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21 Dec 2009, 10:40
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Hello
Can you please review my profile:
Female/27/Indian
GMAT score: 710; Q 46/76; V 41/92; AWA: 6/90; totaly 710/92
I have a Masters in CS from USC, GPA 3.74. I have worked as a software engineer with a Software giant in the US itself for 2 years 9 months before I was laid off in the current economic recession. I am working as a teacher right now since August 2009.
I was a founding member of a network at my previous company which i also led for almost 1.5 years. I have two patents pending in the USPTO. I am a member of a NGO and work with their grants team.
I am a round two applicant for Harvard/ Wharton/ UCLA/ Haas and Stanford.
I am applying to CMU in round three.
Please review my profile.
Can you please review my profile:
Female/27/Indian
GMAT score: 710; Q 46/76; V 41/92; AWA: 6/90; totaly 710/92
I have a Masters in CS from USC, GPA 3.74. I have worked as a software engineer with a Software giant in the US itself for 2 years 9 months before I was laid off in the current economic recession. I am working as a teacher right now since August 2009.
I was a founding member of a network at my previous company which i also led for almost 1.5 years. I have two patents pending in the USPTO. I am a member of a NGO and work with their grants team.
I am a round two applicant for Harvard/ Wharton/ UCLA/ Haas and Stanford.
I am applying to CMU in round three.
Please review my profile.
21 Dec 2009, 15:15
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Hi easternwind,
You have the same challenge that many other applicants here will have: finding parts of your profile to emphasize so that you stand out vs. the hundreds of other "Indian/IT" applicants who will apply to these schools. You mentioned that you are a member of an NGO, but more important is being able to show that you've taken a leadership role and really made a difference. Many applicants mistakenly believe that they just need to "show up" and attend events, but what's most important is being able to point to specific instances where you made a positive difference.
Your layoff has certainly been a setback, but your teaching experience might actually provide for some very good material for you to use in your admissions essays and interview.
Your GMAT quant score is a bit on the low side (we tell our clients that ideally their quant and verbal scores are each at least above the 80th percentile), but given the fact that deadlines are just 2-3 weeks away, you may not have enough time to take it again, and that time might be better spent on other parts of your application, anyway.
This is just for fun (don't take the results too seriously), but you can try plugging your profile into this tool and see what schools it thinks you'll be competitive at!
https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#
Scott
You have the same challenge that many other applicants here will have: finding parts of your profile to emphasize so that you stand out vs. the hundreds of other "Indian/IT" applicants who will apply to these schools. You mentioned that you are a member of an NGO, but more important is being able to show that you've taken a leadership role and really made a difference. Many applicants mistakenly believe that they just need to "show up" and attend events, but what's most important is being able to point to specific instances where you made a positive difference.
Your layoff has certainly been a setback, but your teaching experience might actually provide for some very good material for you to use in your admissions essays and interview.
Your GMAT quant score is a bit on the low side (we tell our clients that ideally their quant and verbal scores are each at least above the 80th percentile), but given the fact that deadlines are just 2-3 weeks away, you may not have enough time to take it again, and that time might be better spent on other parts of your application, anyway.
This is just for fun (don't take the results too seriously), but you can try plugging your profile into this tool and see what schools it thinks you'll be competitive at!
https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#
Scott
21 Dec 2009, 19:36
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Hi quixx23
Thanks for your reply.
I have always wanted to work in the education software sector and so had been working as an engineer. And the teaching experience taught me what is needed from the software. At the same time, the NGO that I work for helps provide education to underprivileged kids. I have been working on this for a while. In fact, if you search for my name, it is mentioned in the NGO newsletters. I have awards for leadership and mentoring school kids. I believe that while my lay off was most definitely very big setback, I have rallied back from it very well.
I agree about my GMAT score, that is one point that is bothering me a lot.
Regards
easternwind
Thanks for your reply.
I have always wanted to work in the education software sector and so had been working as an engineer. And the teaching experience taught me what is needed from the software. At the same time, the NGO that I work for helps provide education to underprivileged kids. I have been working on this for a while. In fact, if you search for my name, it is mentioned in the NGO newsletters. I have awards for leadership and mentoring school kids. I believe that while my lay off was most definitely very big setback, I have rallied back from it very well.
I agree about my GMAT score, that is one point that is bothering me a lot.
Regards
easternwind
