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Profile Evaluation 700 Gmat 28 Jul 2014, 04:22
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Hi,

Could you help me evaluate my profile. Thanks in Advance.

Profile:
Indian Male - Engineer- 3 yrs work experience (at the time of matriculation) in IT industry

1) Work Experience : I have been working as senior software engineer in a US based MNC. Worked in challenging roles , take up huge responsibilities and coordinated with people across geographies (including JAPAN , US). Got promoted to Senior software engineer in 1.5 years. Received awards and appreciation for the work.


2) Gmat : 700 (Q49 , V 37) , IR - 4 , AWA - awaiting result.

3) College info:
Anna University ,Chennai, India - BE computer science
Graduated in 2012 April
GPA 3.9 (89%)

4) Extra Curricular activities:
-- Taken part in volunteering in NSS (national service sceheme) . Been to rural villages to spread awareness on education , health.
-- Have taken up few leadership roles . Head of Sponsor Team for our department symposium , liaised with various firms approaching and organzing sponsors.
-- Have been Department representative for an year during college. Involved organizing and managing various classes , represented student body on various issues and actively coordination among department faculties and students,
-- Anchored many cultural events in colleges
-- Promoted with in the shortest span in 1.5 years of joining.

5) Important Certifications (CFA, CPA, FSA, or CA): NO

6) Target Programs :

Kenan-Flagler
Darden
UCLA anderson
Texas-Austin (McCombs)
UC Berkeley Haas
IE buisness school
ISB
INSEAD
NUS Singapore

7) Application cycle: Fall 2015 . Applying in round 2 2014-15

8) Post MBA Goal: (posting a crisp goal)
Gain Experience in Finance and Consulting and to follow entrepreneurship path .


It could be helpful if you could suggest some target universities for my reach .


Thanks a lot in advance.
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Profile Evaluation 700 Gmat 05 Aug 2014, 06:50
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shyam0191
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Thanks a lot in advance.
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Hi Shyam,

You have a decent profile- your work experience is a little low as the sweet spot for most of these b-schools about 4-5 years of work experience. If you are very sure you are going to apply this year, do ascertain that your leadership capability is visible through your resume, essays and recommendations.

INSEAD, Darden, UCLA and Haas look tough to me - you will need to beef up your work profile, your GMAT score and your extra curricular achievements for these - think of doing something extra-ordinary that helps to set you apart.

Your career goals will need to be more specific - finance, consulting, entrepreneurship - that's a lot on your plate. Adcoms will look for more granularity there. How do your career goals tie to what you have done so far? Finance and consulting are two very different industries and we don't as yet know about your inclination towards either of the two. A lot of applicants write about entrepreneurship as their long term career goal, therefore in our opinion, we would urge you to exercise some caution here and really think through this- what kind of stuff would you like to do? Why will you be good at it?

Why do you want to wait for Round 2? You have a big list of b-schools (which needs vetting) so you need to split your applications between R1 and R2 to submit good applications.

Reach out to us for a profile discussion.