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If I understand your question correctly, you are asking for recommendations on business schools that will deliver your career goals -

From your profile, I understand a degree in Engineering Management, with electives in Project Management and Business Analytics would be apt.



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Profile Evaluation for MBA'23

Demographic:
28 year-old male; Indian citizen; Software Dev

Education:
B.E Computer Science (2016/GPA:7.2) Tier 2 university
12th: 86%
10th: 92%

GMAT:
700 (Q 49, V 35, IR 4, AWA 4) (attempted in July 2018)

WE:
6 Years till June'22
All in Unisys(IT-MNC). 2 Promotions. Responsibilities involve working with Tech Product Manager, to plan agile development of Cloud applications; mentoring personnel; implementing solutions with task groups consisting of multiple nationalities; managing cloud infrastructure and demoing solutions to team and clients.
I hold certifications in Cloud Native technologies

Other Activities
Was part of Quiz teams at school, college and corporate level
Sketching/painting
Debate team at school level

Post-MBA Goals:
Short-term goal: My work revolves around interacting with product managers, and I personally manage/drive development on smaller components of the product.
So, I can leverage that experience, to take on Product Manager role in Tech orgs.
I am further working on obtaining certifications for public clouds(AWS, Azure).

I had written GMAT in 2018, but never applied to any college. I want to target schools which are conducive to careers in Tech and can provide financing/scholarship(50pc or more) options. Targeting schools in US, ranked 10-25.
I would be grateful, if you could recommend MBA programs, that suit my profile.
I am hoping to apply in R1, so if I could improve my score by say 20pts, would that improve my chances at higher ranked colleges?

Thank you
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Hi pakalupapito,

Since you are ultimately asking Admissions questions, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. Those Experts should be able to answer your Admissions questions and help define the specific areas of your profile that could use some improvement. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/

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Profile Evaluation for MBA'23

Demographic:
28 year-old male; Indian citizen; Software Dev

Education:
B.E Computer Science (2016/GPA:7.2) Tier 2 university
12th: 86%
10th: 92%

GMAT:
700 (Q 49, V 35, IR 4, AWA 4) (attempted in July 2018)

WE:
6 Years till June'22
All in Unisys(IT-MNC). 2 Promotions. Responsibilities involve working with Tech Product Manager, to plan agile development of Cloud applications; mentoring personnel; implementing solutions with task groups consisting of multiple nationalities; managing cloud infrastructure and demoing solutions to team and clients.
I hold certifications in Cloud Native technologies

Other Activities
Was part of Quiz teams at school, college and corporate level
Sketching/painting
Debate team at school level

Post-MBA Goals:
Short-term goal: My work revolves around interacting with product managers, and I personally manage/drive development on smaller components of the product.
So, I can leverage that experience, to take on Product Manager role in Tech orgs.
I am further working on obtaining certifications for public clouds(AWS, Azure).

I had written GMAT in 2018, but never applied to any college. I want to target schools which are conducive to careers in Tech and can provide financing/scholarship(50pc or more) options. Targeting schools in US, ranked 10-25.
I would be grateful, if you could recommend MBA programs, that suit my profile.
I am hoping to apply in R1, so if I could improve my score by say 20pts, would that improve my chances at higher ranked colleges?

Thank you

Hi pakalupapito

Thanks for posting. Here is our take:
- Your 700 may be a bit on the lower side, especially for schools in the 10-20 range, given that you are an IIM (Indian IT Male) applicant. You should retake and aim for a 730+ to be competitive in this segment. Your 700 will make you competitive in the 20-30 school range though. The rise in GMAT is important especially also because your GPA is decent but not great.
- Please provide more details on your leadership, recognitions, business exposure while at Unisys.
- Do you have any international experience with Unisys?
- Your ECA are decent but not outstanding. Most of them are a bit dated as well. This is a point of concern.

Hope this helps. Feel free to come back with more questions as needed.
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My international exposure is limited to working with multi-national task teams. I have not travelled internationally on company business.

I do have commendations from leaders, for my performance. But, business exposure is limited to, being an important member of a digital-transformation product, that has brought in fresh contracts from telecom majors. My job is to demo it to prospective clients, but business decisons are taken by a different unit.

I am also inclined to retake the gmat, to bolster my chances.

I had 1 query, does my 6+ years of workex, work against me or is it good to have. I see most schools have avg. 3-5 yrs workex amongst students.

Thanks for your inputs.

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My international exposure is limited to working with multi-national task teams. I have not travelled internationally on company business.

I do have commendations from leaders, for my performance. But, business exposure is limited to, being an important member of a digital-transformation product, that has brought in fresh contracts from telecom majors. My job is to demo it to prospective clients, but business decisons are taken by a different unit.

I am also inclined to retake the gmat, to bolster my chances.

I had 1 query, does my 6+ years of workex, work against me or is it good to have. I see most schools have avg. 3-5 yrs workex amongst students.

Thanks for your inputs.

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Thanks for the response. Ok, this translates to no international experience (international exposure, as you can understand, is not that rare nowadays)

You should focus on improving your GMAT score at this point. The 6+ years of experience is not a problem in any way at all.
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Profile Evaluation for MBA'23

Demographic:
28 year-old male; Indian citizen; Software Dev

Education:
B.E Computer Science (2016/GPA:7.2) Tier 2 university
12th: 86%
10th: 92%

GMAT:
700 (Q 49, V 35, IR 4, AWA 4) (attempted in July 2018)

WE:
6 Years till June'22
All in Unisys(IT-MNC). 2 Promotions. Responsibilities involve working with Tech Product Manager, to plan agile development of Cloud applications; mentoring personnel; implementing solutions with task groups consisting of multiple nationalities; managing cloud infrastructure and demoing solutions to team and clients.
I hold certifications in Cloud Native technologies

Other Activities
Was part of Quiz teams at school, college and corporate level
Sketching/painting
Debate team at school level

Post-MBA Goals:
Short-term goal: My work revolves around interacting with product managers, and I personally manage/drive development on smaller components of the product.
So, I can leverage that experience, to take on Product Manager role in Tech orgs.
I am further working on obtaining certifications for public clouds(AWS, Azure).

I had written GMAT in 2018, but never applied to any college. I want to target schools which are conducive to careers in Tech and can provide financing/scholarship(50pc or more) options. Targeting schools in US, ranked 10-25.
I would be grateful, if you could recommend MBA programs, that suit my profile.
I am hoping to apply in R1, so if I could improve my score by say 20pts, would that improve my chances at higher ranked colleges?

Thank you


Hi pakalupapito , hope you are doing well

A 30+ points improvement on GMAT could help your case in the top 20-30 US schools, however, you should also keep some schools from the T30-40 range in your options for better scholarship prospects. As pointed out by others on the thread your ECs and work experience are not conducive to grabbing attention in a large pool of Indian IT applicants. With 6 years of work experience, you should be able to show strong career progression with your company with multiple examples of leadership and team management skills. A strategically carved narrative in your essays can make all the difference at this point.

Do take some time to go over our experience with an R3 HEC Paris Admit, who we helped present a differentiated profile by digging deep into the lesser-known aspects of his story.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-an-india ... 87035.html

Best wishes