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Hi Linda / Accepted.com,

Please evaluate my profile and let me know which category of schools i can target. Am providing info as you had requested.

1) Brief description of your full-time work experience.

-By fall 2012, I will be having 6.5 years work ex in a top IT services firm in India
-Have worked for Fortune 500 clients based in US.
-Have extensive experience in planning, delivering and managing complex software projects that involve multiple technologies, stake holders and delivery teams.
-Have lead team(s) of 6 to 10 members.
-Have received good appreciations and Star-of-the-month kind rewards.
-had successfully spearheaded Media Campaign and communications for two high profile week long Techfests.

2) Your GMAT.
760 Q50V44

3) College info: The name of the college, your GPA or grade average, your major, year of graduation. For any graduate degrees, please provide the same info. If you grades are low, please indicate if there were extenuating circumstances.

College: Anna University, Chennai (One of the Top 10 institutes in India)
GPA: 7 (on a 10 point scale)
Major: Production Engineering

4) Significant college and post-college extra-curricular activities or community service, especially leadership experience.

Public Relations officer of a club @ college
Headed a student political party election campaign @ college
Founded a new motivation system to foster healthy competition and improve associate's yearly appraisal goals achievement @ work
Spearheaded Media campaigns for hi profile Techfest @ work

5) Important certifications like CFA, CPA, FSA, or CA.
Nil. I have a IBM Certified Database Associate certificate.

6) Your target programs.
I am targeting "elite" schools strong in marketing curriculum and can get me jobs in B2C Tech industry. (Haas and the like - research on B schools ongoing).

7) Your post-MBA goal.

Marketing jobs (Brand management/ Product management) in B2C Tech industry -software products, Digital marketing, Social media.

Hello,

From the information you've provided, you're qualified for top MBA programs. The drawback is being in the Indian IT group. However, it looks from your work description that you've had lots of leadership, business interface, and global experience, as well as interaction with elite customers. Moreover, you've taken initiative and can show impact in recent community activities (albeit work community). These factors will help you distinguish yourself within this group.

I would consider you to be a viable candidate for programs of the level of Haas - it would be a reasonable reach (I'd say on-par, but its low acceptance rate makes it essentially a reasonable reach for anyone no matter how qualified) with a stellar application (and please note, a stellar app is imperative in your situation - Indian IT and targeting top programs). MIT Sloan might be another. You could justifiably target any top level schools that meet your program/curricular needs. An on-par-level program might be Cornell.

Best regards,
Cindy Tokumitsu
Senior Editor, www.Accepted.com