Hi Alex,
Eager as well as curious to know what would be your take on my profile.
Indian Female.
GMAT :730, AWA :6
Age : 25
WE : 3.5 yrs so far ( will be 4 at the time of applying)
-- Top IT major of the world.
-- Fast growth in the company,(every year have moved to higher roles)
-- Working in Singapore from past 1 year for a banking major through my current company.
GPA : 72/100 BE ,in a non-IIT engineering college from India.
Topper in 7th and 8th Semester of BE in Information Science.
Extra Curricular :
UG : Member of speaking clubs, IEEE student bodies,Placement Coordinator, Hostel leadership
Post UG : I feel this area is my weakness with nothing much to speak about. I could not involve myself into extra curriculars as much as I wanted to due to high work pressure.
Initial 1 year post UG: Volunteered as a teacher for Chemistry to teach 11th standard students.
later on , initiated social events in Office and Client premises, which included parties, functions, and voluntering activities for various social causes too.
I had applied for HBS,Wharton,Ross and Tepper in year 2010, and though I got rejected in the first three.Tepper
accepted me.But I could not attend it since I was unable to arrange the required finances.
My Short term Goal : Management Consulting in Hospitality /Retail/Tourism/media industry.
or general management roles in the above industries.
Long term goal : Entrepreneurship in one of the above fields. or as cliched as it may sound, general management role in (in a much higher position , preferably the top) in any of the above fields.
My target schools (definetly would be schools which offer no cosignor loans for international students):
1.Stanford (Stretch)
2.Chicago Booth (Stretch)
3. Fuqua
4.yale
5.Goizueta
6.Kenan Flagler
7.ISB
I have decided to get admitted to a b school at any cost this year.So planning to diversify my applications across schools.
Your opinion and suggestions will be highly appreciated