Profile Evaluation

Hi Sandheep,

Thanks for reaching out. We work with a lot of NT employees and consultants - its a company that affords young professionals great opportunities for leadership and teamwork, in our experience. So that's a good start.

Your academic profile is good, although HS is irrelevant. In fact, the mere mention of high school will be just the confirmation that a school will be searching for that you are not "ready." I've written about this many times in this space, but seats in a b school are not awarded based on merit or even value-add, but rather appropriateness. Is the degree appropriate for you and your career path at this time and are you going to be an appropriate fit for the school. All the metrics we pick and parse are instrumental in them making that determination. For people shy of or beyond the 4-7 year range of work experience, the reader goes into a default "let me make sure this person is in the right place" mode. If something doesn't pass the smell test, you will get dinged regardless of the other strengths of your profile. So first make sure that now is indeed the time for an MBA (how do you know? Ask yourself: can I get the job I seek with the degree, and, just as important, an I currently *unable* to get that job. That's a great place to start). And then make sure you create an application that completely conveys that readiness.

As for advising you on schools, it is very tough without knowing what you want to do short and long term. So much of this is about fit and you are a consumer as much as an applicant and so it would be unwise to direct you to schools without understanding what you desire from the process.

If you want to follow up with clear goals, I would be happy to point you toward some schools that would fit that paradigm and also play to your existing strengths.

Respectfully,

Paul Lanzillotti