kamranjkhan wrote:
Hello,
Could some experts please evaluate my profile?
1. I am an Indian IT Male, but not a typical coder. I work as a Technology Consultant and I have five years of work experience which includes one year of international experience (Singapore)
2. I wrote my GMAT exam on 23rd October 2014. I was expecting to score around 670-700 but ended up scoring
730 (Q50 V40 IR3)
3. I have a lower than average undergraduate GPA (65.78/100) and lower than average extra-curriculars
4. Few of my target schools, based on my expected GMAT score, are:
a. Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
b. Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
c. Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech
d. Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
e. NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
f. Mannheim Business School
g. European School of Management and Technology
h. Desautels, McGill University
I need inputs/suggestions on the following:
1. Should I re-evaluate my target schools given my GMAT score?
2. What are my chances of getting an admit to my target schools?
3. What are my chances of getting a scholarship?
4. Will my lower than average GPA and lower than average extra-curriculars be a problem?
5. Will my pathetic IR score be a problem?
6. Could you please suggest some b-schools, better than my target schools, where I'm likely to get an admit?
I am planning to apply for Fall 2015 intake and will apply before the 2nd round deadlines, somewhere around mid-January 2015. I am mostly looking at top 100 b-schools within my budget (within USD 100k including cost of living), otherwise I will have to rely on scholarships.
Thanks in advance!
Hey there!
So let's jump right in with your questions!
1. You can probably aim a bit higher thanks to your GMAT score. Now, you still have a low GPA from a non-target school, so Top 10 will be far stretches. But I think you can likely apply to top 30 schools.
2. If you apply to all those on your list, pretty good.
3. You would have a shot at the schools on the list. At higher-ranked ones, not so sure.
4. Well its not great.... but you have other strengths!
5. Well again, it's not great.. but the main score is far far more important, and since you surprised even yourself... I wouldn't worry about it! I mean you have already done what you can to improve your profile significantly.
6. Sure. On the upper side of things you could apply to schools like Tepper, Anderson, Mccombs, Johnson... Marshall.. Cambridge... Sound good??
Last thing: If you are intending on applying THIS round 2, you better get a move on!
Best,
JF