Profile Evaluation 670 - 3.77 - 3 yrs

[lu_squall]

Hi ,

Can someone please evaluate my profile and offer any insight about strengths and weaknesses and if my target schools are realistic.

GMAT 670 (46Q / 36V) 1st attempt
GPA 3.77 U.S State school
25 yrs Male
Hispanic from a small country in South America.

work experience:

3 years work experience (by matriculation) as an accountant / financial analyst for a Multinational Manufacturing company. I do a lot of the legwork as one the few analyst for the whole region (North America and Oceania) and provide instrumental financial information to for the executives.

Extras:
Finance Tutor, Spanish Tutor, Started an organization on Campus, and worked for Housing (responsible for over 100+ college freshman over 3 yrs. )

-Board member for a small nonprofit (not very active)

Goals:

Go back to my home country or overseas to work as Manager / Business consultant.

Target Schools:

Cornell
Duke
Hass
Ross
Yale
Ross

Thank you so much for your input!

[mili]

Hi!

Thanks for sharing your profile. Strengths: it looks like you've got strong academic scores (though GMAT is slightly low), were quite active in college, have actively volunteered since college as a tutor/board member, and have a very strong analytic capability. My greatest concerns are as follows:

*Leadership/Teamwork - it seems to me that you haven't had great opportunities to lead or work in teams at work. This would be a great weakness.

*Post-college extracurricular/community - again, seems like while you might actively tutor, you are not actively leading or working in teams on these community endeavors.

*GMAT - overall score is somewhat low, as is verbal. Luckily, quant is weighed more heavily.

Looking at your list, I would say Haas is somewhat unrealistic. The others I might consider mostly reach schools (definitely possible, but not a very strong chance). I'd suggest adding some slightly less competitive schools to the mix that have a median or average GMAT score that matches yours.

Hope that helps!
Mili




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[lu_squall]

Thank you for your evaluation Milli, I was starting to think that nobody would offer feedback.

So my weakness are: Leadership, post-college extracurricular / community, GMAT

Would my chances increase significantly or marginally if I...

-retake my GMAT aiming for a 700+
-apply next year (1 more year of experience) and add post college extracurricular

Thanks again.

[mili]

Hi,

Sorry for the delay on my end and thank you for your patience. I think it certainly could help your chances if you retook the GMAT and scored 700+, and if you took on more active leadership roles between now and the time of application (professional, extracurricular and community). It's about quality, not quantity, so be sure to focus in on leadership opportunities that you are excited about and where you can have significant impact.

Good luck,
Mili




Mili Mittal
Senior Consultant
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