Profile Evaluation please
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14 Sep 2010, 06:59
Hi,
My profile:
Male/Indian/24 Years old.
Undergrad study: Bachelor of Engineering. Graduated with 1st class (74 %)
GMAT: 710 (Q50/V34) / AWA 5.0
Work Experience(Will be 4 years by admit time):
- worked as a senior software developer in a mid level startup (around 500 employees). Fastest growing company in its domain.
- Involved in requirement gathering & product development.
- Sometimes involved in direct discussions & solution presentation to clients.
- Very small international work ex of 25 days. This is the biggest international deployment of the company in terms of revenues. Was there to deploy the most critical component the whole deployment. Was directly dealing with the client in these 25 days on the technical front (and it was a very short time span in which the whole system was made live).
- Can get very good recommendations from my technical manager as well as business manager.
post-MBA career goal: business development/statergy consulting
Extra curricular:
- Was an active participant in professional sports. Participated till state level in 2 sports during school time. Also in college & company sports teams. Won the intercorporate tournament for the company.
- Working for an NGO for last 5 months.
- Won many performance awards at work. Includes highest award for recognition(2 times)
- Involved in various cultural societies in college.
I am planning to apply to ISB, NUS, Nanyang, HKUST, schulich.
Should i downgrade my options or can i upgrade to include some higher level schools(said business school, HEC Paris).
Please provide a brief regarding my chances.
Thanks.