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Hello,
I am would like to know my chances for admit in target B-Schools (Insead, LBS, Judge, IIM-A.B.C, Nanyang, NUS)
Profile :
Indian Male 33 years old.
Scores/ Grades :
10th standard - 75%
12th standard - 78%
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication) from state government Engineering college, 2007 73% (Honors, In top 10%)
GMAT1 [Feb 2017] - 650 (Q-47 V-33 IR-5 AWA-4)
GMAT2 [April 2017] - 710 (Q-50 V-35 IR-4 AWA-4)
Work Experience [9+ years, Almost all is International experience in Japan]
1. Trainee Engineer in Indian subsidiary of Japanese firm (Jaipur, India) 8 months.
2. Embedded Systems trainer for new college graduates in Tokyo, Japan, 5 months (Same Japanese firm)
3. Embedded Design Engineer in Japanese firm(same Japanese firm) (Client : Hitachi) 2 Years - I worked in R&D department of Hitachi for the development of next generation high end video camera.
4. Moved to another Japanese firm and worked as System Engineer(Client : various big Japanese makers), 5 Years, Tokyo, Japan : My worked involved the following tasks :
A. Trainer for Japanese customers regarding implementation of high end Microprocessors, FPGA and SoCs in their products.
B. Technical support
C. Pre-sales - Traveled across Japan with sales persons
D. Technical training to young sales persons and engineers.
5. Moved to Indian Engineering firm as Project leader(Client : Toshiba, Power generation and transmission): 8 months, Tokyo, Japan - I supervised 5 members offshore development team in India and served as principal contact between client and offshore team for project delivery, business development and various issue resolution.
6. Moved to another Indian Engineering service firm (Client : Big Japanese maker for Building automation system) as Program manager, Tokyo, Japan : Currently working in above mention firm since Nov, 2015. I am supervising 4 offshore project managers (Indirectly 15 members offshore development team in India) and responsible for all the project deliveries, hunting for new business opportunities with in various departments of the same client and business sustainability.
Community Engagement :
1. Working with NGO for generating donations to educate underprivileged children.
2. Regularly participate in local Japanese social events
3. Helping foreigners in Japan, who lack Japanese language ability, in finding accommodation, medical services and schools for their children.
Post MBA goals : Product management and then move to strategic management role in the same Industry (Electronics - Consumer/Industrial). Target Companies : Qualcomm, Xilinx or major product company in same industry.
I am concerned about my higher age and low AWA and IR score. I am not willing to retake the GMAT exam, as I want to apply in this fall, R1 round and need 2-3 months for Introspection, School research, Alumni networking and most important high quality essays.
Regards
Praveen
Dear Praveen,I am would like to know my chances for admit in target B-Schools (Insead, LBS, Judge, IIM-A.B.C, Nanyang, NUS)
Profile :
Indian Male 33 years old.
Scores/ Grades :
10th standard - 75%
12th standard - 78%
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication) from state government Engineering college, 2007 73% (Honors, In top 10%)
GMAT1 [Feb 2017] - 650 (Q-47 V-33 IR-5 AWA-4)
GMAT2 [April 2017] - 710 (Q-50 V-35 IR-4 AWA-4)
Work Experience [9+ years, Almost all is International experience in Japan]
1. Trainee Engineer in Indian subsidiary of Japanese firm (Jaipur, India) 8 months.
2. Embedded Systems trainer for new college graduates in Tokyo, Japan, 5 months (Same Japanese firm)
3. Embedded Design Engineer in Japanese firm(same Japanese firm) (Client : Hitachi) 2 Years - I worked in R&D department of Hitachi for the development of next generation high end video camera.
4. Moved to another Japanese firm and worked as System Engineer(Client : various big Japanese makers), 5 Years, Tokyo, Japan : My worked involved the following tasks :
A. Trainer for Japanese customers regarding implementation of high end Microprocessors, FPGA and SoCs in their products.
B. Technical support
C. Pre-sales - Traveled across Japan with sales persons
D. Technical training to young sales persons and engineers.
5. Moved to Indian Engineering firm as Project leader(Client : Toshiba, Power generation and transmission): 8 months, Tokyo, Japan - I supervised 5 members offshore development team in India and served as principal contact between client and offshore team for project delivery, business development and various issue resolution.
6. Moved to another Indian Engineering service firm (Client : Big Japanese maker for Building automation system) as Program manager, Tokyo, Japan : Currently working in above mention firm since Nov, 2015. I am supervising 4 offshore project managers (Indirectly 15 members offshore development team in India) and responsible for all the project deliveries, hunting for new business opportunities with in various departments of the same client and business sustainability.
Community Engagement :
1. Working with NGO for generating donations to educate underprivileged children.
2. Regularly participate in local Japanese social events
3. Helping foreigners in Japan, who lack Japanese language ability, in finding accommodation, medical services and schools for their children.
Post MBA goals : Product management and then move to strategic management role in the same Industry (Electronics - Consumer/Industrial). Target Companies : Qualcomm, Xilinx or major product company in same industry.
I am concerned about my higher age and low AWA and IR score. I am not willing to retake the GMAT exam, as I want to apply in this fall, R1 round and need 2-3 months for Introspection, School research, Alumni networking and most important high quality essays.
Regards
Praveen
Good to hear from you.
So I think overall your profile is good but you will face a lot of challenges due to your extremely competitive applicant pool (Indian Male Tech) and your somewhat older profile and a bit less than average GMAT.
In reading through your profile here, what I can read is someone who has done a lot of great tech work, but I see lacks in terms of advancement and leadership. My feeling is that you feel like you are stagnating in your tech job, and want to move forward.
But there are a few other challenges with your profile as well:
- I don't FEEL the leadership. I don't yet see the need for an MBA, not a focus on management in your profile history or your proposed goals.
- I don't yet get a feeling of something unique in your profile. You had a good and illustrious career in tech. which is great. But it's not enough. Consider the great number of Indian applicants, and realize that you need to find some great story that will make you stand out!
- You're not an IIT grad
All of this leads me to the conclusion that your school list is far too challenging. Since you are not willing to retake the GMAT, my suggestion would be to adjust your school list.
LBS is out of range for you, as is INSEAD. Judge will be a far stretch. The other schools, especially the Singapore schools might be options, but I feel like you need to expand your school list to come up with a solid strategy.
Best,
JF
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