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21 Apr 2015, 01:58
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Hi all,
I am a 24 year old male engineer from India.
Academic Background:
Class X : 88.33 %
Class XII : 85.4 %
B. Tech. : 8.06/10 on an absolute scale in Civil Engineering form IIT (BHU), Varanasi (a top 10 engineering college in India).
Work Experience:
9 months in Ambuja Cements as a Site Engineer overseeing construction activities.
11 Months till date in a Design firm as Design Engineer where I design bridges for State Government as well as Indian Railways.
In my present work I also design bridges for rural areas of India.
will have 2+ years of work ex during round 1 of the admission process around October 2015.
Extra Curricular:
negligible
But have worked for an NGO for 1+ year which works in the very under developed areas of my state.
GMAT:
OA: 720, verbal: 37, Quant: 50, IR:7/8, AWA: 5/6
Had put in 1 month of casual prep for this result.
I would like to know your opinion about the following queries of mine:
1. Is my GMAT score good enough for even the top 10 colleges of USA or do i need to retake the GMAT with some more preperation?
2. Is hardcore technical experience a good thing or will it hamper my chances of a premier B School?
Also is 2+ years of work ex good enough because i have heard that 3+ years of work is considered good for most top B school in USA?
3. Is TOEFL absolutely necessary for applicants from INDIA or is it not needed if my college gives a written acknowledgement about language of instruction being in English.
4. I would start preparing for the application essays and all from now only but I am not sure how to approach the whole thing.
5. Also I am interested in Consulting/ Finance in which I have no prior work ex and I have read that Ad Coms expects the candidate to be specific about their future endeavours. Kindly help me out with this confusion as to how am i supposed to be specific. (right now the only real reason that I can think of is being good with numbers and love for reading finance related news like Euro Zone Crisis, US housing bubble and all)
6. Also what colleges in USA and EUROPE should I target? (Had an interview call from ESADE, Spain in 2014 where I had not applied but since I was not sure about pursing an MBA at that point in time I did not give it a try. Does this mean that the college is interested in my profile or is it just to get more people to appear for Interview?)
Thanks in Advance
I am a 24 year old male engineer from India.
Academic Background:
Class X : 88.33 %
Class XII : 85.4 %
B. Tech. : 8.06/10 on an absolute scale in Civil Engineering form IIT (BHU), Varanasi (a top 10 engineering college in India).
Work Experience:
9 months in Ambuja Cements as a Site Engineer overseeing construction activities.
11 Months till date in a Design firm as Design Engineer where I design bridges for State Government as well as Indian Railways.
In my present work I also design bridges for rural areas of India.
will have 2+ years of work ex during round 1 of the admission process around October 2015.
Extra Curricular:
negligible
But have worked for an NGO for 1+ year which works in the very under developed areas of my state.
GMAT:
OA: 720, verbal: 37, Quant: 50, IR:7/8, AWA: 5/6
Had put in 1 month of casual prep for this result.
I would like to know your opinion about the following queries of mine:
1. Is my GMAT score good enough for even the top 10 colleges of USA or do i need to retake the GMAT with some more preperation?
2. Is hardcore technical experience a good thing or will it hamper my chances of a premier B School?
Also is 2+ years of work ex good enough because i have heard that 3+ years of work is considered good for most top B school in USA?
3. Is TOEFL absolutely necessary for applicants from INDIA or is it not needed if my college gives a written acknowledgement about language of instruction being in English.
4. I would start preparing for the application essays and all from now only but I am not sure how to approach the whole thing.
5. Also I am interested in Consulting/ Finance in which I have no prior work ex and I have read that Ad Coms expects the candidate to be specific about their future endeavours. Kindly help me out with this confusion as to how am i supposed to be specific. (right now the only real reason that I can think of is being good with numbers and love for reading finance related news like Euro Zone Crisis, US housing bubble and all)
6. Also what colleges in USA and EUROPE should I target? (Had an interview call from ESADE, Spain in 2014 where I had not applied but since I was not sure about pursing an MBA at that point in time I did not give it a try. Does this mean that the college is interested in my profile or is it just to get more people to appear for Interview?)
Thanks in Advance
22 Apr 2015, 00:36
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mohitkashyap
Hello there Mohit!
Thanks for writing, dude.
Let me start with your queries:
1. A 720 is good enough. Yes people will be applying with higher scores from India. But honestly, what gets people in once you pass a certain threshold is their profile. And 10 or 20 points more won't make a huge difference. In fact you should be happy with your score! It's an excellent one!
2. Hardcore technical experience is fine (coding is less good), but the question is more what did you DO with this experience? How good were you? How much impact did you have? How much leadership?
3. Absolutely necessary.
4. You are right that the first thing is to figure out WHERE to apply to. For you, I'd need to dig deeper to really see, but let's say schools ranked 10-30 would be about right (in the US).
5. Finance is a terrible idea. You have no experience in finance, and this makes that goal unrealistic. Consulting is much more reasonable because there is consulting for every industry.
6. See above!
Now, one thing to think about is your work experience. You CAN apply with 2 years, but it's a bit low. It may make your stories and achievements seem weak in comparison to other similar candidates given the responsibility you and they have, and it may simply be a bit low so that the AdComs might say "He's an interesting guy, but let's wait and see."
That doesn't mean you CAN'T apply if you have a good reason, but you should have a good reason
I hope this helps, and if you have any other questions, just drop a line,
Best,
Jon
