Thanks for all your input guys, it's really appreciated. I'm definitely going to do some research into Darden/Tepper/Stern. How's that line go? "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" haha. I was initially hesitant to look at anything close to that ranking area due to my gpa but trying never hurt. Thanks for the reality check!!!
My current perspective (although its constantly evolving)
Dream/reach schools: yale/cornell/darden/stern/tepper
Range schools: georgetown/unc
Good Value schools: bu/bc
Crossing off Babson for now since I don’t see myself going the route of the entrepreneur and although Uconn offers great value, I dug a bit deeper into their stats and didn't see myself where I wanted to be after graduation.
You both hit the nail on the head. Due to the fact I'm surrounded by family for prospective recommendations I've worked hard to branch out and take some initiative outside of my workplace, although it's still going to be hard to manage not having any recommendations from my place of employment. I have secured some Recs through my volunteer and event planning efforts which hopefully can offset that. Would a company lawyer whom I've worked with closely over the last year have any sway?
Thanks and Good Luck on your journey! Will update as I go. Glad to hear I'm not the only one starring at a computer screen all night haha. Yes corporate finance is the direction I definitely want to head in. That being said I think I have better opportunities for success attending a top 15/20 school vs top 50 from beginning to end if I take that route. I would most likely adjust my career path to brand management for anything outside top 20. I think this list is going to have to shrink or else I have a lot of apps to fill out.
My current perspective (although its constantly evolving)
Dream/reach schools: yale/cornell/darden/stern/tepper
Range schools: georgetown/unc
Good Value schools: bu/bc
Crossing off Babson for now since I don’t see myself going the route of the entrepreneur and although Uconn offers great value, I dug a bit deeper into their stats and didn't see myself where I wanted to be after graduation.
You both hit the nail on the head. Due to the fact I'm surrounded by family for prospective recommendations I've worked hard to branch out and take some initiative outside of my workplace, although it's still going to be hard to manage not having any recommendations from my place of employment. I have secured some Recs through my volunteer and event planning efforts which hopefully can offset that. Would a company lawyer whom I've worked with closely over the last year have any sway?
dave785 wrote:
Whoa. I feel like i just read my own bio (other than the working for a family business)... and i'm programming my algo in python.
Cool. Let me know how you do - it looks like we have very similar profiles.
EDIT: what exactly do you mean by "Financial Manager"
You mean corporate finance?
Cool. Let me know how you do - it looks like we have very similar profiles.
EDIT: what exactly do you mean by "Financial Manager"
You mean corporate finance?
Thanks and Good Luck on your journey! Will update as I go. Glad to hear I'm not the only one starring at a computer screen all night haha. Yes corporate finance is the direction I definitely want to head in. That being said I think I have better opportunities for success attending a top 15/20 school vs top 50 from beginning to end if I take that route. I would most likely adjust my career path to brand management for anything outside top 20. I think this list is going to have to shrink or else I have a lot of apps to fill out.