申请的有些没有信心了，真心求定位

小熊多多

我还以为自己背景不错呢, 原来lz这么牛都没信心了...

mba真的是实力与运气缺一不可

kaka5900

dongqi221 发表于 2013-10-16 23:14
一直觉得消费品是未来的行业前途，所以研究也着重在消费品这个领域，有了行业高管的机会（说实话这样的跳 ...

问题在于为什么你才工作了三个月就觉得你到入学为止一共一年零一点的这方面的工作经验足够铺垫你以后的道路？这其实和你大学毕业刚工作了三个月就申请MBA差不多道理

当然这都是钻牛角尖的问题，我觉得最根本的问题还是申请的太少如果是因为reapply而导致你不敢申请大部分你过去申请过的学校，那么我觉得没有必要，不申你肯定进不了，申了说不定还有可能

rsal024

dongqi221 发表于 2013-10-16 23:17
对于金融学校就强调fundamental analysis的系统性训练，人脉和成熟资本市场投资经验，对于管理强校就强调 ...

楼主是想做hedge / mutual fund / asset management这些的，还是PE / VC之类的呢？
1. 金融强校：觉得fundamental analysis的话不大适合写，楼主在汇丰做了2年equity research，应该已经是这方面的专家了吧，admission会质疑你为什么还要加强这方面的技能。人脉的话我觉得可以是why MBA中的一点，但不能是主因。楼主一直都是做banking / corporate finance的，应该不缺累计buy-side的人脉的机会，不像原本做其他行业的童鞋想转行需要依靠MBA累计人脉。成熟市场投资经验个人觉得可以，不过需要挖掘的深一些。楼主是想做中国的buy-side么？那样的话应该写一下中国市场不成熟的地方和缺陷在哪里，学习美国市场的经验对于在中国市场进行投资有什么帮助。
2. 管理强校: general management / non-finance的知识对于做buy-side有什么帮助呢？个人不是太了解，楼主这么写的话需要挖掘一下。

youayou

which M7 did you apply for? if HS or W, I'm not very surprised. But if school after HSW ding you, I think the problem is that AO is not convinced that your career goal is realistic or you really know what you want to do

I'm also applying MBA for first time so I don't want to comment from AO's prospective since I have limited experience. I will just talk about your profile and goal as someone who also work in financial industry.

1. i think your background is impressive in average Chinese pool, but doesn't have real edge over other top school candidates, especially compared to US candidates. Basically you have top college name, corp finance 2y (btw, is hsbc corp finance trainee ibd?) + equity research 2y in a lower tier bank, which is just average compared to M7 finance candidate pool: ivy + ibd/er/s&t

2. being average in top candidate pool is not bad at all. if your career goal is clear, you should be able to get at least one M7 offer. But switch to an entire different industry a few month before application definitely hurts your application, unless you have a good story. From what I see here, I'm not convinced.

change from corp finance to ER is ok if you want to enter secondary market buy side (HF/AM). but then why do you go for a corp finance job in industry? Honestly, I don't really see connection here.

if you want to stay in primary market buy side, corp finance job does make sense but then a couple of months w/e doesn't help you either.

More importantly, why do you want to apply for MBA at this time? if you really believe in your career path, you should at least work a couple of years at current role and gain more experience as leverage. Also, if a company can hire a 27 yrs corp finance director, it is probably pretty small and no plan to go public in near term. It doesn't seem like you could touch a lot of deal/model experiences. Even if your work as corp finance director involves a lot of deals, it is not necessary an advantage for PE or HF at post MBA level. They need someone who can do valuation model and execute deal instead of someone who has industry insight and let subordinate do the dirty work. Remember for "high finance" jobs, appropriate level of working experience is important. "Director" title doesn't help at all.  

Don't get me wrong. You profile is still very strong for M7 and has chance to shoot for HSW. But you need to carefully think about your career path again and tell AO a better story

ps: you have enough working experience to tell so let your achievement at college go. rule of thumb is, everything older than 3 years is not worthy mentioning.

perryli

是不是申请的package里太关注职业方面的成就，忽视了展示自己工作以外的是个性和经历？ 楼主太牛了，各种膜拜中！

tastestory

我就是来膜拜楼主的，这么年轻就已经是director了...

jackykangyi

膜拜一下

bigjoe

可以申上一个Top10的，只需要beat一下这里面的uncertainty by 多申请几所。

nocommentstt

除了essay1以外。。。lz 你确定你的reference letter没有问题么？有没有可能是RL被一票否决了？

mini1020

楼主直白的说说，到底哪几所挂了。大家才能帮你分析下，毕竟学校差距比较大。但是从硬件上看, top 10至少中一所。