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August 19, 2024 2:48am ET
Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Fintech
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey
GMAT: 730
GPA: 72%
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: South Africa
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

Chances? - African White Male

Where would you place me? Unsure where to apply

Looking for some feedback on my profile for HSW and other M7 MBA programs. Would obviously love HSW, and would like to know if my profile is sufficient.

Background:
26-year-old white male from South Africa. Will have 4 y 8 months WE by matriculation.

Work Experience:

* Tech Firm - Rotational Program:
1.5 years as a Data Analyst,
6 months as a Product Owner,
and started a new department where I currently work (see below) (1 year so far).
* Financial Services Department: Currently responsible for a new financial product. We grew revenues from £50,000 to £3 million annually. which is 15% of company revenue.
2nd most profitable division in company now.

* NPO: Started an organization focused on animal welfare. We hold events and raise donations. Have about 50 people who join for each event.

Education:

* Undergrad Studied Accounting and finished top 10% of my class (point system is different from gpa).
* GMAT: 730

CFA level 3 candidate

Post-MBA Goals:
Short-Term: Transition into Management Consulting
Long-Term: Join my family's tech business

Extracurriculars:

* Assisted in creating a finance course at my company.
* Some charity work, but not extensive.
* started an NPO as mentioned above

Target Schools: Mainly looking at HSW and rest of M7.

Would appreciate any advice or suggestions to improve my profile