Carnegie Mellon / Tepper - 04-18-2021

April 17, 2021 8:58pm ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen, Washington U. / Olin, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2022

Pre-MBA Career: Commercial Banking

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Bank of America , Barclays , Citibank , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Merrill Lynch , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase , Wells Fargo Securities

GRE: 333

GPA: 3.4

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: Africa

Notes:

I boast over 7 years of experience working in the Business Development Unit of an international commercial bank. Currently, I lead a team of 4 at work and have been successful in achieving targets.

For volunteer group, I am a member of two NGOs.
I have served in several capacities as a student leader.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 Work looks decent, the key will be portraying your impact at work, while also showing your progression. Membership of NGOs is good, but it’s more about your contributions and impact, re your NGO work. Great GRE, assuming decent performance at undergrad. You have a lot of target programs listed, with a nice spread. I’d try to prune the list, somewhat, and select 4-5 to target for Round 1, then adjust your strategy accordingly in Round 2? (2)

anon22437 Likes Earned: 140 Thank you. I appreciate the advice (2)

grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1151 Given your goals in investment banking, your stellar GRE result, solid work experience, and decent GPA, is there a reason you don't have the likes of Wharton and NYU Stern on your list? I agree with Alex - you need to prune this list, and aim high, applying to 4-5 schools in R1. You can then see where the chips fall and adjust accordingly in R2 in terms of trading up, looking for better scholarship possibilities, etc. Best of luck!
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anon28865 Likes Earned: 6 Thank you GRichmond. I appreciate the advice I have gotten here. I have pruned the list. Based on self introspection, I have included Wharton and Chicago Booth in the list. I will do 5 in Round 1 and adjust accordingly in Round 2. R1 ( Wharton, Chicago Booth, Tuck, Darden and Cornell) (3)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2021/04/episode-159-wire-taps/ (1)