[Profile Review:] 27M / 710 GMAT / Venture Capital/ Middle Eastern/ 2.8 GPA
Ethnicity: Middle eastern
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Languages: Arabic (Native), English (Fluent)
Education: Bachelors in Finance from a well respected (Top 50) private school in the US.
GPA: 2.8/4.0
I initially majored in civil engineering. Absolutely hated it. I barely studied and I did not attend most of my classes. I was immature and irresponsible and that hurt my GPA a lot. I got high grades only on the classes that I liked. I decided to do something I like. I switched my major to finance. I was still irresponsible, but I started studying and attending my classes. I got a 4.0 the next semester and that helped me secure a scholarship and I never went below a 3.4 after that.
GMAT: 710
Work experience:
14 months finance & operations analyst at a fintech startup, 7 months as a senior analyst working on a blockchain-based project, 25 months as a principal at a venture capital firm.
Will have about 5 years 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, Chess, hiking
Orphans care program, probono startup mentoring, and finance tutoring (mainly CFA related)
Achievements:
CFA charter holder
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 I got my 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 the investment/financial analysis part which is something that is heavily utilized in corporate development.
Schools that I'm applying for:
Michigan Ross, Johnson Cornell, UVA Darden, NYU Stern, , USC Marshall, Toronto Rotman.
You've chosen your schools well, however you really need present a solid application and address that undergrad GPA. . NYU Stern is a stretch. You may want to consider Duke Fuqua instead of NYU.
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