Please evaluate my profile
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22 Mar 2006, 13:26
Hi Hjort,
I would really appreciate it if you answer my questions in this post. (…sorry, it’s pretty long)
I am a 35yr old male originally from India. Have been working in multinational pharma cos./ research institute for 10 yrs. Last 7 yrs have been in the US. I work on the analysis of clinical data and use a lot of statistics. Currently, I am in a Sr. programmer role. Also, I have received a couple of excellence awards at work and will be able to get good recommendations? I am planning to volunteer at a soup kitchen and looking into some administrative work at another non profit org.
I have two masters degrees from top ranked universities in India with good GPAs.
I gave GMAT in Dec'05, Feb'06 and Mar’06 scored 650 (q49,v30), 630 (q45,v31) and 680 (q48, v35) respectively.
I do have a 8 month gap in my work history (about 7 yrs back). I actually immigrated to the US and wanted to work in a Biochemical Lab. in a Pharma co. but soon found that my training/ experience was not very marketable here. So I started developing my software skills and landed a consulting job. It has been smooth and great except for that little bump.
In my current role as a senior programmer, I do not have a 8-10 member team to manage. I have managed some critical projects but with a maximum of only 2 people on my team. Is that enough?
Please let me know the following:
1. Do I have a competitive profile for part-time at NYU & Chicago.
2. Can you suggest any other good schools that I should consider.
3. I may be getting a good job offer soon and probably will accept that offer. Now, I live and work in NJ. Does it mean that if I enroll in a part-time program, say in Chicago, I have to fly there 2-3 times a month. What would be the best options in such a situation?
4. My long term goal is to set-up a specific type of knowledge based company. Do I need to provide some details of this idea on the essays?
5. Also, I found a current student’s contact information at that programs website. Is it acceptable to contact this person to get some information about the program?
Thanks!