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Re: PRofile eval for fall 2014 applications
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31 Aug 2013, 18:23
Aditya-
Unless you have something extraordinary or unusual in your work history, it will be a weakness, as you suspected to be coming in so far under the average. This would not be the case if you were from Botswana or Lithuania, but being from India, there are simply too many other applicants with more experience to compete with. Having said that, if you have some compelling reasons why now is the right time for you to go, you might find some schools with which your story will resonate. I would focus on this aspect of your profile and perhaps target schools in the top 25 but not in the top 10 in the US. UNC KF, Kelley, VAnerbilt, Emory all come to mind. Also, if you can offer how your Infosys experience even at 2 years will be valuable to your classmates for some specific reasons, you could sway them. In the end, it's not about one factor, so if your weakness is number of years on the job, then speak to these other things to balance it out (why now and what you have done in the two years that makes you compelling).