Hi Bostonite!
Your academic achievements are impressive, kudos!
Now lets take a look at your school choices.
Harvard and Stanford do not require you to have a detailed career plan post MBA, but Berkeley will expect that. In fact, when I last visited Haas for a chat with the Dean, I came to know that Berkeley actually frowns upon 730+ GMAT scores. I will not judge, but some people believe that a GMAT higher than 730 can come associated with subpar interpersonal skills, and for a school heavily focused on entrepreneurship and innovation, social skills are a must. Therefore, we need to find ways to counter argument this thesis.
Kellogg is definitely the school for you. We have several students who are there now, whose first choice was Kellogg and they are extremely happy for the same reasons you mention.
I would wait 2 more years to try for Harvard and Stanford, because even though these are very different schools, they expect similar levels of personal achievements and social involvement. We need to consider if you have these assets, or if its something you could build in the coming years. Therefore it would be wise to look at this in depth. You are young still, and must want a certain school for the right reasons, and not exclusively given its perceived brand. This is probably what Harvard and Stanford would think of you should you choose to apply now.
MIT is an innovative school in many senses, but its focus will always gear towards technology. Maybe you enjoy working with marketing IT products if so, you could be happy there, but I would wait at least one more year to apply.
You do not have to necessarily change sectors to improve your profile, but a new function within the industry is advisable. Maybe you are trying to run from the Indian IT stereotype, but you should embrace it instead. I say that from past experience. We have gotten hundreds of Indians into top business schools by having them flaunt their potential in leadership, team collaboration and strategy. You do not have to go to Wharton to work at an investment bank, nor go to MIT to work in technology. Whats important is to seek achievements within your work environment so it is proactive in the sense that you initiate the change rather than wait for it to happen in a different job. Remember: Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. One of our recent MIT grads is today heading the marketing at Dior in Manhattan thanks to one of his professors who noticed he fit perfectly into the luxury market. The important thing is to discover your career aspirations and translate that into a compelling argument for the AdComs.
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Thanks for reading and feel free to get in touch to discuss this.