Hello,
I am new to WSO, as I understand this is mainly a finance blog, but I was wondering if any of you could help me in determining my chances for MBA admissions. Below are the programs that I am interested in.
Emory University
Georgetown
University of Southern California
Carnegie Mellon University
University of North Carolina
University of Virginia
Notre Dame University
Washington University St. Louis
Duke University
Undergrad Background:
My background includes a 3.65 GPA in finance/econ at a non-prestigious undergrad (think Marist/Fairfied/ Bryant/). Fair amount of extracurriculars. Held numerous leadership roles and volunteer experience. Officer at my honors society.
Work Experience:
1 year in corp finance at a media firm (think Oglivy Mather/ Omnicom Group/ Edelman)
1 year in financial services as a controller on a fixed income derivatives desk (think Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan/Morgan Stanley)
Will have two years work experience as a pnl analyst at a large commodities firm (think ADM/Bungie/ Louis Dreyfus) on a trading desk.
Exams:
Planning on taking the GRE I'm not really compatible with the GMAT. So based on what i think i can get my score would be a Quant 166 and Verbal would be 160, which is roughly a 700 gmat score (I think). Also, would MBA programs prefer a GMAT applicant over a GRE applicant?
So what do you think are my chances for these program? Any safety/target/reach schools?
Also to note, my goal with the MBA is work in corp finance for a tech/ biotech company or work in commercial banking/ corporate banking.
Thank you in advance