Profile Evaluation - 29 yo Indian Male, GMAT 720, WE 7+ years
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11 Aug 2015, 23:22
Hi,
I am a 29 year old Indian Male with a work experience of over 7 years out of which 6 years are on my own startup in the field of IT Consulting. My Gmat Score is 720 (Q50, V38, IR 5) . I gave the exam a couple of days back. I am looking to apply for the Top 10 MBA colleges and I don't have a specific preference for US or outside US based college which is why I am looking at the following set of colleges
INSEAD
Wharton
Kellogg
Harvard
Stanford
(Not sure if the last two are out of my reach, given a lower Gmat score)
Education
UG CGPA - 8.05/10
B. Tech in Industrial Engineering
IIT Kharagpur, 2008 passout.
Work Experience
13 months in an IT services company from July 2008 to August 2009
6 years on my start-up, which is into IT Consulting with a strength of 35 people
3 years working along-side on another startup-up, which is a freelance marketplace.
(No fundings raised for either of the start-up, both were bootstrapped)
Extra-Curriculars
Founded a group that held various hackathons in the office premises to generate interest in new technologies for freshers.
Sports enthusiast. I play Hockey, Table-Tennis and Badminton. Was Hockey captain during college.
Learning French course over the weekends
Love Travelling, Member of a back-pack travelling group. Was part of the core team that organized multiple trekking events.
Post-MBA Goal
I want to continue to work on my start-up dream post my MBA. I want to utilize my 6+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, along with the knowledge that I will gain from MBA, to build a scalable company.
Queries
1. Do I need to give the GMAT again and score 740+ to be considered for Harvard or Stanford.
2. Which colleges should I apply for and in which round.
3. Is my profile appealing enough for the ad-com of the top colleges or do I need to work on certain aspects of my profile as well?
Thanks for all the help.