skallaku wrote:
Hi,
I am looking forward to join in 2015 class. Can anyone please evaluate my profile as per the details mentioned below:
Work Experience: I am an Indian male applicant with close to 6 year of experience. I work in a software development firm in a business role that is as a Functional Architect. I have worked for 1 year as a consultant in USA after completing my Masters there.
Since graduation I was into the Supply Chain Management Domain. In my current role I actually work in Product Development Team where I design the Business Requirements.
GMAT: I have GMAT score of 690 ( Q: 47 , V:37 , IR: 3 , AWA: 5.5 )
Masters : I have completed my Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and also a part of course work which was equivalent to Certificate in Statistics from
Arizona State University GPA : 3.73
Bachelors: Completed my B.Tech in Mechanical engineering , Percentage : 81% ( equivalent to 4 on USA scale as there were close to 5000 students in the university for this branch and I was at rank 95). My 10th grade(87%) and 12th(95.3%) Scores.
Extra Curricular:
1. I am a part of "Voice of Associate" in my firm which actually is a voluntary group to talk to different associates on various issues of the employees and act as a bridge between employees and the management
2.Have been taking care of conducting the "Team Outing" activity every half yearly working in co-ordination with other teams and third party organizations.
3.Have been a part of Cultural group in my University, also participating in various cultural activities.
4. Also I am interested in Commodity trading, hence learnt and worked on my personal fund in the Commodity Markets.
Schools :
1. Rotman, Canada
2. HEC Paris
3. Mannheim Business School
Wish List:
1. Insead, Paris
I am would like to get into Business Consulting or get into Product Management Group where I will be able to take more strategic decisions about a given product and also work at a higher level on how the product has to be driven.
Please help me with the following inputs:
1. A holistic evaluation of my Profile.
2. Evaluation of the choice of schools.
3. Suggestion on any other good school that I should consider.
4. Is a retake needed. As I have not applied yet and will really consider that if needed. I am mostly looking for schools in Canada/Europe.
Thanks a lot for your time.
Hello there good sir!
So let's jump right into your profile!
The Good stuff:
- Lots of good work experience.
- Good GPAs in both degrees
- International experience in the US as both student and worker.
The Challenges:
- non IIT in India
- Indian/Male/IT worker
Your GMAT is actually fine for the schools you listed, and I think your school list is a good start. I'd suggest you add another 2 schools at about the same level. I see you are only looking at non-US schools. Is it because you prefer to work abroad?
The last thing I can say is that besides this "list", you need to think about what you can do to make yourself original and exciting to the AdCom. Because your main weakness is actually not YOUR weakness, but that you come from such a huge and competitive applicant pool. So you want to succeed? You gonna have to be DIFFERENT!
Best,
JF