From Dr. Shel Watts,
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First of all, I am sorry to hear about your outcomes. But don't give up hope. From the info you have provided below, I believe you can achieve success in business school admissions.
Your undergraduate performance represents a weak spot in your candidacy that you must overcome, and your efforts as you put together an application should be geared to erasing any notion that you don't have strong analytical skills, which your undergraduate performance might imply to some admissions committee readers. You attended IIT, which of course is extraordinarily hard to get into, so it is very possible for you to persuade the committee that the undergraduate performance itself is not the defining metric that reflects your abilities or potential. Many things can help you in this effort. It helps that you have eight years of work experience, as it will be much easier with that much work experience to persuade the committee that the undergraduate performance is not very relevant at this point. Your GMAT score also reinforces the idea that you have strong skills. You should use your recommendation letters and essays to skillfully reinforce this same message - that you have top analytical skills and will bring excellence to the school.
The fact that you did not get into Judge is a flag to me that likely you did not put together a strong application, and that this was a part of why you did not have successful outcomes. I think that with a strong application you should have gained admission to Judge. A "strong" application would have included very compelling long-term goals and success (through the essays and recs) in demonstrating the strength of your leadership and analytical abilities.
So, take care this time around that you are putting together a strong application in the ways I mention above. I believe you can have good outcomes.
Best wishes,
Shelly Watts
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mbaadmit@aol.comoblix123 wrote:
Hi,
I just joined this forum and woud like to know where I stand in terms of targeting MBA programmes in UK. I have already applied to some schools (results below) and don't want to spend an extra year to figure out the right category of schools I should be applying to.
My profile:
GMAT: 740
Current status: Indian citizen, UK Permanent Resident
Education: IIT-Bombay Dual degree 2003. GPA 6.91 (its low)
Work-ex: 3 year in India, 5+ years in UK. Total 8+ years. Currently working in UK
International work ex: Have been to around 30 countries for various assignments while living in UK
Sector: IT (too competitive for B-school applications I guess)
Company: Worked for Motorola while in India, now working for a small company (25 people) in UK
Designation: Services Manager (Reports to CEO).
Work profile: Resposible for programme management, professional services and applications development. Speaker in trade shows, etc ...
Extra-curriculars: Loads of them during and school and college years in the area of sports and performance arts. Currently involved in sports coaching in UK for juniors and also a non-profit club committee member.
Expectations: Want to work in UK post MBA in business development area to start with. Long term is not clear - may be UK or India. Definitely not US - have been there many times for work/holidays and its not my type.
Recent results: Insead jan 2012 R3 (rejected), Judge R1 sep 2012 (rejected), LBS/cranfiled 2012 (applied and waiting), Said 2012 (will apply). Thinking about ISB too (applied there 6 years ago, was shorlisted for interview but eventually rejected).
Should I be targeting a different set of schools? Waiting for comments from expert consultants ....
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