Hi,

Please evaluate my profile:

GMAT Score: 720 (Quant: 51, Verbal: 35)
Education: B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi
B.Tech GPA: 7.6/10

Work Experience:
Two years full time experience as of today in world's largest grassroots refinery. (Reliance Industries Limited, India)
Have been involved in multiple technical projects.
Patent Application filed for one project

ExtraCurrics:
Held several positions of responsibility in college fests,
Performed in dance events at inter college level and cultural events during job time.

Target Department: MBA in Operations Management
Target Schools:
ISB
NUS
NTU
Mccombs
Tepper
Mays
Kelly

Also please suggest some other good safe and stretch schools.
Thank You for your consideration.

Regards,
Rahul Goyal

Hi Rahul,

You have decent GMAT, Academics from Premier institute in India and work experience, list of b-schools looks fine but still needs some refining. You can also apply to Ross, Emory, Cornell, Georgetown McDonough, Kenan Flagler. Next thing would be focus on your application essays/recos which will help you make strong case. Overall profile looks fine but still you need to showcase achievements at work place, awards and recognition, team handling skills, career growth which will add more value to your profile.

Let me know if you have any questions, you can also PM your details for profile evaluation.

Regards,
Neha Singh
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Hi Neha,

Thank you very much for the evaluation. I will refine my target schools list and will work on my application essays and recommendations.

I wanted to ask one more question that for my kind of profile, what is the probability of getting any scholarship from the top b schools (1-15) and the medium b schools (15-35)?
and around what % of total cost does it cover ?

Regards,
Rahul

I'd say your chances of getting scholarship from Top 15 are a bit thin, but the other schools, maybe... It depends a lot on your application, how you write, and how much they really want you to come.

I agree with Jon here - scholarships at the top 15 will be tough. Keep in mind - their scholarship dollars are limited. They can utilize them for a few reasons, the primary being to attract top talent. This can be someone who is the best among a common applicant type (e.g. the best I-Banker ever!) or someone who is incredibly unique. If you're working in the chemicals industry where you get to design solutions worthy of patent applications, then you'll need to highlight that. That's going to be your card to play. However, just know, competition for international students is incredibly stiff and, therefore, scholarships, especially at the top schools, are difficult to come by. Your chances go up as you go down the list but exponentially. Therefore your chances at #20 aren't that much higher than #15, but at #30 they go up.

As for amounts - this can cover full tuition + stipend to $2,000 a year. It varies so widely that it's impossible to tell.

Bhavik
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