djain0702 wrote:
Hi,
Below is the overview of my profile:
I am a female from India.
Graduated from BITS Pilani in Information Systems with a GPA of 7.3/10
I got a GMAT score of 730(50,38, IR:6, AWA:5) in my first attempt this year.
Target schools: Fuqua,Ross,UCLA
I worked with SAP for internship. I joined Oracle and worked there for 2 years after graduation as a Product Developer for their Sales Cloud and got a chance to work with many big names in fortune 500 who were customers of the product. I recently switched my job in June to take a position of Senior Software engineer at Citrix. Here I am working in a team which has a very cross functional role and works with all the product teams at Citrix. I will be 24 and will have 3 years of work experience on matriculation.
I was an active contributor in CSR team at Oracle.I was also a core member of fun at work activities( organized events like singing concert,annual day etc).I have also joined the CSR team and Toastmasters at Citrix.
Undergrad: I was a core member of a committee responsible for organizing college fests. I also was among the founding members of film making club in college. I was part of the fashion society in college as well . I also organized various hackathons and gaming events in college.
Post MBA goals: Product Marketing and Management/IT Strategy ( Google,Amazon,Apple etc)
My concerns are being probably among the youngest applicants, categorized in the over represented Indian IT pool and a recent job switch.Would it help to retake the GMAT for a better score?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Hey there,
Great to hear from you!
As far as GMAT goes - you are good - you have passed the threshold and proven you can ace the GMAT. Now, it is time to work on the rest - meaning your school strategy and your essays. As far as schools strategy goes, your list could be a proposed start, but especially as an Indian IT applicant, I would not apply to any less than 6 schools, with a wide range.
Which brings me to the next thing: You have to ace the application - be personable, interesting, passionate. The schools will see a LOT of similar profiles to yours (you can thank your parents you are female
) and anything you can do to make your profile memorable and effective will be great.
the other thing - get started NOW! Time is a wasting!
Best,
Jon