第一轮申请 全。军。覆。没，请求各位指点

renxiaochun

我觉着现在工作经验很牛的中国人太多了. 其实只要工作经验够硬 GMAT真不是问题.

idle_lie

CG定位没定好？不过LZ申的这几所竞争都非常激烈，被DING不是什么很丢脸的事。

maxblackmore

It's pointless to say "只要工作经验够硬". If you were Jack Ma you don't even need GMAT. Among the flocks of competent shitizens who want an MBA your GMAT does matter. Also remember, you're a consulting guy who wants to do consulting after MBA, a 700 score hardly proves your intelligence.

seachina

。。。。。。。。。。。跟楼主一样 悲剧。。。。。。。。

whismanc

写essay为什么要让人哭，是申请商学院，又不是感动中国，我觉得essay的关键是职业目标要相当合理，你能展示出你对学校日后的贡献和价值，对自己足够的了解以及良好的讲故事的能力

huhuorbobo

我也来说一说吧，我背景分数都跟楼主差不多，结果也差不多。
1.分数的话，其实你朋友跟你说得也对，不是那么重要。但是要看你什么背景的，4大的人太多，所以如果学校有那么多选择的话，他当然会选择高分的学生。
2.工作经验的话，四大对于申请MBA来说确实不算是什么很好的工作经验，你从audit转到advisory，四大的人都知道还是挺不同的，但是学校不会觉得有什么区别。现在越来越多工作3，4年的人申请，以为MBA现在普遍年轻化，其实不然。如果仔细看看的话，工作3，4年申请成功的大多是投行/咨询的，如果不是这个两个行业的话，一般还是要5，6年的工作经验。跟我一起申请的高中同学，本科剑桥，然后IB/PE三年，G也是700，但是H/W/S全都面试了,Columbia刚刚录取了。不知道你的情况如何了，我自问在四大还是做过一些大项目，IPO什么的，写essay的时候我还是觉得自己料不够，不够convincing,更何况学校看我的材料了。其实说白了，学校对于工作经验还是有非常大的preference的。
3.学校定位。我倒不觉得楼主的学校定位有什么问题，要去读当然是要读好的，不然不值得。H/W的话可以放手一试,you have nothing to lose.但是如果第一轮是这个结果的话，楼主第二轮不妨考虑申请一些10-20的学校。Ross的结果也不代表什么，这个range你只申请了这一所，可能你们风格不符或什么的。如果非要明年去的话，你可以再试几所这个range的，after all,你只需要一个offer.如果非M7不去，那么建议就要提高工作经历，换个工作再做一段时间再申请，可以的话再提高GMAT。
4.看到楼主之前在美国做REIT，莫非跟我一样对Real Estate感兴趣？如果是的话，也可以试试一些top school的MSRE program，是一个选择了。

orgio

It's pointless to say "只要工作经验够硬". If you were Jack Ma you don't even need GMAT. Among the flocks of competent shitizens who want an MBA your GMAT does matter. Also remember, you're a consulting guy who wants to do consulting after MBA, a 700 score hardly proves your intelligence.

-- by 会员 maxblackmore (2010/11/15 10:20:42)

说的挺有道理

huhuorbobo

I don't think Jack Ma is a good example here. I think what he is trying to say is, if you worked three years as IBD Analyst in Goldman or Consultant at Mckinsey, even your GMAT is 700, you still got very high chance to Harvard or Wharton.

It's pointless to say "只要工作经验够硬". If you were Jack Ma you don't even need GMAT. Among the flocks of competent shitizens who want an MBA your GMAT does matter. Also remember, you're a consulting guy who wants to do consulting after MBA, a 700 score hardly proves your intelligence.

-- by 会员 maxblackmore (2010/11/15 10:20:42)

chasingM7

pat pat..... nothing to be worried about, only 3.5 years of experience, you are still young man. i would suggest you re-take your GMAT, as i watched this interview vedio with Columbia Biz school admission director on youtube, she said: CBS believes each candidate's potential, so do your best on GMAT. i think to apply M7 biz school, a mere 700 GMAT is not convincing given so many students achieved 750+. i hope this helps man.

your working experience is not that super great compared to IB and consulting i would say, but i do think it is more than enough. ECA is awesome too..... keep your faith, you will end up well.  add oil!!

gilgemash

Priorities in good essay, personal view.
1. Logic connecting your past experience to current position and to future long-term/short-term goals
2. Be yourself/uniqueness
Since working experience is not what we can change, so we'd better work harder on 1 and 2.