Candidate:

The Insurer

About Me:

Great analytical skills, community sense and high impact extracurriculars

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: Stanford GSB, MIT Sloan

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Mexican Top School

Undergrad Major: BSc. Actuarial Science

GPA: 3.4

GMAT: 730

Age: 26, Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino

Extracurriculars: CFA Level I, Global Finance Competition Champion

Work History:

Title: Analyst

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 2 yrs

Big Life Wins:

Big event in life with huge implication to change.

Post MBA Goal:

Top Consulting firm – MBB, become a leader in one of the most underserved industries and improve conditions for mexican clients.

Odds:

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 25%

There are some hints in this spare profile that make me hopeful you can get over the HBS hurdle. But it’s rather vague so I am uncertain that you will get an admit from Harvard. Your 3.4 from a “Mexican top school” is below the class average at HBS and I don’t believe you come from a feeder college. Your 730 GMAT score is exactly the median at HBS and that is very good, particularly for a URM candidate. And when you say you are already are an analyst a top consulting firm, I am going to assume it is not MBB but Deloitte, Accenture, AT Keaney or some other top firm which would make your employer silver rather than gold. Still, I think your …

There are some hints in this spare profile that make me hopeful you can get over the HBS hurdle. But it’s rather vague so I am uncertain that you will get an admit from Harvard. Your 3.4 from a “Mexican top school” is below the class average at HBS and I don’t believe you come from a feeder college. Your 730 GMAT score is exactly the median at HBS and that is very good, particularly for a URM candidate. And when you say you are already are an analyst a top consulting firm, I am going to assume it is not MBB but Deloitte, Accenture, AT Keaney or some other top firm which would make your employer silver rather than gold. Still, I think your chances are pretty good at HBS if you executive the application well, get an invite and impress.

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