Candidate:

Ms. Interstellar Thinker

About Me:

Graduated with a first class in Biotechnology Engineering. Was picked straight out of college to work for the BofA Technology team. My work entails building Valuation models for our traders. Passion project: I work on analyzing Public Policies (Financial/monetary policies) and provide Indian bureaucrats with succinct research work.

Schools:

Target School: Wharton

Considering: Berkeley Haas, Duke Fuqua, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, Kellogg SOM

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Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Topmost Engineering School in India

Undergrad Major: Biotechnology

GPA: 7.6/10

GRE: 325

Age: 28, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: Public Policy Analysis, Learning new language whether computer or human. No discrimination!, Weight training

Work History:

Title: Senior Analyst

Industry: Banking & Finance

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 6 yrs, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

1. Transitioned from Technology role to Quantitative role without formal education 2. Drafted a Handbook of Best Practices for District level Health officials to efficiently deliver goods and services to the citizen, under the mentorship of a top Indian bureaucrat. This handbook is put to use at the state level for beta testing.

Post MBA Goal:

I’m hoping to work at the convergence of Data, Public Policy & Finance. Having been a Technology lead who switched over to Quant, arms me with both the Tool and the Knowledge to contribute efficiently at organizations like World Bank, J-PAL and gain on-the-job knowledge. I eventually look forward to working for the India Government.

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 30%

This is really impressive: Graduated with a first class in Biotechnology engineering. Was picked straight out of college to build pricing models at Bank of America that help BofA traders to win big on a daily basis. Getting into the detail on how your work significantly improved the performance of BofA traders is important here. That kind of practical application with proven results will go a long way to helping you gain an acceptance. Your numbers are solid, though your translated GPA seems low given the fact that you graduated first class (is the translation to an American GPA correct?). Interesting, too, that you may consider academia a career option. Depending on who reads your application that could either be a positive or a negative. …

This is really impressive: Graduated with a first class in Biotechnology engineering. Was picked straight out of college to build pricing models at Bank of America that help BofA traders to win big on a daily basis. Getting into the detail on how your work significantly improved the performance of BofA traders is important here. That kind of practical application with proven results will go a long way to helping you gain an acceptance. Your numbers are solid, though your translated GPA seems low given the fact that you graduated first class (is the translation to an American GPA correct?). Interesting, too, that you may consider academia a career option. Depending on who reads your application that could either be a positive or a negative. I would leave it out and just say you would like to work for the World Bank or a similar organization where you can bring your difference skills to bear. I like the array of schools you are targeting and feel pretty strongly that you will get into one or more of them.

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