Profile Evaluation Request for Tier-I B-schools
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08 Jan 2014, 03:34
Hello Sir
I will be applying for a full time MBA program during the first round of applications in 2014 (for the class of 2015). Below is my profile:
Demographics: 24 year old Indian Male settled in Delhi
WE: Working as a Business Analyst with a leading US based management consulting firm in the field of sales and marketing, focused on the pharmaceutical industry (Among top 20 consulting firms in the world and top 3 in healthcare sector). Current experience of 1.5 years (Will be 3 years by the time I join an MBA program in 2015).
I havn't gotten any opportunity to lead teams yet but I have started getting roles where I mentor junior associates.
Education: B.Tech (Hons.) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (CGPA: 8.76/10.0) - Among top 10% students in my course
Class 12th - 94% (Ranked 3 out of 400 students in school)
Class 10th - 93%
GMAT - Planning to give in March 2014 (I gave the GMAC mock test in Mar 2012 without any preparation and got a score of 710). GRE score (2011): Quant 170/170; Verbal 155/170
Awards and Achievements:
Published a research paper (as first author) in an international scientific journal (Impact factor - 1.297) during final year in college
Awarded Gold Medal in school for outstanding academic performance for six consecutive years
Olympiads:
Gold Merit and Silver Merit in National Cyber Olympiad in 2004, 2001
Extra-curricular activities:
Associated with an NGO (since last 4 months) to teach kids in an orphanage - goal is to improve their language skills through a properly designed curriculum and study material from Oxford University Press.
Helped setup a Toastmasters Club in office and currently acting as the Treasurer along with being an active member of the same.
Like to spend some time doing online courses from sites like coursera (Completed Finance 101 and Marketing 101 from Ross Business School and Wharton Business School)
During College: Held a lot of positions of responsibility such as organizing department fest (budget of INR 300,000), TEDx, Technology expo. and also part of a student body which helped the institute by transferring its technologies to the industry, educating and facilitating students to patent their ideas and bringing in sponsored research projects from industry.
Internships (during College): Summer Intern at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles for a period of 2 months - was offered admission to M.S. + Ph.D. by my guide.
Career Goals post MBA:
Short term - Join a PE/VC firm or a consulting firm
Long term - Setup my own venture
Target B-Schools: Top 10 in US and top 3-5 in Europe
I would request you to please evaluate my profile with respect to my target MBA schools and career goals. I have some specific questions which it would be great if you can take some time out to answer:
1. Is my expectation for a tier-1 bschool realistic or am I aiming too high?
2. I still am in the process of building my profile and any guidance in that direction would be immensely helpful. Should I look for a job change? What kind of job should I be searching for given my "Why MBA story". Is my extra-curricular profile strong enough or should I try to involve myself in some other activities?
Eagerly awaiting your reply.