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Status:Retaking GMAT
Location: India
Concentration: Technology, Human Resources
Schools: Mason '17 (A$) Katz '17 (WL) Jenkins FT'17 (D) Weatherhead '17 (WL) Merage '17 (D) Terry '17 (D)
GMAT 1: 610 Q49 V24
GPA: 3
WE:Information Technology (Human Resources)
Schools: Mason '17 (A$) Katz '17 (WL) Jenkins FT'17 (D) Weatherhead '17 (WL) Merage '17 (D) Terry '17 (D)
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Profile Evaluation | GMAT 600 - Indian IT Male - 5.5 Yrs exp 23 Nov 2014, 10:02
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Hi,

I would appreciate if you can evaluate my profile based on my GMAT score, Work exp and MBA field.

Work Exp: 5.5 Yrs
Indian, IT , Male
GMAT: 600 Q48 V25, IR 3 and AWA 5 (NO, I CANNOT RETAKE GMAT)
Extra Curricular Activities: Good ... I would rate them 7 or 8 out of 10
MBA Field of Interest: IT Consulting
LOR and SOP would be more than average for sure. :)

Kindly Rate below schools as Safe/Target/Dream on the basis of my chances:

Carlson - Univ of Minnesota Twin
Irvine - Univ of California
Smeal - PSU
Smith - Univ of Maryland
George Washington Univ
Eller - Univ of Arizona
Fox - Temple Univ
Terry - Univ of Georgia
Urbana - UIUC
Purdue Univ
Wisconsin Madison
Broad - Michigan State Univ
Marriott - Brigham Young Univ
UBC, Canada
Mannheim, Germany
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Location: India
GRE 1: Q163 V159
GPA: 3.67
WE:Marketing (Consulting)
GRE 1: Q163 V159
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Profile Evaluation | GMAT 600 - Indian IT Male - 5.5 Yrs exp 23 Nov 2014, 18:26
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Hello

You haven't mentioned the most important part of your profile - your GPA. The application pool of Indian IT (male) applicants is very high. Therefor you will face a lot of competition as most of the other applicants will have similar profiles. Unless you are in the top 1 - 2 % in your class (GPA>3.85), with a 600 score on GMAT, most of these schools will be out of your reach. As far as LORs and essays are concerned, above average just wont make the cut, they will have to exceed expectations. Your career goals make sense but you will have to explain them very cogently in your essays.

Tell me more about your work experience - leadership positions held, promotions, key projects, other achievements, international exposure, etc.

Based on the info you have given

Dream: Carlson - Minnesota, Scheller - Arizona, Mannheim Germany, Wisconsin Madison, UIUC, UC Irvine, UBC, Broad, Smith - Maryland
Target: Smeal, Fox - Temple, Terry - Georgia,
with reach - Safe: Krannert, George Washington, BYU

Let me know more

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Location: India
Concentration: Technology, Human Resources
Schools: Mason '17 (A$) Katz '17 (WL) Jenkins FT'17 (D) Weatherhead '17 (WL) Merage '17 (D) Terry '17 (D)
GMAT 1: 610 Q49 V24
GPA: 3
WE:Information Technology (Human Resources)
Schools: Mason '17 (A$) Katz '17 (WL) Jenkins FT'17 (D) Weatherhead '17 (WL) Merage '17 (D) Terry '17 (D)
GMAT 1: 610 Q49 V24
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Profile Evaluation | GMAT 600 - Indian IT Male - 5.5 Yrs exp 24 Nov 2014, 00:47
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Hello

You haven't mentioned the most important part of your profile - your GPA. The application pool of Indian IT (male) applicants is very high. Therefor you will face a lot of competition as most of the other applicants will have similar profiles. Unless you are in the top 1 - 2 % in your class (GPA>3.85), with a 600 score on GMAT, most of these schools will be out of your reach. As far as LORs and essays are concerned, above average just wont make the cut, they will have to exceed expectations. Your career goals make sense but you will have to explain them very cogently in your essays.

Tell me more about your work experience - leadership positions held, promotions, key projects, other achievements, international exposure, etc.

Based on the info you have given

Dream: Carlson - Minnesota, Scheller - Arizona, Mannheim Germany, Wisconsin Madison, UIUC, UC Irvine, UBC, Broad, Smith - Maryland
Target: Smeal, Fox - Temple, Terry - Georgia,
with reach - Safe: Krannert, George Washington, BYU

Let me know more

You can check out this article to create a stellar B-school application https://www.interviewbay.com/blog/6-comp ... pplication
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Thanks InterviewBay. Unfortunately, my GPA is around 2.8 or 2.9. Its actually 69%. Not sure how much will it be in GPA.
Also, I highly doubt that BYU would be a safe school. Its in the 20-30s.

leadership positions held: Primary Trainer for any new joinees to my project, Database trainer for new joinees in the organisation.
promotions: 2(Associate Test Engineer to Test Engineer and Test Engineer to Senior Test Engineer)
key projects: Health Care Project for processing claims(had to provide status reports to onshore stakeholders)
other achievements: Many...Winner of Dance competition in my company, Winner of Table Tennis Tournament in my company, Part of Basketball Corporate Team which came 4th.
international exposure: No
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Profile Evaluation | GMAT 600 - Indian IT Male - 5.5 Yrs exp 24 Nov 2014, 04:21
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Marriot would certainly be a dream school for you. Are you sure about your GPA being around 2.8 - 2.9. I would suggest you to get it converted to the 4 point scale officially. A GPA below 3 with 600 GMAT makes all the schools dream for you as their average GPA is above 3.4. Your work ex looks pretty good. Any achievements directly in line with your goals will help your case. Any volunteer experience?

I will strongly advice you to retake GMAT and apply next year. Use this additional time to gain some valuable volunteer experience and other experiences that will help you in preparing a strong application. If you are sure about applying in R2, I would advise you to focus on your role in training incoming employees, how yo were chosen among your peer for this task. Also focus on how your performance led to your promotions. In short, don't just say that you 'xyz' quality - prove it using examples from your life.

What are your post MBA goals and what efforts have you taken towards it?

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