Nationality: Middle eastern Sex: Male Age: 26 Languages: Arabic (Native), English (Fluent), French (Beginner) Education: Bachelors in Finance from a well respected (Top 50) private school in the US. GPA: 2.8/4.0 Initially majored in civil engineering, I barely studied and I did not attend most classes, was on academic probation most of the time. My spiraling depression and anxiety combined with my responsible and immature behavior resulted in a low GPA. Started going on medication which helped me immensely so I switched major to finance, got my academic and social life in order, got a 4.0 the next semester and never went below a 3.4 after that. GMAT : 730
Working experience: 14 months financial analyst at a fintech startup, 7 months as a senior analyst working on a blockchain-based project, 12 months as a vice president of investments at a venture capital firm. Will have about 4 year of experience by matriculation.
International exposure: Rotating between 3-4 countries in the Middle East and North Africa but most of the time is spent in 2 countries.
Extra- Curricular & Volunteering: Boxing Orphans care program, probono startup mentoring, and finance tutoring (mainly CFA)
Achievements: Passed all 3 levels of the CFA exam
Post-MBA goals: Work in the United States. Management consulting is the first option and the second would be corporate development. Something that I truly love about my current job is that it is considered an operating partner so we really get our hands wet helping our portfolio companies with operations, strategy, and fund raising, so a lot of parallels can be drawn between management consulting and the work that I'm currently doing. I also love quantitative investment analysis which is something that is not heavily utilized in venture capital but can be found in corporate development.
Schools that I'm applying for: Michigan Ross, Johnson Cornell, USC Marshall, Texas Mccombs, Rice, Toronto Rotman.
Hello Jozo,
You are being very realistic in your school choices and have done a good job of choosing programs. I'd like to see you apply to the ones you've selected, but also try for 1 or 2 from the following: NYU Stern, Chicago Booth, Duke Fuqua, Tuck, and Darden.
Best, Linda
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