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Joined: 18 May 2012
Posts: 16
Given Kudos: 38
Location: India
Concentration: Finance, Strategy
GPA: 3.5
WE:Corporate Finance (Investment Banking)
Profile evaluation - GMAT(690) & 7Yr experience (IB & Consulting)
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01 Dec 2014, 20:48
Appreciate expert advice on my my profile evaluation + help on choosing right schools. I would like to go for 2 year MBA & I am planning to apply in R2. Following are my details:-
Basic:-
Age: 30
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Work location - New York (on H1b Work Visa)
Scores:-
GMAT: 690 (Q48, V37, IR 6)
Acads -
a) Electronics & Telecom Engineer from Mumbai university, India (GPA - 3+)
b) CFA Charter holder, CFA institute US
c) Passed FRM part 1, GARP US and Oracle SQL/PL-SQL certified
Work - (Current location - New York)
a) 2 years - Business Analyst - Tech. consulting, with Indian Mid-cap IT company, worked with Top3 US bank in Corporate banking Domain
b) 1.5 years - Business Analyst - Product consulting, with SunGard, India (leading Financial Software Product Company)
c) 1.5 years - Quantitative and Risk Analyst, Middle office with a BB investment bank, Mumbai India
d) 2 years - Global Business Development & Consulting in Financial services, with a boutique Big Data Analytics company (couple of years away from IPO), New York,
Acquired fortune 500 clients & Consulted major payment tech. provider and banks in sales & marketing Analytics
Other(Independent) Work -
1) Played a key role to market a micro-finance's in Mumbai region
2) Independent consulting for 15 months with a boutique investment bank to acquire and execute cross border M&A and PE deals (closure experience of one Japan-India deal)
3) Led Social, Knowledge and Philanthropy committees at College and all the Work Places
4) Founded a "Youth Foundation" at Local Community to Promote overall development of the School and College Students
5) Career Mentoring to new members of CFA institute Mumbai chapter. Member of CFA institute NY chapter (NYSSA)
To summarize - Total 7 years of experience (am I too old for top MBA program ?) in Technology, Consulting and Banking & Finance (across consumer, Corporate & Investment banking). Post MBA, I want to work in Technology(TMT) Investment Banking (IBD) or Large Tech firm in Corporate Strategy(LDP) or may be MBB consulting. It's getting difficult break into these roles without MBA.
I need your advice to evaluate my chances of breaking into top my target b-schools. Appreciate if yo can let me know whether my target schools are best fit for career goals and background
Broad list of my target schools (have 1 month+1 week's time and planning to apply to 4 b-schools)
Dream colleges - Wharton, Chicago, Columbia
Best fit colleges (based on low GMAT) - Stern, Tuck, Cornell, Yale, & Duke
Thanks again for your time. Looking forward to hear your expert views.
Thanks,
iOptimist.