Gonnaflynow wrote:
Stats
GMAT 710 (Q49/V39); 92 (83%/88%)
Nationality :Indian
Engineering:Production engineering (operations and Supply chain) from a Top government university .
GPA: 8 on scale of 10
Work Experience: Total - 4 years
1 st 2.5 years:Major Machine Design and Factory automation firm
0.5 years experience in vendor management.
1 year shop floor supervisor. handled a group of technicians for machine building and commissioning.
1 year design of machine and assembly lines for product assembly( responsible for whole project from initial discussion to commissioning) .
Next 1.5 years: Major automobile firm from Europe.
1 year : Design of assembly lines for automobile components (includes shop floor coordination and supplier interactions) onsite engineer in India .
0.5 years :supply chain and purchase and design of fixtures for assembly components .
Extra Curricular
Volunteer at government school to teach kids mathematics and cricket.
Part of company CSR team.
National/State level cricket player.
Captain university team in the final year.
Part of company cricket team.
Member of organizing committee for cultural as well as technical fests at college.
Internship at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore as assistant to prof. on writing a operations management book for 2 months.
Certifications:
1) Green Belt six sigma.
2) learning German( if that helps).
Why MBA?
The main focus is Operations Management and supply chain.
short term:To gain more experience and exposure in any of major operations or supply chain companies
long term: To take over family business ( not that big) of import and export of heavy machinery( related to operations and supply chain).
Target Schools
Stretch:MIT-Sloan,IESE
Match :Tepper, Ross,ISB, Said.
Safety:NUS, Krannert (purdue), Cranfield
My cause for worry is that I do not have enough quality of WE. Should I wait another year? I don't have any subordinates who report to me. I do not have a promotion to show for as I switched jobs when i was to be promoted. I most probably will be promoted next year beginning.
All that said I will still get glowing recommendations.
Is it a weakness to be an applicant with mostly technical experience?
Request you to please evaluate my profile and advise if I the list seems realistic and if I need to add/remove some schools.
Appreciate your help
Thanks
MIT is a big stretch. You are competitive at the other schools on your list.
If you feel you are ready now, I don't see a reason to wait. In the worst case you reapply with the additional year of work experience. Just show as much impact, initiative and leadership as you can. Also, I'm guessing the second school provided an increase in responsibilities. In that sense it too was a promotion.
Best,
Linda