Hi,

Based on the information below, please evaluate my profile for the given B schools and suggest some stretch and safe schools.

GMAT Score: 710 (Quant: 50, Verbal: 35)

Academics:
Dual degree course (B.Tech and M.Tech combined) of 5 years duration in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi (One of the best engineering colleges in India)

B.Tech GPA: 7.24/10 (Above Average)
M.Tech GPA: 8.125/10 (Above Average)

M.Tech Project (Final year project of 1 year duration): Got top grade (10 on a scale of 10) in my MTP.

Summer Internship: - Earned significant International exposure working for 2 months with Haldor Topsoe, Denmark (one of the world’s top chemical licencors) .

Work Experience:
Three years full time experience as of today in world's largest grassroots refinery. (Reliance Industries Limited, Jamnagar, India) (Will be 4 years of work experience at the time of joining an MBA college)

Have been involved in various projects. For the last 2 years, I was involved in 4 projects related to Operations Research. Out of the 4 projects, I was working on 2 projects just under the guidance of my mentor without anybody else as a part of the team. In the other 2 projects, I was guiding people in my team who worked under me for those specific projects.

Got the best rating possible (a rating of significantly exceeded expectations) for my work on the projects assigned to me.

Apart from the projects in the domain of Operations Research, I have also worked on a few technical projects (related to chemical engineering).

ExtraCurrics and Hobbies:
Held several good positions of responsibilities during college time.

Was also the Teaching Assistant (TA) for 2 courses at IITD under my MTP guide for a duration of 1 year.

Was a part of the hostel team for Inter-Hostel Musical Play for 2 years in which our team stood first both times.

Have been playing Tennis for the last 1 and a half years.

Strong interest in following Cricket matches and related news of the top ten Cricket playing nations.

Target Specialization: MBA in Operations Management

Target Schools:

Michigan Ross
Darden
Johnson
Tepper
Mccombs
ISB
Kelley
Mays
NUS
NTU


Thank You for your consideration.

Regards,
Archit

Hey Archit - you've targeted some good schools and you're clearly doing your research, since most of them are strong in operations. Your university experience is strong and the fact that you have the BTech/MTech 5-year degree is distinctive, especially since you got such high marks at a good school. We're very keen on the fact that you went to Denmark for an internship, this adds great value to your profile when compared to some other Indian engineer candidates who have never left their home country.

But speaking of those Indian engineers... Your profile does unfortunately hit up against that stereotype. Your GMAT is a little lower than we'd like to see but it's definitely not too low - it qualifies you for any of the schools on your list, especially since those tend to be somewhat more flexible than the crazy-competitive schools at the top of all the rankings. These are all still quite good MBA programs but they're also more accessible in many ways.

So, our verdict is that it's clear you're doing your research, which we always like to see, and you'll be presenting a lot of strengths. We are all systems go for you! We cannot think of any other school to suggest beyond this list, as it already includes the ones we immediately thought of when reviewing your profile. With good essays, you should be able to crack into one of the ones near the top of that list, too - you can safely move schools like Mays to a Round 2 strategy to see what happens with the first ones you apply to.

Hope this helps, let us know if we can answer any questions for you - and good luck on everything!!

EssaySnark
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Thank you for your quick and frank evaluation of my profile And yes, as you wrote, I am targeting good MBA colleges in the field of Operations Management. Initially, I was thinking of applying to Mays during R1, but as per your advice, I might now apply for Mays during R2. And I forgot to add my AWA score of 5.5/6 and IR score of 8/8 earlier in the GMAT score information that I provided. Hope, the Adcoms will consider these sectional scores as positives too while evaluating my profile

Thanks for your quick reply again.

Regards,
Archit

That is a smart strategy, you might end up at a great place in Round 1 and then you can still go for Mays if you need to later on. If you don't make it in through the first apps, be sure to take a hard look at your strategy and make changes - don't just submit the same goals/same types of essays in Round 2.

IMPRESSIVE! That definitely helps to show you as distinctive, certainly those are valuable elements.

Keep us posted and let us know if we can help!
EssaySnark
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Thanks again for your quick reply I will take heed of the tips you gave and will apply to the colleges accordingly.

Regards,
Archit