Hello
henryfordFirst things first- if you keep feeling that way about your past work life, you will certainly face issues in identifying the right stories (success/achievements etc). And selecting the right stories is primary in order to make your written application strong. The schools on your list give significant importance to the quality and depth of past work experience (namely, career progress, achievements, business impact etc)
Secondly, while I understand that you are still preparing for the GMAT, but if you plan to apply in R2 I would go ahead and assume you would be in the last leg of you prep. What sort of score are you expecting. Though there is no magic number, it helps to be above par (especially for Indians from the IT background). The par score for some of these schools is 710 while for others it is 730, so that means you must aim for a pretty high score.
Third, while on a personal level I relate to your goals- surely this is not the reason that you are going to present to the admissions committee In the current form, the career goals narrative is pretty weak. You will need to be more specific, why the need of an MBA, where will it land your post B School and what is your career's vision for the next 10 years. Then add to it why you want to study at a specific B School- how will that help.
Lastly, it will help if you can touch up on extracurricular activities and your contribution in the same. It will bring the much needed diversity to your profile.
The schools on your list are supposed to be the most selective schools in the world and they will expect you to be an achiever on Academics, GMAT, Work Experience and Diversity. This will need to be backed up with clear career goals. You may want to read
here on the factors that matter in your written application and
here on career goals.
The info given is very limited (missing career goals, missing GMAT, missing work related achievements, missing extracurricular) and based on this giving any sort of meaningful feedback is tough. The schools look challenging in the light of available information, but any new info may change that.
Best
Varun Sharma+919137133507
MBAkarma.comGMAT Score Predictorinfo@mbakarma.comhenryford wrote:
Hello,
Please evaluate my profile.
From India an Software Engineer by profession .
Age : 27
GMAT Score : Preparing and planning to apply in R2
Education : B.Sc Computers - 88% ; MS Software Engineering : 6.2/10 GPA
Experience: 7years in IT firm , worked in 9 different projects with Banking and Finance,MEDIA,Retail,Insurance sectors.
Am currently in team lead position in one of the top IT indian firm ,am leading a team of 12 and previously 22 number team and completed the deliveribles and got best team award once . I haveworked with multiple clients around the world but never a direct collaboration has happened .
I may have not achived in my current career is because am totally not intrested and not happy with work am doing , since i was always having the intrest in pursue my dream , which even helped me start a part time e commerce website after one year of hardwork it was a complete failure and greatest lesson in mylife which made me to think i need to do MBA to pursue my dream so after 1 year of research i have determined to pursue it but having so many hurdles to achieve it .
This is the reason my profile doesn't look that much glittering . So is there a chance for. my profile .
Target Schools :Harvard,Stanford,Booth,LBS,ISB/INSEAD/HEC Paris
WHY MBA and WHY AT THIS MOMENT : From my childhood I have interest & passion in business related topics or discussions and ,I want to attend the GMAT this year since with my research understood that work experience is consider an add-on to land in Top Business Schools .
Am I eligible to apply to the target schools
Please provide your valuable feed back .