Profile evaluation request

Question

Hi Team,

Could you please evaluate my profile.

Background and nationality - Indian / Male / Engineer

Undergrad Information - B.tech in Electronics and communication, Karunya University, with 7.3/10 GPA.

GMAT: To be done in next 20-25 days (700 in prep)

Work experience and leadership - 
1) 1 year at a leading NBFC as Technical manager digital technologies and innovations. Working with new age tech like Augmented reality,iot etc. Probable promotion by next year. Heading a 8 member team and liasons with startups/vendors for innovations and project delivery.
2) 4.5 years at Tata Consultancy with 4 promotions. Worked up from Developer to technical manager heading a team of 22 members managing product development. 
-Youngest Lead in the team. 
-Multiple performance awards. 
- Part of C level meetings and consulting

Community and others - 
1. Part of Work CSR application team for Kumbh Mela Organisers (Large festival in india with over 50 million attendees)
2. Co-founder of a Food delivery service in college
3. Co-organiser for stalls in college national level tech fest, resulting in a 100% YOY increase in revenue 
2. Member of dramatics and toast masters club (College)
3. NCC and Red cross member (College)
4. Speaks 4 Indian languages

Post MBA goals
1. Initial plans - Consulting and strategy
2. Long term goal - Technology leadership in F500

Looking at the following schools, could you please let me know about my chances. 
Sloan, Tepper, Ross, Duke, Foster

Please suggest any other schools you would recommend based on my profile

Thanks in advance

Admissionado · Answer

Dear Sir,
Very good to hear from you!

So first and foremost I would like to say that without an actual GMAT it can be hard to make a profile evaluation. For the purposes of this one, I will assume a 700 GMAT which you say you have been mocking.

So I'm afraid that with your current GMAT and profile, most of the schools you mentioned will be out of range. Only Foster is a realistic option for you.

Why? There are many weaknesses in your profile that will make top 15 schools very tough:
- Low GMAT (if it's a 700)
- Low GPA
- Non IIT
- The toughest applicant pool in the universe (Indian/Male/Tech)
- Non top employer

So all in all, I think a more realistic range would be in the 15-30/40 range (with a 700). I would suggest looking further into schools that appeal to you within this range.

Best,
Jon

SamG1469 · Answer

Thanks Jon,

Appreciate the candid evaluation.

As suggested, I will try to bump up my GMAT and am already looking into more schools (Sloan, Ross are sort of my dream schools)

Are there any specific schools you think I could target, given my profile.

Admissionado · Answer

Hey there,
So if you are going to apply with a 700, I would say your range would be somewhere in the 15-40 range. I would start looking into those schools so you can begin to earmark which ones would be of interest to you personally, but don't go tooooo deep, because really your GMAT score will be quite decisive, and then the real decisions you will be able to make at that point.

I wish you best of luck!
And just drop a line with your real score, and we can move from there.

Best,
Jon

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