anshkool4u wrote:
Hi Maria,
Plz evaluate my profile for CMU Tepper,Haas,NYU Stern and Yale
My profile is as follows:
Indian Male, 32 years old
Engineering graduate in Computer Science.
10th- 78%
12th - 77.6%
B.Tech- 68% From State Technical University.
Just as a head's up, your pre-college grades aren't part of the MBA application
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Total of 8.5 years of work experience :
3 years with Infosys Limited as Senior System Developer.
5.5 years in retail banking with the largest bank in India, State Bank of India (Joined as Probationary Officer). Branch Manager since last 3 years.Dealing with retail finance as well as general management.
The good news is, it looks like you've had some really solid career progression!
The trickier thing is, with 8.5 years of total experience, you'll need to be sure to explain why you're applying for an MBA at this phase in your career, vs. the more typical profile of having about 5 years of experience.
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GMAT : 710 Q 50 V 36 IR 5 AWA 5
This seems a little on the low side for the programs you are targeting. Indian candidates need to try to get 20+ points above a school's stated average, given the intense competition in the Indian applicant pool.
Since the verbal is the section that tripped you up, have you looked into
e-gmat? I've heard that they are especially good with teaching verbal.
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Extra Curricular:
1. Have been a part of an NGO which works in education sector for rural students, for 6 months
2.During my stint as Software Engineer, was a member of employee club and conducted a fundraising program for wedding of poor girls.
3.Have conducted a number of financial literacy camps in rural areas,outside of my work area.
4.Appeared for UPSC Civil Services Interview twice,probably the toughest exam in India.
The first activity sounds too recent for you to have had a leadership position in it (only 6 months?). The example from your software engineering days is too out-dated. Sounds like the financial literacy camps might be your strongest story. They will not care about the Civil Services interview -- don't mention it in your application.
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Achievements: In both my organisations,got promoted to a higher position in the minimum possible time.
.In recognition of my work,was selected to open and head a new bank branch catering to Defence Officers.
.Numerous internal awards for achievements catering to different areas of work.
This is great! You don't necessarily need to list
every award you've gotten; the fact that your company considers you successful is obvious given your promotions and the request for you to open a new branch.
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Have a unique exposure of working with the farmers and the rural population of the country,as well as with High Profile Defence Officers.
I'm not
entirely sure what that means, but if it's given you an additional setting in which to demonstrate leadership qualities, then wonderful!
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Want to change my career field,and an MBA would be a right step in that direction.Post MBA industry preferred is Consulting or Finance.
I do not recommend applying with that career vision. Most consulting or banking firms are looking for younger candidates who have the stamina (and possibly don't have families yet) to put up with the punishing work hours. Go through the free "Career Vision" module in the free trial of
ApplicantLab to try to generate some additional ideas.
I think you can try to apply to the schools you mentioned, but I am not sure that they would be good fits. Haas, especially, is rumored to not be Indian-friendly (I heard a rumor that last year, they only accepted 3 people from India? I am not sure if this is true, but that is an incredibly small number!) and its small class size makes it very difficult to get in.
Tepper and NYU might work out (if you can get the GMAT up) -- otherwise, I'd urge you to look into the European programs or Canadian programs which tend to be more open to more seasoned candidates.
All the best!,
Maria