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Indian Male 27 years old

Education:
Undergrad (IIT Madras 06 - Aerospace Eng) Equivalent GPA 3.4/4
MS from a US top 20 school GPA 3.91/4.0, worked on projects with NASA

GMAT (taken once) = 720 (Q 98%, V 78%, AWA 6.0)

Work Experience
3 years in Caterpillar Inc., USA (got one promotion and expecting one more in a few months)
Graduated from Leadership & Technical Development program with a very high rating
Current Position - Engineer, research & development

Research & Teaching Assistant in grad school

Extracurricular Activities
Volunteer at professional affinity groups in CAT
Was selected in National Sports Organization in IIT
Represented the institute and hostel teams

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I should get solid recommendation from my current & previous supervisors and my graduate advisor (also dept head).

I am planning to pursue a MBA degree in entrepreneurship and am planning to apply in the following schools:

HBS
Stanford
Wharton
Booth
MIT
Columbia
Stern

Please let me know if I should revisit the list and include a few other schools. I would really appreciate your honest evaluation.

Thanks

PS: Weak points ( Low GPA in Senior Year, < 80% in verbal section of GMAT, not much management experience which is essentially the reason I want to go to B-school, didn't win any National level championship ...)
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To be frank, I think you'll have a fairly hard time gaining entry into H/S/W. Your profile isn't bad, but given your ethnicity and background, it'll just make you harder to standout in the top 3 schools when there are plenty of folks coming from a bluer-chip company, such as top consulting and banking firms. If you really want, I'd suggest to just put one out these three schools in the list. I'm not sure your reasoning to Booth, Columbia, and Stern, all traditionally known to put people into a finance position. I'd keep Sloan on there because it's pretty good in entrepreneurship. Your list is extremely competitive and I'd just add in a couple of other schools to even out the competitiveness. Berkeley Haas is a fantastic school for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business. I know USC Marshall has a pretty solid entrepreneurship program as well. All in all, any of the top schools will teach you the art of starting your own business as well as giving you a good business background. If you're only shooting for the top of the top, go for it.
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Hi Raws,

You have good academic grades from an elite institution and your career path so far has been straight forward with blue chip, engineering credentials. You may strengthen your EC and leadership activities and beef up your well rounded application. Most engineers don't have much business WE.

Your pool is uebercompetitive with lots of stellar applicants and you apply to the most selective BSchools. NYU, CBS and Booth are more finance powerhouses. Apply to BSchools you feel happy to attend and you may wish to add a few top 15 such as Ross, Tepper and Fuqua.

National level championships are way overrated and even winning does not ensure admission to top BSchools :wink: Good luck
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raws84
Indian Male 27 years old

Education:
Undergrad (IIT Madras 06 - Aerospace Eng) Equivalent GPA 3.4/4
MS from a US top 20 school GPA 3.91/4.0, worked on projects with NASA

GMAT (taken once) = 720 (Q 98%, V 78%, AWA 6.0)

Work Experience
3 years in Caterpillar Inc., USA (got one promotion and expecting one more in a few months)
Graduated from Leadership & Technical Development program with a very high rating
Current Position - Engineer, research & development

Research & Teaching Assistant in grad school

Extracurricular Activities
Volunteer at professional affinity groups in CAT
Was selected in National Sports Organization in IIT
Represented the institute and hostel teams

Recommendation Letters
I should get solid recommendation from my current & previous supervisors and my graduate advisor (also dept head).

I am planning to pursue a MBA degree in entrepreneurship and am planning to apply in the following schools:

HBS
Stanford
Wharton
Booth
MIT
Columbia
Stern

Please let me know if I should revisit the list and include a few other schools. I would really appreciate your honest evaluation.

Thanks

PS: Weak points ( Low GPA in Senior Year, < 80% in verbal section of GMAT, not much management experience which is essentially the reason I want to go to B-school, didn't win any National level championship ...)
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Hi,

We will agree and disagree with some of the opinions above.

We have a lot of experience in handling profiles like yours. Our take:

HBS and Stanford really like IITians. May be you can chuck Wharton.
MS is a big plus and 3 years of experience in US will make you at par with any US applicant with a good profile.
GMAT score is also good.

The most important question you will have to answer is why MBA?
B schools feel that a lot of IITians settled in India want to move to US and MBA is a good route. You will need to convince the B schools that you are not going for a MBA because you are facing saturation.

Your extra currics are weak to just give it a thought. Your tech background, IIT name, MS, Caterpillar and later entrepreneurship will sell best @ MIT/ Haas/ Stanford so then are your best bets.

Apphelp Team