Request for Profile Evaluation and School suggestion

[ramakanthgade]

Hi All,

Kindly evaluate my profile and suggest me which should be my Dream, Reach and Safe schools.

Education: PGDBM (MBA - Marketing specialization) from IPE (OU Campus, Hyderabad) with 75%
Bachelor of Information Technology (from Manipal University) with 80%
XII standard - 83.2%
X Standard - 80%

Overall GPA is 3.97 (as calculated through the website Wes.org)

Work Experience: 5 Years in IT Industry but worked in 3 different departments - Business Development, Presales and Software Testing. Right now working as a Quality Analyst.

GMAT - 670 (Q -48, V - 34, AWA - 4.5)

Extra Curricular Activities: Won many prizes in Caroms and Badminton in Inter College competitions in my Degree and PG.
Given some stage performances (Dancing)
Won many prizes in Business Quizzing
Involved in many charitable activities in my earlier company and I am also trying to initiate a charitable trust in the present company so that all the employees can donate amount through their payrolls each month and that money to be used for educating underprivileged children in and around Hyderabad.

I want to apply for 2012 Fall Semester.

Kindly let me know if you need any more information.

I will be waiting for your reply.

Thanks,
Ramakanth

[vineeshp]

Hi,

You already have an MBA? Why do you need another one?

Also, you havent given important data. What are your long term goals. Schools need to be selected on the basis of that.

[ramakanthgade]

Hi Vineesh,

Thanks for your reply.

The primary reasons for opting for another MBA are:

1) To change my career (I want to get into consulting)
2) To have International Experience
3) To increase my network and of course to earn more money.

My short term goal is to get in to Consulting and my Long term goal is to be an entrepreneur.

Kindly let me know if you need any more details to suggest me my Safe, Reach and Dream schools.

Thanks,
Ramakanth

Hi,

You already have an MBA? Why do you need another one?

Also, you havent given important data. What are your long term goals. Schools need to be selected on the basis of that.

[vineeshp]

Hi,

Selecting schools is a long and tedious process. I have been at it for months and I have not been able to complete my own list. Your choice of schools has to come from you.

Start by going through the list of schools. Financial times / USNEWS / Business Week rankings are a good place to start.

go through each school's website and their course, academic life, placement stats and class profile details. See if you fit there. That is the way to go about it.

[ThinkAdmit]

Hi Ramakanth,

As vineeshp pointed out rightly, school selection is long drawn research process and there is a lot more information required to help you with that.

Broadly, the 3 weak areas I can see are:
1. Weak GMAT Score for a person with your profile. Indian candidates from IT background tend to score more and is a competitive pool.
2. The reason for doing a second MBA is not satisfactory enough.
3. Your MBA goals are not specific and not well thought of. Why do you want to get into consulting and why didn't you opt for consulting after your first MBA? Do you have any transferable skills that will be useful in your consulting career? etc...