Is this a Great Profile for Queens, Rotman, Purdue, Cornell?

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Pls take 2 mins to quickly review my profile:
I got 640 on Gmat on 3 Sep 2008, ( Quant 50, Verbal 25 Sad

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Brief Profile:

HighSchool % = 80.2%
SeniorSec School % = 80.4%
Graduation in Computer Engineering in 2004 = 74.9 %

Total WorkEx = 3.5 yrs

1. Demonstrated high analytical skills throughout my career:

* Scored 97% marks in Mathematics in 10th and 12th both.
* 99.63 %ile in Niit National IT aptitude test - scored 221 rank out of 65000 candidates and received a merit certificate in Mathematics by Chess Champ Vishwanathan Anand.
* Received a Merit Certificate in National Matematics Olympiad Competition scoring 87% marks
* Scored 99.6 %ile in Mathematics in CAT 2006 and got 94%ile marks in Quantitative Analysis in GMAT 2008.

2. Helped spread awareness about HIV/AIDS by conducting knowledge sharing sessions at my workplace and made 300 people aware about the myths surrounding this dreaded disease.

3. Active participant in Bar Camps and Bloggers meets in Mumbai and actively pursue new business ideas.

4. Completed Fire Warden's training in Toronto and worked with a team of professional FireFighters to vacate a building during the Fire Drills held at workplace.

5. Attended a one week AFSB ( Air Force Selection Board) in Varanasi, India during May 2004 and stayed in Air Force Camp where I followed a hectic training schedule and worked on multiple tasks in a team of 12.

6. Worked with CCIL for 2 yrs. CCIL is a clearing and settlement house which deals in Govt Securities.

7. Completed a one week program of Art of living, conducted by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. And spread awareness about the yoga methodology and breathing techniques involved in the course, among my friends and colleagues.

8. Passionate about blogging on my personal blog where I write about technology, Adventure, Spirituality and Travelling.

9. Learned two foreign languages (German Language and French language) during college time and received certificates for the same.

10. Managed the hostel library during 2002-2003 during my stint at college and learned about how to manage a library.

11.Worked with CIBC Bank in Toronto,Canada from May 2007 till Feb 2008 where I was responsible for production support of a system. The system involved supporting the issues in mortgage and lending.

12. Worked with a project on Bank Samba and Bank Muscat products on multiple assignments, where I worked on interacting with Back Office and on working on ATM/IVR services, using which a user in Samba bank's ATM would be able to place an order in Saudi Stock Exchange.

13. Took responsibility of CR( Class Representative) and coordinated a group of 55 people with faculty members during the ILP( Initial Learning Programme) held at Trivandrum during April-May 2005.

14. Won the ADMAD Show at workplace, where as a team of 5, we made an innovative Advertisement and our team won the Show out of 6 participating teams.

15. Conducted a training on 'Lateral Thinking' ( Concept by Edward De Bono ) in 2006 at workplace and demonstrated how to come up with Innovative ideas using the lateral thinking techniques.

I am targetting: Queens Univ, Rotman, Cornell-Johnson, Purdue Univ and Harvard.. for 2009 admissions..

How does my profile suits these colleges.. Pls advice.. And how to go about applications..?

A million Thanks !!!

Ankit
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VP_MBA_Guru · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:20 am Post subject:

Hi Ankit,
HBS will be a stretch given your GMAT score. I am not familiar with the admissions requirements of the international programs listed. Purdue and Cornell could be in your range.

Regards,

NP