sidmoona wrote:
Hi,
I am a 26 year old Indian, working as a Technology Leader in the Retail/e-Commerce technology sector for a company that has been consistently ranked 1 by Fortune.
My GMAT score is 680 (Q49, V34, AWA 6, IR 8)
I am planning to apply in R1 2018.
Work Ex - 4.5 years by August 2019
Undergrad - B.E. (Hons) Computer Science, M.Sc. (Hons) Economics (BITS-Pilani)
10th Grade - 94.4% CBSE
12th Grade - 92.4% CBSE (Science)
CGPA - 8.03/10
Leadership Roles -
1. Was the school house captain (2007).
2. Co-founded the Annual National Level Cyber Gaming festival in college.
3. Sub-Coordinator of the Department of Sponsorship and Marketing, Students' Union, BITS-Pilani.
4. Lead Guitarist - Music Club (BITS-Pilani)
5. Chief Coordinator - Technology Excellence Group, Walmart
6. Event Coordinator - Walmart's annual cultural festival (India)
Volunteer Experience -
1. Music Therapist at an institution for differently abled (4 months in 2013).
2. Development Volunteer - CSR activities at Walmart
Achievements/Awards -
1. All India Math Topper - 10th Grade (2007)
2. 2nd Runner Up - National Graphics Olympiad (2005)
3. Certificate of Excellence - Walmart (2016)
4. 2nd Runner Up - Walmart Retail Technology Hackathon (2016)
Internships - I have interned at Accenture (2 months), JP Morgan Chase (6 months) and National Thermal Power Corporation of India (2 months)
Post MBA plan - I want to transition into Technology Strategy Management/Consulting.
I would like an assessment of my profile for the following B-schools -
1. HEC, Paris
2. Judge, Cambridge
3. Said, Oxford
4. LBS, London,
5. IE, Spain
6. IESE, Spain
7. Rotman, Canada
8. Tepper, US
9. MBS, Australia
10. NUS, Singapore
Thank You!
Hey there good sir!
Good to hear from you! Well first of all let's start up with the GMAT. It's a good start but it may be a touch low for an Indian applicant. To give you an understand of what you might be up against, I will recommend you this article:
https://admissionado.com/mba/3-tips-for- ... n=mba_blog and then to understand whether you yourself should or should not retake the GMAT I recommend this one:
https://admissionado.com/mba/to-retake-o ... n=mba_blogNow on to your school list. Allow me to categorize things as I see thim (very very roughly, as I lack a lot of in-depth information about your profile:
Far Stretch
LBS
Stretch
Oxford
Cambridge
Tepper
Between stretch and competitive
Rotman
HEC
Competitive
IE
IESE
MBS
NUS
I hope that gets you started off knowing where you might stand,
Best,
Jon