Can i get into the top 20 in the states?

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kiranyarlagadda: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 9; Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:37 am

by kiranyarlagadda » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:43 am

My aim is to get into the top 20 schools in the united states.

FOllowing is my profile:

Schoolsing and high school 8/10
undergrad-6/10
masters in industrial management-3.2/4

Extra curricular-
South india ebst debator and speaker in 2000 and award winning essays in school and many sports trophies.

Developed a couple of business models which are yet to be implemented

Work experience:-

Managing director of our family mild steel manufacturing business-2 years

current -
worked for a year in AT&T as a management and supply chain consultant.

Gmat-

planning to write.

Well i want to do an mba finance and only from the top 20 bschools in the states, do u think my profile can get a place?

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kiranyarlagadda: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 9; Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:37 am

by kiranyarlagadda » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:34 pm

I understand i dont have a top notch prfoile and is very common...but my idea is to show the school thru my essays of how carefree i was in my undergrad and what life has taught me and how i had ups aand downs...if u look at my high school gpa it was pretty decent i lost it all in the undergrad...i realised my mistakes and made a comeback with my masters and now work for an mncI do IT management consulting and would like to set up my own business for which i feel an mba finance wud be the best coz i already have a bachelors for technical manufacturing and a masters in industrial management and now an mba in finance

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by Lisa Anderson » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:23 pm

Dear kiranyarlagadda,

Your profile is not complete so it is hard to say whether or not you are competitive. Your GMAT score is important as it will demonstrate your academic aptitude and you need a high score to mitigate your undergraduate performance. Likewise, because you fall into a large subset of the applicant pool, your GMAT needs to be as good or better than the other applicants in this subset. Finally, your brief post on your work experience does not give me an indication of your contributions and accomplishments. If you have a successful track record in your career, have examples illustrating your managerial skill set and demonstrating the value you added to your organizations, then your work experience would be in line with what they expect to see. It truly is how well you market yourself in your application that determines whether you get an offer of admission or a rejection.

Best of luck,
Lisa

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