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28 Feb 2016, 22:22
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Age : 25
Educational Qualifications : Bachelors in Applied Petroleum Engineering
CGPA : 2.97, Equivalent percentage : 79.40%
Year of passing : 2012
Location :India
GMAT:710
10th: 89.8%
12th: 86.4%
TOEFL: 115
Work Experience
4 Years (By the time I will start applying it will be 5 yrs) in Reliance Industries Ltd. (India's largest private company with more than 40000 employees)
- Working as Workover Engineer (planning, executing and managing drilling and workover operations of oil and gas wells)
- Managing a team of 20+ engineers directly and more than 200 employees indirectly.
- Managing 200+ sites and 10+ Rigs (In-charge of all rigs).
- Revised and implemented operations procedures that led to reduction in down time from 15%(approx) to <2% effectively saving more than $5,000,000
- Take mentoring classes for new recruits (fresh graduates) and provide training to them about different oil and gas field operations.
Extracurriculars
- Teaching orphans, underprivileged children and illiterate adults via NGO subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Computers( More than 3 yrs now.)
- Team member of project's Table Tennis and Badminton team.
- Organized Free Health and Eye checkup camps, and Blood donation camps in various villages in India since 2013 , held half yearly. (Through company's CSR policy)
Target 1 : Full time MBA 2 years at a leading college
Target 2 : M Finance at a leading college
My questions :
1. An honest opinion about where I stand
2. What could I do to improve my case ?
3. As per my case, which are the schools that I should be looking at ?
Educational Qualifications : Bachelors in Applied Petroleum Engineering
CGPA : 2.97, Equivalent percentage : 79.40%
Year of passing : 2012
Location :India
GMAT:710
10th: 89.8%
12th: 86.4%
TOEFL: 115
Work Experience
4 Years (By the time I will start applying it will be 5 yrs) in Reliance Industries Ltd. (India's largest private company with more than 40000 employees)
- Working as Workover Engineer (planning, executing and managing drilling and workover operations of oil and gas wells)
- Managing a team of 20+ engineers directly and more than 200 employees indirectly.
- Managing 200+ sites and 10+ Rigs (In-charge of all rigs).
- Revised and implemented operations procedures that led to reduction in down time from 15%(approx) to <2% effectively saving more than $5,000,000
- Take mentoring classes for new recruits (fresh graduates) and provide training to them about different oil and gas field operations.
Extracurriculars
- Teaching orphans, underprivileged children and illiterate adults via NGO subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Computers( More than 3 yrs now.)
- Team member of project's Table Tennis and Badminton team.
- Organized Free Health and Eye checkup camps, and Blood donation camps in various villages in India since 2013 , held half yearly. (Through company's CSR policy)
Target 1 : Full time MBA 2 years at a leading college
Target 2 : M Finance at a leading college
My questions :
1. An honest opinion about where I stand
2. What could I do to improve my case ?
3. As per my case, which are the schools that I should be looking at ?
29 Feb 2016, 09:51
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evilphilosopher,
You have good leadership and I see no 'red flags' other than your GPA, which ideally would be higher. If you think you can raise your GMAT, I would do that to compensate for your GPA and to put you more in line with other Indian applicants. Your biggest issues are your industry (business schools are getting a lot of oil & gas applicants this year) and your demographic (male Indian engineer). That's why I would steer you toward schools in the Top 15-30 range, such as CMU Tepper, Texas, UNC, Emory, Georgetown etc. I would probably try to dissuade you from the M.Fin. path because it it's such a departure from your career thus far so it would be harder for you to make a compelling case to schools.
Hope this helps,
--Paul S. Bodine, Great Applications for Business School, www.admitify.com/outcomes
You have good leadership and I see no 'red flags' other than your GPA, which ideally would be higher. If you think you can raise your GMAT, I would do that to compensate for your GPA and to put you more in line with other Indian applicants. Your biggest issues are your industry (business schools are getting a lot of oil & gas applicants this year) and your demographic (male Indian engineer). That's why I would steer you toward schools in the Top 15-30 range, such as CMU Tepper, Texas, UNC, Emory, Georgetown etc. I would probably try to dissuade you from the M.Fin. path because it it's such a departure from your career thus far so it would be harder for you to make a compelling case to schools.
Hope this helps,
--Paul S. Bodine, Great Applications for Business School, www.admitify.com/outcomes
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29 Feb 2016, 12:20
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Thank you for your post. You could increase your GMAT if you want to target higher schools, but otherwise I suggest top 20 programs. A lot of Reliance folks go for an MBA as you know and within that group you have a nice profile, though your grades are not the strongest point.
That said, what school did you go to? This is important.
Best,
Scott
