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djain0702
Joined: 06 Apr 2016
Last visit: 18 Aug 2017
Posts: 10
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Location: India
Concentration: Strategy, Technology
Schools: Ross '19 Duke '19 Tepper '19 Anderson '19 ISB '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 730 Q50 V38
Schools: Ross '19 Duke '19 Tepper '19 Anderson '19 ISB '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 730 Q50 V38
Posts: 10
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07 Aug 2016, 02:03
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Hi,
Below is the overview of my profile:
I am a female from India.
Graduated from BITS Pilani in Information Systems with a GPA of 7.3/10
I got a GMAT score of 730(50,38, IR:6, AWA:5) in my first attempt this year.
Target schools: Fuqua,Ross,UCLA
I worked with SAP for internship. I joined Oracle and worked there for 2 years after graduation as a Product Developer for their Sales Cloud and got a chance to work with many big names in fortune 500 who were customers of the product. I recently switched my job in June to take a position of Senior Software engineer at Citrix. Here I am working in a team which has a very cross functional role and works with all the product teams at Citrix. I will be 24 and will have 3 years of work experience on matriculation.
I was an active contributor in CSR team at Oracle.I was also a core member of fun at work activities( organized events like singing concert,annual day etc).I have also joined the CSR team and Toastmasters at Citrix.
Undergrad: I was a core member of a committee responsible for organizing college fests. I also was among the founding members of film making club in college. I was part of the fashion society in college as well . I also organized various hackathons and gaming events in college.
Post MBA goals: Product Marketing and Management/IT Strategy ( Google,Amazon,Apple etc)
My concerns are being probably among the youngest applicants, categorized in the over represented Indian IT pool and a recent job switch.Would it help to retake the GMAT for a better score?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Below is the overview of my profile:
I am a female from India.
Graduated from BITS Pilani in Information Systems with a GPA of 7.3/10
I got a GMAT score of 730(50,38, IR:6, AWA:5) in my first attempt this year.
Target schools: Fuqua,Ross,UCLA
I worked with SAP for internship. I joined Oracle and worked there for 2 years after graduation as a Product Developer for their Sales Cloud and got a chance to work with many big names in fortune 500 who were customers of the product. I recently switched my job in June to take a position of Senior Software engineer at Citrix. Here I am working in a team which has a very cross functional role and works with all the product teams at Citrix. I will be 24 and will have 3 years of work experience on matriculation.
I was an active contributor in CSR team at Oracle.I was also a core member of fun at work activities( organized events like singing concert,annual day etc).I have also joined the CSR team and Toastmasters at Citrix.
Undergrad: I was a core member of a committee responsible for organizing college fests. I also was among the founding members of film making club in college. I was part of the fashion society in college as well . I also organized various hackathons and gaming events in college.
Post MBA goals: Product Marketing and Management/IT Strategy ( Google,Amazon,Apple etc)
My concerns are being probably among the youngest applicants, categorized in the over represented Indian IT pool and a recent job switch.Would it help to retake the GMAT for a better score?
Thanks a lot in advance!
07 Aug 2016, 11:22
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Hi djain0702,
First off, a 730/Q50 is an outstanding score (it's above the 90th percentile overall), so you should apply to any Business Schools that interest you. As such, a retest is not necessary. You're ultimately asking Admissions questions though, so you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:
ask-admission-consultants-124/
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
First off, a 730/Q50 is an outstanding score (it's above the 90th percentile overall), so you should apply to any Business Schools that interest you. As such, a retest is not necessary. You're ultimately asking Admissions questions though, so you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:
ask-admission-consultants-124/
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
10 Aug 2016, 00:24
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@djain0702 you have a terrific profile, and the fact that you have so much extracurricular experience is really going to help separate you from other female Indian IT applicants.
That said, the GMAT is not an issue yet I love to see you tack on 20 more points. This seems insane to a lot of people but one of my Indian it clients from last year actually had a 730, and Darden gave him feedback that 20 more points would have helped a lot. He did get into Ross and NYU, however
If you have any intentions to apply for round one that's a complete no-go, you would want to get the GMAT issue sorted and then apply putting your full focus on each of them at separate points in time.
3 years upon matriculation is an acceptable amount of experience, basically the minimum, but still passable.
I think it would be wise for you leverage all the work you've put in by partnering with a consultant.
It's important for you to do the introspection work to really identify the main unique contribution you would make, how to brand you and that what would be super memorable.
Farrell Dyan Hehn, MBA
Admissions Consultant & Verbal Strategist MBAPrepCoach.com
That said, the GMAT is not an issue yet I love to see you tack on 20 more points. This seems insane to a lot of people but one of my Indian it clients from last year actually had a 730, and Darden gave him feedback that 20 more points would have helped a lot. He did get into Ross and NYU, however
If you have any intentions to apply for round one that's a complete no-go, you would want to get the GMAT issue sorted and then apply putting your full focus on each of them at separate points in time.
3 years upon matriculation is an acceptable amount of experience, basically the minimum, but still passable.
I think it would be wise for you leverage all the work you've put in by partnering with a consultant.
It's important for you to do the introspection work to really identify the main unique contribution you would make, how to brand you and that what would be super memorable.
Farrell Dyan Hehn, MBA
Admissions Consultant & Verbal Strategist MBAPrepCoach.com
