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26 Aug 2009, 22:48
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Hi Alex,
I've been reading some of the profile evaluations you've done in this forum and your honest responses are very insightful. I'm curious to see mine. Can you please take a look at my profile (detailed I would say) and answer a couple of questions? Your help is much appreciated and thank you in advance.
Female/27/Indian
Education:
Undergrad - B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (from a decent university ranked 2nd in my state in India), 78.8%, First Class w/ Distinction and stood 3rd in the class. I'm not sure I can convert this to US based GPA. Didn't have a choice to pick courses, but involved advanced math, some managerial courses (Managerial Economics & Accounting, Management Science, Operations Research) besides the core Computer Science courses
Grad - MS in Computer Science from Utah State University, 3.73 GPA. Courses focused in Computer Science.
Work Experience:
Full time - 3.5 years as a Software Engineer/Sr. Software Engineer/ IT Consultant. Started as a software developer for a mid sized supply chain mgmt company in NC and with my contributions to the team, got promoted to a senior role with in 1.5 years (typical promotion period: 3.5 - 4 yrs in the company). 2 yrs into this job, I've started looking for a more challenging role and took up IT Consulting with my current company, working for the Financial Services Dept of NYC. Although I don't have anyone reporting to me, there are lot of occasions on which I've stepped up in my role and gone the extra mile to get things done and motivate others. I wish to quote those in my essays to make up for my shorter than the average work-ex.
Part time - 1.5 yrs as a software engineer during my Masters for Computer Literacy Laboratory.
GMAT:
710: Q - 50 (94%), V - 35 (74%)
EC or Extra:
Involved in a variety of organizations in Undergrad and Masters - Vice President of the IEEE chapter of my undergrad univ (organized technical fests and code camps), President of the Indian Students Association at USU (organized shows for 1000+ ppl with profits proceeding to charities), Vice President & Treasurer of the ACM chapter of USU. Voluntary note taking for the disabled undergrad students at USU. Tutoring undergrad students in Math & Computers in free time. Got USU Vice President Fellowship for the 1st year of MS based on undergrad credentials and GRE score. I would say my EC activities have significantly reduced ever since I've started working full-time partly due to long hours and mostly due to laziness. I volunteer for community activities on some weekends, participate in charity runs and part of volunteer club with in the company, but haven't really held a leadership role like at college. Contribute to open source software communities. Have a few Certifications related to my work, but which I've pursued on my own.
Why MBA?
I would love to know the bigger picture. Although I've enjoyed working in IT so far and it has helped to improve my analytical and problem-solving skills significantly, I would like to acquire the broader skills required for general management and strategy/decision making as well and apply them in a role which has a greater reach with in the organization. To be honest, I don't want to be restricted to IT; I always see myself as an analyst/engineer rather than a programmer even in my current role.
Short-term goal: To get into Management Consulting.
Long-term goal: Entrepreneurial venture in India with my better half.
Target Schools (mostly based on MC recruiting and biased to North East):
Love to go to: Wharton, Sloan, Tuck, Kellogg
Like to go to: Columbia, NYU, Chicago, Yale
I understand most (or all) of those schools might be long shots. Am I being too ambitious with the schools? Also, do you think my Verbal score might raise a red flag, especially in comparison with the Quant score?
Thanks,
Bharathi
I've been reading some of the profile evaluations you've done in this forum and your honest responses are very insightful. I'm curious to see mine. Can you please take a look at my profile (detailed I would say) and answer a couple of questions? Your help is much appreciated and thank you in advance.
Female/27/Indian
Education:
Undergrad - B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (from a decent university ranked 2nd in my state in India), 78.8%, First Class w/ Distinction and stood 3rd in the class. I'm not sure I can convert this to US based GPA. Didn't have a choice to pick courses, but involved advanced math, some managerial courses (Managerial Economics & Accounting, Management Science, Operations Research) besides the core Computer Science courses
Grad - MS in Computer Science from Utah State University, 3.73 GPA. Courses focused in Computer Science.
Work Experience:
Full time - 3.5 years as a Software Engineer/Sr. Software Engineer/ IT Consultant. Started as a software developer for a mid sized supply chain mgmt company in NC and with my contributions to the team, got promoted to a senior role with in 1.5 years (typical promotion period: 3.5 - 4 yrs in the company). 2 yrs into this job, I've started looking for a more challenging role and took up IT Consulting with my current company, working for the Financial Services Dept of NYC. Although I don't have anyone reporting to me, there are lot of occasions on which I've stepped up in my role and gone the extra mile to get things done and motivate others. I wish to quote those in my essays to make up for my shorter than the average work-ex.
Part time - 1.5 yrs as a software engineer during my Masters for Computer Literacy Laboratory.
GMAT:
710: Q - 50 (94%), V - 35 (74%)
EC or Extra:
Involved in a variety of organizations in Undergrad and Masters - Vice President of the IEEE chapter of my undergrad univ (organized technical fests and code camps), President of the Indian Students Association at USU (organized shows for 1000+ ppl with profits proceeding to charities), Vice President & Treasurer of the ACM chapter of USU. Voluntary note taking for the disabled undergrad students at USU. Tutoring undergrad students in Math & Computers in free time. Got USU Vice President Fellowship for the 1st year of MS based on undergrad credentials and GRE score. I would say my EC activities have significantly reduced ever since I've started working full-time partly due to long hours and mostly due to laziness. I volunteer for community activities on some weekends, participate in charity runs and part of volunteer club with in the company, but haven't really held a leadership role like at college. Contribute to open source software communities. Have a few Certifications related to my work, but which I've pursued on my own.
Why MBA?
I would love to know the bigger picture. Although I've enjoyed working in IT so far and it has helped to improve my analytical and problem-solving skills significantly, I would like to acquire the broader skills required for general management and strategy/decision making as well and apply them in a role which has a greater reach with in the organization. To be honest, I don't want to be restricted to IT; I always see myself as an analyst/engineer rather than a programmer even in my current role.
Short-term goal: To get into Management Consulting.
Long-term goal: Entrepreneurial venture in India with my better half.
Target Schools (mostly based on MC recruiting and biased to North East):
Love to go to: Wharton, Sloan, Tuck, Kellogg
Like to go to: Columbia, NYU, Chicago, Yale
I understand most (or all) of those schools might be long shots. Am I being too ambitious with the schools? Also, do you think my Verbal score might raise a red flag, especially in comparison with the Quant score?
Thanks,
Bharathi
27 Aug 2009, 23:13
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In short, I think you need to apply to a broader range of schools.
Schools in the upper half of the top 16 (Wharton, Kellogg, Chicago, Columbia, Sloan, Tuck) are going to be stretches for you -- choose 1-2 (at most) from this list.
Schools in the bottom half of the top 16 (Ross, Darden, Duke, NYU, Yale, Cornell, UCLA, Haas) are places where you have a more realistic shot, so you should make this your focus. Choose 2-3 from this list.
Schools like Texas, Emory, UNC, USC, etc. are where you should have a decent shot of getting in.
And this assumes that in your applications, you are able to show that you're just as great dealing with people as you are with numbers. There are TONS of applicants with strong math skills (and yes, a lot of them from Asia) - but b-school isn't a math wizardry competition. It's about your potential to be a great boss to work for someday (whether as an entrepreneur or an executive), and that has little to do with your analytical abilities.
Schools in the upper half of the top 16 (Wharton, Kellogg, Chicago, Columbia, Sloan, Tuck) are going to be stretches for you -- choose 1-2 (at most) from this list.
Schools in the bottom half of the top 16 (Ross, Darden, Duke, NYU, Yale, Cornell, UCLA, Haas) are places where you have a more realistic shot, so you should make this your focus. Choose 2-3 from this list.
Schools like Texas, Emory, UNC, USC, etc. are where you should have a decent shot of getting in.
And this assumes that in your applications, you are able to show that you're just as great dealing with people as you are with numbers. There are TONS of applicants with strong math skills (and yes, a lot of them from Asia) - but b-school isn't a math wizardry competition. It's about your potential to be a great boss to work for someday (whether as an entrepreneur or an executive), and that has little to do with your analytical abilities.
09 Sep 2009, 20:53
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Hi Alex,
Thank you for your candid evaluation.
I just have one follow-up question. All things being equal (assuming I have essays demonstrating leadership and people skills, solid recommendations, good interview), do you think my chances of getting into a top 16 school improve if I retake the GMAT and improve the verbal percentile (especially since I've a low verbal score compared to the quant)?
Thanks,
Bharathi
Thank you for your candid evaluation.
I just have one follow-up question. All things being equal (assuming I have essays demonstrating leadership and people skills, solid recommendations, good interview), do you think my chances of getting into a top 16 school improve if I retake the GMAT and improve the verbal percentile (especially since I've a low verbal score compared to the quant)?
Thanks,
Bharathi
