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Profile review for 2nd MBA

by amlan84 » Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:10 am
Demographics: 29 year old male, Indian
GMAT: 720/94 percentile (48Q/41V, 78 and 93 percentile respectively)

Academics:
Secondary School score-91.2%
High School school-89.4%
Undergraduate from Top 10 Engineering College (Non IIT/NIT) in Production and Industrial with 3.5GPA
MBA from Top 10 Indian Institute with 3.57 GPA and in Top 10 percent of class. Dual Major in Marketing and Finance.

Reason for second MBA- global opportunities, and career acceleration

Work History: 5+ years at Reckitt Benckiser India currently as Category Trade Marketing Manager. In this role, I am involved with a Global Project on 'Go to Market' as business lead and handling trade marketing of a personal care category. I have been promoted thrice during my tenure.
Key Achievements at work: I was Number 1 Area Sales Manager in India in 2010 and Number 1 Key Account Manager (Modern Trade) in India in 2012.
Awards and scholarships-
National Science Olympiad winner, Rank 58 in 2000.
Junior Science Talent Search Scholarship Winner in 1999.
School Prefect 2001-02

Extracurricular:
- Won several quizzes in school
- Part of School Choir
- Part of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) from 2002-06
- During MBA, part of Marketing and Finance Clubs.
- Enjoy sports like football, table tennis, swimming, and cricket

International Experience: During engineering, took part in International Vehicle Design Competition- Supermileage in Michigan, 2005. Won two awards: most aerodynamic design and team spirit

Post MBA goals:
Short-term -To move from Sales profile to a marketing/general management role with a leading consumer goods company/consultancy in a global MNC

Need opinion: Kindly let me know if my school choices as given below are apt for my profile and which schools out of these am I likely to get through. Also, please guide me which 8 schools I should apply to out of this list.

Stretch Schools- Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD
Reach Schools- Kellogg, Columbia, Darden, Ross, Haas, Fuqua, NYU Stern
Undecided- Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan
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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:05 pm
I think HBS and Wharton are out-of-reach as your GMAT score is below average for successful Indian applicants there and your experience is very good but not might not be competitive for those programs.

Given your goals, I think Kellogg, Booth, and Columbia to be good reach schools for you. I would recommend you apply to Columbia Early Decision to increase your chances. I would also recommend you consider adding UCLA Anderson given its strong marketing program and Cornell Johnson (to increase your overall chances of acceptance).

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by ErinaApphelp » Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:09 pm
Hi,

You have good profile with notable acads, GMAT, ECs and an avg. GPA/undergrad scores. There are few b-school(s) who does not allow 2nd MBA. So, I would suggest you to write to MBA admission office & ask your eligibility.

With the given information you may target b-school(s) like: Tuck, Ross, Duke, Darden, Cornell, LBS, Oxford, INSEAD, IMD, IE-Spain, HEC-Paris, ISB, CEIBS-Shanghai, NUS and Nanyang. You may try your chances in b-school(s) by clicking https://tinyurl.com/pretzmp. Having said this, you must mention about your awards/achievements & leadership qualities in application essays and showcase ability to work with others, maturity & professionalism during final interviews.

Let me know in case of further queries. You may PM your details for school selection or profile evaluation.

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amlan84 wrote:Demographics: 29 year old male, Indian
GMAT: 720/94 percentile (48Q/41V, 78 and 93 percentile respectively)

Academics:
Secondary School score-91.2%
High School school-89.4%
Undergraduate from Top 10 Engineering College (Non IIT/NIT) in Production and Industrial with 3.5GPA
MBA from Top 10 Indian Institute with 3.57 GPA and in Top 10 percent of class. Dual Major in Marketing and Finance.

Reason for second MBA- global opportunities, and career acceleration

Work History: 5+ years at Reckitt Benckiser India currently as Category Trade Marketing Manager. In this role, I am involved with a Global Project on 'Go to Market' as business lead and handling trade marketing of a personal care category. I have been promoted thrice during my tenure.
Key Achievements at work: I was Number 1 Area Sales Manager in India in 2010 and Number 1 Key Account Manager (Modern Trade) in India in 2012.
Awards and scholarships-
National Science Olympiad winner, Rank 58 in 2000.
Junior Science Talent Search Scholarship Winner in 1999.
School Prefect 2001-02

Extracurricular:
- Won several quizzes in school
- Part of School Choir
- Part of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) from 2002-06
- During MBA, part of Marketing and Finance Clubs.
- Enjoy sports like football, table tennis, swimming, and cricket

International Experience: During engineering, took part in International Vehicle Design Competition- Supermileage in Michigan, 2005. Won two awards: most aerodynamic design and team spirit

Post MBA goals:
Short-term -To move from Sales profile to a marketing/general management role with a leading consumer goods company/consultancy in a global MNC

Need opinion: Kindly let me know if my school choices as given below are apt for my profile and which schools out of these am I likely to get through. Also, please guide me which 8 schools I should apply to out of this list.

Stretch Schools- Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD
Reach Schools- Kellogg, Columbia, Darden, Ross, Haas, Fuqua, NYU Stern
Undecided- Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan
GMAT-720
Undergrad- Top 5 college in India
MBA- Top 15 FT ranking b-school
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by neoneo » Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:40 pm
Hello,

Dual MBA is rarely looked in positive light.

HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Haas are out of reach. They all are extremely selective. Even for other schools, you'll have to give a hell of an explanation why you need to go back to school, esp. after getting an MBA from a top 10 school ( in this case going to a good MBA school is not helping you).

Your best bet are some of the less selective or larger MBA programs who may find strength in the rest of your profile - undergrad, experience.

Your extracurricular activities are weak, might want to work on that.


Reach: Fuqua, Darden, Cornell, Ross.
Kellogg maybe.

Rest: A toss.


Best luck,

NeoNeo