Candidate:

Mr. Relationship Manager

About Me:

Relationship Manager in the Corporate Banking Department of HBL (Pakistan’s largest commercial bank).

Details:

Undergrad School: LUMS, Pakistan

Undergrad Major: Accounting and Finance

GPA: 3.8

GMAT: 750

Age: 25, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: President, LUMS Society of Professional Accountancy

Work History:

Title: Relationship Manager

Industry: Banking & Finance

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 3 yrs

Big Life Wins:

Fastest rising Management Trainee at HBL getting promoted within the first 12 months. Youngest Relationship Manager at HBL’s Corporate Banking Department, independently managing a portfolio of 20 corporate clients. Successfully led the region’s remediation exercise as part of HBL’s Global Transformation Program. On-boarded three new-to-bank client.

Post MBA Goal:

I aim to set up my own boutique consulting firm catering to SMEs in Pakistan. Will join MBB to learn best practices and acquire the skills I would need to pursue this endeavor.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Status: Open

Considering: Stanford GSB

John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 15%

Your profile tells me you are a smart, hard-working young man who is clearly doing very well in your early career. Your big life wins are impressive, from being the fastest rising management trainee to being the youngest relationship manager in the corporate banking department. The fact that you independently manage a portfolio of 20 corporate clients is a sign that you are trusted and highly valued. Your basic stats–a 3.8 GPA and a 750 GMAT–are solid. But here’s the challenge: Unless I’m missing something, I don’t see something here, particularly in your extras, that is driving you into a program as highly selective as Harvard or Stanford. It’s possible that HBS would accept you, given your achievements at work but I think you need …
Your profile tells me you are a smart, hard-working young man who is clearly doing very well in your early career. Your big life wins are impressive, from being the fastest rising management trainee to being the youngest relationship manager in the corporate banking department. The fact that you independently manage a portfolio of 20 corporate clients is a sign that you are trusted and highly valued. Your basic stats–a 3.8 GPA and a 750 GMAT–are solid. But here’s the challenge: Unless I’m missing something, I don’t see something here, particularly in your extras, that is driving you into a program as highly selective as Harvard or Stanford. It’s possible that HBS would accept you, given your achievements at work but I think you need a more distinctive story to tell. Perhaps there is something in your personal narrative that would make you stand out. Maybe there are extracurricular things that you failed to mention that would show you to be more than the hard-working person you are. But you do need something extra to put you over the hurdle of super excellent candidates in the pools at HBS and the GSB. That is why I would add three or four other MBA programs to your list because you can fulfill your post-MBA goals from any one of those other schools just as easily as you can from Harvard or Stanford.
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100% | 2 months ago
Mr. Relationship Manager clearly has an amazing profile.
Mr. Relationship Manager clearly has an amazing profile.
100% | 2 months ago
All I see is the road to somewhere better.
All I see is the road to somewhere better.
25% | 5 months ago
Really strong GMAT score from Pakistan where the country average is 510 and superior work experience.
Really strong GMAT score from Pakistan where the country average is 510 and superior work experience.
15% | 5 months ago