2008年2月27日 星期三

[Career Explorer]请大家帮我分析一下我的背景

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Q:
[求助]请大家帮我分析一下我的背景
我的背景如下,请大家帮我分析一下,是否有机会进入北美TOP20且以金融为方向的MBA项目。谢谢 (我打算申请09年开始的项目)
GMAT:720 / 4.5 (有点重考的打算,正在犹豫)
TOEFL:111
06年毕业于北京大学,主修西班牙语语言文学,第二学位经济学。前者GPA约3.7,后者3.0
工作经历:至今约两年,在一家西班牙投资咨询公司的上海代表处(小公司,和当地的地区政府有合作关系)。其间在西班牙工作3个月。我的职务是consultant,一般是做一些研究报告、市场调查,以及找寻经销商、供应商,还有参与展会。MBA的项目对我来说能提供一个从西语商务社会局限中跳出来的机会。
自我分析:我觉得软肋在于我的工作经历,比较短且、没有做过大项目、且有文化局限性,这使我在Essay中可采用的比较strong的素材有限。今年的申请期再过几个月就开始了,有点彷徨。请大家帮我做个分析,也欢迎一切建议。

A:
no necessity to retake GMAT
your experience is brilliant but way too young for top 20

there're several turning points need to be clarified in your career
why you took Spanish as your major instead of Economy
and what's the correlation among your major, minor, consulting experience, and your future career in finance?

why now? you made an assumption that other dimensions of life are subject to your mba study.
but the truth is not. Here I assume you're talking about your balance in family life.
You can see the typical student profile of any mba schools. A big portion of them build family at the same time or even earlier. Almost a half of mba students in Ross Business School bring their children.

You have quite unusual foreign experience that can make you stand out from the pack. It's not about how big your achievement is, but how deep the quality is and its meaning to your life.

The last one is the passion. Why finance? Is there anything in your personality or interests lead you to finance? Are you sensitive to money? Are you also good at numbers? Do you invest by yourself? make any profit? How do you manage your own money anyway?

There must be some triggers in your life to give you directions. Find them and leverage them well. It's not about getting into what mba, it's about your rest-of-life career.
As long as you can find out these answers, the fit schools will emerge by themselves.
then you can market yourself accordingly.

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