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Hi,

Please help me narrow down the list of b-schools I can apply to (no geographical preference)

Profile:
Gender - Male
Age - 27
Nationality - Indian

Education:
Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Year of Graduation - 2013
CGPA - 7.92/10

Work ex - 61 months ~ 5 years

I worked as an Integration Engineer in Ericsson for 20 months. Then I switched to ZS Associates (Sales and marketing consultancy)to work as a Business Operations Associate Consultant.

Extra curricular:
- Self taught guitarist
- Writer (vinamra9.wordpress.com)

GMAT score : 670

Interested in One year MBA programs

Post MBA goals :
- Join back a consultancy firm and take a higher management position

Thanks in advance!

GeneralEducation · Answer

Hi  vinamra94 ,

You have a decent profile. Your work experience is really good on account of your from marketing background. But your GMAT is on lower side but that can certainly be offset by you extra curriculum experience you have and by writing strong essays. I would definitely recommend you to take some professional consultants help to write your B-School essays. It will make your profile even strong.

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Hope this helps.

Cheers,

JAIN09 · Answer

please evaluate my profile and suggest me schools to match my goals
profile:
gender-male
industry-energy(PRIVATE-1 YEAR,PSU-6 years )
Education: Biju patnaik University Of Technology,Rourkela
Year-2011
CGPA-9.14
GMAT:740 (Q49,V41,IR 7,AWA 5)
Currently working as an operation manager in NTPC.Have experience in leading large scale project and day-to-day Operation
Extracurricular: self taught guitarist, cricket enthusiast
post MBA-consultancy/finance(want to change industry)
Please suggest colleges that can materialize my goal.Is it possible to change industry with a degree from Indian institute or one need to explore foreign university

SiaAdmissions · Answer

Hi  JAIN09 ,

Thank you for your post. I would require additional information to adequately evaluate your profile and recommend schools. A few questions for you:

What geographic region are you targetting? 
How many years of work experience do you have? 
Has all your experience been with NTPC?
Have you been involved in community service? What you describe below seems to describe hobbies and not extracurricular.

You have good academics, experiences, and GMAT, so there are b-schools that you can apply to. However, the selection process requires additional information. You can reference  this  article to help with your target selection.

Happy to continue the conversation. If interested click  here  to coordinate.

Good luck!

MG4MBACrystalBall · Answer

Consider the following points  vinamra94 :
 
  The transition you've managed from a pure tech (?) role into consulting can make for a pretty good story. Think about how you can make that a winning theme with more differentiation about your work at both the places. 
  For reasons mentioned  here , we do not speculate on school selection. That being said, the BIT pedigree will be useful but the GMAT would be quite out of line, all the more given your analytics (?) related work. If you have time/energy for a retake, worth a shot.  
  While the ECs sound ok, the website looks quite basic at the moment. If you are planning to put it in your resume/app, do make sure to spruce it up - adcoms could look it up.  
  The rationale for MBA should be expressed better else it might appear that you are underballing the impact it can get in your career.

Hope this sparks the right thoughts.

Cheers,

MBAkarma · Answer

Hello vinamra94 Though selection of a school requires a much deeper understanding of your professional experience and extracurricular (to gauge where you would stand versus the competition) and career goals (to gauge how realistic they look and which schools they would fit with), broadly speaking Indian Engineer with a 670 would find it tough at most top 15 US B Schools (this of course does not consider any spectacular achievements that you may have and are missing from this post) Canada/Singapore/Europe might be locations you might want to consider (the average GMAT scores might be slightly lower, but that does not mean that the schools are not selective). But all this is broadly speaking and as mentioned earlier, would need a more qualitative understanding of work ex and career goals. Best Varun Sharma +919137133507 MBAkarma.com GMAT Score Predictor info@mbakarma.com

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