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07 Aug 2011, 19:41
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Hi Alex,
I'd really appreciate it if you could evaluate my profile for my target schools! I really like your honest feedback for my fellow GmatClubbers - hoping you can do the same for me!
Background:
Age: 26 (27, almost 28 at matriculation)
Gender: Female
Nationality: Indian, but I live in the US - does that change the pool I'll be compared against?
Academics:
GMAT: 750 (Q49, V44, AWA6.0)
GPA: 3.63 (informal conversion from WES) from a non-IIT engineering school (one of the top ones in India) in Computer Science (undergrad); 3.34 from a Public Ivy in Texas (grad school)
Work Experience:
1. 1 year as a software developer at a Fortune 50 tech company
2. 2 years as a business analyst/product manager (combined sort of role) at the same firm - lateral move
The first role was kind of nondescript, but the second role was really good for my career - lots of visibility from upper management, and an informal promotion (actual promotions were frozen for a while, but my name's on the list to get one this year).
Extracurriculars:
1. I'm heavily into art. I have my own art store, and volunteer for an online art community on their web/tech committee, and also as a contributor on the actual community (exchanging ideas, techniques, etc amongst other artists).
2. Core Team Lead at an employee resource group at my company for professional development.
3. Volunteer at the local humane society (cat trainer). Not a leadership role, but then I'm not an expert with animals - I volunteer because I love cats and actively try to find them good homes.
That's it for current involvement - I don't volunteer for a lot of activities (does that hurt me?), but I'm extremely passionate about the ones I do volunteer for!
4. In grad school, I was one of the 6 elected student representatives - we organized social events, fought for offices for Masters students and so on for the CS department at my university. Smaller leadership roles in undergrad, but nothing as impressive as being a leader of the student rep body
5. Wrote a children's novel once! Self-published - not sure if this even counts as an extracurricular, to be honest. Thought I'd just throw that in.
Well...I think that's it! That's my life in a nutshell. Now for the schools I'm applying for:
Round 1:
1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. Wharton
4. Kellogg
5. MIT Sloan
...and contemplating the following for Round 2:
6. Ross
7. Darden
8. LBS
9. INSEAD
I'm a bit reluctant about the last two...I don't really want to leave the US, but they are good schools...
What do you think? Am I too ambitious? I only want to leave my job for a top-ranked MBA (I love my job, I'm already dreading having to leave); but I really would love to do the MBA too, because I want to make the jump to general management and strategy for a tech firm. It's nice being able to manage a product; but I really want to manage the direction a tech company takes, not just the placement of a couple of buttons on a web page!
Thanks in advance for your time!!
-monet
I'd really appreciate it if you could evaluate my profile for my target schools! I really like your honest feedback for my fellow GmatClubbers - hoping you can do the same for me!
Background:
Age: 26 (27, almost 28 at matriculation)
Gender: Female
Nationality: Indian, but I live in the US - does that change the pool I'll be compared against?
Academics:
GMAT: 750 (Q49, V44, AWA6.0)
GPA: 3.63 (informal conversion from WES) from a non-IIT engineering school (one of the top ones in India) in Computer Science (undergrad); 3.34 from a Public Ivy in Texas (grad school)
Work Experience:
1. 1 year as a software developer at a Fortune 50 tech company
2. 2 years as a business analyst/product manager (combined sort of role) at the same firm - lateral move
The first role was kind of nondescript, but the second role was really good for my career - lots of visibility from upper management, and an informal promotion (actual promotions were frozen for a while, but my name's on the list to get one this year).
Extracurriculars:
1. I'm heavily into art. I have my own art store, and volunteer for an online art community on their web/tech committee, and also as a contributor on the actual community (exchanging ideas, techniques, etc amongst other artists).
2. Core Team Lead at an employee resource group at my company for professional development.
3. Volunteer at the local humane society (cat trainer). Not a leadership role, but then I'm not an expert with animals - I volunteer because I love cats and actively try to find them good homes.
That's it for current involvement - I don't volunteer for a lot of activities (does that hurt me?), but I'm extremely passionate about the ones I do volunteer for!
4. In grad school, I was one of the 6 elected student representatives - we organized social events, fought for offices for Masters students and so on for the CS department at my university. Smaller leadership roles in undergrad, but nothing as impressive as being a leader of the student rep body
5. Wrote a children's novel once! Self-published - not sure if this even counts as an extracurricular, to be honest. Thought I'd just throw that in.
Well...I think that's it! That's my life in a nutshell. Now for the schools I'm applying for:
Round 1:
1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. Wharton
4. Kellogg
5. MIT Sloan
...and contemplating the following for Round 2:
6. Ross
7. Darden
8. LBS
9. INSEAD
I'm a bit reluctant about the last two...I don't really want to leave the US, but they are good schools...
What do you think? Am I too ambitious? I only want to leave my job for a top-ranked MBA (I love my job, I'm already dreading having to leave); but I really would love to do the MBA too, because I want to make the jump to general management and strategy for a tech firm. It's nice being able to manage a product; but I really want to manage the direction a tech company takes, not just the placement of a couple of buttons on a web page!
Thanks in advance for your time!!
-monet
17 Aug 2011, 11:17
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Alex? Help? Do you think I'm being far too ambitious in my school selection? I know my weak points are being from one of the most overrepresented background (Indian/IT) and fairly mediocre extracurriculars. I'm not sure how much the extracurriculars matter but I would assume quite a bit for highly selective schools like HBS, Stanford and Wharton...is this true?
Also I'm slightly concerned about my Masters GPA being lower than my undergrad GPA. Do you think this would affect my chances?
Thanks again!
-monet
Do you think I'm being far too ambitious in my school selection? I know my weak points are being from one of the most overrepresented background (Indian/IT) and fairly mediocre extracurriculars. I'm not sure how much the extracurriculars matter but I would assume quite a bit for highly selective schools like HBS, Stanford and Wharton...is this true?Also I'm slightly concerned about my Masters GPA being lower than my undergrad GPA. Do you think this would affect my chances?
Thanks again!
-monet
17 Aug 2011, 19:14
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If you love your job, I would think very very hard about leaving. Grass is always greener. If you want to have your cake and eat it too, maybe consider going to a part-time or exec program down the road. You're applying to too many schools (you'll dilute your efforts across too many which can lower your chances at any one school), plus you're being a bit ambitious -- schools like Ross, Darden, Duke, Haas, UCLA, Cornell, NYU and Yale are more in range. The top 8 and LBS/INSEAD are stretches, so focus on 1-2 schools from that list.
Or, just wait and go to a part-time or exec program down the road, especially if you love your job right now.
Or, just wait and go to a part-time or exec program down the road, especially if you love your job right now.
