Columbia - 11-03-2020 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

November 3, 2020 1:28pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, London Business School, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Big4

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

GRE: 320

GPA: 3.7

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: New York

Post MBA Location: New York

Notes:

Over-represented male living in New York for 7+ years incl. Top 15 undergrad + Financial services experience. Two promotions in four years and co-founded a new VC service offering with a strong rev. pipeline. Strong leadership exposure with M7 MBA recommenders / direct supervisors.
EC - Prominent young professionals board role and co-founder of a COVID focused non-profit. Speaks 4 languages.
Academics - Quant undergrad + extra academics to support GRE incl. HBS CORe + CFA Level 1

Columbia ED rejected after interview. MIT R1 rejected. Stern/Yale waiting.
Considering Duke/Tuck/Cornell for R2.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1576 Tough results, so far. The key will be pushing your profile to stand out, ECs should help you do that. Do you have an interview invite, yet, from Yale? Stern would also be a good fit. Have you capped out on the GRE, which does appear to be the weakest element of your profile? Your R2 programs make very good sense. (0)

anon31445 Likes Earned: 7 OP here. Nothing from Yale yet. LBS interview went alright - waiting to hear back now. GRE definitely could increase but this was after 3 attempts at the GMAT. Poor verbal score basically. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1576 LBS makes sense re IB. What is their network like in NYC? How does it compare to Stern, or Johnson, for example? (0)

anon31445 Likes Earned: 7 NYC recruiting only if you're a US citizen otherwise its super hard I believe (1)

anon22776 Likes Earned: 155 You could look into Rice Jones for R2. They place exceptionally in IB. I am not sure why but I have seen a good number of their class get great IB roles. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1576 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/11/episode-130-wire-taps/ (0)

anon31445 Likes Earned: 7 OP here - Circling back on this Alex and Graham - LBS offer and Stern waitlist. LBS no brainer for me :). Not applying R2 to said schools. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1576 Very well done, enjoy London! (0)