Hi Paul,
New to the club, felt glad to know that you would be offering some advice here.
Eager as well as curious to know what would be your take on my profile.
Indian Female.
GMAT :730, AWA :6
Age : 25
WE : 3.5 yrs so far ( will be 4 at the time of applying)
-- Top IT major of the world.
-- Fast growth in the company,(every year have moved to higher roles)
-- Working in Singapore from past 1 year for a banking major through my current company.
GPA : 72/100 BE ,in a non-IIT engineering college from India.
Topper in 7th and 8th Semester of BE in Information Science.
Extra Curricular :
UG : Member of speaking clubs, IEEE student bodies,Placement Coordinator, Hostel leadership
Post UG : I feel this area is my weakness with nothing much to speak about. I could not involve myself into extra curriculars as much as I wanted to due to high work pressure.
Initial 1 year post UG: Volunteered as a teacher for Chemistry to teach 11th standard students.
later on , initiated social events in Office and Client premises, which included parties, functions, and voluntering activities for various social causes too.
I had applied for HBS,Wharton,Ross and Tepper in year 2010, and though I got rejected in the first three.Tepper
accepted me.But I could not attend it since I was unable to arrange the required finances.
My Short term Goal : Management Consulting in Hospitality /Retail/Tourism/media industry.
or general management roles in the above industries.
Long term goal : Entrepreneurship in one of the above fields. or as cliched as it may sound, general management role in (in a much higher position , preferably the top) in any of the above fields.
My target schools (definetly would be schools which offer no cosignor loans for international students):
1.Stanford (Stretch)
2.Chicago Booth (Stretch)
3. Fuqua
4.yale
5.Goizueta
6.Kenan Flagler
7.ISB
I have decided to get admitted to a b school at any cost this year.So planning to diversify my applications across schools.
Your opinion and suggestions will be highly appreciated
Thanks !!