which US Bschools should i target?

1) Brief description of your full-time work experience. What do you do?

After my schooling (2005)i joined my family garment business.We have a small showroom and we get our products from different states of india through our staff. The business was established in 1995, though its not a large scale but i wish to expand it.

My work profile-

Multiple work profile, it really difficult the content it in words but starting from

cleaning my work station to dealing with clients in terms of showing them our product to coordinating with our agents to get the product on time to working on accounts on daily basis and making a balance sheet quaterly.

But since its a small scale business i am afraid that adcom might not consider it.

2) Your GMAT.

Mocks- 720 ( have not taken it yet)

3) College info: The name of the college, your GPA or grade average, your major, year of graduation. For any graduate degrees, please provide the same info. If you grades are low, please indicate if there were extenuating circumstances.

Bachelor in commerce through distance learning from university of Delhi Tier1( 43%) completed in 2009.

For this degree it was really difficult the get a good score and the topper of the university got 62%.

Graduation repeated in Bachelor in commerce through distance learning from Tier 3 university 73% & completed in 2012.

Had to repeat it since i was not eligible to take any indian mba entrances, moreover i knew the my earlier scores were not a reflector of my potentials.

4) Significant college and post-college extra-curricular activities or community service, especially leadership experience.

Diploma in Aviation and hospitality from Edexel University 2010 (18 months duration).
Diploma in Theater 2007.
Certified First Aider.
Certificate in English from BBC UK.
Certified in Galileo and Fideleo( Programs very known in Aviation and hospitality).

5) Important certifications like CFA, CPA, FSA, or CA.

Though i do have a plan to go for CFA.

6) Your target programs.

MBA in Finance
MS in Finance
MS in Economics

7) When you plan to apply? Please specify round and application cycle, for example R1 2013-14 or R3 2012-13.

R1 for Fall 2014.

8) Your post-MBA goal.

Getting a good exposure in international market for around 5 years and then expanding my business and taking it to another level(Have a plan to have chain of big showrooms).

Hey prateek,

To be honest, I really don't need to know about your grades in secondary school, this is because the adcom really won't care what your high school grades are - no matter how good they were.

But the extra info you provided is excellent. I will get back to you asap.

Respectfully,
Paul Lanzillotti

Thanks will be waiting for it.

Hey prateekbhatt,

Thanks for reaching out to me. I certainly appreciate you adding a bit more detail to your profile.

As I understand it, the question still remains – "which US B-schools should you target?" This is really hard question - because right now, it really seems you don't have a good idea of what you want to do post-MBA. Indeed, you may have a better explanation of your goals, but you need to put that down on paper. In fact, you spent more time telling me about your grades, and downplaying your current work experience than you did telling me what you wanted to do with that experience. The other thing that puzzled me was that you stated that you wanted to puruse and MBA in Finance, MS in Finance or an MS in Economics. Well, which was is it. Basically, it's very apparent you don't have a good reason for why you want an MBA ... And this is why it is incredibly hard for me to tell you what schools you should apply to. And if you apply to these programs, its going to be very honest that you aren't sure how you fit the degree, and what you bring to the program.

First, you need to form real goals based on your current work experiences and interests - then you can determine what degree is the most appropriate, short list a set of schools, and have me weigh in on them. Right now you are throwing darts and asking me to play catch.

Respectfully,
Paul Lanzillotti