Note about MBA Employment Report Industry Categories
This is a note about industry data for our Top MBA Program Career Placement Outcomes series. In the full-time MBA employment reports, each business school that is a member of the MBACSEA agrees to follow these guidelines regarding industry classification:
Industry Classifications
- Consulting
- Consumer Package Goods (CPG)
- Energy
- Financial Services
- Government
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Media/Entertainment
- Non-Profit
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Technology
In addition, the MBACSEA outlines the following categories within these industries:
Financial Services
- Asset / Investment Management
- Commercial Banking
- Hedge Funds
- Insurance
- Investment Banking
- Private Equity / Venture Capital
Health Care
- Pharmaceuticals / Biotech
- Devices
- Health Services / Hospitals
Manufacturing
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Computers / Electronic Products
- Clean Technology
- Consumer Durables
- Diversified
- Other
Technology
- Internet Services
- Retail
- Telecommunication
MBA Applywire
Currently working at Big4 Tax Advisory for Foreign Portfolio and Institutional Investors. Have a low GPA but positive trajectory from 2.00 in Semester 1 to 3.73 in Semester 6 and a Finance Major GPA of 3.64. CFA L3 candidate, hopefully cleared by the time I join.
Profile handicaps also include a 3 year gap post graduation and had to repeat Year 1 in college due to failing a subject.
4 YoE at matriculation. T1 Indian engineering college (Mech Eng.). Long term entrepreneurial goal building sports infrastructure and improving access to high quality training facilities and credible pathways to professional leagues. Played football (soccer) extensively through school and college as captain in school. Football community head in Hyderabad with around 60-70 members.
-5 year Division I student athlete
-3x captain
-3.97 masters gpa (business analytics)
-undergrad major is sport management
-4 years at Fortune 500 med tech company (3 different positions)
-started a fund 5 years ago to help families affected by cancer in memory of my mom (plan annual events, present to 200+ people per event, allocate funds to event beneficiaries)
-targeting round 2
-Taking the GRE in Oct
Any advice on a range for a target GRE score and based on my profile do you think the 3.3 will hold me back from those top M7/T15 schools that I plan to apply to?
(I assume to help offset the 3.3, my GRE score will need to be pretty high)
MBA LiveWire
Submitted application on August 19th. Completed optional Kira Interview
Application submitted 06 Sep
Applied on August 27.