Columbia - 01-04-2023 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

January 4, 2023 11:07am ET

Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2023

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting (4 years), Sustainable Investment Solutions Analyst (1.5 Years), Equity Manager Research (1 Year), Investment Risk Analyst (1 Year)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: Blackrock , Fidelity , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Asset Management , State Street , Vanguard , Other

GRE: 322

GPA: 3.21

Years of Work Experience: 7.5

Location: New York

Post MBA Location: New York or Denver

Notes:

I know I'm a bit of a long shot at my schools applied to. Will have about 8 YOE upon starting school in August. Spent 4 years at Big 4, 2.5 years at a large fin services firm, and 9 months at current asset manager. FWIW have a character ref from a close family-friend who works at CBS, and both LOR are from Stern Alums. Passionate for sustainable investing. Used an admissions consultant so I feel good about my story and essays. Hopeful to stand out as I am not someone interested in IB or consulting. BI believe my career leads well into my prospective transition into equity research for a buy-side fund manager.

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sustainable-cfa Likes Earned: 84 This is original poster- forgot to mention: - I am a CFA Charterholder - Studied at Penn State with Major in Energy Business and Finance, Minor in Economics and Minor in Planetary Science and Astronomy (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1583 Showing impact and growth at work is key. Are you involved in activities outside of work? Are these the only programs you are targeting, or are you also looking at programs in the next tier? (1)

sustainable-cfa Likes Earned: 84 Thanks, Alex. Those are the only programs for R2. If it's not looking good, I may put in some R3 apps or reapply next year. I worked with my admissions consultant to highlight achievements and impact at work, which I think are fairly substantial. I passed all three levels of the CFA exams on my first attempt, and the Series 7 and 63 exams on their first attempt. In 2019, I participated in a charity program called Haymakers for Hope, where I raised over $9300 for cancer research/treatment while training for the event, where I was a boxer in a concert hall with over 1500 attendees. In college, I was the Sustainability Chair of my fraternity, boxed on the Penn State Boxing Team, and was in the Energy Business and Finance Society. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1583 Great! Best of luck, things are certainly possible. Round 3 is always a little more challenging, but if you need to reapply, admit rates can be higher. (0)

sustainable-cfa Likes Earned: 84 "Things" haha, that sounds ominous. Thank you, though. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1583 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/02/mba-wire-taps-278/ (0)