Hi
I am planning to apply for the fall 2012 intake. A brief background of my profile is as below:
GMAT: 680 (Q - 45, V - 38)
TOEFL: yet to take
Academic background
>> BA (Honours) Economics from SRCC, Delhi University. Marks - 56%.
>> Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Marketing) from IMT. GPA - 7.5 /9
Total years of experience - 5 years (as on Aug'11)
>> 3+ years experience in the general insurance industry in India (3 years in product management and 6 months in reinsurance)
>> 1.5 years of new business development (procurement & operations) experience in agricultural commodities in upcountry Indonesia
Extracurricular
>> Managed various events as a member of the Marketing Club, Economics Society and Commerce Society at college
>> Active participation in dramatics & music in school and college
>> Held leadership positions in high school
Target Schools
>> London Business School
>> INSEAD
>> Columbia Business School
>> Chicago Booth
>> Wharton
>> ISB Hyderabad
>> IE Spain
>> IMD Switzerland
Planning for specialization in Finance and will apply to around 6-7 schools based on fit.
Please help me with my profile evaluation and my chances of admission for the above schools. Or should I target schools with lesser ranking to have high chances of admission?
Regards
Avijit
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Dear Avijit,
If your end goal is to be in business school by Aug/Sept of 2012, then I encourage you to revise your school list. You have some great programs, but these are all highly competitive with large applicant pools. While you are positives in your profile, you will be competing for a few slots and have a below average GMAT for most of your targets. It is prudent to have a mix of reach, reasonable and safety options to give yourself the best chance of being successful in the admissions process. Your current list is all reach programs, so you might want to add some where your profile is more above average and the selectivity percentage is higher.
Good luck,
Lisa
If your end goal is to be in business school by Aug/Sept of 2012, then I encourage you to revise your school list. You have some great programs, but these are all highly competitive with large applicant pools. While you are positives in your profile, you will be competing for a few slots and have a below average GMAT for most of your targets. It is prudent to have a mix of reach, reasonable and safety options to give yourself the best chance of being successful in the admissions process. Your current list is all reach programs, so you might want to add some where your profile is more above average and the selectivity percentage is higher.
Good luck,
Lisa
