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October 8, 2023 12:06am ET

Applying: Columbia Business School, Dartmouth / Tuck, Harvard Business School, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, Penn / Wharton, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: Investment Banking

GMAT: 730

GPA: 3.3

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: Shanghai

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anon76043 Likes Earned: 21 Education: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Top 3 university in mainland China; decided to switch to business and actively interned in consulting/banking since sophomore year, thus low GPA; won couple of awards in PR&Advertising competitions Work: boutique investment bank, return offer, top-rated employee for 3 consecutive years. Thus focus on "traditional finance schools" eg. CBS, Stern, Wharton, Darden Activities: - at university: LGBT&Feminism club; free mentorship to children living in low-income neighborhood in Shanghai - after undergraduate: volunteered during COVID lockdown; currently volunteer at a AIDS health center, (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 Are you applying in Round 1 or Round 2? Decent GMAT will help with lower GPA. Showing impact and growth at work will be important. Active engagement outside of work helps.

What are your longer term goals?

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1842 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/10/mba-wire-taps-316/ (0)