergrad Major: Business & Statistics - double
GPA: 3.8
GMAT: 700
Age: 27, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian
Extracurriculars: Founder of club on campus, board members of several nonprofits post grad, career coach and mentoring. Involved with undergrad admissions, and several President / executive board positions on undergrad.
Title: Senior associate - private equity
Industry: Banking & Finance
Company: Top Firm
Length of Employment: 3 yrs
Title: IB analyst (elite boutique)
Length of Employment: 2 yrs
Ranked #1 in both IB and PE gigs. Promoted to senior associate, with return offer post b school in pe. Helped underprivileged high school students get into college, and helped a portfolio company become #2 player in new industry. Also given promotion to associate (bypassing senior analyst role) at elite boutique investment bank (Moelis/Greenhill).
Starting ops improvement consulting firm after operations heavy investing role, after returning to my PE fund as a VP for a few years.
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From what I can see there is only one weakness in your application: It’s the fact that your GMAT score is 30 points below the HBS average, yet you are an Indian or Asian and that part of the MBA applicant pool tends to apply with some of the highest GMAT scores around. Nonetheless, you went to a great school, did well and landed two very important and highly selective jobs where you have done well. The fact that you plan to return to your PE job is also a plus because it means that HBS doesn’t even have to hellp you land a job. So, sure, you could retake the GMAT to be safe (and that wouldn’t be a bad strategy for either Harvard …
From what I can see there is only one weakness in your application: It’s the fact that your GMAT score is 30 points below the HBS average, yet you are an Indian or Asian and that part of the MBA applicant pool tends to apply with some of the highest GMAT scores around. Nonetheless, you went to a great school, did well and landed two very important and highly selective jobs where you have done well. The fact that you plan to return to your PE job is also a plus because it means that HBS doesn’t even have to hellp you land a job. So, sure, you could retake the GMAT to be safe (and that wouldn’t be a bad strategy for either Harvard or Stanford). On the other hand, you did manage to meet the minimum standard for a GMAT set by former admissions chief Dee Leopold who famously said that ‘I don’t care what your GMAT score is unless there is a 7 in front of it.’
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