2+2 HSW Profile

Hi fellow monkeys.
I am a final year undergraduate student in the UK and will be starting my Masters in Finance in September. I am considering applying for 2+2 programmes at HSW next year and would like some input on my profile.

Education:
BSc at top target UK (LSE/Imperial)
Masters at Oxbridge
4.0 current GPA (might be lower by the time I graduate)

Work Experience:
•2 BB internships in S&T: one after my second year (converted) and one this summer (at a better bank)
•VC/PE internship at a small startup fund
•Real estate private equity / debt internship
•Part time financial intern at a startup
•Fair amount of spring weeks / insight programmes including MBB and Big 4

Extracurricular:
• President/Chair of very large society, received national awards
• Executive committee of 2 other societies
• Other volunteering / minor society positions / extracurriculars

2 diversity categories (female/URM/veteran/LGBT/etc)

Haven’t taken the GMAT yet but scored 99th percentile on SATs if that says anything.

My question is whether this is a strong enough profile to apply next year or whether I should wait and apply after getting a couple years work experience at a top BB.

11 Comments
 

There's always some luck involved with admissions, but you're an extremely solid candidate for any of the schools you listed. As bad as it is to say this, it helps your application a bit that you're URM. Best of luck with your app

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