Hi,

I am looking for suggestions as to which schools should I apply. My profile is as follows:

Nationality: Puerto Rico
Age: 36
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
GMAT: 650 (Q44/V37)
GPA: 3.00
Work Experience: 9 years in public accounting. Senior Associate at small local firm mainly managing tax, audit and business valuation engagements.
Other: CFA Charterholder; other than participating in various charity organizations (mainly for animal protection), there is not much going in extracurricular activity. Fully bilingual (English/Spanish).

My target is to land an investment/asset management job and continue a career in said field (hence the pursuit of CFA charter). I am open to any type of program (Full/Part-Time, Executive, Distance) as long as it is a good fit for what I'm trying to achieve. I am looking for schools in the USA (I am a US citizen), Canada (wife is Canadian citizen) or Europe.

I believe that based on my profile, I should be looking at these schools:

SDA Bocconi
Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Indiana-Kelley
St. Gallen
Toronto-Rotman
Cass
Warwick

Am I correct in my assessment? Do I have a chance of getting accepted at some higher ranked schools (Chicago-Booth, Texas-McCombs, Cambridge, Oxford, IMD, Columbia) if I improve my GMAT? Are there any other schools I am missing which have good placements in investment/asset management that I should consider?

Sorry for the long post. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I don't think these European schools work. If you spoke Italian or German, then you would have mentioned it.

You should certainly get into better schools. See How to use LinkedIn to find the best school www.find-mba.com/board/33571

Thanks Duncan. You are correct, I do not speak Italian or German so I will cross those of my list.

What about the UK schools in the list? Are IESE and IE possibilities based on my profile?

Cass is a much, much better route than Warwick but really for UK investment management the top schools are Cambridge, Harvard, Insead, LBS and Wharton.

With your GMAT score and work background I don't think you are a competitive candidate for the MBA at IESE or IE, but considering your goals the IE MSc in advanced finance is a great fit for you: http://www.ie.edu/business-school/degrees/masters-finance/programs/master-advanced-finance/