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Hi Paul

Karthik has good acads,work exp and ok ECs.Even though he comes from a competitive pool why do you think UNC would be a stretch? I thought it would be a target school for him.Just curious.

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Paul,
I am also curious to know what other colleges I can target other than the listed colleges.
It would be of great help.

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Karthik,

Yes, I think I may have been a shade too pessimistic about your profile in my initial post. Your profile is basically a good one. It's only major "flaw" is its lack of distinctiveness (plus lack of leadership outside of work). But I do agree that you should be roughly competitive at UNC as well as at Carnegie Mellon. You could apply to UCLA as a semi-long-shot. Your biggest challenge will be showing how your are different from other applicants with similar profiles. If you can find some way to solve that challenge in a compelling way, you could probably aim higher.

As for where else you could apply, I think you did a good job in your initial list but I might also add Wisconsin as a 'safety' school that's strong in entrepreneurship.

Good luck,