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Hi ,

Kindly evaluate my profile and provide your valuable inputs on B-schools i should be aiming for.

Indian Female working in F&S domain in Accenture since last 4.5 yrs
work Location: Bloomington,IL,USA 2012 Jan - Till now
Chennai,India 2009-2011 dec
Age: 26

GMAT:
GMAT - 690 - Q46, V39 ,IR-7

Education Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication 71.01% First Division:2008
 10th Standard: CBSE: 88.8% school topper :2002
 12th Standard : CBSE: 78.2% 2004

Summer trainings and Internship:

DRDO: Defense research and Development organisation
Research assistant for Solid state physics LASER. Was actively involved in:
"¢ Creation/Assembly of Solid state laser
"¢ Analysis on the research papers presented on Solid state results

ERTL: Electronics regional testing lab
"¢ Study of State-of-the-art Anaechoic Chamber
"¢ Study of the process of CE certification of digital instruments(Surge and Burst test)

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Currently working as a Test lead for a leading auto insurance client in USA.
The responsibilities include:
"¢ Test plan,Test strategy and other tesing deliverables
"¢ Testing coordination
"¢ Requirements Analysis
"¢ Creating detailed design
"¢ Creation and Execution of System test cases
"¢ Defect Tracking in TRAC "¢
Involved in Peer Review
"¢ System Testing


Extra curricular actvities
Accenture
*GCP (Global career program)onboarding team:
Aimed at:
1)Helping new joiners at onsite during their initial stay.
2)Assisting them in documentation and paperwork

*GCP Scheduling team:
Interviewing Subcontarctors for accenture and aligning them as per job openings.

*GCP LKM team:
Planning and coordinating:
1)Rewards &recognition programs
2)Mentoring Lunches
3)Know your leads initiative
4)Cultural diversity programs

*GCP Corporate citizenship:
Helping homeless and needy(Food,clothing and monetary help)

*Akshaya Patra Initiative (For providing food to the needy)
* Technical paper presentation on : Impact of driver less cars in Auto insurance
* Participated in Bloomington -Normal Half Marathon.


College Level:"¢ Founding member of Orator's club
"¢ Founding Member's of spiritual Club.
"¢ Active member of Electronics group :The digitals
"¢ Organised Technical fest for ECE dept.
"¢ Was active contributor for College Fest

School level:
"¢ Got many awards and accolades for debates ,declamation ,group song and Poem recitation.
"¢ Won Poem recitation competition for regional level for Kendriya Vidyalaya
"¢ Won drawing competition organised by Bal Bhawan
"¢ Was House captain and participated and won many prizes in Kendriya Vidyalaya

Hobbies/Interests:
"¢ Jogging/Long Distance Running
"¢ Hiking/Canoeing
"¢ Cooking (Indian/International cuisine) Desserts &Baking in particular
"¢ Music
"¢ Watching Historical movies &Documentaries

I plan to apply in R2.
Also, kindly suggest whether aiming for ISB with this score is justified or not.

Thanks
Ritz

Thank you JF for your response.It really gave me a boost.I am fairly new to this admission process .Hence, am little unsure of the colleges i should apply to.Kindly suggest what all B-schools i should apply to with this GMAT score.I am thinking of applying to NUS also.

Jon@Admissionado wrote:Well, what are your goals? What would you like to do? where would you like to work? what are you looking for in a program? Are you thinking ONLY about Asian programs? Or also US and European???

Hi Jon,

I wanted to know more about the business front as my current job profile is highly technical in nature.I would like to work as a Business analyst in future.As far as programs are concerned i am looking for either Asian or US programs.Currently i have applied for ISB and have been interviewed too.Please suggest the other programs i can apply to.

Jon@Admissionado wrote:Well, the thing is for US schools, the boat has pretty much sailed, and you won't be able to apply till next year. Should you not get into NUS or ISB, then I figure you'd be a good shot at schools ranked say about 10-30 in the US rankings. Although if you were to apply next year and believed that you might be able to get a higher GMAT score, I'd definitely urge you to take that shot, cause at your level, even an extra 20 points can make a real difference.

Hope this helps!

Hi Jon,
Its been a while since I last asked for your advice. I was waitlisted for ISB when I applied in 2013.I could not apply in 2014 to US business schools also due to personal reasons. I also did take my GMAT again but my score was maxing out at 690 despite getting 720-730 in mocks. My four months of effort for GMAT study seem to have gone down the drain as I was hoping that I could apply to Kellogg with a 730+ score.So ,kindly tell me which US schools I should apply to this year with match/stretch/safe split. Also, do let me know do I have a fair shot at Ross Michigan this time? I really do want to get good brand name in terms of B-school. So, kindly do help...I am at my wits end.

PS: Sorry for the sad rant