jpcool wrote:
Hi,
It would be helpful if you could give some feedback regarding my profile and choice of target schools and any suggestions for other US MBA programs based on my profile:
Demography: Indian Male
Age: 27 yr
Work Experience :
Total : 6 years (full-time) in IT (will be 7 by the time I start my MBA), 2.5 years in India, 3.5 years in USA
WE1:
Worked for Largest Indian IT consulting Company for Fortune 10 conglomerate in various area supply-chain, finance, corporate operations. Led team of 6-7 people in offshore job. Promoted to module lead in 1.5 years and project lead in 3 years. 2.5 years of experience in India and 2.5 years of experience in USA.
Performed various roles such as Onsite technical lead, onsite coordinator for cross-functional teams, lead systems integration analyst, managing project operations and creating strategies for maintaining and delivering business process solutions. Presenting reports and status quo of integration services portfolio managed by our team to CTO office of Fortune 10 company. Achieved savings of at least $100,000 dollars per year through IT process automation and integrations among various businesses departments of the clients and their business partners.
WE2:
Working as full-time integration analyst and developer at bank (not top-4 but in 25 Forbes best banks and one of the largest and oldest private bank in USA) operating in midwest regions, managing enterprise business services for bank and its business partners.
GMAT: 560 1st attempt (Q45, V22, IR3 AWA 4)
640 2nd attempt (Q49, V28, IR 1, AWA 4). I know it is too low considering Indian mba applicant pool. Planning to retake if time permits but want to start applying.
Education:
B.E. in Computer Science CGPA : 3.9 / 4.0 (1st Rank in Computer Science branch)
12th : 89 %
10th : 95 %
Extra-Curricular Activities:
Volunteered in fund raising event organized by state Food Bank drive for eradicating food hunger
Volunteered for home building activity organized by Habitat for Humanity
Certifications :
Six Sigma Green Belt
Business Consulting (IIBA Endorsed)
MBA-Concentration Interested: International Business, Strategy , Business Analytics, Banking, Finance
Post-MBA Goals :
Short-term:
International business management with strategic roles in banking and finance industry (eg. IT director, VP) or consulting firms (MBB/Deloitte)with IT practices with eventually getting into core business development roles.
Long-term:
CxO role focusing on international business development or other roles helping small/meduim companies grow into large corporate
Targeted Schools :
Dream : Booth, Stern, Kellogg, Wharton, McCombs, Foster
Targeted/Realistic : Emory, Smeal, Broad, Texas A&M, UW-Madison, Carlson , Booth (part-time), Kellogg(part-time)
I am more interested in full-time programs. I would consider part-time, if full-time is not an option.
Questions :
• Are there any other schools that I need to consider?
• How is the outlook of Chicago booth and Kellogg part-time MBA programs in terms of career/function switch ?
• Is there anything except GMAT score that will help improve my candidacy ?
• Will the low IR have any negative impact on my application?
• Can I start applying now and resubmit the high GMAT score when I retake it ? How does it work ?
Thank you in advance for your response/suggestions !
Cheers,
JPCool
Hey dude,
Good to hear from you.
Let me give you the really short version here, cause I think it will help you most: basically your profile is very good, schooling work, etc. all that checks out. But with a 640, you aren't gonna go where you want to go.
So your mission: Get MINIMUM 50 points more on that GMAT. It doesn't matter if you can do it in one month or one year, but without a higher GMAT as an Indian/Male/Tech applicant, the places you can get into will not be really interesting for you.
Sooooo: Buckle down! And get some serious studying done.
I know you can do it!
Best,
Jon