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Profile Evaluation Request 14 Aug 2011, 08:20
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Hello,

I am planning to apply in Round 1 for Fall 2012 admission. I am seeking feedback on my chances of admit to some of the top business schools. Here is a brief background:

I have an undergraduate degree in Engineering from University of Mumbai and a Masters Degree (GPA 3.66) in Math from Michigan State. I took the GMAT yesterday and scored a 700 (90%) with a quant score of 49 (85%) and a verbal score of 36 (79%). I have worked with one of the Big 4 accounting firms as a consultant for a little over a year and currently working for a health insurance company as an Actuary for about 3.5 years. I have a strong background in Risk Management and have work experience related to cost trend reporting and forecasting, and developing capital plans. I am expecting to get my professional certification (ASA - Associate of Society of Actuaries) by November of this year. I have a keen interest in investments and wish to pursue the Investment Management track post MBA. I am planning to apply to the following schools:
HBS
Wharton
Chicago Booth
MIT
Yale
Columbia
London Business School

Can someone please comment on my chances of admission to any of the above schools? Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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Profile Evaluation Request 15 Aug 2011, 15:18
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I'm going to be blunt. While your work experience is certainly good, there are going to be a lot of your types applying. So part of it will be making your application stand out - in terms of how to do that, you'll have to discover that for yourself or hire a consultant. At this point, all the schools on your list are going to be tough. It seems to me that you're only focusing on the top schools, and that's fine. But just have a realistic expectation of the return on your 'investment'. I don't think it's impossible for you, but there are simply too many Indians applying to these schools, with top notch undergrad grade and an even stronger GMAT score.

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Hello,

I am planning to apply in Round 1 for Fall 2012 admission. I am seeking feedback on my chances of admit to some of the top business schools. Here is a brief background:

I have an undergraduate degree in Engineering from University of Mumbai and a Masters Degree (GPA 3.66) in Math from Michigan State. I took the GMAT yesterday and scored a 700 (90%) with a quant score of 49 (85%) and a verbal score of 36 (79%). I have worked with one of the Big 4 accounting firms as a consultant for a little over a year and currently working for a health insurance company as an Actuary for about 3.5 years. I have a strong background in Risk Management and have work experience related to cost trend reporting and forecasting, and developing capital plans. I am expecting to get my professional certification (ASA - Associate of Society of Actuaries) by November of this year. I have a keen interest in investments and wish to pursue the Investment Management track post MBA. I am planning to apply to the following schools:
HBS
Wharton
Chicago Booth
MIT
Yale
Columbia
London Business School

Can someone please comment on my chances of admission to any of the above schools? Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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spartan13
Hello,

I am planning to apply in Round 1 for Fall 2012 admission. I am seeking feedback on my chances of admit to some of the top business schools. Here is a brief background:

I have an undergraduate degree in Engineering from University of Mumbai and a Masters Degree (GPA 3.66) in Math from Michigan State. I took the GMAT yesterday and scored a 700 (90%) with a quant score of 49 (85%) and a verbal score of 36 (79%). I have worked with one of the Big 4 accounting firms as a consultant for a little over a year and currently working for a health insurance company as an Actuary for about 3.5 years. I have a strong background in Risk Management and have work experience related to cost trend reporting and forecasting, and developing capital plans. I am expecting to get my professional certification (ASA - Associate of Society of Actuaries) by November of this year. I have a keen interest in investments and wish to pursue the Investment Management track post MBA. I am planning to apply to the following schools:
HBS
Wharton
Chicago Booth
MIT
Yale
Columbia
London Business School

Can someone please comment on my chances of admission to any of the above schools? Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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Hello There

Looking at some of the schools from your wish list we can say that the 2012 class profile at Columbia the students scored in the range of 680-760 in their GMAT. At Wharton’s MBA class of 2012 the students scored within the range of 650-770 in their GMAT and the median GMAT score being 720. Similarly looking at the previous LBS MBA class profile the Middle 80% GMAT scores ranged from 640 to 750 and the median score was 710. Hence a score above 700 is desirable when aiming for top schools abroad.

In general most of the Indian applicants are from engineering background with a good 4-5 years of work experience. So you would need to differentiate yourself from others. Start thinking what makes you unique and what’s that ‘hook’ that will be key to your application. For example your course is quite different. Make sure you follow the ‘show rather than tell’ principle so that the admissions committee could really understand your strengths and differentiating factors Although it is not just the work experience that counts but also what you did there like-what were your achievements, what initiative you took, what changes you drove in your workplace etc. So you need to ensure that in 3.5 years of work experience you have demonstrated the skills business schools are looking for. This could still put in a strong set of essays for you.