Hello everyone !
I'm so excited to see so many interesting people in one topic
I'd like to have some feedback about my (hypothetical) application for fall 2015 !
I'm a Moroccan Canadian soon to be graduate student in a french business school (ESSEC) which ranks 8th worldwid for MIM (masters in management, european style which includes a Bachelor in Management) according to the Financial Times. Corporate Finance and Strategy Concentration. My GPA wouldn't seem so good as it is computed the french way (is is exceptionnal to have grades above 16/20 in France). I would say that I have a 14/20 GPA with a stronger record concerning my concentration (16/20).
I speak english fluently and native french and arabic. I also have beginner level in turkish and farsi.
Did a lot internships : 4 months as a strategy consultant in the Casablanca office of the Boston Consulting Group (mainly working for the gouvernement) and 6 months in the Montréal office of Roland Berger (some government work too). I also have an experience volunteering for UNFPA Jordan (working in Al Zaatari refugee camp).
I have strong recommandations from both my former employees and my Middle East Studies professor at Essec.
I aim at the Intelligence and National Security cluster.
Would you think I have a strong application for NPSIA and GSPIA? My fears are that my background is Management/Consulting/Finance, and also that my grades seem ridiculous compared to your GPA
PS : I should also tell you that before going to ESSEC, I had to (just like other french students) take Maths/Philosophy/Geopolitics/Languages courses during two years ("Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles" in french) after high school, and take a competitive entrance exam (1 out 10 selected for ESSEC). So maybe they would take that into account
Thanks a lot for your time !
Hicham
