Hi all,
I am interested in applying this fall.
Below is my profile.
1. Age - 29 by year end.
Gender - Female
Nationality - Indian (how i wish it was Burkina faso instead! Then the diversity would be great for any college
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2. GMAT - 700 (Q - 50, V - 35) (Yes, it's totally off balanced and i am retaking it on Oct 1st )
Undergrad major - Bachelor of Engineering from Top 10 Engineering colleges in India (one of the top NITs)
GPA - 3.6
12th/10th % - 92% in both the exams (was in the 99% percentile category to get into the Engineering college)
3. Work experience - Total 8 years (as of now) in the Research & Development team of Telecommunication firms.
First 6 years in one of the US Multinational Companies. (2.5 years was in US and remaining in India)
1 year stint in a startup. (In India)
Currently with an European Multinational Company. (In India)
I have had 3 promotions so far .I have started as a software engineer and grown to a Team Leader managing a team of 10 people.(Unfortunately, MNCs are all in the process of reducing the ladder levels across the company and hence quite stringent in giving away fancy role names) If the brand names of the companies in one's resume carries any weightage, then it would be a great advantage for me.
4. Extracurriculars - Have been part of an UN Club at college level and worked on a few welfare initiatives.
In the first company, volunteered as part of the Social Initiatives Group to coordinate the company contributions to the NGOs and adid a few volunteering activities. This volunteer role was for 2 years.
5. Short/Long term goals - I would like to become a Technology consultant in the telecom domain. Based on my previous experience, a MBA would help me in achieving this short term goal. I donot have any geographic preference. My long term goal is to become a general consultant with an emphasis on strategy in the telecom domain.
5. Schools - Chicago, Columbia, Duke, LBS (and yet to analyze.)
Also, another concern is, if i look at the number of months of workex for all the colleges, it all falls under 7 years. So, i am concerned as whether 9 years of work ex by 2010 will be a negative for my profile.
Somehow i am so reluctant to look beyond top 15 colleges and i truly wonder whether the reality is very off the base from my aspirations.
Hence, it would be great if you could evaluate my profile and let me know whether it's worth applying to the above schools.
Also if you have any school suggestion for my profile/aspirations, please do let me know. Will take a look at the same.
Thanks in advance.