Candidate:

Mr. IB To Strategy

About Me:

Hi All, I am currently a 26 year old with about 3.5 years of Post Undergraduate Experience. I spent my first 2-years working on the Corporate Banking side of Finance, then switched over to the IB side at a Boutique firm, where after about 8-months I was brought in by a very Large Bank to work on the Strategy team. I will apply in 2023 when I am 28.

Schools:

Target School: Yale

Considering: Wharton, Chicago Booth, Kellogg SOM

See More Profiles For: Yale

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Sam Houston State University

Undergrad Major: Finance

GPA: 3.6

GRE: 321

Age: 26,  Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Big Brother Big Sister, and a Student Mentor/Tutor.

Work History:

Title: Strategy Consultant

Industry: Banking & Finance

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 1 mos

Title: Investment Banking Analyst

Industry: Banking & Finance

Company: Boutique Firm

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

My biggest life win was being the first person in my family to go to college and on a baseball scholarship and my second life win was being the first analyst promoted to associate in the Corporate Bank I started my career at.

Post MBA Goal:

This is still TBD (hence the 2-year application wait), but something in Finance or maybe even venturing out with classmates to create a startup. Also, potentially for promotional aspects at my current Bank.

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  • mbaMission Odds Assessment: 35%

    Hi Mr. IB to Strategy, Julie-Anne Heafey here with mbaMission. I find a lot to like in your profile! Yale has some sky high stats in its MBA class, so let’s look at that piece of the puzzle first. Looking at your GPA, your 3.6 is well within range and I’m impressed that you achieved it as a first gen college student while on a baseball scholarship. Kudos to you! Now at most schools, a 321 might be a pretty good GRE score but Yale has one of the highest GRE norms out there – a median Q of 165 and V of 166. The middle 80% range starts at 160 for both, so you are again in the ballpark, but dangerously …

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