Carnegie Mellon / Tepper - 12-20-2020

December 20, 2020 4:05pm ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Minnesota / Carlson, Other, Rice / Jones, Toronto / Rotman, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Investment Banking (work as Offshore Analyst with M&A team of a NY-based big bulge IB)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Citibank , Credit Suisse , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley

GRE: 319

GPA: 4

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: India

Post MBA Location: North America

Notes:

• Lead a team of three analysts
• Trained 50+ employees on various projects
• Participate in client pitching and automation tasks too
• Strong social service experience
• Received GMAT waiver from Carlson and Ross
• The GPA is from a top Indian school. I used WES GPA calculator to convert to a 4.0 scale. It's actually 89% in India with University rank 1.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 Great GPA, sounds like you’re doing well at work. The GRE will be a concern for top programs, have you considered a retake? Do you think that’s you4 best score? Are you engaged in activities outside of work? (0)

anon11618 Likes Earned: 0 I have a strong social impact background. Performed 25+ street plays on social issues, volunteered with three NGOs, sponsors high school education of 2 students from lower income family every year, and have organised many awareness campaigns and fund raising events. Apart from this I’m a CFA LIII candidate. I don’t really plan to retake GRE unless it’s the last option. (0)

grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1153 Did you attend one of the IITs or IIMs? That 89% is very strong - given the way the Indian grading system works! While your work experience, grades, and goals all seem to line up favorably, I will say that the GRE does look to be your Achilles heel. This may not be a big factor with some of your targets, but it will come into play with Duke, Tepper, Darden etc. If you think you could hit the mid- to high-320s, you may have a very different universe of possibilities here... Best of luck!
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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/12/episode-140-wire-taps/ (0)