Vanathi20 wrote:
Hi,
The detailed profile is a below
GMAT : 710
WE : 3+ years [ Ford Motor India]
GPA : 3.6 [Anna University, Chennai, India]
Nationality : Indian
Gender : Female
WorkEx description :
Started as a Software trainee. Trained in Software Technologies. Deployed into the first project which primarily revolved around improving efficiency of handling transaction in the Ford Supply Chain of after service parts. Ended up handling the entire suite of export related applications of service parts catering to the needs of North American Clients, Provided permanent solution to an existing issue in invoice creation process which improved efficiency by 80%.
Promoted to Software Engineer and moved to a new project. Working as a Business Analyst handling the regulatory framework application for the design and manufacturing of cars in the Product Development portfolio catering to the needs of European Clients. Automated report creation for business customers which improved efficiency by 96.66%.
Won awards in the lines of inspiring innovation and establishing the culture of innovation.
Extra Curricular :
Vice President Education of Toastmaster Club in my company. Was recognized by the company for my efforts in this initiative. Mentored 50 employees helping them achieve their educational and leadership goals
Founder of a corporate reader club. Handled 6 knowledge sharing session in conjunction with the senior management team. Achieved a score of 3.5/4 on average for all trainings. Initiated a leadership book connect series -> first of its kind in Ford. Conducted 12 sessions.
Certified in French language – DELF A2 level.
Two IEEE Publications during College. Coordinator - ‘ORBITCE’, a National Technical Symposium of SSN, head of ‘Robotics’ division.
Corporate Social Responsibility :
Class coordinator for Non-Smoking campaign in the college which went into the ‘LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS’
Conducted an English Workshop for a class of 50 at a Local Government School in Chennai as a part of CSR activities.
Post MBA Goals :
A Product Management role in the field of Technology handling the end to end responsibility of a tech product; coordinating between the engineers, marketing, operations and other disciplines. I would primarily target companies/start-ups which specialize in designing products for Automakers. However, I am flexible to work in any Tech start up or leading Tech company to gain an in depth insight into managing a Product Life Cycle.
My long term goal would be to become and executive in the technology domain preferably in an Automobile Company.
Could you please let me know my chances at schools like Ross, Tepper, UCLA, Kellogg, ISB etc. or if there are other schools i can apply to ?
Also, Do u think that my GMAT will be a deal breaker here?
Hey there!
Thanks for the additional detail.
This definitely helps a LOT.
So first of all, the weaknesses of your profile:
- Indian Tech candidate - thankfully you are not male!
- Non IIT/NIT school - the vast majority of Indians going to Top 10 programs come from these schools.
- GMAT is a biiit low for an Indian candidate.
The strengths:
- Female candidate
- Good promotions/achievements at work
- Good GPA
I think with your current profile though, your school list is a bit challenging. You will be up against folks from IITs with higher GMATs and more impressive employers. My suggestion would be to focus more heavily on the Top 20 or 25 and not the Top 10 schools. (although of course in your strategy you can have 1-2 "dream schools"). So Ross makes sense because of your automotive goals. Kellogg too (even this is quite a long shot), maybe keep Tepper, but then I feel you need to add 2-3 more schools that are a bit lower ranked to balance out your school strategy.
I hope this helps!
Best,
JF
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30 Sep 2015, 00:20
