selection of b-schools

[vikram4689]

please help in selecting suitable 5 bschools for me -
a) post-mba entrepreneurship in education
b) i want close-knits b-schools where team work is second to none and where a) is given importance as that will also increase my chances of admission
c) age-26, indian, 3.8yr work experience in high tech and really strong ngo experience in education
d) expecting gmat 740 (exam in few days)
e) last year rejected from ISB and Booth coz of gmat score (31 V)

i noted following as 3 suitable for me (need 2 more for reporting scores on exam day)
Kellogg, Tuck, ISB

Experts,
1) any advice on my list - addition or deletion of any school
2) how about darden/hkust/haas/kelley/cornell/nus/emory/tepper - are they easy/tough for my profile
3) any other schools for me (i want to get into b-school this year, so need some easy to get into BUT GOOD schools for my profile) - not focusing on BABSON coz i want to do MBA from bschool that has brand value
4) i don't know what are things schools in 2) look for. their requirements are almost similar and that is what confuses me Smile in deciding where my chances are good. one the basis of my research i came to know that wharton/columbia/stern are hard-core finance and harvard is for IB so decided not to apply to these - am i correct in evaluating my chances at these school

[Jon@Admissionado]

Hey Vikram,
Nice GPA!!! And if you can hit your target GMAT, that would be awesome! With that one-two, you would be off to the best possible of starts....

I think also that you have made a preeeeetty good selection of schools, but I wanted to run a few thoughts by you, based on your goals and what you wrote you are looking for.

First of all is "Teamwork schools". The schools that pop into mind most when thinking of "Teamwork" are Tuck, Kellogg, Duke... and Yale too.

If we are taking the "NGO" angle then Yale, Haas, Kellogg (and yes, Stanford too, but that is likely a long shot)

You might also be interested in schools with known strengths in Education: Columbia, Stanford, John Hopkins, Northwestern (Kellogg), UCLA

Soooo as you see, a few schools turn up on more than one list for you.... so you might thinking about that when you approach your thought of which schools to apply to.

I'm not so sure about Columbia Harvard and Wharton being so hardcore finance. Yes, of course they are ALSO, but HBS still has one of the best programs for non-profit people, and Columbia for education people, soooo it's something to think about.

I hope these thoughts help you get started off, and if you have any further thoughts, just let me know.