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.
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
Thanks man, appreciated.
What do you class as a 4.0 gpa in UK? 70%? (I'm also from UK so curious)
Yes a first is equivalent to a 4.0.
Are you sure? My general impression has been that it's somewhere between 3.7 and 4.0. You need to calculate a weighted GPA by module really. It would only be 4.0 if you got 70+ in every class.
If you score north of 730 i'd say you are a lock at a top 5 b school.
Wouldn't overlook Booth, MIT, CBS if I were you either.
The short answer is yes, but be clear on:
You might be interested in Accepted's Deferred MBA Admissions Calculator and this article in the Harvard Crimson on deferred MBA admissions.
Best,
Linda
URM status only counts if you are an American citizen. Otherwise they can't report you for statistics purposes as anything other than international.
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