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11 Aug 2010, 02:03
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Hi
I am a MBA aspirant from India. I am a B.E.(Computer Science) with 5.5 years of working experience. My gmat score is 710 and I am looking for good B-School options in US. I have been involved with a NGO where we used to spread awareness about AIDS. I was always involved in extra curricular activities like sports and politics. I am a worked of a national political party and I have even managed election campaigns of district level. The real problem I am facing is I am not able to decide
1. Wether I should apply to top 10 and wether taking admissions in top 10 and paying a fee of around $200,000 is worth?
2. I want to go to finance field and so not sure what are the colleges that are good in finance but they also admit people from IT background?
Please guide.
Thanks!
I am a MBA aspirant from India. I am a B.E.(Computer Science) with 5.5 years of working experience. My gmat score is 710 and I am looking for good B-School options in US. I have been involved with a NGO where we used to spread awareness about AIDS. I was always involved in extra curricular activities like sports and politics. I am a worked of a national political party and I have even managed election campaigns of district level. The real problem I am facing is I am not able to decide
1. Wether I should apply to top 10 and wether taking admissions in top 10 and paying a fee of around $200,000 is worth?
2. I want to go to finance field and so not sure what are the colleges that are good in finance but they also admit people from IT background?
Please guide.
Thanks!
11 Aug 2010, 13:24
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Hi Paramveer,
Your GMAT score and work ex are both decent ( we won't say great just because you fall under Indian/ IT male).
Your extra currics are pretty unconventional. So use them well to differentiate yourself.
You can target top 10 schools and can manage the expenses well within 125,000 USD ( we can tell this from first hand experience). So, ROI can be justified.
For finance just make sure that your essays clearly articulate short term/ long term goals in financial markets and reflect your inclination to make a career shift. B schools should feel that the story is convincing and you can make a shift.
Feel free to write to us for any queries.
Apphelp Team
Your GMAT score and work ex are both decent ( we won't say great just because you fall under Indian/ IT male).
Your extra currics are pretty unconventional. So use them well to differentiate yourself.
You can target top 10 schools and can manage the expenses well within 125,000 USD ( we can tell this from first hand experience). So, ROI can be justified.
For finance just make sure that your essays clearly articulate short term/ long term goals in financial markets and reflect your inclination to make a career shift. B schools should feel that the story is convincing and you can make a shift.
Feel free to write to us for any queries.
Apphelp Team
12 Aug 2010, 22:10
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Hi Paramveer,
The answers to your questions are:
1. Whether I should apply to top 10 and wether taking admissions in top 10 and paying a fee of around $200,000 is worth?
You need to assess your present financial commitment for MBA and calculate your Return on Investment as your main area of concern is if $200,000 is worth putting into. You are possibly the best person to answer this as you need to be clear on what exactly you will do after MBA and how much that will help you make financially. Then you may come up with the conclusion if putting in money of that order makes sense to you or not.
However, you should try to maximize your chances and your spread your target list to top 30 rather than restricting to only top 10 as top 10 are highly unpredictable and extremely competitive.
2. I want to go to finance field and so not sure what are the colleges that are good in finance but they also admit people from IT background?
Schools that are good in finance coursework are NYU, Columbia, Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg (though they may not be reputed as schools that are exclusively known for finance but going to them will help you get into whatever domain you wish to change to)
Practically schools would want to see finance experience on your CV to admit you to MBA in case you wish to pitch in stating that you want to move to finance. Your application strategy to get into on of them should be to state your short term goals and long term goals in alignment with your past professional experience.
Feel free to email me if you need more information.
With Best Regards,
Neha Singh
General Education
https://www.general-ed.com
