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 07 Dec 2006, 22:05
Hi,
I would first like to thank GMATClub for their 25 challenges. I did my GMAT 2 days ago and got a score of 670. I must say the challenges did help me improve my quant score. I wish you had the challenges in verbal also. My question is regarding work experience. I complete 2 years of work experience in April. Should I apply for Fall 07 or Fall 08 considering my work experience and the score.
Shazeeye
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You didn't give us too much detail on your situation; however, it seems to me that if you're going for top schools - you should wait for at least one more year. Beef up your resume with great initiatives, make sure you have extracurriculars to brag about, retake the GMAT to get 700+ - all this will greatly boost your chances.
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I agree. Unless there is a strong reason for applying ASAP, I would wait until next year.
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Thanks for the feedback.
Yes, I should have provided some more detail.
I am 28, Indian female. I did my MS in Engineering Psychology from SUNY, Buffalo. I work at Infosys, India (NASDAQ:INFY) and head a team of 2. Though it is the IT industry I am not a techie. I work as a Usability Engineer (Computer Psychology).
I know you advice me to do my GMAT again(670 - 88 percentile) but I can't. Its my verbal score that did me in. I am assuming the 2 papers that I have published in international journals will make up for it. I have presented my work at international conferences. I wish to get into Columbia, Duke or Carnegie Mellon. I have been a leader throughout my life. I was the games captain and headed the athletic team in school. I was also captain of my house (system where a school is divided into 4 houses).
I wanted to apply for Fall 07, simply because I'm getting old and can't wait another year;) I also heard that it helps being female. If you do not think I stand a chance in the Fall 07 admission process what specific areas do I need to work on (other than the GMAT score) for Fall 08?
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What are your goals?
Why these particular schools?
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The usability field is relatively new in India (about 10 yrs). Its been around for 60 yrs in the US. I would like to do an MBA to manage/direct this field better in India. This would include bridging cultural issues in the field. Hence an international MBA with general management should help.
The reason I chose the 3 schools
- represents all tiers (ultra-elite, elite, near-elite)
- suits my needs (Columbia-perfect fit, CMU- high class diversity Fuqua-represents women in business)
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Could you expand on your goals? In what context would you manage/direct this field better? An MNC? A new venture?
Picking a spread of clusters makes sense, although Tepper is grouped among the trans elites. A three school portfolio is rather small.
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New York: Columbia (UE), New York University (E)
Los Angeles: UCLA (E), USC (TE)
Chicago: University of Chicago (UE), Northwestern/Kellogg (UE)
Washington/Baltimore: Georgetown (NE), Maryland (NE)
San Francisco: Stanford (UE), UC Berkeley (E)
Philadelphia: Penn/Wharton (UE)
Boston: Harvard (UE), MIT/Sloan (UE)
Detroit: Michigan/Ross (E)
Atlanta: Emory (TE)
St. Louis: Washington University/Olin (NE)
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon (TE)
Austin: Texas-Austin (TE)
Nashville: Vanderbilt (NE)
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill: Duke (E), UNC-Chapel Hill (TE)
Rochester: University of Rochester (NE)
Key:
UE- Ultra Elite
E- Elite
TE- Trans Elite
NE- Near Elite
Yes, the portfolio was limited so I have expanded it based on the clusters (ones in bold).
My exact plans to manage/direct are not in place. I am interested but not limited to starting a usability group in an MNC.
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