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Need my Profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2010, 08:18
Hello,
I am a male /Indian /27/IT Consulting.
Academics : B-tech from JNTU University HYD, 70.2% IT Engg.
12th - 87%
10th - 79%
Presented various technical papers and designs at National Technical Symposiums during my Bachelors Degree

Work experience : Working for Top Tier European Cosulting firm since the last 6 Years(2 Years in India and 4 Years in USA). Got 4 Promotions in the last 6 Years. Currently Senior Solutions architect at USA. Spent most of career in the Pharma Marketing space. I handeled projects of size 500k- 1 Million USD in the last 3 years.Provided a lot of recommendations to my client business teams related to Marketing and designed a system that is currently used to channalize millions of my client Marketing spend.Worked on Niche areas such as Geo Spacial Intelligence,Data Mining,Text Analytics and Warehouse designing. Won Client Appreciation Awards and Traning Awards in my Firm.

Extra Curricular : Played for State Stuttle Badmintion for two years (Under 14 and Under 16 ). (Lead my District Shuttle Badminton for two years)
Won around 15-20 Interschool Shuttle and Chess Championships all before my 10th Standard.
During my Bachelors Degree i started an Education Institute to tutor 10 standard students in Mathematics and Science.(So far 140 students successfully cleared SSC Exams from my institute).Continued it until i came to usa. After coming to USA i involved in raising money to help students back in india (Mostly who belong to my Community) and also sponsored 4-5 Students education every year.( Not affliated to any NGO or nothing on records)

Languages : English,Telugu,Tamil,Hindi and Spanish (Learnt after coming to USA)

GMAT - 720 (Q49,V40)

Recco: 1) I can get a very strong recommendation from my client manager about my business critical solutions.
2) I can get another from my Senior Manager whom i report to.
3) I can get another from my Community welfare association President to talk about my Institute if this would help than any of the above.

My career objectives:Short :Want to get into Stragetic Consulting/Management Consulting.
Long : Set up Management Consulting firm in India.

My Target B-Schools
a) Insead
b) Kellogs
c) Wharton

Please let me know my chances to getting into these schools. I can wait for another two years to built any other areas that you recommend.

Thanks
Ram
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Re: Need my Profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2010, 12:19
Hi Ram, I think you have a very good shot at these schools. From what I've read, you have both international experience and a strong consulting background. While it'll always be a bit hard for you (Indian/IT), I think you should have a shot at these schools. Obviously, Wharton and Kellogg (not Kellogs) are going to be hard to get in for pretty much anyone, but I'd definitely go at them. I'm not entirely sure why you decided to sneak Insead into the list. Insead is a great school that focuses on international experience (which you have plenty), but if you're end-goal (at least short-term-wise) is to work in the States, I would recommend you looking into another school in the States and scratch Insead off. If you're gearing to work in Europe or Asia, you should really think about attending schools outside of the States. This is simply just going to make your life easier when it comes to recruiting. If you're gunning for the States job, Wharton will get you anywhere (as long you get in, do the legwork), but Wharton is typically known for its finance program and putting people on Wall Street. Apply if you've done your research. Northwestern Kellogg is a great program for MC, as you probably know, so I'd definitely keep that one on the list. If you haven't started round 2 application for Kellogg, it might be more advantageous for you to wait another year. Kellogg has a pretty heavy application, plus it also offers you the chance to self-initiate interview (which now the deadline has passed). To not self-initiate is not a breaking point, but it kind of is to shoot yourself in the leg type of deal. Some other great programs for MC are Dartmouth Tuck, Virginia Darden, Michigan Ross, and Duke Fuqua. Depending on the type of firms you want to get into, you can then narrow your list down. If you're really hoping for MBB, Kellogg and Tuck are definitely the ones you want to consider. If you don't mind starting at a lower-tiered (than MBB), all of the other listed schools will get you in. Again, you can get in MBB from any top b-school, it's just simply a math game when it comes to how many people will get in. And I believe Kellogg reigns top on this one (but Kellogg does take in more students than Tuck).
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Re: Need my Profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2010, 17:05
hi bakfed,
Thanks for looking into my profile. I also agree with you with Kellogg and i choose wharton more as a personal choice i heard too that Wharton is best in Finance. As far as Insead is concern i thought it suites my profile as they place more into MC and also its an acclerated course (Just 10 Months and 2 Months of Intership). I dont really mind working in Asia and Insead is pretty good with Asian Placements. I also read in Businessweek about Columbia and Wharton being very good for MC however i dont know anyone there. Whats your take on this? do you think its a fair statement or even comparable to Kellogg for MC?
Even i am thinking of waiting for an year so it gives me time to shortlist the schools that i want to target and the ones that suit me the most.

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Re: Need my Profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2010, 19:51
ramabhadrank wrote:
hi bakfed,
Thanks for looking into my profile. I also agree with you with Kellogg and i choose wharton more as a personal choice i heard too that Wharton is best in Finance. As far as Insead is concern i thought it suites my profile as they place more into MC and also its an acclerated course (Just 10 Months and 2 Months of Intership). I dont really mind working in Asia and Insead is pretty good with Asian Placements. I also read in Businessweek about Columbia and Wharton being very good for MC however i dont know anyone there. Whats your take on this? do you think its a fair statement or even comparable to Kellogg for MC?
Even i am thinking of waiting for an year so it gives me time to shortlist the schools that i want to target and the ones that suit me the most.

Thanks
Ram


In my personal humble opinion, Columbia and Wharton are more known for their finance programs. But I guarantee you that all top management consulting companies (McKinsey, Bain, and BCG) are going to recruit from Columbia, Wharton, and Kellogg. Kellogg has been traditionally known as a superb management program that places a whole bunch of people into MC (you can easily see that via Kellogg's employment report - its first 3 top employers are McKinsey, Bain, and BCG). But really, you can get into these top consulting firms via any and all top 7 business schools in the nation, and that list includes Chicago Booth, Stanford GSB, and MIT Sloan. So honestly, what it comes down to is your own personal preference. Good thing about Columbia is that it is located in NYC, which places you in the town that does the most business transactions on a daily basis. All in all, both Columbia and Kellogg are awesome schools that will get you to where you want to go. It will really come down to where you want to be.
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Re: Need my Profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2010, 20:37
Thanks for the quick reply ,my preference has always been to get into the top consulting firms. I will start working to look at the Essays and related aspects of application and will keep you posted.
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Re: Need my Profile evaluation [#permalink] New post   31 Dec 2010, 10:26
Also i had another question. I found that the fees of these institutes are really high and its tough for me to arrange the finances even if i get into the above. I am not sure if these schools help for financial aid/ Loan arrangements for the international students like me. I am sure it would be tough for me to get such a huge loan from my home country. Do you know any indian students who have had similar situation and could manage loans?
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