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Help need for finding the sweet 7 to apply to - profile inc.

by shaselai » Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:47 am
undergrad EE & Comp. eng. 2.93 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Grad school Comp. sci 3.3 North Carolina State University
GMAT 720 49/39 (87/87 percentiles)

Work(total 5+ years:
2+ years with Northrop Grumman as System engineer
2+ years with ITT as Software Engineer

Extracurricular:
creating software with friends (interested in creating a company if things go well)

Target schools(leaning into FT MBA with concentration on E-commerce, finance, management):
Yale
Johnson
stern
Haas
Sloan
Columbia
Anderson
Kenan-flagler
Tepper

I am more interested in schools on the East(family lives) and West coast(love CA) plus schools in illinois/NC.
My goal is to apply to ~7 schools with maybe 2-3 reach and 3-4 "on target" and 1 "safe" schools. Some suggestions to remove/add from/to current list is appreciated. Thank you!
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:11 am
Hello,

A key factor influencing your competitiveness that I don't know, therefore making it difficult to suggest schools, is the degree of accomplishment, impact, and leadership you've had on the job. How have you performed relative to accomplished peers? That factor would be central to determining your competitiveness.

From the information you've provided, I'd consider the schools on your list to be mostly reasonable reaches, with variation within that category - i.e., Tepper and UNC would be on the border of on-par and reasonable reach, whereas Columbia would be the greatest stretch.

You might consider schools at the very next level to bring in some on-pars, e.g, USC Marshall, and possibly a safety (I guess I'd consider it on the border of safety and on-par) Georgetown.

Best regards,
Cindy Tokumitsu
Senior Editor, Accepted.com
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