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Hi,
I am in the process of shortlisting B-Schools for a Fall 2015 admit and I am looking for comments or suggestions on my shortlisted schools:

1. Masters in CS from University of Illinois at Chicago (2008-2010)
GPA: 3.22

2. Bachelors of Technology from Indraprastha University Delhi (2002 - 2006)
GPA/Aggregate: 70% (I am not sure how much that would equal to on the 4.0 scale)

GMAT Score 1: 650 V31 Q49
GMAT Score 2: 710 V40 Q48

Age: 30 years

Work Experience:

2+ years in Alcatel Lucent India as Software Engineer, with 7 months of International experience in Australia and Belgium
- Designed, implemented and led the acceptance testing of FRC(Flexible Routing and Charging) 4.1 for a major telecom operator in Sydney.
- Led a team of test engineers to implement the best testing practices in Alcatel Lucent Belgium after the merger of Alcatel and Lucent.
- Successfully implemented and oversaw the integration of Enhanced Location Service 3.1 for a major client telecom operator in India named Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

4 years (at the time of starting MBA hopefully) in Motorola Solutions Chicago as Senior Test Engineer
- Collaborated with several departments to successfully design a product that would control several radios through one interface and reduced
system setup by several man hours across several departments.
- Identified challenges with performance testing, redesigned and implemented the performance testing architecture to facilitate load and stress testing of various components of Public Safety system.

Extra Curricular:
- President and Coach of University of Illinois Chicago badminton club
- President of Indian Graduate student association at UIC

I have short listed following colleges:
Kellogs
Booth
Ross
Duke

Texas McCombs
Kelley
Kenan Flagler
Owen
Olin
Emory

My interest: General Management/Technology/Tech consulting

I prefer to stay in or near chicago but ultimately better college is my priority. I am not optimistic about my chances at the top tier colleges. Please suggest if I should remove or add any colleges to the list.

Thanks
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Hi,
I am in the process of shortlisting B-Schools for a Fall 2015 admit and I am looking for comments or suggestions on my shortlisted schools:

1. Masters in CS from University of Illinois at Chicago (2008-2010)
GPA: 3.22

2. Bachelors of Technology from Indraprastha University Delhi (2002 - 2006)
GPA/Aggregate: 70% (I am not sure how much that would equal to on the 4.0 scale)

GMAT Score 1: 650 V31 Q49
GMAT Score 2: 710 V40 Q48

Age: 30 years

Work Experience:

2+ years in Alcatel Lucent India as Software Engineer, with 7 months of International experience in Australia and Belgium
- Designed, implemented and led the acceptance testing of FRC(Flexible Routing and Charging) 4.1 for a major telecom operator in Sydney.
- Led a team of test engineers to implement the best testing practices in Alcatel Lucent Belgium after the merger of Alcatel and Lucent.
- Successfully implemented and oversaw the integration of Enhanced Location Service 3.1 for a major client telecom operator in India named Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

4 years (at the time of starting MBA hopefully) in Motorola Solutions Chicago as Senior Test Engineer
- Collaborated with several departments to successfully design a product that would control several radios through one interface and reduced
system setup by several man hours across several departments.
- Identified challenges with performance testing, redesigned and implemented the performance testing architecture to facilitate load and stress testing of various components of Public Safety system.

Extra Curricular:
- President and Coach of University of Illinois Chicago badminton club
- President of Indian Graduate student association at UIC

I have short listed following colleges:
Kellogs
Booth
Ross
Duke

Texas McCombs
Kelley
Kenan Flagler
Owen
Olin
Emory

My interest: General Management/Technology/Tech consulting

I prefer to stay in or near chicago but ultimately better college is my priority. I am not optimistic about my chances at the top tier colleges. Please suggest if I should remove or add any colleges to the list.

Thanks
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Hi,

Thanks for your question.

I believe that you have a qualified profile to apply to these schools. The only challenge that I see is your age, but you can surely defend it with a story.

I would suggest to reduce your list to 6 schools, I would probably remove Kenan, Owen and Olin from the list. But the best way is to speak to these school's admissions directors and alumni to understand if these schools are good fit to your goals or not.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
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Location: United States
Concentration: Technology, General Management
Schools: Olin '17 (A) Mendoza '17 (A)
GMAT 1: 650 Q49 V31
GMAT 2: 710 Q48 V40
WE:Programming (Computer Software)
Schools: Olin '17 (A) Mendoza '17 (A)
GMAT 2: 710 Q48 V40
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asher1384
Hi,
I am in the process of shortlisting B-Schools for a Fall 2015 admit and I am looking for comments or suggestions on my shortlisted schools:

1. Masters in CS from University of Illinois at Chicago (2008-2010)
GPA: 3.22

2. Bachelors of Technology from Indraprastha University Delhi (2002 - 2006)
GPA/Aggregate: 70% (I am not sure how much that would equal to on the 4.0 scale)

GMAT Score 1: 650 V31 Q49
GMAT Score 2: 710 V40 Q48

Age: 30 years

Work Experience:

2+ years in Alcatel Lucent India as Software Engineer, with 7 months of International experience in Australia and Belgium
- Designed, implemented and led the acceptance testing of FRC(Flexible Routing and Charging) 4.1 for a major telecom operator in Sydney.
- Led a team of test engineers to implement the best testing practices in Alcatel Lucent Belgium after the merger of Alcatel and Lucent.
- Successfully implemented and oversaw the integration of Enhanced Location Service 3.1 for a major client telecom operator in India named Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

4 years (at the time of starting MBA hopefully) in Motorola Solutions Chicago as Senior Test Engineer
- Collaborated with several departments to successfully design a product that would control several radios through one interface and reduced
system setup by several man hours across several departments.
- Identified challenges with performance testing, redesigned and implemented the performance testing architecture to facilitate load and stress testing of various components of Public Safety system.

Extra Curricular:
- President and Coach of University of Illinois Chicago badminton club
- President of Indian Graduate student association at UIC

I have short listed following colleges:
Kellogs
Booth
Ross
Duke

Texas McCombs
Kelley
Kenan Flagler
Owen
Olin
Emory

My interest: General Management/Technology/Tech consulting

I prefer to stay in or near chicago but ultimately better college is my priority. I am not optimistic about my chances at the top tier colleges. Please suggest if I should remove or add any colleges to the list.

Thanks

Hi,

Thanks for your question.

I believe that you have a qualified profile to apply to these schools. The only challenge that I see is your age, but you can surely defend it with a story.

I would suggest to reduce your list to 6 schools, I would probably remove Kenan, Owen and Olin from the list. But the best way is to speak to these school's admissions directors and alumni to understand if these schools are good fit to your goals or not.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
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Thanks much for your inputs!
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Hi,

I would add Cornell to that list. Conversely, I tend to agree with Oasis that you should not apply to these many b-schools. You may want to look at Cornell's one year program ( also Emory).

To answer about your Indian degree- you will mostly not be converting it- b-schools ask you to upload your transcripts. In case you do have to convert it, there is a professional agency WES- this is considered ad the most reliable way of converting it.