Candidate:
Mr. Kellogg 1Y
About Me:
I am a financial services professional looking for an MBA to round out gaps in my finance/strategy knowledge base, gain management skills, and broaden my network.
Details:
Undergrad School: University Of Large Midwest State (non big 10)
Undergrad Major: Finance & Accounting Double Major
GPA: 3.58
GMAT: 710
Age: 29, Ethnicity: White
Other Degree/Certification: CPA, Level 3 CFA Candidate
Extracurriculars: Volunteer at local charity, Teaching Assistant for 3 classes in college, D1 scholarship athlete for two years (voluntarily left team to focus on coursework and gain part time employment to offset college cost)
Work History:
Title: Big 4 Senior Auditor
Industry: Accounting
Company: Top Firm
Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 4 mos
Title: Senior Senior Equity Research Analyst
Industry: Banking & Finance
Company: Boutique Firm
Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 9 mos
Big Life Wins:
Passing CFA L2 one month after major hospital stay, being promoted one year ahead of schedule at my current job and leading international business development and client engagement trips with multi-billion dollar hedge fund portfolio managers, backpacking to over 25 countries since college. Will complete CFA charter after application (december).
Post MBA Goal:
Accelerate my finance career and switch into corporate finance with the goal of working up to CFO.
Schools:
Target School: Kellogg
From the looks of your profile, you make a solid candidate for Kellogg’s accelerated MBA program. This program, of course, is best for people who don’t necessarily want to be career switchers. That does seem like you, though you clearly want to switch out of auditing and into corporate finance, a very doable goal with the one-year Kellogg MBA. Your stats are in line, particularly for the one-year option. And the two years you played sports at a division one school is a real plus, particularly if it was a team sport. Kellogg is a little more flexible on stats in this program because the school only reports two-year MBA stats to U.S. News for its ranking.