User:Nervousgmat
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Northwestern (Kellogg) - Accepted
Michigan (Ross) - Accepted
Duke (Fuqua) - Accepted
North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) - Accepted
Chicago GSB - Submitted
UVA (Darden) - Submitted
Yale SOM - Submitted
Big Ten School Finance 3.9 GPA
Profile
- 26 year old Russian female; moved to the US in 2000
- Cumulative GPA: 3.9
- Finance Major in a Big Ten School
- I studied to be a linguist my first year of college in Russia and attended a community college in the US for 1.5 years taking English classes and other general education classes.
Work Experience
5 years at matriculation. After I graduated from college, I tried to find an industry that would be a good fit for me. I worked as a tax consultant at a Big 4 Firm, then as an equity research analyst at a boutique investment company, and finally as an AVP at a financial services firm in Planning & Analysis group. I have progressed from Senior Analyst to AVP in 2 years.
MBA Goal
Looking to acquire "soft skills" - managerial and communication skills, ability to provide feedback, etc. - all of the qualities necessary to advance further in my career and effectively manage a team of direct reports.
Post-MBA Goal
- General Management, possibly with a Marketing flavor ;) time will tell...
- Extra-Curricular Activities:
- Provide Russian reading/writing lessons on the weekends
- GMAT verbal tutor: I strictly volunteer my services since I cannot commit to a set schedule due to my unpredictable work hours.
Hobbies
- UFC
- Playing the piano
- Camping
Target Schools
- Kellogg, R1 - ACCEPTED
- Ross, R1 - ACCEPTED with $5K/year scholarship
- Duke, R1 - ACCEPTED with $22K/year scholarship
- Kenan-Flagler, R2 - ACCEPTED with 80% scholarship
- Darden, R2 - submitted
- Yale, R2 - submitted
- U of Chicago, R2 - submitted
- Vandebilt, R2 (withdrawn)
