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USA B schools for my profile [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2013, 09:31
Hi,

I am looking for a top B school in the USA.

My profile looks like the following:

Name: Sridhar
Age: 27
Nationality: Indian


Work Experience:

Total experience in years: 5 years and 1 month

Company worked for: Infosys Limited

Brief description of job:
Joined Infosys in July 2008 as a fresher and underwent generic and stream specific (Network) training in Infosys Mysore Campus till Jan 2009.

Systems Engineer – Jan 2009 to March 2010
Senior Systems Engineer – April 2010 to Sep 2011
Technology Analyst – Oct 2011 to present
Expecting to become Technology Lead in Oct 2013

International Experience – 13 months in Paris, France at the client location (worked on behalf of Infosys)
Led a team of 6 in Paris (client location) between April 2012 and May 2013.
Currently leading a team of 4 for a different project.

Education Background:

10th Standard
School – Lawrence School, Lovedale (Nilgiris District)
Board – CBSE
Percentage– 81.8%

12th Standard
School – SRV Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram
Board – Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Education
Percentage – 94%

Under Graduation
College – Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai
Discipline – Electronics & Communication Engineering
Percentage – 63%

GMAT:
Date Taken – 27-01-2012
Total – 660
Quants – 48 (78%)
Verbal – 33 (67%)
AWA – 5.5

Extra Curricular Activities:

• A passionate runner. Completed two semi-marathons and one 10 km run in Paris, France.
• Completed one 10 km run for a NGO, Kaagaz India in Bangalore.
• Completed three levels of LA Cuban Salsa from the Russian Cultural Center, Chennai in 2009
• Completed the short term type writing course. Can type at 45 words per minute without looking at the keyboard.
• Played the bugle and trumpet for the school band between class 7 and 10.
• Vice President of the Leo Club, a social club in Engineering College

I am looking for a career in management consulting in operations or strategy after my general management MBA.

Could you please evaluate my profile and let me know the top B schools that I can apply to in the USA.

Thanks in advance for your help,
Regards,
Sridhar
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Re: USA B schools for my profile [#permalink] New post   01 Sep 2013, 09:18
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Thank you for your posting.

Based on your profile, I would recommend that you focus on some of the stronger regional schools in the USA. I do not see you being competitive at a top-20 program and thus think you should put your efforts where the payoff will be highest. The schools I recommend that you look at include: Rice, Notre Dame, Rochester, Vanderbilt, Miami, Boston University and Tulane. I would also recommend that you apply to around 7 schools - this way you will have options at the end of the day.

Good luck.

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Re: USA B schools for my profile [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2013, 11:21
Thanks a lot for your reply.

I have been doing a lot of research on schools that would fit my profile and have narrowed down to the following in order of difficulty level for me to get an admit.

1. Emory-Goizueta
2. Kelley, Indiana
3. Univ. of Washington, Foster
4. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
5. OSU, Fisher
6. Purdue, Krannert
7. SMU Cox
8. Penn State Univ, Smeal

Please let me know if these schools are achievable for my profile. I plan to do consulting in a non technology company (consumer products or oil and energy) after my MBA.

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Re: USA B schools for my profile [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2014, 00:27
ManhattanReview wrote:
Thank you for your posting.

Based on your profile, I would recommend that you focus on some of the stronger regional schools in the USA. I do not see you being competitive at a top-20 program and thus think you should put your efforts where the payoff will be highest. The schools I recommend that you look at include: Rice, Notre Dame, Rochester, Vanderbilt, Miami, Boston University and Tulane. I would also recommend that you apply to around 7 schools - this way you will have options at the end of the day.

Good luck.

Kimberly Plaga
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Manhattan Review



Hello Kimberly,

Finally after a lot of rejects from Krannert, PSU, Foster and Fisher, I now have admits from 3 schools with good scholarships.

1. Tulane Freeman - 60% scholarship
2. Mason School of Business - 60% scholarship
3. George Washington University - 50,000 $ scholarship.

Please could you help me choose the best among these from an Indian student's point of view. Since all these schools are providing me almost the same scholarship, I would like to choose the best school in terms of placements for International candidates, cost of living in/around campus and a better university in terms of facilities.

Also, I intend to be a strategic consultant in the manufacturing industry after my MBA.

Please help me in choosing which one.

Regards,
Sridhar
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