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Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post 05 Nov 2012, 20:23
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 740 (Q 49 V42)
GPA: 3.61 from top 50 engineering school USA (Tier 2/3) Graduated cum lade
Major: Electrical Engineering
Minor: Business Administration
Work Experience: 3 years at Matriculation
(India) 1 Year: Business Development officer for an online portal (gracerequest.com) for spa and salon reservations, and gym memberships. The business didn’t go well so we closed it after one year. I was working with the founder and 3 others.
(India) 2 years: Big 4 IT Risk, Associate Consultant
Internships:
• Comcast : Software QA 6 mths (USA)
• Central Electronics Limited (Govt of India) : Solar photovoltaic QA 6 mths
Community Service: Taught poor children in a village every weekend for 6 months
Leadership
• Elected officer for two professional organizations college chapter
• Represented the university at a leadership conference
Honors:
• Member electrical engineering honors society
• Ranked 3rd in Senior Design Competition
• Dean’s List
• Dean’s Merit Scholarship
Future Plans:
Use my mba education and international exposure to improve my business acumen and come back to India, an emerging economy, and start my own business.
Please evaluate my chances for the following colleges
1. Wharton
2. LBS
3. INSEAD
4. Kellogg
5) ISB
6) MIT
Also, please let me know if there is any apparent weakness.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thank you very much for your time.
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Re: Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post 06 Nov 2012, 01:10
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Dear Aju,
Your foundation as a candidate is very very solid. You not only have a great GMAT but you also have excellent grades (a component that many people lack). For your work experience, I can imagine what it may be like as 2 years at a big 4 in India is pretty much the same for everyone, even if you may have performed better. So, you are off to an excellent start. The big question becomes: What makes you DIFFERENT???

Cause the schools you have listed here will have LOTS of applications with 740s and from Big fours....

So, you need to make yourself STAND OUT. There two ways 1. Be the best – meaning show lots of leadership, lots of acheivments, lots of awards, lots of promotions, etc. 2. Be DIFFERENT- Have a unique vision, unique hobbies, never heard before stories, be funny, curious in your essays.
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Re: Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post 06 Nov 2012, 03:35
Thanks Jon for the great advice!
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Re: Profile Evaluation [#permalink] New post 07 Nov 2012, 03:10
You got it buddy,
and if there's anything else, you know where to find us...
;)
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