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10 Mar 2010, 12:54
Kudos
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Hi Alex,
Could you kindly help me evaluate my profile from my preferred list of B-schools for 2011 matriculation
My target schools are :
1:The University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business
2:University of Michigan
Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
3:Cornell University
S. C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
4:New York University
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
5:The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kenan-Flagler Business School
6:University of Virginia
Darden Graduate School of Business
7:Michigan State Uniersity
Broad School of Business
8:UCLA
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: General Management/ Finance
GPA: 3.62 Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) from a mid-ranked Indian institution
Work experience(WE): 36 months (at matriculation), IT Consulting,Team Lead for a project in Risk Management Consulting
Nationality: Indian
Age: 25 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
Am six sigma black belt certified and have done a project as a part of that to reduce the cost of of production of mineral water bottles by 30%
Am six sigma green belt certified
Have done a couple of certifications from the National Stock Exchange of India(NSE)
about Indian Stock Markets and Derivatives
Am a member of the table tennis team of my company
Have been actively involved with CSI(Conputer Society of India) conventions in my undergrad days
Was a part of the student placement cell in my college
Was a member of college cricket team
Besides this i am also planning to take up a 1 year diploma distance learning course in Finance.Would that help improve my profile ?
Could you please evaluate my profile and provide me with suggestions as to what additional do i need to do provided i get a score of around 700-710 in GMAT .
Could you kindly help me evaluate my profile from my preferred list of B-schools for 2011 matriculation
My target schools are :
1:The University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business
2:University of Michigan
Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
3:Cornell University
S. C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
4:New York University
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
5:The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kenan-Flagler Business School
6:University of Virginia
Darden Graduate School of Business
7:Michigan State Uniersity
Broad School of Business
8:UCLA
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Program: MBA FT
Area of interest in MBA: General Management/ Finance
GPA: 3.62 Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) from a mid-ranked Indian institution
Work experience(WE): 36 months (at matriculation), IT Consulting,Team Lead for a project in Risk Management Consulting
Nationality: Indian
Age: 25 at Matriculation
Gender: Male
Extra-curriculars/community:
Am six sigma black belt certified and have done a project as a part of that to reduce the cost of of production of mineral water bottles by 30%
Am six sigma green belt certified
Have done a couple of certifications from the National Stock Exchange of India(NSE)
about Indian Stock Markets and Derivatives
Am a member of the table tennis team of my company
Have been actively involved with CSI(Conputer Society of India) conventions in my undergrad days
Was a part of the student placement cell in my college
Was a member of college cricket team
Besides this i am also planning to take up a 1 year diploma distance learning course in Finance.Would that help improve my profile ?
Could you please evaluate my profile and provide me with suggestions as to what additional do i need to do provided i get a score of around 700-710 in GMAT .
11 Mar 2010, 13:21
Kudos
Bookmarks
Here's the thing.
I'll probably have to say this time and again, but it seems to be a particular blind spot for many Indian applicants, due to cultural differences.
For many Indians, they've spent their entire lives being benchmarked almost exclusively on their academic and analytical abilities - in plain English, its one big math competition with exams and certificates being the arena of competition.
So it would seemingly make sense for Indians like yourself to come into the b-school admissions process expecting to be judged in the same way. If I were in your shoes, I'd probably think the same way too because that is all I would know or all that I have been judged and evaluated on to date - by schools, employers (for technical jobs), peers, etc and maybe even by friends and family.
B-school admissions is an entirely different world. It will likely be a bigger re-orientation in terms of mentality, perspective and approach for folks like yourself (and perhaps other Asians) compared to those who have grown up in western countries.
B-school admissions isn't a math competition. The technical stuff - your GMAT scores, your GPA, etc. matter only up to a certain point -- and once you've reached that threshhold (which is actually not very high), no exceptional GMAT, GPA or academic/technical/analytical achievement will compensate for mediocre or even poor interpersonal and critical thinking (i.e. imagination, lateral thinking, etc.) skills.
Being able to communicate and articulate a *subjective* point of view in a compelling, engaging and persuasive manner is what it's about. On the surface, it may then appear to be a personality contest, a test of one's creativity or imagination -- when to others who grew up in the west who are more accustomed to this in their lives would see this simply as "being able to convey who you are as an individual person in a personable way".
Now, one may say "well why does all this personality, interpersonal stuff matter?!?!" -- because b-schools are looking for future managers. Future bosses. And a great boss to work for isn't necessarily the smartest (academically speaking) person in the room. But they have 'street smarts' - the ability to influence people's behavior. Managing people isn't a math competition - it's about your people skills. The curricula you learn in b-school is really there to support you in that -- when you learn all the technical things in accounting, finance, operations, etc. it's not for the purposes of you actually having to do that analysis in the real world, but to help you *understand* and *interpret* this sort of analytical work that your subordinates do so that you as a manager can make more judicious and informed decisions where there often is no "right" or "wrong" answer.
So it's this entire aspect of yourself that you have to be able to portray effectively and compellingly to an adcom. That is what will make or break you. Not whether you can complete more certificates or do more "business math" (i.e. finance, accounting).
I'll probably have to say this time and again, but it seems to be a particular blind spot for many Indian applicants, due to cultural differences.
For many Indians, they've spent their entire lives being benchmarked almost exclusively on their academic and analytical abilities - in plain English, its one big math competition with exams and certificates being the arena of competition.
So it would seemingly make sense for Indians like yourself to come into the b-school admissions process expecting to be judged in the same way. If I were in your shoes, I'd probably think the same way too because that is all I would know or all that I have been judged and evaluated on to date - by schools, employers (for technical jobs), peers, etc and maybe even by friends and family.
B-school admissions is an entirely different world. It will likely be a bigger re-orientation in terms of mentality, perspective and approach for folks like yourself (and perhaps other Asians) compared to those who have grown up in western countries.
B-school admissions isn't a math competition. The technical stuff - your GMAT scores, your GPA, etc. matter only up to a certain point -- and once you've reached that threshhold (which is actually not very high), no exceptional GMAT, GPA or academic/technical/analytical achievement will compensate for mediocre or even poor interpersonal and critical thinking (i.e. imagination, lateral thinking, etc.) skills.
Being able to communicate and articulate a *subjective* point of view in a compelling, engaging and persuasive manner is what it's about. On the surface, it may then appear to be a personality contest, a test of one's creativity or imagination -- when to others who grew up in the west who are more accustomed to this in their lives would see this simply as "being able to convey who you are as an individual person in a personable way".
Now, one may say "well why does all this personality, interpersonal stuff matter?!?!" -- because b-schools are looking for future managers. Future bosses. And a great boss to work for isn't necessarily the smartest (academically speaking) person in the room. But they have 'street smarts' - the ability to influence people's behavior. Managing people isn't a math competition - it's about your people skills. The curricula you learn in b-school is really there to support you in that -- when you learn all the technical things in accounting, finance, operations, etc. it's not for the purposes of you actually having to do that analysis in the real world, but to help you *understand* and *interpret* this sort of analytical work that your subordinates do so that you as a manager can make more judicious and informed decisions where there often is no "right" or "wrong" answer.
So it's this entire aspect of yourself that you have to be able to portray effectively and compellingly to an adcom. That is what will make or break you. Not whether you can complete more certificates or do more "business math" (i.e. finance, accounting).
