Hello,
My name is Salik, I am from Pakistan, I wanted to know what are my options for b school applications. My profile summary is as follows:
Hi Salik, Thanks for reaching out to StratusPrep! My comments below...GMAT:
I gave my GMAT today and scored 640 [Q=42(47 p),V=35(76),IR= 6(69p) ]. I want to apply to schools in round 2 this year, so in worst case I wont be able to retake my gmat. I have taken it thrice 640,590,640 gave my first attempt in march 2016.My quant score is low but I have had various mathematical courses during the university, few of them of advance level including physics, numerical analysis, calculus advance etc. I may also be able to request my recommenders to emphasize on their observations on my quant skills.
Yes- when Q score is on lower side it can be helpful to have recommenders discuss quant ability at work to show adcom that from a practical perspective Q will not be an issue
Education:
I did my BS of computer science from Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Oldest and one of the top business schools in Pakistan). I graduated with a gold medal and a CGPA of 3.42.
Experience:
I work in IT department of Dawlance Group of companies. It is a market leader in home appliance industry in Pakistan since 1985. Recently, Arcelik has acquired the Dawlance to enter south Asian market. I have had 3 years of experience, got promotions every year and am currently the youngest Deputy Manager in the company's history. My latest responsibilities include managing IT team and initiatives in 2 of our manufacturing facilities in Pakistan.
I have lead various cross functional teams and have completed projects requiring systems overhauls, change management, employee motivation analysis and operations automation.Also,I have been doing projects consistently with top executives/directors of my company, I have had projects that required me to interact with our vendors, low level employees and occasionally our consumers too. I has also awarded outstanding Mentee award under the internal program in our organization by the name of leadership without title.
Social work:
I have been an active social contributor, recently, I built a team in my city to run a plantation campaign in Karachi. Moreover, I did a social internship back in university. Where I lack is that I do not have a documentation proof of that.It was a recently concluded plantation campaign, I played my role in gathering a team to achieve a target of 100 plants in my area. Other than that, I have been involved in evaluating start up ideas for a course in my university as an alumni evaluator at various events and classes
Ambition:
My aim is to list myself in the list of world billionaires before turning 40
So that's an interesting goal... you may want to first be driven by an idea and then let the money follow- still your goals are your goals and you are allowed to pick whatever you wish! Good that you have ambition and have set the bar high![color=#0000ff][/color]. Also, build a start up around renewable energy for Earth and beyond.This part I have found to be the toughest to be honest. the progression of my career so far suggests me that I should aim at the CIO position in the long term. However, I feel strongly to work towards a for profit social start up. I don't have a prior experience with entrepreneurship other than an idea that I developed and worked through with a team but we could not execute it on the ground.
I would really appreciate if you could tell me what are my options? I realize that top 10 may be too ambitious. but can you give me 1 from top 10 (I had Johnson in mind, even with slim chances), may be 2 from top 10-20 (said? tepper?) and may be few lower ranked school where I may actually stand a good chance?
I am considering Michigan state university, its a top university for supply chain mba and has an avg gmat of 668, what do you think?
So with this GMAT I think you could present better in that 15-30 school range- and there are some excellent programs in there that could be viable options. You may want to lead on MBA applications with the CIO route as that makes sense given your background and perhaps you can explore social enterprise within your MBA curriculum. In addition to the schools you mention- I'd look at Colorado State, Mendoza and Pepperdine. Here is a listing of programs with strong social enterprise- I'd then filter for top 15-30 programs and you may find some good and realistic options.https://www.netimpact.org/business-as-u ... ial-impact Thanks!