piyush1995 wrote:
First of all, Thank you for evaluating my profile. Any kind of help is highly appreciated.
GMAT - 760 (Q50, V44)
Gender - Male
Undergrad - IIT Patna (8.8/10 CGPA) (Department Rank 3)
12th - 95.4% (Though, it won't matter much)
WE - 8 months at Samsung , Delhi
- 2.5 months (internship) NTU, Singapore
- 3 months (internship) IIT Kharagpur
Extracurriculars :-
1) National Level Table Tennis player (Under 18 and Under 16). Awards at school, college and district levels Table Tennis.
2) Youtube Channel (DIY videos of some tech which I explored)
3) Electronics club coordinator (2015-2016).
4) 3 research paper at IEEE conferences.
5) CISCO Ideate - Make in India challenge (Finalists)
6) NSO(National Science Olympiad) - AIR 41 , IMO(International Mathematics Olympiad) AIR -137 (In case this matters)
Post MBA :- Need to get more perspective, However I am much inclined towards Tech industry (Business Development Manager) and consulting
I know that without knowing my post MBA plans and other important variables that most of the schools look into, it will be very difficult to give an opinion on my profile.
However, I am sure that you will be able to provide me a ball park estimate of my current position.
I have three questions :-
1) I am thinking of applying for 2019 (Intake) MBA batch and will have 2 years work ex at the time joining the school. Is this strategy sound? Should I try waiting for a few more years ? Being in a software industry(less likely to be promoted even at the time of application of 2020 intake) I don't think if waiting for one more year is going to have a major impact on my profile. Any thoughts ?
2) Indian IT Male usually have lower likelihood of getting accepted. Samsung research is pretty good, atleast in my opnion(ranks #15 in Fortune 500), however the IT background might kill my application. What all methods I can use to overcome this drawback ? Should I try changing my industry ?
3) Which schools should I aim for ? Please classify the schools into 3x2 (Safe , Moderate , Reach) and (Scholarship, No Scholarship) . I am thinking of either choosing top 5 or one of top 5-20 on the basis of scholarship offered.
Thank you for taking out the time to evaluate my profile. Any other thoughts on my profile are welcome. Please feel free to ask any question related to my profile.
##Please ignore any grammatical mistakes that I may have made.
Piyush,
Thank you for the detailed information. I know you requested that I respond to this one offline, so here are my thoughts!
1) I am thinking of applying for 2019 (Intake) MBA batch and will have 2 years work ex at the time joining the school. Is this strategy sound? Should I try waiting for a few more years ? Being in a software industry(less likely to be promoted even at the time of application of 2020 intake) I don't think if waiting for one more year is going to have a major impact on my profile. Any thoughts ?
I would wait to get a bit more experience. You ideally want to have at least a couple years of full-time consistent work experience at one company, though three helps more. Keep in mind the average is five. From what I see you have some internships to date and some Samsung experience.2) Indian IT Male usually have lower likelihood of getting accepted. Samsung research is pretty good, atleast in my opnion(ranks #15 in Fortune 500), however the IT background might kill my application. What all methods I can use to overcome this drawback ? Should I try changing my industry ?
This is a bit more of a complicated question as it gets to overall profile crafting and story development. On the surface, you can still succeed from this role because your stats are strong. Now can you improve the profile with another job? Sure this can be done. It depends on the overall plan and the likelihood of getting another role though. You also want to balance that with moving around as you ideally don't want to jump from job to job and then apply to school.3) Which schools should I aim for ? Please classify the schools into 3x2 (Safe , Moderate , Reach) and (Scholarship, No Scholarship) . I am thinking of either choosing top 5 or one of top 5-20 on the basis of scholarship offered.
Part of this would honestly depend upon your work development at Samsung, so without seeing that it is a bit tough to list specific schools. However your strategy of going for schools from top 5-20 is a very sound strategy and then letting scholarships perhaps influence the decision. Good luck and if you want help with further early planning, see below for how we can help!
https://www.personalmbacoach.com/early-mba-planning