Hi Alex.

Would you please provide a brief evaluation with regards my profile:

Brief Stats:
Nationality: Indian Female
Age: 25, will be 26 at matriculation.
GMAT: 720
GPA:
Undergraduate GPA: 3.7 (Bachelor of Pharmacy from a top Indian University)
Graduate GPA: 3.45 (MS in Biotechnology from a mid-tier University)
Work Experience:
I am currently a Research Associate/Scientist at a pharmaceuticals company. By the time I apply in Round 2 (for most schools, the deadline should be around early Jan of next year), I would have had exactly 2 years of full time work experience (and over 2.5 years by the time I graduate). Additionally, I have 1 year of academic experience (research assistant to a professor in a lab) and 3 summer internships during my undergraduate studies.

Growth in my current job has been significant, and I should have plenty to talk about in my applications. Consequently, my letters of recommendation should be pretty strong (these recs shall be coming from individuals at the Director Level in my company).

Extracurriculars: Mediocre.

Post MBA choice: Strategy Consulting or Business Development in the Biotech/Health Care space

My questions/concerns:
- I have been told that my background is fairly unique compared to other applicants - what would be your thoughts on this point?
- How do adcom's view academic experience/summer internships - will this count towards the number of years of full time work experience, or, will they only consider the two full time years as my actual work experience? If the latter, then do you think it would be advisable to wait another year to apply (although waiting another full year would be a pretty big disappointment as I am really prepared to go for the MBA)?
- Finally, could you please suggest a list of target and reach schools that I should be considering? Two of the top programs that I am very interested in are Yale SOM and Tuck - how would you rate my chances in these two schools?


Thanks very much for your help - I am really looking forward to your guidance.

Regards.