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29 May 2010, 07:13

Hi I am an Indian myself and looking to apply for fall 2011 US MBA programs,

Duke, Ross, Kellog, etc.

1.My question is does it makes a significant difference if your work experience is Supply Chain as opposed to IT for applicants from India.

2.Because i read many q and A of the applicants from India are IT and if you are applying as an IT person then even with a high Gmat score your at a disadvantage compared to working in Supply Chain you would be placed in a different pool of applicants i.e. Supply Chain pool from India and can get through with a moderate Gmat like 680.

3.Also does the adcoms object if your applying for say a MBA in Finance with Supply Chain experience.

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29 May 2010, 09:44

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It's not about whether you are technically in "IT" or something else -it's being an Indian engineer, which constitutes like 99% of Indian nationals it seems that apply. And it's not really about the GMAT beyond a certain threshold - which is around 680 and above (and ideally above 700). It's not a math competition.

I've posted this link many times, but it bears repeating since it's a blind spot that many Indian applicants seem to have:

http://mbaapply.blogspot.com/2010/04/bl ... ences.html

In short, regardless of your career background, the challenge is one that goes beyond the resume, and more to do with mindset and perspective.
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29 May 2010, 13:23

I thank you sincerely for that blog, it is very detailed and explanatory.

The main point you indicated there is try to be different, and that is what i am doing, taking up a different career path to understand whether it fits me or not rather than being in my comfort zone.

But whether this attitude to take risk by venturing would be seen by the adcoms as rash, foolish behaviour or progressive, determined is to be seen.

And that is my hesitation, because at the end of the day your decisions, actions are evaluated based on certain framework of understanding that the adcoms have and the reason i ask anything a thousand times is its better to be sure rather than miss the bus.
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