Candidate:

Mr. Senior Research Analyst

About Me:

After captaining a pro soccer team for a year after undergrad, I spent 3 years as a research analyst at a $250M AUM special sits hedge fund and a $12.5B asset manager. I then spent 1 year as a Sr. Private Equity Analyst investing in the energy transition before joining a fortune 100 CPG in an internal strategy consulting role for the last 2 years.

Schools:

Target School: Kellogg SOM

Considering: Tuck, Yale, Columbia

See More Profiles For: Kellogg SOM

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Private Liberal Arts School

Undergrad Major: Finance

GPA: 3.6

GMAT: 720

Age: 26,  Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Junior Chamber of Commerce Philanthropy Board Member, Youth Soccer Coach

Work History:

Title: Sr. Strategy Analyst

Industry: CPG

Company: Fortune 100 Top 10

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 1 mos

Title: Private Equity Senior Analyst

Industry: Banking & Finance

Company: Global

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

(1) Being unanimously elected as captain of a pro sports team by my teammates and coaches. (2) Earning roles at hedge funds, a very well respected PE firm, and successfully pivoting into a strategy role to set myself up for post-MBA success in consulting – all without a target school on my resume or family connections (no nepotism).

Post MBA Goal:

My career has been an evolution from being a capital allocator in investing roles where I wasn’t really able to be a part of the solution, to going in house and becoming a part of the long-term solution. My hope is to get into management consulting to get strategy experience outside of CPG and with a broader set of challenges to help solve.

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  • John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 20%

    You’ll be facing one tough goalie to score at Columbia Business School. It’s not that it is impossible, given your raw stats and record of success in i-banking and hedge funds. The fact that you were a semi professional ball player and have been elected captain of a pro soccer club is definitely a very big plus. I wonder if you were a recruited athlete at Whitworth and that is why you went there. As you already know, you went to an undergraduate school that is not highly selective and that is always a key component of a competitive MBA application to an elite school like CBS. So in your app, you need to explain that choice and you need to provide some evidence (assuming …

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