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19 May 2012, 16:34
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Hi All,
Will request your help in deciding if I should retry my GRE or if my profile is strong enough to proceed for the schools I want. It is going to be my second MBA so please keep that in mind.
Here are the details for my candidature
Nationality/Gender: Indian/Male
GRE Score 162 both sections
Work Ex: IT & Operational Compliance
I have over 7 years of work exp in IT Compliance and have worked in US, Europe, S.E.Asia and India. I have always worked in client facing roles and have also managed offshore team. I have worked for both IT and Business Clients across various sectors from banking to telecom to manufacturing to government.
Education: Production Engg and MBA (SCMHRD, Pune). Still have to fetch my GPA but they will be around 3.5
Extra Curr: Was very active in my engineering days but since then it has tapered off. Still do some photography, workout and some social work.
I am looking to apply to institutes in the US East coast only because of personal reasons. What do you'll think is my chance in Yale, Stern, Darden, Sloan and such schools.
As an exception I will consider Insead and IMD Switzerland.
Hoping for some guidance.
Regards,
Abhinav
Will request your help in deciding if I should retry my GRE or if my profile is strong enough to proceed for the schools I want. It is going to be my second MBA so please keep that in mind.
Here are the details for my candidature
Nationality/Gender: Indian/Male
GRE Score 162 both sections
Work Ex: IT & Operational Compliance
I have over 7 years of work exp in IT Compliance and have worked in US, Europe, S.E.Asia and India. I have always worked in client facing roles and have also managed offshore team. I have worked for both IT and Business Clients across various sectors from banking to telecom to manufacturing to government.
Education: Production Engg and MBA (SCMHRD, Pune). Still have to fetch my GPA but they will be around 3.5
Extra Curr: Was very active in my engineering days but since then it has tapered off. Still do some photography, workout and some social work.
I am looking to apply to institutes in the US East coast only because of personal reasons. What do you'll think is my chance in Yale, Stern, Darden, Sloan and such schools.
As an exception I will consider Insead and IMD Switzerland.
Hoping for some guidance.
Regards,
Abhinav
24 May 2012, 05:40
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Your GRE score is fine (it's considered around a 700 by ETS), but I am concerned about the level of leadership that your IT compliance role offers since the programs that you are targeting are less interested in compliance and more interested in strategic leadership, exploring new markets, and generating revenue.
24 May 2012, 17:59
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Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for the reply. Let me try and address the areas of concerns that you have raised. Just to expand my earlier explanation, I have worked as an IT Compliance consultant and not as an in-house IT Compliance specialist so I had opportunities to display leadership and my work did get my employer repeat business.
As far as leadership goes- I can split it into two: traditional leadership and knowledge leadership. As an example of traditional leadership I have managed a team of 10 analysts and 2 consultants. Also over the last 2-3 years I have been managing most of my projects and worked in complex matrixed enviornment. As far as knowledge leadership goes...I was the lead consultant when 2 orgs in India got ISO27001 certified where even the CIO was coached and trained by me.
As far as revenues and markets go....in my current project we have grown from 3 consultants to 7 based on the sustainable relationships that my team and I have built. In India my org got repeat business for 3 consultants after I successfully executed a project. The team in this case grew from 1 to 3.
Also I have worked in many major markets in the world with truly international teams. Hope it gives you a better picture of my work experience. Do let me know if I have the correct ideas to begin to work with.
Thanks for the reply. Let me try and address the areas of concerns that you have raised. Just to expand my earlier explanation, I have worked as an IT Compliance consultant and not as an in-house IT Compliance specialist so I had opportunities to display leadership and my work did get my employer repeat business.
As far as leadership goes- I can split it into two: traditional leadership and knowledge leadership. As an example of traditional leadership I have managed a team of 10 analysts and 2 consultants. Also over the last 2-3 years I have been managing most of my projects and worked in complex matrixed enviornment. As far as knowledge leadership goes...I was the lead consultant when 2 orgs in India got ISO27001 certified where even the CIO was coached and trained by me.
As far as revenues and markets go....in my current project we have grown from 3 consultants to 7 based on the sustainable relationships that my team and I have built. In India my org got repeat business for 3 consultants after I successfully executed a project. The team in this case grew from 1 to 3.
Also I have worked in many major markets in the world with truly international teams. Hope it gives you a better picture of my work experience. Do let me know if I have the correct ideas to begin to work with.
