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please evaluate my profile, phd + 3yr exp

by shalabh » Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:42 pm
please help me in deciding best fit for my case

academic: very strong undergrad and grad GPA (3.7+), phd from georgia tech in electronics, 10+ publications and presentations in US, europe and asia, 1 patent, inventor award from big organization in US

professional: 4 yr research assistant exp, 3 yr full time industry exp in a big semiconductor company, project management, leadership roles, excellent reviews,

recommendations: current manager

gmat: 760 (51+42+5.0)

community service:
2 yr (2hr/week) tutoring and motivating learners
2 yr (2hr/week) managing a computer literacy lab and designing workshops
opened a charitable society in india for helping poor kids in schools, in process of registering it officially (fund raising, website designing etc)

shooting for R1 2009.

schools: stanford, sloan, uchicago, haas, duke, tuck, kellogg, wharton

post mba goals: consulting (specialization in electronics industry)

please let me know what chance do i stand? which schools among these are a better fit for me.
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:06 pm
Hello,

You are right to target highly competitive programs, and your list looks excellent. Among the schools you list, those I consider the best fit would be Stanford (substantively you seem a good fit for Stanford but they trend a little younger), Sloan, Haas, Tuck, Kellogg, though they all would be good. Another school I recommend that you look closely at for consulting is Anderson (UCLA).

Also please bear in mind that while you are qualified (at least based on the info provided) for these schools, they are still reaches without an absolutely stellar application. There is no margin for error in doing applications to these programs.

It’s great that you’re planning ahead, and good luck with your plans!

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thanks cindy

by shalabh » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:07 pm
Thanks Cindy!

After doing some research on schools I arrived at the following:

Stanford,Sloan,Haas,Tuck and Wharton.

I think it matches your list except that I have wharton rather than kellogg.

I will be 30 when I will apply and you are right this is on the higher side for Stanford which is taking a lot of 26-28 year old candidates.

Again thanks for the reply!

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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:46 am
That sounds great -- wishing you all the best!

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