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Hello Expert,

GMAT - 710( QA 49 VA 36 IR - 7/8 AWA 6/6 )

Ethnicity- Indian 
Male , 25 years old
Btech (Mechanical) - 2013 - 69%  
12th - 2009 -87%
10th (ICSE) - 2007 - 75%

Work Experience - 43 months as on Date will reach 48 months by August ( At the time of applying will have around 49-50 months work experience)

I am currently working as a business development executive at a startup and have worked with a government agency to design some training programs for their employees to effectively use social media for better E-Governance and have worked on building an android application along with successful launching of a online platform designed for certain companies. ( working for about 2 years here).Working alongside here , My father owns an advertising agency in which i play a role too because it is a family business and i need to look after when he is away and have helped create logos for the Government of Telangana. I am from Hyderabad , India and Telangana is the State. So i do not know how to leverage this work because in my own personal opinion I think it is great to have worked on a few government projects and design logos for it. The logo is evident on their websites and posters and all over the city . So i think i can give me some edge but any opinion regarding this will be considered. Prior to this i worked with Google for a year via a third party. I worked there as a business analyst.

EC

Sports - Swimming, basket ball , kabbadi , table tennis and badminton , Boxing . 
Won the 1st Place in basketball at College (team event) .
Participated in multiple university and state level competitions . (table tennis)
Participated in a national level debate and Adjourned best speaker in a debate at a college level event.
Winner of an Extempore at a national level technical fest
Participated in multiple public speaking events and debates
The president of a Student Body in college for 2 years until the end of graduation undertaking lot of responsibilities and conducting multiple events
Organiser of the Sports Fest for 3 years along with a team under me and successfully organised multiple events. Along with Organizing as a sports player had to participate thus managing both organizing and playing.

I was the anchor for the Annual Day for 2 years and conducted the event in a splendid fashion 
Class representative and event organiser for the college Fest for 4 years
Musical instruments learned - Keyboard , Guitar 
Performed in the annual day and formed an own band during the college days and participated in college events. 
learnt Classical singing for over 11 years and still learning 
An active member of NSS during college and couple with the other activities i had , went on to form events to distribute food , books , clothes to the needy and have taught maths and physics to the needy . 
Associated with an NGO as well , hope this help in application process

Academic Projects and Achievements

Always in the reckoning of the class - top 5%
95th percentile in CAT ( Management Exam in India) a neccesity to get in the reputed IIM’s ( Indian Institute of Management) and 90th percentile in XAT ( Management Exam for XLRI - Xavier School of Management)
Multiple projects in Robotics and designed various prototypes using basic principles of robotics and have done an internship in a PSU regarding steam engines

Final project in College related to Robotics – 6 degree Stewart Gough Platform
I have been to multiple industries such as steel pant , iron ore plant and a couple of thermodynamic industries to see the functioning of machines and an automobile industry as well to see the understanding of manufacture of components.
Softwares learned - CAD/CAM , Catia , Solid Works , Pro-E , Ansys (taught during academic rigour ) along with the normal C , C++ , Blue Java , MS office etc.

Q) Do you have a specific Company to work for? - I do not have a specific company to work for. My areas of interest are marketing and consulting . Of course every aspirant desires to be in the best of the best companies. Rather than working for a company would love to have company of my own down the line

Q) what do i want from my MBA? - I want my MBA to provide the knowledge n specific skills to run a business. It comes with experience i am sure but an MBA adds value and can make one think better in terms of the business. I would like to start a company of my own. My father has his own business and i want to diversify its services . A marketing related MBA would help me to make my company more reachable to cater to the needs of clients. At this stage my answer isn't clear and might be vague but i still haven't put a thought to it . Mostly like i wish MBA helps me better to run a business

Q) Mba full time/part time - I would want to do an MBA full time (2/1 year is fine) . I turned 25 last week so at the moment thinking i could use 2 years for an MBA unless a one year MBA suits me more. I am willing to relocate and looking for schools in India , US , UK , Singapore

Areas of Interest - Marketing / Consulting
Dream School – Kellog (Marketing)

What schools would you suggest to apply to based on this Profile assuming i still score a 710 in my retake. Targeting R1 this year , want to join a school in 2018 .

Other schools on my mind - Yale , Oxford , NUS , NTU , ISB . Also do i stand a chance at Harvard/ Stanford / Haas ( the elite ) if not what can i do to solidify my application for applying to these schools. I would like to apply to 6 schools One in India (ISB) , 3 In the United States , 1 in UK , 1 in Singapore , i haven't given much of a thought but any advice here would help

Target Score for Retake - 740 (QA 50 VA 40) , owing to my poor academics , i thought of giving the exam another shot and I represent a demography of very high scores

Regards,
HK

P.S - sorry for keeping it long , i might have missed out anything , feel free to ask something if it is missing

EduSimplified · Answer

Hi Hatakekakashi, Such a long post suggest that you are thinking seriously about MBA. Thats good!. However, you do need more clarity on your goals. I would recommend doing a little bit more research online, talking to friends/relatives who are MBA graduates and even talking professional counselling. Be very clear on why you want to pursue an MBA. Narrow your MBA goal from all over the world to 1-2 countries, shortlist 5-7 schools and take it from there. As for your GMAT score and work experience, you seem to hit the bottomline of an "average indian candidate" i.e. Indian-Engineer-Male. :-D

No one can suggest for sure if you will get an admit in any of the schools you've listed. Because as you may know B-schools look at the complete package i.e. your GMAT score, your essays, LoRs, interviews, and so on. I think you can aim for US top 10 if you work hard on your application. And you will need to come up with a story/strategy that links all of your achievements together. Good Luck!

Hatakekakashi · Answer

Hello Deep ,
 I am indeed , quite serious about my MBA . As you have mentioned on your website that you offer free consultation , would that 30 mins be helpful for me to narrow down my MBA goal or rather would it help me streamline my thought process a bit or does it have to be a longer discussion .

Can you elaborate , on "I think you can aim for US top 10 if you work hard on your application." I took my GMAT in November and skipped R2 for ISB and other schools that i had in mind because of the sole reason of 'average indian candidate' . I wanted to strengthen my application for schools across the globe .

As mentioned earlier i thought of applying to 6 schools in R1 this year , most schools strong in the area of marketing

3 in the US , 1 in UK , 1 in Singapore , along with ISB
Kellogg is the US top 10 program that i would want to put maximum effort for

kIndly share your thoughts as to how to go about improving the application and i have booked a retake for the GMAT in the month of may . My target score is 730+ for the retake , hoping that a better GMAT score will slightly help my application look better

Regards,
HK

EduSimplified · Answer

Can you elaborate , on "I think you can aim for US top 10 if you work hard on your application." HK You have a sharp eye HK

. You may call me and we shall discuss at length, don't worry about the timer 8-)

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