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Hi,

Kindly evaluate my profile.

Profile:
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Work:

I am an Indian male from an IT background. Working for an Indian IT services company (5 years work experience).
Managed a team of 7 members.
Proposed many process improvements which resulted in 10 percent increase in revenue for my project.
I have international work experience. (UK)
Was nominated for 'Star performer' award numerous times.
My team has also received the Star team award.
Received lot of client appreciations for my work.

Extracurriculars:

Organised cultural activities in office and college.
Collected donations for charity by organisings food sale in office.
Presented numerous presentations for the purpose of knowledge building in my team.
Won many prizes in impromptive and prepared speech competitions.
Won many prizes in school level for Chess tournaments.
Won many prizes for Drama and Solo-acting compititions.
Acted as a child actor in a professional play viewed by an audience of 1000.
Was house captain in school.


Academics:
GPA: 3.3 (Bachelours digree)
12th Grade: 80%
10th Grade: 87%
Got 91 percentile score in All India Engineering entrance exam.

TOEFL: 116

GMAT: 680 (Q:47, V:35, IR:3, AWA:5). Will try to improve score to 700.

I want to work in a technology company as a consultant post MBA.

Please evaluate my profile for the following colleges:

Judge School Of business (Cambridge)
Oxford
Warwick Business School
National university of singapore
Nanyang Business School
Australia Graduate school of management
Melbourne Business school
University of toronto
York university: Schulich
ISB

Kindly also let me know a list of MBA colleges(Outside US since I cannot afford US colleges) which are realistic for my profile.

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by GeneralEducation » Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:22 am
Hi,

You have good profile for the shortlisted schools, next step for you is to focus on the application and get started soon so that you can apply to maximum schools in scholarship qualifying round.You can also target schools like HEC, Mannheim, SMU (Singapore Management University), SP Jain, XLRI. For gauging your chances for top B-Schools try this tool visit https://goo.gl/11s5zu

Regards,
Manish
www.genedmba.com
pthejasvi001 wrote:Hi,

Kindly evaluate my profile.

Profile:
===========

Work:

I am an Indian male from an IT background. Working for an Indian IT services company (5 years work experience).
Managed a team of 7 members.
Proposed many process improvements which resulted in 10 percent increase in revenue for my project.
I have international work experience. (UK)
Was nominated for 'Star performer' award numerous times.
My team has also received the Star team award.
Received lot of client appreciations for my work.

Extracurriculars:

Organised cultural activities in office and college.
Collected donations for charity by organisings food sale in office.
Presented numerous presentations for the purpose of knowledge building in my team.
Won many prizes in impromptive and prepared speech competitions.
Won many prizes in school level for Chess tournaments.
Won many prizes for Drama and Solo-acting compititions.
Acted as a child actor in a professional play viewed by an audience of 1000.
Was house captain in school.


Academics:
GPA: 3.3 (Bachelours digree)
12th Grade: 80%
10th Grade: 87%
Got 91 percentile score in All India Engineering entrance exam.

TOEFL: 116

GMAT: 680 (Q:47, V:35, IR:3, AWA:5). Will try to improve score to 700.

I want to work in a technology company as a consultant post MBA.

Please evaluate my profile for the following colleges:

Judge School Of business (Cambridge)
Oxford
Warwick Business School
National university of singapore
Nanyang Business School
Australia Graduate school of management
Melbourne Business school
University of toronto
York university: Schulich
ISB

Kindly also let me know a list of MBA colleges(Outside US since I cannot afford US colleges) which are realistic for my profile.

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by 99Colleges: MBA Admission » Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:24 pm
pthejasvi001,

Your GMAT score is a par-score at most of the schools you are targeting, so it need not be a worry but for few schools.

How long was your international (UK) experience? And, are there any significant achievements during this stint?

Regards,
Anil, MBA (Wharton)| MBA Admissions Consultant
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