Hi
ppenumala! So, in general, the first thing that jumps out at me about your profile is the fact that you already have a PGDM from IIM and your GPA there looks fairly low to me. This is likely to be something that will also be a concern to schools, so you'll want to make sure of a few things:
- confirm that the schools you are targeting are OK with your applying with this degree. one year programs may be more open to it but you will want to check.
- review your transcript and if you have courses that you did not perform well in that might cause concern, consider re-taking courses and getting good grades to submit in a supplemental transcript
I think beyond that, these schools are looking for an upward trajectory of success, so beyond where you've worked and for how long, it will be important to show things like promotions or evolving scope as you moved from one employer to another. Hopefully your recommenders will have great things to say too about your teamwork and leadership (MBA friendly skills) more than just your technical capabilities.
My last advice is that you will want to make sure you are submitting your very best score and targeting a range of programs in selectivity if possible. Since you are in the most competitive applicant pool (Indian technologists), the schools can be very choosy, and the averages for the successful applicants among this group tend to be much higher than the rest of the class because so many applicants are so strong test-wise and they can pick the best. Also "Ivy League" isn't really important for MBA programs, that's really more a grouping that applies to undergraduate schools and originally came from a sports competition league. Some schools that are "Ivy League" don't have an MBA program affiliated with them at all (Brown, Princeton), while others don't really have a 1-year degree like you suggest...really the only Ivy League school with a 1 year MBA program affiliated that I can think of is Cornell, or maybe the J-Term at Columbia but the deadline for this current cycle passed for that and it's very competitive. You can look at Kellogg and NYU, but I'd advise a broader range that might include Emory, USC, BU, Babson and Notre Dame if you are hoping to be in the US...or you can look at European programs.
Good luck!
Warmly,
Julie-Anne Heafey
Senior Consultant
mbaMission