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by yongpau_millenium » Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:23 am
Hi,

My profile:

Male/Indonesian/25 Years old. Studied and now working in Singapore.
Undergrad study: Bachelor of Computer Engineering. Graduated with 1st class honor (GPA ~ 3.6). Dean's list.
GMAT: 730 (Q50/V38) / AWA 5.0

Work Experience:
- work as pre-sales consultant handling deals >75,000 USD at one of top IT company in the world.
- no of years: 3 (during application), 4 (during matriculation). Have been promoted 2 times, from trainee (after graduation) to associate consultant and then to consultant.
- Main responsibility: client facing activity such as requirement gathering, solution presentation, client discussion, client workshop, etc. I meet with people from various level such as staff, manager, director, and sometimes C-Level.
- International exposure: Handling regional market. I work with different clients from different countries (Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Malaysia) and I have to travel 20-50% of the time to those countries to meet the client and present the solution.

post-MBA career goal:
- short-term (after graduation): to join top management consulting to gain exposure, experience and network.
- long-term (after 10 years): to start up consulting company.

Extra curricular during school:
- VP of School Magazine in Junior College
- President of Student Union in Junior College
- Group Leader of Guitar Ensemble in University
- Stage Manager in Annual Concert in University
- etc

Extra curricular after graduate:
- Youth Music Team Leader in Church
- Music Director of Musical Theater for charity program
- Operation Smile charity program --> selling cards to donate to Operation Smile (Operation Smile is a children's charity treating facial deformities such as cleft lips and cleft palates all around the world).
- Church Pianist
- etc

What do you think of my chance of getting into HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Sloan, Kellogg and INSEAD?

Thank you!
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by Linda Abraham » Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:53 pm
yongpau_millenium wrote:Hi,

My profile:

Male/Indonesian/25 Years old. Studied and now working in Singapore.
Undergrad study: Bachelor of Computer Engineering. Graduated with 1st class honor (GPA ~ 3.6). Dean's list.
GMAT: 730 (Q50/V38) / AWA 5.0

Work Experience:
- work as pre-sales consultant handling deals >75,000 USD at one of top IT company in the world.
- no of years: 3 (during application), 4 (during matriculation). Have been promoted 2 times, from trainee (after graduation) to associate consultant and then to consultant.
- Main responsibility: client facing activity such as requirement gathering, solution presentation, client discussion, client workshop, etc. I meet with people from various level such as staff, manager, director, and sometimes C-Level.
- International exposure: Handling regional market. I work with different clients from different countries (Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Malaysia) and I have to travel 20-50% of the time to those countries to meet the client and present the solution.

post-MBA career goal:
- short-term (after graduation): to join top management consulting to gain exposure, experience and network.
- long-term (after 10 years): to start up consulting company.

Extra curricular during school:
- VP of School Magazine in Junior College
- President of Student Union in Junior College
- Group Leader of Guitar Ensemble in University
- Stage Manager in Annual Concert in University
- etc

Extra curricular after graduate:
- Youth Music Team Leader in Church
- Music Director of Musical Theater for charity program
- Operation Smile charity program --> selling cards to donate to Operation Smile (Operation Smile is a children's charity treating facial deformities such as cleft lips and cleft palates all around the world).
- Church Pianist
- etc

What do you think of my chance of getting into HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Sloan, Kellogg and INSEAD?

Thank you!
You have a competitive profile for your target programs although your experience is a little low for Kellogg and INSEAD.

Best,
Linda
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