Profile Evaluation Request

[maxjuice]

I'm hoping I could get thoughts on my application profile and my chances at the schools listed below.

-GMAT: 670 (44Q, 38V)
-GPA: 4.0 at top 20 university (major in finance) - summa cum laude
-Job: Investment Mgt analyst at a premier U.S. investment bank

-Teaching Assistant in college for MBA level finance courses.
-Some degree of community service/philanthropy involvement
-Would go to business school to switch career path outside of investment management

I know my GMAT is slightly low, but what are my chances at the following schools?

Harvard
Stanford
Wharton
Northwestern
Yale
Duke
UCLA
UVA
USC

Thank you!

[rachel]

Hi! From the information that you gave me here, you sound like a promising candidate for a top business school but there are things you need to work on. Your GMAT score is at the bottom end of the range for most of those schools, so I would consider taking it again. As for your professional experience, I encourage you to highlight your accomplishments, not responsibilities, at work, and use stories to showcase your strengths and abilities. Having community/philanthropy work is always important, but I encourage you to seek out examples of when you played a leadership role in those activities. Lastly, what's key to a business school application is articulating clearly why you need an MBA. Given that you want to change careers, this will be particularly important for you to do.

Best of luck,

Rachel Beck


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