Dear
AdmissionAdo,
I have given a detailed description of my profile and I will be glad if you can evaluate my profile and let me know of the opportunities I have.
My profile:
Indian Male, B.tech (Top 20 University in India- Thapar University)
GPA - 8.2/10
GMAT: 670. Age :27
MBA : Want to apply for 2015-2017
Work Summary:
Currently working for Tata Consultancy Services for the last 4 years with a British Airline.
Worked for 1.5 years as a developer.
1 years as a technical team leader, leading a team of 4.
1.5 years as a Disaster recovery manager( IT Service Continuity Manager) of the IT Landscape and various projects for the British Airlines, co-ordinating with multiple vendors and leading a team of 3; Involved in strategic planning to handle minor or major IT Catastrophic disaster, working closely with the client. Working in UK at the moment for one year.
Youngest On-site Manager for a project (Disaster Recovery). Built a team of 3 people from scratch. Have been appreciated by the client and the company on numerous occasions.
Reached the Director's round of interview in the In-house process of Tata Administrative Services(TAS), the flagship leadership programme of the Tata Group.
Was Interviewed by the members of the Group Executive Council, Tata Sons
Community service:
1. Taught 2 girls and one boy (underprivileged children) from grade 3 to grade 12 in Maths, English and Science with my mother, who is a social worker, at my house.
2. Helped a charitable homeopathic clinic raise funds for their daily operations. Help them buying medicines and infrastructure of the clinic.
Internships:
Interned with ST Ericsson for 6 months and with the Indian Navy for 2 months
Achievements
University/graduate Level:
Anchor/Compere/host for 40+ events in University, including major college festivals. Have handled crowds of the capacity of >10,000.
Event Manager for various cultural events
Hostel Representative for a Literary Festival, won the best hostel award in the University.
Secretary, Cultural and Literary Society
Won a few awards for Singing
Conducted, choreographed, participated in 3 fashion shows.
Best Goalkeeper in University (football). Part of the team for 3 years- won two inter-university tournaments.
Member of cricket team for 2 years.
School Level:
Captain under-14 cricket team, Shanti sports club
Captain of school cricket team
Member of Football team
Various honour awards for excellence
Topper(in top 0.1% of all candidates) in CBSE English exam, awarded with a certificate by CBSE.
Gold medal in 4*100 mtrs relay race
Ranked 6955 in All India Engineering Exam (AIEEE) -securing 99+ percentile.
I am looking to apply to US universities, can you recommend which colleges should I consider? I have a low GMAT score and I don't intent to give it again, can you also point out flaws/shortcomings in my profile?
Also, I haven't given the TOEFL exam and wanted to know whether it is necessary for Universities which waive it off when a candidate has studied in an English medium University.
Thanks! Cheers!
so you have some very good stuff in your profile - The team leadership and team building stuff especially, and you have a lot of potential. But let me be straight with you - that potential is gonna be killed if you apply with a 670. You work for a good company, come froma good school with good grades. If you apply with your so-so GMAT, your upper limit will likely be about rank 30, whereas if you can get 50 points higher, your upper limit would be about rank 10. so I would definitely urge you to reconsider your idea of not retaking. I KNOW you don't want to! And I KNOW the GMAT is not the most fun thing in the world (I had to take it myself
), buuuut since it is your big weakness and since you have time, you pretty much HAVE TO retake (if you ask my opinion, of course