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I am male/indian/33yrs(will be 35 yrs by fall 08).A total of 9 years of exprience of which 5.5yrs at supervisory level and 2 yrs at managerial level in Sales and Channel management. Have won many sales contests in my career. Delayed on B-school plans because of the birth of my son, who is turning one and is more manageable now.
1.5 yrs consumer goods - an Indian Company as Sales Representative.
2 yrs in consumer goods( Pepsi)as Sales Officer.
0.5 yr at silicone valley startup as Sales Executive.
3 yrs at Amecrican MNC in Health Care as Sales Executive.
8 months at a Life Insurance company as Sales Manager.
Presently 1.5 yrs as Sales Manager in a top notch Indian bank in the retail business.

Education:B.A(Hons) in Psychology Delhi University 53%
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management CGPA 5.60/8.00(Average B)
Dropped out of my school for two years to follow the path of Buddha, returned and passed from school with second position in the class.

GMAT Preparing for GMAT, expecting around 700. Need your evaluation of my chances at my target schools. So, that I can send my scores accordingly to targeted fit schools.
IELTS 7.0

Community Service:Organised eye check up camps in schools and colleges.

Extra curricular:Led my school and college quiz teams at quiz competitions. Was sort of a quiz kid.
Played Cricket for my previous two company's.
Was school badminton champion.

Goals:To accelerate my career progression. Looking for titles like Regional manager, Zonal manager, Country Head in the consumer goods or services company on graduation.Wish to take my career International.( I have never worked out of India but have keen desire to work out of India for few years).Long term goal is to join the Indian Goverment.

Knows French at Intermediate level.

Targeted Schools

First Preferences but tough to get into
Columbia
Michigan
Yale
Tuck
Haas

Second Preferences
Duke
Darden
UNC
Emory
Indiana

Pls evaluate my chances at above school and what odds I face. Pls suggest more schools where I will have right fit.
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I am male/indian/33yrs(will be 35 yrs by fall 08).A total of 9 years of exprience of which 5.5yrs at supervisory level and 2 yrs at managerial level in Sales and Channel management. Have won many sales contests in my career. Delayed on B-school plans because of the birth of my son, who is turning one and is more manageable now.
1.5 yrs consumer goods - an Indian Company as Sales Representative.
2 yrs in consumer goods( Pepsi)as Sales Officer.
0.5 yr at silicone valley startup as Sales Executive.
3 yrs at Amecrican MNC in Health Care as Sales Executive.
8 months at a Life Insurance company as Sales Manager.
Presently 1.5 yrs as Sales Manager in a top notch Indian bank in the retail business.

Education:B.A(Hons) in Psychology Delhi University 53%
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management CGPA 5.60/8.00(Average B)
Dropped out of my school for two years to follow the path of Buddha, returned and passed from school with second position in the class.

GMAT Preparing for GMAT, expecting around 700. Need your evaluation of my chances at my target schools. So, that I can send my scores accordingly to targeted fit schools.
IELTS 7.0

Community Service:Organised eye check up camps in schools and colleges.

Extra curricular:Led my school and college quiz teams at quiz competitions. Was sort of a quiz kid.
Played Cricket for my previous two company's.
Was school badminton champion.

Goals:To accelerate my career progression. Looking for titles like Regional manager, Zonal manager, Country Head in the consumer goods or services company on graduation.Wish to take my career International.( I have never worked out of India but have keen desire to work out of India for few years).Long term goal is to join the Indian Goverment.

Knows French at Intermediate level.

Targeted Schools

First Preferences but tough to get into
Columbia
Michigan
Yale
Tuck
Haas

Second Preferences
Duke
Darden
UNC
Emory
Indiana

Pls evaluate my chances at above school and what odds I face. Pls suggest more schools where I will have right fit.
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Notmykind,

Your age is a major hurdle for you. Have you considered an executive MBA? Given your age and the mild general bias against sales backgrounds among B-schools, I think your Second Preferences are more doable. Of your First Pref schools, Michigan and Yale might be most doable--Michigan seems to like atypical applicants, which your profile seems to be. Tuck is more open to older applicants, but frankly they don't admit as many Asians as other schools!

If you want to aim high (First Pref) you could consider part-time programs where the odds are better. Indiana, Purdue, Babson, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rochester, and Vanderbilt are all friendlier to older applicants -- as are Canadian and European schools as a rule. Naturally, you will want to show great maturity, focus, and due diligence in your goals essay, and emphasize leadership rather than sales results. The Buddhist story sounds like good material for a personal/diversity type essay -- and perhaps also as explanation for your age. See Accepted's advice for older applicants.