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Please Evaluate My Profile

by z4muz » Thu Nov 25, 2010 1:39 am
Male, Indian Applicant
6 years of work experience by July 2011.
GMAT 710 (49Q, 37V, 5.5 AWA), Avg Acads in college but excellent in school
BTech from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Work Ex: Worked in a Strategy Consulting firm in the initial years and then moved to one of the top 5 Investment Banks as a credit structurer. Helped the bank reduce exposure to $xx billion of toxic assets during the downturn. I have worked both in New York and London.

Exta Currics: A certified photographer. Taken part in many workshops, photo exhibitions and competitions
Also into Still Life sketching, in which I won many awards in school and college.
Won a few awards in dramatics, numerical ability quizzes and cricket/football.

Social Work: I have been taking care of the yearly expenses towards education, food and clothing for a child in one of the villages in India.
Was actively involved in blood donation camps, child education, AIDS awareness campaigns and organizing events for the National Service Scheme in my college.

Awards & Recognitions: Few professional awards/recognitions. Also got a few awards in the ECs mentioned above

Target Schools: ISB, Said Business School, LBS, IE Business School and INSEAD

Can you please let me know of my chances in the Target Schools?

Thanks much
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by paulsbodine » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:32 am
z4muz,

You appear to be competitive at all these schools. Given your age and relatively unspectacular social impact profile (your extracurricular focus is great) you are wise to target European schools. I see no issues. I recommend highlighting your role in the toxic asset reduction and your photography especially if you have a website and/or are 'recognized'. LBS and INSEAD will be the toughest nuts (you are competitive) and Said the most doable (I think you can be optimistic if you execute well).

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by z4muz » Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:03 am
Paul,

Thanks for the valuable input. I really appreciate it.

If I were to apply to the top 20 US B-schools, then what chances do I have? Stern seems like a good fit to me, but will it be too competitive? Can you please suggest a few schools that would be doable?

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by paulsbodine » Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:57 pm
z4muz,

Stern might be a 'reach' school, but hardly impossible. Assuming your goals are finance related, you would be competitive at schools like Cornell, UNC, Yale, maybe Darden, among others.

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