I have a 3.6 GPA from Trinity College in Connecticut. I made the dean's list twice, and am part of a Social Science society which I was admited into by virtue of my GPA in Econ. I scored a 720 on the GMAT, and I've worked in Boston for 4+ years in Financial Services. 2.5 years at a custodian bank doing investment/hedge fund accounting and another 1.5 years doing Fixed Income investment performance attribution (my current job). My goal has always been to land a job as an analyst at an investment management firm in Boston. To that end, I have passed all 3 levels of the CFA Exam although I have not been awarded the CFA charter yet as my first job did not count towards the work experience I needed. I was on the varsity crew team for 4 years in College (league All-Academic team my senior year). I won a few awards at my first job for computer programs I wrote to streamline various processes.

What are my chances at Harvard, Sloan, and Tuck?

Thank you for your inquiry.

You seem to be directed in your career and solid in terms of your GPA, CFA, GMAT. Your crew experience should add some “spice” to your application, but I am not seeing the standout achievement that is typical of an HBS admit. That written, I think that if you can showcase your competence and commitment to your goals, you should be competitive at Tuck and MIT. Both of these schools will be quite competitive this year, but you should stand a chance.

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Thanks, I think that was my assesment as well. I was more set on MIT but since I am really focusing in on the Boston area I thought I would consider Harvard. I am really into the Quantitative side of things. Speaking of MIT, do you know if they place more weight on total GMAT score or on just the Math score? I got a 720 overall, but 48 Math/41 Verbal. I heard that MIT focuses a lot on just your Math score and mine isn't setting any records at the 84th percentile.