Dear All,
Was an applicant for the Full time Fall 09 intake.. Brief on my profile:
* Profile: Indian Comp Sci undergrad, moved towards business development, Male
* GMAT: 710 (AWA : 6.0)
* Undergrad: Average
* Recos: Very good, my supervisors are very supportive
* Work Experience: 2.5 years
Basically into a lot of strategy, innovation, problem solving, market research and corporate sales( biggest plus being the rapid career progression with a continuous thrust towards increased responsibilities)
* Career Goals: Consulting( I feel at present I am doing pretty much an internal consultants role in my organization and moving towards from a strategy/problem solving focus would be an ideal switch based on my strengths - analytical and reasoning skills)
* Essays: Good(But then I could be wrong
)
* Extra Curricular: Good, lots of sports and event handling with some socials
So anywayz based on all the above, I felt I had a well rounded profile with the right mix of acads, leadership, diversity in my profile to get good responses.
But Alas the whole process dint go as planned:
* Darden : Dinged w/o interview ( The school was a killer for most Indians this yr)
* Ross: Dinged w/o interview
* UNC: Dinged, 2 interviews ( Very positive response but still)
* Olin: Interviewed, Waitlisted, later dinged
* Smeal: Dinged w interview
* Emory: Dinged w/o interview
* Georgia Tech :Dinged w/o interview
Well as you can see it was quite a heart breaking and de-motivating admission process.
Have been following this forum for quite some time and wanted some feedback on what could have gone wrong.
I have come to the following conclusions:
* Work Ex: Though interesting, too low
* Indian Pool very competitive
* Very Avg. undergrad acads
* Leadership outside work ex. not enough
Now that I am planning my re-application strategy, any feedback would really help..
Thanks,
URSB