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What’s in it for you- Live Profile Evaluation Chat Session with Jenifer Turtschanow, CEO, ARINGO. Come with your details prepared and ARINGO will share insights! Pre-MBA Role/Industry, YOE, Exam Score, C/GPA, ECs Post-MBA Role/ Industry & School List.
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24 Jul 2016, 08:49
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Hello all,
This would be my second time applying to business school.
I had applied last year to: Duke, UNC, BU and W&M. Got into BU w/ scholarship, but decided not to attend.
My profile is as follows:
Indian-American Male
26
GMAT: 680 (Will retake in August/September)
4 Years of Work Experience
Job 1: Tech Product Company-Worked as a consultant on software implementation with a financial services software company. Lots of leadership experiences
Job 2: Global Tech Consulting Company (Think IBM, Accenture etc.) Currently working on a project for the Federal Government. Not so much leadership experiences. The project I am currently on does not lend itself to leadership opportunities. (Currently on a software testing project). Very very mundane project.
ECs: Lots of ECs in Undergrad
Volunteer with an org supporting people with job skills/opening up businesses.
I'd really like to apply to business school in Fall 2016 for a Fall 2017 start date. I believe business/strategy/operations is my passion and I'd like to get started on that route sooner than later. My current skill set does not lend itself to those fields so I feel I need a grad degree to move to that route. Also, I'd like to go to a Top 20 school as those are the only ones I feel are worth going to considering tuition and two years of full time study. If I apply now I think I can "only" get into a Top 15-30 school. I'm not too confident in my current work experience. However, if I wait a year or two I think I can make it into the likes of Booth, NYU, Columbia etc. I'd love to attend one of those.
If I don't do a top MBA soon I will probably just do a part time MBA further down the line. My end goals are management consulting and then working for a tech/retail company like Amazon/Target/Walmart.
So I guess the big question is should I apply for schools now or wait a year and apply for top schools?
Thanks for your help all!
This would be my second time applying to business school.
I had applied last year to: Duke, UNC, BU and W&M. Got into BU w/ scholarship, but decided not to attend.
My profile is as follows:
Indian-American Male
26
GMAT: 680 (Will retake in August/September)
4 Years of Work Experience
Job 1: Tech Product Company-Worked as a consultant on software implementation with a financial services software company. Lots of leadership experiences
Job 2: Global Tech Consulting Company (Think IBM, Accenture etc.) Currently working on a project for the Federal Government. Not so much leadership experiences. The project I am currently on does not lend itself to leadership opportunities. (Currently on a software testing project). Very very mundane project.
ECs: Lots of ECs in Undergrad
Volunteer with an org supporting people with job skills/opening up businesses.
I'd really like to apply to business school in Fall 2016 for a Fall 2017 start date. I believe business/strategy/operations is my passion and I'd like to get started on that route sooner than later. My current skill set does not lend itself to those fields so I feel I need a grad degree to move to that route. Also, I'd like to go to a Top 20 school as those are the only ones I feel are worth going to considering tuition and two years of full time study. If I apply now I think I can "only" get into a Top 15-30 school. I'm not too confident in my current work experience. However, if I wait a year or two I think I can make it into the likes of Booth, NYU, Columbia etc. I'd love to attend one of those.
If I don't do a top MBA soon I will probably just do a part time MBA further down the line. My end goals are management consulting and then working for a tech/retail company like Amazon/Target/Walmart.
So I guess the big question is should I apply for schools now or wait a year and apply for top schools?
Thanks for your help all!
26 Jul 2016, 18:07
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Wait a year and apply to higher ranked programs. It sounds like you need to improve your work experience by gaining more leadership/teamwork anecdotes as well as you will need to retake the GMAT as you are well below where you will probably need to get to be competitive at the schools you are targeting. So take a year and reevaluate
