Hi Guys,
I am a little new to posting on BeatTheGmat so please forgive my ignorance. I didn't know if I was supposed to post in a forum or to start a new topic. Hence I am taking the easy way out.
I needed some help from Stacy with regards to my present standing. Let me start by introducing myself. I am a Mechanical Engineer from Univ of Bombay, India with a GPA of 2.8 (??). I presently have 2+ years of work experience and I have been working in San Francisco for the past 3 months. My work has varied between Programming (6 months), Marketing (1.5 years) and Business Operations (3 months). I plan to apply for Fall 2010 which means I will be having 4 years of experience with 2+ years of international experience when I start my college. My GMAT score is 720 with 90 percentile in both Quant(49) and Verbal(40). I have considerable extra-curricular activities that go along well with my regular work.
I plan to be in Sales and Marketing though I AM toying around with the idea of entering Advertising and/or Brand Management because I feel I will do very well for myself in that field.
My year of applying is flexible as is my choice of MBA. I am open to both, Part-time as well as Full-Time. I just want to take the right decision and make sure that my MBA helps me intellectually and not just professionally. My only condition to myself is that I want to do my MBA from the USA.
The questions that I wanted to ask are:
1. I want to pursue my MBA from a top-15 b-school (I am being realistic here!). Where do I stand as of now? What are my chances? Any tips?
2. What are good couple of b-schools that offer top Advertising/Brand Management Courses in the USA?
3. Is there a chance for me to break into the top-10 at all? Since I stay in the Bay-Area, UC-Berkeley is my Mecca. But the reports I've heard from the other advisers have left me pretty demotivated.
Please do let me know if you have any other thoughts or tips that I might find useful. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Kindest Regards
I am a little new to posting on BeatTheGmat so please forgive my ignorance. I didn't know if I was supposed to post in a forum or to start a new topic. Hence I am taking the easy way out.
I needed some help from Stacy with regards to my present standing. Let me start by introducing myself. I am a Mechanical Engineer from Univ of Bombay, India with a GPA of 2.8 (??). I presently have 2+ years of work experience and I have been working in San Francisco for the past 3 months. My work has varied between Programming (6 months), Marketing (1.5 years) and Business Operations (3 months). I plan to apply for Fall 2010 which means I will be having 4 years of experience with 2+ years of international experience when I start my college. My GMAT score is 720 with 90 percentile in both Quant(49) and Verbal(40). I have considerable extra-curricular activities that go along well with my regular work.
I plan to be in Sales and Marketing though I AM toying around with the idea of entering Advertising and/or Brand Management because I feel I will do very well for myself in that field.
My year of applying is flexible as is my choice of MBA. I am open to both, Part-time as well as Full-Time. I just want to take the right decision and make sure that my MBA helps me intellectually and not just professionally. My only condition to myself is that I want to do my MBA from the USA.
The questions that I wanted to ask are:
1. I want to pursue my MBA from a top-15 b-school (I am being realistic here!). Where do I stand as of now? What are my chances? Any tips?
2. What are good couple of b-schools that offer top Advertising/Brand Management Courses in the USA?
3. Is there a chance for me to break into the top-10 at all? Since I stay in the Bay-Area, UC-Berkeley is my Mecca. But the reports I've heard from the other advisers have left me pretty demotivated.
Please do let me know if you have any other thoughts or tips that I might find useful. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Kindest Regards
