Candidate:

Mr. French Economist

About Me:

During my BBA, I did a 2-year apprenticeship (2×8 for months) at KPMG. Then I became Research Officer at NERA in Paris. I work in different practices such as Arbitration, Transfer Pricing and Evaluation.
Born in France, but my family is from the Caribbean and Portugal and I have been the first to go to college (only my mom went to high school).

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: MIT Sloan, Columbia, StanfordĀ GSB

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Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: ESSEC Business School

Undergrad Major: Business Administration

GPA: 15.3/20 in the French grading system 3.75-4.0/4.0 after conversion

GMAT: 710

Age: 22,  Ethnicity: Black or African American

Other Degree/Certification: Exchange semester

School Name: Bocconi University

Extracurriculars: President of ESSECā€™s student council, Founder & President of ESSEC Club of Economics, Other volunteer experiences with NGOs at school and during gap semester and founded a junior enterprise at school.

Work History:

Title: Research Officer - NERA

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 3 mos

Big Life Wins:

– I led a project of a schoolwide reform called ā€œRespect for Othersā€. I led its implementation across all the French management ā€œGrandes Ecolesā€.
– Speak English, French, Spanish, Italian
– Former high-level athlete in Track & Field (4th position at the french championship in 4x100m in 2017) in high school.
– Deanā€™s List & award for student club

Post MBA Goal:

My long-term professional goal is to advise and provide financial and technical support to French and Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa to help them develop their public services and infrastructures.
I want to work on projects related to economic development alongside governments and private stakeholders in development finance institutions.

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  • John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 10%

    Given your young age of 22, I first assumed you would be applying to Harvard Business School’s 2+2 deferred admissions program. But then I see you have more than two years of work experience at NERA. So I am going to assume you are applying for admission immediately and not wanting to defer. You bring a lot of the table, given your international experience, your fluency in several languages, and the fact that you are a first generation college graduate. You also have some extras that reflect your leadership potential, from your experience in athletics to your election as President of ESSECā€™s student council and your founding of the ESSEC Club of Economics. But you are on the young side, you’ve been in your job …

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