The Application Process

Age: 23
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: Taking this Friday
GPA: 7.87/ 10 point scale.
Work Experience: 1.5 years( by august 2011) as IT professional
Application year: 2011
Status: Targeting R3

Target schools:
Gerogia Tech.
Terry College ( UGA ).


Guys, can you tell me what should i aim for as far as my score and essays are concerned to have a realistic chance of making it despite my lack of work ex?

Hi,
I am Ankita Nayyar, I am having 28 months of full time work experience as a business development executive in a mid size recruitment firm. I have completed my BE in 2008. I want to apply the logical process of thinking inculcated in during engineering to non technical aspects. My current job role requires regular interaction with high level clients. Therefore in a very short time i have learnt a lot from various interactions on how to deal with a variety of people and solve various issues by thinking on my feet. My GMAT score is 640. I am interested in pursuing management education in marketing. I have fair amount of knowledge about marketing, as i have read many books on sales, marketing and advertising. I have practical exposure of sales and business development and I am very much interested in pursuing formal education in the sam. I am targeting US universities. As i am a newbie, so please help in shorlisting universities. If any experts can suggest me some universities according to my profile, it will be of great help.

Regards,
Ankita Nayyar.

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Current City: Halifax
GMAT: 760/6.0
Work Experience: 2.5 years Economic Development -- Small Business Lending/Marketing
Application year: 2011
Status: In the process of applying for most R2s

Schools:

HEC - Paris
Ross
Anderson
Rotman
Schulich
Desautels
Sauder

Age: 24
Gender: Female
Current City: Hyderabad, India
GMAT: 720/3.5 ( My AWA score is pretty low, please suggest me if I should think of retaking GMAT??)
GPA : 7.8/10 --- tough this is considered a "Good - very Good" GPA as perour college scales, when I convert this to 4.0 scale using the mba.com scaling, it converts to 2.8/4.0 which is considered a low score. Please tell me if this will affect my applications??
Work Experience: 2.5 years Software Development at Microsoft
Application year: 2011
Status: In the process of applying for most R2s

Schools:

ISB
INSEAD, Singapore
Ross
Anderson
Tepper
Fisher

Hi friends,

Let me briefly post my profile here:

GMAT: 740
GPA: 3.93 / 5
XII : 83 %
X : 89.2 %

Prefect for 3 years in school. Member of both school and college cricket & soccer teams. Additionally, member in various groups like festival co- ordination committee, magazine committee etc. and also one of the founders of the departmental wall magazine committee in college.

Drawback(s): 1. Typical profile wrt being an Indian, IT , male.
2. Will have around 15 months professional work ex. by August 2011.

Additionally, working on coveted applications, which are directly relevant to MBA, called Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) apps. Have also been extensively involved with 2 NGOs as a voluntary service provider.


Reco letters: One each from my Project Lead (professional), Departmental HOD(acads) and Manager of NGO(extracurricular).

Target Schools for fall 2011: 1. Terry College of Business.
2. Georgia Institute of Technology.





Can you please provide a frank opinion as to whether i have a realistic chance of making it this year? I have already prepared the essays and just waiting for my TOEFL score. So, I have just 2 weeks before I submit the final apps.

bln123 wrote:Target schools:
Oxford (Said) -> applied
Cambridge (Judge) -> applied -> invited to interview
ESADE -> applying today
IE -> possibly applying, even though 13 essays are about 10 too many
Cranfield -> possibly applying
HEC -> possibly applying

Update:
Applied and admitted:
Oxford
Cambridge
ESADE

...hard choice -> please help me choose https://www.beatthegmat.com/help-me-choo ... tml#322693

Age: 26
Gender: Female
Current City: Washington, DC
Nationality American - Caucasian
GMAT: 660/6.0
GPA: 3.51
Full Time Work Experience: 4 years
Application year: 2010
How far along in application process: Interviewing/Hearing Results

Schools interested in:
Columbia - Admitted
Kellogg - Dinged
Haas - Interviewed
Ross - Interviewed
Fuqua - Interview Invitation

Age: 28
Gender: Male
Current City: New York, NY
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: Anxiously waiting to give the 3rd one
UG GPA: 4.00/4.00
Degree(s): MS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University
Full Time Work Experience: 4 years in Wireless
Application year: R2/R3 2011
Status: Visited schools. Preparing for GMAT and writing essays.

Interested schools:
Stanford
HBS
MIT-Sloan
Wharton
Kellogg
INSEAD
Columbia
LBS

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Current City: Fort Worth
Nationality: White
GMAT: 610
UG GPA: 3.7/4
Degree(s): BS in Kinesiology from UT-Austin
Full Time Work Experience: 1.5 yrs managing a golf course, 2 years teaching high school math
Application year: R2 2011
Status: applied to 7 schools

Interested schools:
Washington
UBC - Sauder
Alberta
Utah
CU Boulder
UDenver
TCU

I'm not really sure what I want to happen..if I'm following my heart it's hoping for CU boulder, but living here and TCU makes the most sense because I can keep teaching full-time.

If you got an interview in round 2 you should check out this really good interview guide I found.

https://media.www.harbus.org/media/stora ... 0881.shtml

It's made by current HBS students with their questions and analysis from their actual interviews, and it's only $35. Which compared to the application fee totally seems worth it to me. It says that it is an HBS specific guide, but that's just because of the local info and campus map, etc. I think it servers as awesome prep for any important interview.

Hope everyone is hearing good news!

My Profile :-

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Current City: Noida , India
Nationality - Indian
GMAT: 690/5.5
GPA: 3.1
Full Time Work Experience: 4.5 years
UG: Engineering in Electrical and Electronics
Background - Project Management (Energy Sector)
EC - Decent

Schools I have applied -

1) Tepper - Dinged (without interview)
2) Cornell - Applied
3) Georgetown - Interviewed (then Waitlisted)
4) Queens - Received interview call
5) Rotman - Received interview call
6) RSM , Erasmus - Applied
7) ESADE - Interviewed (Result awaited)
8) IESE - Dinged (without interview)
9) Melbourne Business School - Planning to apply
10) HEC Paris - Dinged (without interview)
11) UNC - Dinged (without interview)

If you got an interview in round 2 to any of the top schools you should check out this awesome interview guide I found!

It's made by current HBS students with their questions and analysis from their actual interviews, and it's only $35. Which compared to the application fee is totally worth it. It says that it is an HBS specific guide, but that's just because of the local info and campus map, etc. I think it can be an excellent prep for any tough interview.

Hope everyone is hearing good news!

If anyone wants info just send me a message!

gtmcdonald wrote:Age:26
Work Experience: 4.5 Years
GMAT: Not taken

I am glad you started this. I cannot decide whether to apply this year or next. I have just this week started studying for the GMAT and am wondering anyone's feedback on whether to wait and apply next year as opposed to this year....Will spending another extra year trying to boost my resume with extracurricular and work achievements and studying be worth it or should I just put the pedal to the medal Thanks!

the profile info you provided is not substantial enough to make a judgment. for starters, you need to:
a. take a mock GMAT and see how you score.
b. figure out what schools and programs interest you and whether your profile, including your GMAT score, can get you in.

besides these, there're so many other variables in the mba admissions equation, such as recommendation letters, essays, etc. -- all of which take quite some time to compose.

HTH

Hi

This topic help me a lot in developing my project. I will contribute more when I finished it.

Age: 22
Gender: Male
Current City: Dallas, TX
Nationality: American - Asian
GMAT: 750
GPA: 3.72
Full Time Work Experience: 1 year
Application year: 2012 / 2013
How far along in application process: Researching

Schools that I am considering (no particular order):
Michigan State (Broad)
Stanford
Harvard (HBS)
Columbia
MIT (Sloan)
Northwestern (Kellogg)
Chicago (Booth)
Duke (Fuqua)
UC-Berkeley
Michigan (Ross)
Pennsylvania (Wharton)
UCLA (Anderson)
INSEAD (France)
London Business School
IMD (Switzerland)