Kindly review Profile
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28 May 2008, 19:33
GMAT: 750 AWA: 5.5
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at a Silicon Valley startup.
Work ex: 2 years currently. (will be 3 years when i join a college in 2009)
- Rated as a Dream Employee with a rating of 5/5
- Have led many teams of size 3-5 and delivered many products with limited resources and time
- Have helped the startup setup its processes
Education:
- Computer Engineer, V.J.T.I. (Most coveted engineering college in Mumbai) - 69.7%
- Stood 10th in Mumbai in plus 2 exams with 94%
- Scored 99.01percentile in Comprehensive Adaptive Test(CAT) conducted by Indian Institutes of Management. Waitlistedfor IIM-Indore. One of the most competitive exams in the world.
- Awarded JRD Tata Scholarship for excellence in engineering studies in 2003 and 2004.
- Decent Business Knowledge. Have a couple of National Stock Exchange certifications.
Extra-Curricular Activities:
Thoroughly involved in extra-curriculars
- Founder of a national level health NGO. Setup the entire organization from scratch and led the team under tough circumstances.
- Good sports person. Have played football, hockey, cricket, carrom, athletics for school and college
- Head of Elite Athlete Management at Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2007 and 2008.
- Chief Coordinator (CEO), Technovanza '05 (National level technical festival, VJTI): 500 volunteers, 5000 visitors, 200 trans-India colleges. Directly headed teams for media, publicity, website, security, accommodation, decoration, events selection, finance, registration, prize distribution
- Competed in 21 km Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
- Regular donor for Child Relief and You (CRY). Run many charity marathons such as Terry Fox Cancer Research Run.
Business Specialization: General Management/Entrepreneurship
I am planning to apply to top schools in US. Kindly review my profile and gauge my standing in comparison to other candidates.
Also, Could you please let me know specifically which schools i should target for the intended specialization and where i have a pretty realistic chances of getting in. I would like to apply to 5-6 top schools.
Currently my application list looks like:
Stanford
Indian School of Business
Tuck
Kellog
Thanks a ton in advance!