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18 May 2014, 06:57
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Hi, I plan on applying to Wharton, CBS and Chicago Booth (aiming to get into energy practice of a bb post mba) in round 1 this year. Given below are some of the salient points of my profile in brief.
Indian male, 27.
B.Tech, IIT Kanpur. Cgpa 9.2/10
GMAT 780
CFA level III cleared
5 years of work experience (at matriculation) at top 2 (schlumberger/halliburton) oil field services company working predominantly as a field engineer on offshore rigs in India. Have been a top performer consistently at work. The reccos and work ex description should be able to reflect that.
Some volunteer work with top ngos. Founded my non profit organisation 3 years ago and have been running it since while still working full time. It essentially makes and uploads videos of rural india depicting the dying traditions and customs of my community with the purpose of its preservation especially among the younger gen. decent extras at university.
My primary concern is that unlike a lot of my peer in the oil and gas business i do not have much international work ex other than some training stints abroad. This is merely a matter of chance, was sort of preordained
and doesn't reflect my performance at work in anyway what so ever. Does this severely impact my chances of getting in at my target schools? If so any suggestions with regard to which schools i may target as my safe schools.
P.S. : Having the brightest peer is one of my top priorities (it sort of pushes me to perform to my potential) and thus am inclined towards targeting only the top rated schools.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Indian male, 27.
B.Tech, IIT Kanpur. Cgpa 9.2/10
GMAT 780
CFA level III cleared
5 years of work experience (at matriculation) at top 2 (schlumberger/halliburton) oil field services company working predominantly as a field engineer on offshore rigs in India. Have been a top performer consistently at work. The reccos and work ex description should be able to reflect that.
Some volunteer work with top ngos. Founded my non profit organisation 3 years ago and have been running it since while still working full time. It essentially makes and uploads videos of rural india depicting the dying traditions and customs of my community with the purpose of its preservation especially among the younger gen. decent extras at university.
My primary concern is that unlike a lot of my peer in the oil and gas business i do not have much international work ex other than some training stints abroad. This is merely a matter of chance, was sort of preordained
and doesn't reflect my performance at work in anyway what so ever. Does this severely impact my chances of getting in at my target schools? If so any suggestions with regard to which schools i may target as my safe schools.P.S. : Having the brightest peer is one of my top priorities (it sort of pushes me to perform to my potential) and thus am inclined towards targeting only the top rated schools.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
19 May 2014, 10:04
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780!!!!
Dude, you are at the highest GMAT of the season I have seen so far! Well done!
That alone plus your MEGA-impressive GPA at IIT Kanpur are a great foundation for Top 10 schools, as is work in Oil and Gas. I am missing some detail to know exactly where you might stand, but let's say that you are Top 10 material (with maybe one or two Top 20 schools as a safety).
Don't be tooooo worried about this lack of internationalism. Yes, it IS helpful if you have it, but it is not the biggest requirement. A lot of other things (like GMAT, GPA, leadership, company, school) all rank higher in importance and you have all of those ticked off. Rather than seeing this as a weakness, see it as "Ah, it would be a bit better if I had that".
Write a killer application, and as they say, the rest is history…
Good luck,
Best,
Jon
