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19 Jan 2008, 20:30
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Thanks for the great service done by your team for potential applicants like me
My PROFILE:
My Questions:
My PROFILE:
- Male, Indian, 34 years, SAP Consultant
- 70% (first class but not a distinction) in Engineering - Anna University (Tier 1 college in India)
- GMAT-680 (Q-48, V-35, AWA-5.0)
- 12 years total experience of which at least 3/4th is international
3 years in project procurement/ planning in Heavy Engineering Industry
9 years in SAP consulting on technology side.
Industries - media, defense, aerospace, utilities, leasing, pension fund - Roles: consultant, team lead, development manager, project manager
Have lead a team of 10+ - Reason for change
Extremely satisfied with what I am today. This is to "sharpen the saw" before my plunge into management roles. - Social activities: normal
Educating 6 girls for the past few years sponsoring all of their expenses (fees, dress, books,…)
Contributions for college alumni to create a annual scholarship in my father's name - Preferred MBA specializations
General Management / Leadership so that I can polish my management skills and get back to same industry - Short term career plan
Management/ Leadership roles within same high tech industry (preferably within SAP) moving up the ladder into strategic roles - Long term plan
Career - Non profit organizations/ service industries
Passion - Want to do something back to society
My Questions:
- I am interested to work for a few years in US post MBA. Hence, I have a strong preference for US schools. But, I understand that most US schools have average experience for incoming students as between 3 to 6 years. Will 13 years be considered too old for the schools.
- Will there be any difference between my GMAT score of 680 and 7XX. Should I retake my GMAT and move to 7XX before applying.
- On a broad range, what schools should I target? Top 10, 10-20 or below 20.
I intend to apply to a max of 7 schools (2 with safe chances, 3 within exact reach and 2 with exceed reach).
Schools short listed by me(based on leadership/ General Management with technology flavor) are as below: Any comments on my choice
US - MIT Sloan, Haas, UCLA, Darden, Tepper and Mccombs
UK - Oxford, Cambridge, Cranfield
Canada - Rotman, Ontario, Queens - I understand that I belong to the WIDEst pool of applicants (Indian/ Male/ IT) with additional drawback of age and benefit of experience. Any pointers on how I should look to differentiate myself to stand out from the crowd.
Any specific schools that comes to your mind to be good for Leadership/ General Management that will be a good fit for me. - I am given to understand that H1B is becoming a major issue for graduating MBA students. Any comments whether that should discourage me to shift my focus to schools in Canada or UK.
20 Jan 2008, 15:26
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sivakumar1973,
Your age will be a major weakness at most schools but by no means a deal-breaker. They may wonder why you don't pursue an E-MBA and they will hold you to even higher bar than other applicants because they will look for career progress and management experience commensurate with your age.
Schools are primarily concerned with whether your Q and V percentiles are 80th or above, but in your case you may want to raise it even higher since you are applying from within a highly populated and high-scoring applicant pool and with additional negatives others in that pool aren't dealing with. You would probably need a 730 or higher for the score to help you.
I think you are more of a top 10-20 applicant. I think you can have a decent chance of getting into all three of the Canadian schools, as well as Cranfield, Tepper, and McCombs but these are by no means 'locks' for you. Darden, Oxford, and Judge are longshots. The other schools don't look doable to me.
I do think that Canada and the UK are more foreign-student friendly than the U.S. As far what you can do to maximize your profile, I would probably want to discuss that on a client-consultant basis. But as a general rule, you want to acentuate anything and everything in your profile that makes you distinctive relative to other applicants and especially those in your applicant pool.
Hope this helps,
Your age will be a major weakness at most schools but by no means a deal-breaker. They may wonder why you don't pursue an E-MBA and they will hold you to even higher bar than other applicants because they will look for career progress and management experience commensurate with your age.
Schools are primarily concerned with whether your Q and V percentiles are 80th or above, but in your case you may want to raise it even higher since you are applying from within a highly populated and high-scoring applicant pool and with additional negatives others in that pool aren't dealing with. You would probably need a 730 or higher for the score to help you.
I think you are more of a top 10-20 applicant. I think you can have a decent chance of getting into all three of the Canadian schools, as well as Cranfield, Tepper, and McCombs but these are by no means 'locks' for you. Darden, Oxford, and Judge are longshots. The other schools don't look doable to me.
I do think that Canada and the UK are more foreign-student friendly than the U.S. As far what you can do to maximize your profile, I would probably want to discuss that on a client-consultant basis. But as a general rule, you want to acentuate anything and everything in your profile that makes you distinctive relative to other applicants and especially those in your applicant pool.
Hope this helps,
