Profile Evaluation Indian Female in STEM with 8 years WE in the US

Question

Hi,

Here is my request for a profile evaluation.
I currently work at Intel, in the US, and will have over 8 years of work experience doing hardware design/design consulting along with international exposure to customers in China/Japan/Malaysia. Short term goals are to transition from technical design consulting into management consulting.
I have plenty of work experience - hence lots of leadership impact, growth within the company, led a small team, currently working in a very start-up like environment at Intel in a customer design consulting role doing competitive analysis and influencing technology teams to win new customers in a 500mill$+ long term business.

Outside of work:
Over 75 hours a year as an Intel Involved volunteer - teaching black girls to code, reading to kindergarden kids, community clean up drives
Marketing lead and board member for Intel India employee organization - the largest employee org at Intel
Avid Hiker - including 2 Fourteeners in the US and half dome in Yosemite and The W in Patagonia and training to climb Kilimanjaro (would have summited it if not for the GMAT!

)
Jazz dancer in a past life with a certificate from the Academy of Modern Danse, Chennai

The stats:
Indian Female
GMAT : 720 (Q48/V39/4IR/5.5 AWA) (attempt 2) 690 (attempt 1)
UG GPA: university of Madras, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.8
Graduate GPA: University of Florida, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.5
Publications: 2 IEEE/Journal of applied physics papers (if it matters at all!)
Current Employer: Intel Corporation, Technology and Manufacturing Group
WE: 8 years of work experience
Languages: French (Diplome de Langue francais from Alliance Francaise)

Thanks!

) Jazz dancer in a past life with a certificate from the Academy of Modern Danse, Chennai The stats: Indian Female GMAT : 720 (Q48/V39/4IR/5.5 AWA) (attempt 2) 690 (attempt 1) UG GPA: university of Madras, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.8 Graduate GPA: University of Florida, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.5 Publications: 2 IEEE/Journal of applied physics papers (if it matters at all!) Current Employer: Intel Corporation, Technology and Manufacturing Group WE: 8 years of work experience Languages: French (Diplome de Langue francais from Alliance Francaise) Thanks!

VeritasPrepDozie · Answer

Thanks for sharing your profile. I think you will be an attractive candidate for top 15 programs and maybe higher if you can pull together a compelling application. Programs will like your woman in STEM story at a power brand in the industry combined with your competitive scores and strong track record of giving back in your industry make your story pretty strong.

nmohta · Answer

Thanks a lot! Appreciate your response! I am targeting top 10 - Tuck Sloan and Booth - and hoping Sloan likes my quant background and volunteer history.

bryantmichaels · Answer

One additional thought--Keep in mind there can sometimes be an age bias in the top ten, and with your experience level, you would be a candidate for eMBA programs at many schools. If you have trouble getting attention from FT programs, you might look at the executive offerings as an alternative.

nmohta · Answer

Not what I was hoping to hear but am aware. I live in the SF bay area, so berkeleys top rated ewmba program is very accessible. However, a part time mba will not get me where I want to get and so I know exactly why I am committed to get a full time mba. Yes US mba schools are very age biased and are skewing too young imho. My post mba salary may very well be lower than offers I have currently with apple (tech is hot!) doing what I am doing - but I need the MBA to align with my long term goals - am absolutely convinced of that. I was considering applying to INSEAD but that's another story.
Thanks for the feedback!

bryantmichaels · Answer

I am not sure exactly what you mean by the executive programs not being able to get you where you want to get. An executive or part time MBA is the same degree as the full time MBA, it just takes a different schedule since you are working while you are going to school. Many recruiters like interviewing part time and eMBA students because they know they can work hard and balance a busy schedule, but you would want to check with individual schools to make sure they allow the same access to the recruiters for PT and eMBA students that they allow for the FT students. Each school handles this differently. If you mean the eMBA degree won't get you where you need to get from the angle that it's not 100% immersive and your experience in the program won't be the same, then I understand. It is definitely a different way to do the MBA, but I wanted to point out that it's the exact same degree on your resume and on your diploma.

nmohta · Answer

Thanks a lot Bryant! I am not sure Berkeley EWMBA is the best school for career switchers. I haven't heard too many Part Timers get recruited by the MBB. I am sure it could help me launch a career in product Marketing or Product Management at Google and bay area startups.

bryantmichaels · Answer

Best of luck on your journey.

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