Candidate:

Ms. Senior Financial Analyst

About Me:

I am a Senior Financial Analyst with over ten years of progressive experience in finance. Skilled in financial reporting (USGAAP and Swiss GAAP), specializing in Long Term Debt, Intercompany Transactions, Related Parties, and Transfer of Financial Assets. Adept at efficiently working to achieve organizational goals in group and independent environments.

Schools:

Target School: Georgetown McDonough

Considering: UCLA Anderson, INSEAD, Cornell Johnson, Yale, Ross

See More Profiles For: Georgetown McDonough

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: University of Delhi

Undergrad Major: Finance

GPA: 3.2

GMAT: 740

Age: 33, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Other Degree/Certification: MBA

School Name: Symbiosis International University

Extracurriculars: Mentoring and tutoring 3 underprivileged sisters through their education journey for the last 8 years (Age - 5 years onwards) | Ran a soup kitchen during the pandemic for the elderly in my housing colony along with the workers who worked for the condominium | Active member of the LGBTQ community and Women's forum in my company

Work History:

Title: Assistant Vice President

Industry: Banking & Finance

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 10 yrs, 6 mos

Big Life Wins:

Made process improvements through automation. This helped in making it possible for the team to work more on the analysis than on data gathering and streamlining.

Post MBA Goal:

Move into financial consulting or fintech. In the long run, I see myself in a leadership role at a company in the banking sector. I want to contribute towards greater gender equality and creating a more level playing field for diverse candidates.

Odds:

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 40%

Here’s what I like about your candidacy: You obviously realize that you are at the age of 33 just outside the mid-to-late 20-something sweet spot for Harvard, Stanford or Wharton. Plus, you already have an MBA on your resume so that leads to other questions. The best candidates for a second MBA are those who are looking to change careers, or give their career a boost that can be obtained through a more powerful brand on their resume. I do think you fall into this category. So you have smartly chosen a great group of world-class MBA programs that would be far more willing to accept someone with your profile. That’s not to say you are not a strong MBA candidate. You are, given your experience at …

Here’s what I like about your candidacy: You obviously realize that you are at the age of 33 just outside the mid-to-late 20-something sweet spot for Harvard, Stanford or Wharton. Plus, you already have an MBA on your resume so that leads to other questions. The best candidates for a second MBA are those who are looking to change careers, or give their career a boost that can be obtained through a more powerful brand on their resume. I do think you fall into this category. So you have smartly chosen a great group of world-class MBA programs that would be far more willing to accept someone with your profile. That’s not to say you are not a strong MBA candidate. You are, given your experience at a Fortune 500 financial institution. Though you have a strong GMAT score for McDonough, it seems to me like you have not received a promotion at work during those ten-plus years. I could be wrong in this assessment and certainly hope that I am. But if you haven’t had several promotions, I would go to pains to explain that your responsibilities at work have increased and so have your firm’s willingness to give you ever more challenging assignments. It is vitally important in an MBA application to show evidence of your progress at work and that you have been recognized for your work by your employer. Make that very clear in your application. Furthermore, you list as your “big life win” the fact that you led “process improvements through automation.” I would prefer that you cite an accomplishment that involves real impact on others, your colleagues at work, your highly admirable extras in a soup kitchen or mentoring young sisters. Showing admissions that you are a team player and work and play well with others makes you a far more enticing candidate than “process improvements.” I do think your chances at Georgetown are very good, but much less so at a Yale or INSEAD which are clearly reach schools. Have several people read your essays and application and make sure you emphasize the qualities that a business school seeks in a viable candidate. Do address the two weaknesses I cited above. If you do, I believe you’ll get an admit from Georgetown and possibly Cornell and Ross.

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