ss20tali wrote:
Profile
Gender: Female
Age: 26 ( Will be 27 when i join B School)
Nationality: Indian
GPA: 9.78/10
Degree: Electronics and Communication Engineering. (From a decent college, but not any of the IITs or NITs)
Years of Professional Experience: a little over 4 years. Hoping to complete 5 years by the time i start my MBA.
Official Score: 700 (Q50, V34, IR3, AWA5.0)
Work Profile: Research Engineer in the R&D Division of one of the largest Consumer electronics Company in the world (One of the renowned brands in the world). 2 promotions in 4 years. Several awards and technical publications. I have mentored several interns and have couple of engineers working for me.
Extra Curricular: I am a trained musician in Indian Classical and folk music. I have been a keyboard player for a professional music group and have a certificate in Indian Music.
Goals:
Short Term: I want to work in technology commercialization, project management and project lifecycle management in the field of consumer electronics or communications technology.
Long term: PMO roles for tech projects in government organizations.
Target schools: Rice Jones, Kelley, Tepper, Nanyang, UIUC.
I am looking for schools in USA, Singapore and Canada. Could you suggest some other schools considering my profile and chance for scholarship?
I am little worried about my IR score. I am willing to retake GMAT if it is necessary.
Scholarship is one of the most important factors for me.
Hi,
You are competitive for the b-schools you have mentioned. Tepper will be a reach, considering your average GMAT score.
You are fine with your current GMAT score, although a retake to a 720+ score will be beneficial, even for scholarships. I would not recommend taking it for IR as b-schools still don't consider that metric while evaluating your application.
You can apply to Singapore Management University in Singapore. Canada has a lot of programs- Ivey, Rotman, Sauder, McGills, Queen's, Schulich - these are the ones that come top of mind- research these programs to understand what they have to offer to you.