[求助] CBS 够不够

megachaoren

由于工作原因，没有太多时间准备，只想报COLUMBIA。但是不知道能不能进，想请高人牛人指点：

美国本科-3.6GPA

GMAT - 710

经验：FULLTIME - 3.5年（2家五大咨询公司，均在美国） INTERN - 1年（在读时，在投行实习）

学校的活动，几乎没有。唯一是帮学生做MENTOR. 工作后到时有一些公益活动，还有帮着PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE写考题。

不知道在时间有限的情况下如何选择学校呢?

snake37

嗯，Top10问题不大，不过只报一所太危险了啊~

thecow10000

710 is CBS average and 3.6 > average so those fields are not a problem.  I am actually curious about what you consider as "top 5 consulting company."  Usually people mention "top 3."  What are the 4th and 5th?

Put down all your activities you can think of.  I don't think CBS cares about that as much as some schools (HBS, Stanford, etc)

I suggest you get Columbia's application out before the 1st round ED deadline and have 2 back ups for round 2 (Maybe Chicago and NYU).  As soon as you submit CBS start planning for the other 2.

megachaoren

Thanks for the advice, thecow1000. When I said top 5, I really mean BIG 5 consulting firm (Accenture, IBM, BearingPoint, Capgemini, and Deloitte Consulting).

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WaterWalker

Those basically are IT consulting, not strategic consulting like M/B/B.

blueT

Disagree with WaterWalker. The BIG 5 are mostly COMPREHENSIVE service providers, whereas M / B / B are Strategy (and sometimes Operations) Consulting providers. Big 5 also do Strategy Consulting work, though most of which have been overshadowed by their traditional images.

WaterWalker

Come on, let us face it. Well, their traditional images....... some of them should also include accounting firm ........it is always hesitated to let them into your company since you may not trust their firewall ......

blueT

To meganchaoren:

I think your experience is good enough to apply top schools. However, you do need to think about how to differentiate from other consultants and the ones from "strategy" houses =p. It's about how you tell the story and demonstrate where your true passion lies. These two points are particularly important this year since there will be a lot of domestic US applicants. In another word, it is more difficult to apply from the US than from outside.

thecow10000

BlueT is right.  You need to differentiate yourself somehow/somewhere in your application to stand out.  I have so many friends from the US-  Chinese Americans, White Americans who applied with 3 years of experience from IBM/Accenture IT consulting and came out empty handed.  I don't know the main reasons but competition from people with similar backgrounds (IBM/Accenture IT consulting jobs are relatively easy to comeby and many people tend to apply for b-school 2-4 years out) is definitely one major issue.  IT consulting is generally not as prestigious as banking and management consulting so you need to differentiate yourself.  I did hear a successful case from Deloitte (IT consulting) to MIT Sloan.

I suggest you giving MIT Sloan a try.  It's just my opinion, but I feel that you are at least a better fit for Sloan than Booth.

megachaoren

Very nice. Thanks for the advice.