Chances at top MBA?

<p>Hello All, </p>

<p>3.8 GPA at UC Berkeley (major = poli sci) </p>

<p>720 GMAT</p>

<p>J.D. at Stanford Law (mediocre grades, courses in business strategy, financial regulation, corporations, and antitrust law/economics)</p>

<p>African American male</p>

<p>One year of work experience at start up hedge fund after law school: Co-developed trading strategies, identified high net worth individuals, created/delivered presentations to potential investors, personally raised 2 million in capital</p>

<p>Hoping to get into a solid mba program for finance, particularly investment management. I figure I should have a pretty solid shot at UCLA/Duke and maybe Berkeley. I think that my biggest weakness is probably lack of work exp. What do you all think?</p>

<p>Thanks so much -- any thoughts are greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>You have a good profile.</p>

<p>However there are two questions that the admissions committee will have on your profile that you must answer.</p>

<ol>
<li>Why are you going to business school after enduring law school?</li>
<li>Why do you want to go to business school with only one year of work experience?</li>
</ol>

<p>Also many people will recommend that you get more years of work experience before applying.</p>

<p>jesus christ mate, that’s plenty school. why don’t you keep working at that hedge fund, since that’s what you’ll do after business school anyway?</p>

<p>especially since there are definitely exit opps from hedge funds, if IB is what you’re looking for.</p>

<p>You have a very impressive resume. Why would you like to do MBA if you are already in the domain of Hedge Fund? Yes, period of experience could be an issue! Why not aim higher H/S/W??</p>

<p>It’s a good question why I would want to return to school given that I already have a law degree and a job at a hedge fund. I pick things up quickly, but I’m really reaching my limits in finance and I would like to greatly expand my knowledge of investment management – I figure a MBA in that area would be great, then I could return to my hedge fund full time (my partners can run it while I’m gone), adding much more value.</p>

<p>@sciencenerd: at stanford and berkeley, I met several people in the MBA programs that had JDs, PhDs, or other advanced degrees. It certainly was not the norm, but it was not rare by any means. It won’t be a big deal – people try things out and then decide to do something else all the time… It’s called life.</p>

<p>have you tried taking classes in financial modeling, management, whatever?</p>

<p>obv. not speaking from experience, but my mother has a HYP MBA and says that a 1 month course would suffice for most of what she learned.</p>

<p>ehhh sry, was going for a notion of tier and slipped into undergrad speak. i guess i should of said HSW</p>