What are my chances for M7?
Looking to apply for 2014-2015 school year:
White male, 23
GPA: 3.8 at top-3 liberal arts college, BA in History (major GPA was also 3.8)
GMAT: 750
Work experience: 5 months (since graduating) in a part of the NYC Mayor's Office that deals with regulating city industries involved with organized crime (investigative research job).
Obviously, I won't have anywhere near the average applicant's work experience if I apply in January, but it seems like more people are applying younger in the past couple years. Any thoughts on what my chances would be? Thanks.
Very strong profile from the academic/gmat side - definitely M7. That said, with only 5 months of work experience at the time of application I'd say that severely weakens your chances.
Why are you trying to go so early. I'd wait another year or two. I guess if you don't mind wasting the time doing the applications / getting letters of rec it can't really hurt to apply but think you'd probably be better off waiting. Plus from an employment stand point at school you will be competing with your peers with 3-6 years of top tier work experience for the same jobs - likely putting you at a disadvantage.
Same as above. Solid credentials but likely not enough work experience. Waiting a couple of years would help. Why do you want to get an MBA given your job/field- this is a question that will come up (I imagine).
What kind of extracurricular activities are you involved in?
Lot of writing stuff, although I have experience on the business side of that. I founded a humor magazine on campus, and handled all the financial stuff for that, including mapping out the budget and selling ads (not exactly building Facebook, but it is what it is), and I was the sports editor for the main campus newspaper and helped run the peer-tutoring writing center. Basically, sustained leadership positions in a few different things, but nothing that couldn't use a little spin to make more relevant to an application.
Are you currently involved in extracurricular activities? Assuming you're not working 80+ hours per week, this would arguably be as relevant as (if not more relevant than) your EC's in college- b-schools like to see continued engagement.
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