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I am schedule to take my exam on 18-09-2013. Please evaluate my profile and help me to select the B school.
BRIEF PROFILE:

Age : 26 years

Education:

10th ICSE board year 2003 91%
12th ISC board year 2005 91%
Graduation : B E (Marine Engineering) Year 2010 75% from DMET Kolkata (known as T S Chankya also) affiliated to Jadavpur University. Admission thru IIT JEE merit list.
Always in top 10% in the class.

Extra Curricular activities:

Very good in extra curricular activities and many certificates to support in sports, organization & management at school, college and national meets.
Work Experience: I am Marine Engineer (Mariner Profile) with more than 18.5 months of sailing experience with overall 3 years of work experience. Will be prepared for additional work experience to get to top business schools.

GMAT Prep. Scores:
Varitas 720 (Q50 V39) on 25-07-13
Kaplan 760 on 29-07-13
MGMAT 720 (Q51, V37) on 09-09-2013
GMAT Prep1 730

Business Schools preferences:

Interest in : HRM, General Management, entrepreneurship, logistics (based on School).

ISB top preference, Schools in Asia, Europe (but will be prepared to go anywhere if get top 20 colleges).

Cost will be of consideration.

I would be highly thankful, if you could kindly suggest me a tentative list of business schools to apply. As I am aiming for Top Schools, kindly also let me know what should be my GMAT score to get to top business schools.


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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:49 pm
You graduated from a good Indian University that many would consider below an IIT but above an NIT in ranking. Combine that with say a 730-740 GMAT score gives you a competitive profile.

Considering your background is diverse from the average Indian IT applicant, I would say that INSEAD (France) and LBS would be stretch schools and HEC Paris, Oxford Said, Cambridge Judge, and IESE would be target schools in Europe. Within Asia INSEAD (Singapore) again is a stretch school with all other schools being either target or safety, including ISB, Nanyang Business School, National University of Singapore Business School, CEIBS, etc. Within the U.S. you are looking at the Top 8-15 U.S. schools as doable stretch schools with schools roughly in the 16-20 as target schools.

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