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Hi,
Please find below details on my profile. Will be great if you can provide the evaluation.
GRE:315 (161-Quant,154-Verbal) 
Programs of interest-Full-time MBA in Indiana Univ – Kelley, EMLyon, ESMT Germany, SDA Bocconi, Rotterdam School of Management, Vanderbilt Univ – Owen, Wisconsin School of Business, Univ of Southern California – Marshall, Warwick Business School, Manchester Business School, HEC Paris, Carnegie Mellon – Tepper, Georgetown Univ – McDonough, St Gallen Switzerland

Educational Background- 
Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Marketing (Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi, India) with 3.6/5 CGPA
Undergraduate degree B-Tech in Biotech (Kurukshetra University, India) with 3.1/5 CGPA
Professional Background
work experience- 4 years in Marketing and Sales, currently working with HDFC Bank as Sales Manager

Please let me know if you need more details also your views on my chances in the above universities.
Thank you very much for your help.

Admissionado · Answer

Hey dude,
I am missing a bit too much info to give you a real evaluation. Like WHAT you did at your workplace, whether you had leadership, your volunteer work, and extra curricualrs, your greatest work achievements, and so on!

Get back to me with more info, and I'll do my best to advise,

Have a look at the more detailed profile requests in this forum if you aren't sure exactly what to write,
Best,
JF

yadu9991 · Answer

Hi,

Please find rest of the details below:-

1) .What I did at my workplace - I' Handling a team of 8 people to manage Retail products of the bank (Assets and Liability products).

The primary role is to be responsible for all aspects of the marketing & sales function and to provide services orientated towards stakeholders/customers, and ensure that marketing operates in line with corporate objectives to reflect accurately B2B strategic direction. The role involves contributing to the development and functional implementation of the channel marketing and sales strategy.

It's channel sales, where I'm handling a portfolio of certain Dealers and DSA ( car loan, business loan ). I am also sourcing liability products (Current, Savings A/c, Fixed deposits, Insurance) through DST (direct sales team) guys. I'm working as a Branch Sales Manager.

2). Leadership - My role is a managerial, I handle a team of 8 people and manage a portfolio of clients.

3). Volunteer work - I have volunteered for "HELPAGE INDIA" for 3 months to collect donations from people.

4). Extra Curricular - I was captain of Kurukshetra University team (Cricket team) and head student organizer for organizing sports meet. I was also cultural secretary at the university and in Post Graduation as well.

5). Work Achievements - I have received a letter of appreciation from my current organization Regional Business Manager for my outstanding work.

Hi,
Please find below details on my profile. Will be great if you can provide the evaluation.
GRE:315 (161-Quant,154-Verbal) 
Programs of interest-Full-time MBA in Indiana Univ – Kelley, EMLyon, ESMT Germany, SDA Bocconi, Rotterdam School of Management, Vanderbilt Univ – Owen, Wisconsin School of Business, Univ of Southern California – Marshall, Warwick Business School, Manchester Business School, HEC Paris, Carnegie Mellon – Tepper, Georgetown Univ – McDonough, St Gallen Switzerland

Educational Background- 
Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Marketing (Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi, India) with 3.6/5 CGPA
Undergraduate degree B-Tech in Biotech (Kurukshetra University, India) with 3.1/5 CGPA
Professional Background
work experience- 4 years in Marketing and Sales, currently working with HDFC Bank as Sales Manager

Please let me know if you need more details also your views on my chances in the above universities.
Thank you very much for your help.

Hey dude,
I am missing a bit too much info to give you a real evaluation. Like WHAT you did at your workplace, whether you had leadership, your volunteer work, and extra curricualrs, your greatest work achievements, and so on!

Get back to me with more info, and I'll do my best to advise,

Have a look at the more detailed profile requests in this forum if you aren't sure exactly what to write,
Best,
JF

Admissionado · Answer

Okay dude! Now we're talking!

So first of all your work experience is pretty good. Retail banking is not necessarily the strongest industry in finance you can come from, but your leadership of a team of 8 is fantastic, and this is one of your greatest strengths if not your greatest, so use that a lot! But you do have a few big challenges in your profile. First and foremost is your GRE which works out "officially" to about 600-610, but the GRE is usually seen as less good than the GMAT, and for most of the schools on your list it is just too low. Your applicant pool that you are coming from (Indian, Male non top school) will make things even tougher, and these two things together makes your school list unrealistic.

So now you need to choose - do you aim to retake the GRE (or better yet take the GMAT) OR make some big compromises on your school list. The thing I would suggest of course is to retake your GMAT. You really do want to try and get into the best Bschool possible and with your current GRE it's not likely to happen. Plus, since you are pretty young and since anyhow R2 is over for US schools, it's probably better than you wait until R1 2014 to apply. Which gives you about 7 months to take the GMAT.

I know it's probably not exactly what you hoped to hear… but I thinks its good to take a realistic view of your profile.

Hope this helps,
JF

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