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Dual Degree student: B.Sc. Statistics GPA - 3.7 (completed) BA Finance, Operations GPA - 3.85

GMAT - 780 (49 Verbal, 50 Quant)

IBD SA @ MM Bank (freshman) Startup founder, entertainment & media industry (Revenue 2010: ~140K) Startup founder, construction industry (Revenue 2010: ~115K) Startup founder, utilities/crowdsourcing (internet/tech) from 2011- S&T SA @ BB (junior)

~ 2B AUM HF Intern (for senior year) ~ Intern @ Cleantech startup

web-based social venture founder

2 published academic papers: Macroeconomic Policy & CleanTech investment

TA @ Accounting, Information Systems I have minimal in-school extra-curricular involvement (not part of investment/finance club)

Applying Round 1 October 2011.

Good luck to everyone applying!

‎"Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns or dollars."
 

Great stats!

Minority female here, 3.2 GPA at state school Opened, operated and sold 4 dance studios in Florida during early college Annual revenues >$150k, 4 employees

2 years business operations internship at Lockheed Martin

Currently operating an advertising agency, revenues $50k but has been open for less than 6 months

Just took presidency of the entrepreneur club (250 members)

Planning on scaling back work to 40 hours per week so I can make time to attend class, improve grades, and travel before I graduate

Applying round 2 December 2011

 

Hey All,

Just want to know if I have any shot at the 2-2 program.

Stats: target school in northeast graduating in May 2012 3.5 cum; 3.9 major gpa in interdisciplinary social sciences with senior project averaging about 660-690 on GMAT practice. Not very good test taker, prob will max at top 600s. SAT's went same way.

Experience: S&T top BB SA - will do this summer Spring 2011- now: Associate of major international business strategy/research organization... had research project I worked on about social enterprise investment funds presented at world economic forum, recognized and acknowledged by number of top international non-profits. Fall 2010 - study abroad Sumer 2010- microcredit product development internship in Sub-saharan African country at top microfinance institution Summer 2009- worked at humanitarian NGO Summer 2008- worked at apple store Summer 2007- congressional intern

Awards: won multiple major film festival awards for students for two films

Interesting things: travel to close to 30 countries, speak spanish and also studied 2 years college chinese

Prob applying Round 2

 

@ metrovestments: thats a hell of a MF profile, and exactly the whole 2+2 non-finance image. GPA is on the low end for sure, so try and bring it up to 3.4ish by graduation IMO. Engineering major? GMAT score?

@ westcoaster: Great academically, great WE (ditch Apple store thing though). I'm sure you can do better on GMAT if you get the hang of it if you have 3.9 range GPA in social sciences. You should be aiming for a 50 raw on the verbal section. You have the same problem I do of looking a little finance-y with the junior S&T SA thing but you have alot of humanitarian/social entrepreneurship angles to spin.

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Looking forward to other people's posts.

‎"Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns or dollars."
 

You have great stats. Most who apply have the stats to get in, including yourself. It is all about selling yourself... I'm sure there will be at least one psych major staking claim to a coveted spot this year... Sell your story better than anyone else. If I was in your shoes, I'd leverage the hell out of the marathons and Boeing internship in my essays--the two things that set you apart from most.

 

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