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Schools:Brown University, Harvard Business School
Re: Profile Evaluation
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29 Jul 2013, 01:40
Hey there Jupiter!
Thanks for dropping by. First of all congratulations on your fantastic GMAT! Looking through your profile I think you may be overreaching a bit, and I think that you could be more realistic about your chances. HBS and Stanford are going to be very long shots... Yes, you have a great GMAT, but you don't necessarily come from their preferred school (IIT), their preferred industries, or their preferred employers. Other schools in the Top 20 should be open to you, and you should be more competitive at them (depends which and how). But still with you lack of experience, and so-so volunteer work, I think even Top 10 will be a bit of a stretch.
I think the wisest for you would be to build a strategy with more realistic school list... so one or maybe two "dream schools" (like maybe Haas, and Duke from Top 10) two-three "competitive schools" (Tepper, Anderson, Marshal), and then one or two safe schools.
If you are doing well at work, and are in no big rush, I'd even suggest you to wait one more year, to gain more experience, and to give yourself the chance to strengthen your volunteer work.
Best,