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 Post subject: Profile Evaluation, please
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:13 am 
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Hey,

I am a 25 year old male with 2 years of work experience at an investment bank. I graduated from the Univ of North Texas with a 3.1 GPA and majored in Finance. I was involved in a few extracurricular activities and have been involved in charity work at my company.

My GMAT did not go as well as hoped for and I ended up with a 580. The split was Q34 and V37 with an essay score of 4.5.

My goal is to get involved in a MBA program to continue my education and open up some new opportunities in the financial industry. My target schools are Texas A&M, TCU, and Baylor. I realize that I am on the low end for each of their GMAT scores but wondering how my profile will stack up compared to others applying.

I also wondered if Veritas reviews application essays and if so where is that on the site?

Thanks for your help


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 Post subject: Re: Profile Evaluation, please
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:20 pm 
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First thing's first. for the essay evaluations, email consulting@veritasprep.com and tell them Scott Bryant referred you. They will give you the information directly.

Now as for your profile, I wouldn't get too hung up on your GMAT. If you are in their 80% range, you need to now be focused on what about your story is going to stand out against other investment banker applicants. Typically, that's how b-schools look at you, as they want to diversify their student body and take a wide variety of students. They will always have about 20% or more of the incoming class hailing from the banking and finance industry, so you need to think about unique things about you that will differentiate you from someone else with a similar professional background. Since your GMAT is on the lower end and your academics and UG institution were not top of class, you will need to "make up for" these shortcomings in other ways, for example, in your career achievements, leadership experience or evidience of creative or innovative thinking. Perhaps you stand out with the community service you mentioned. Typically bankers work all the time, so your fellow banking applicants may not have any or much community service. This is the way you should be thinking about your application....how can you position yourself to rise above your "competition," that is others like you. I'd be glad to review your essays, but you'd need to go through the home office via that email address, or the website also has a phone number. Good luck!


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