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Advice needed for selecting B Schools

by arpang007 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:03 pm
Profile:

Indian male, 25 years old

Work experience:
(April 2005- present)
4+ years experience in family business.

COMPANY PROFILE:

Established in 1959, the company is a leading supplier of home furnishings and furnishing accessories in India. The company sources its products locally as well as from countries such as China, U.S.A., Brazil, Turkey, and Dubai. The company sells its products to Retail Showrooms, Hotels and Corporates. The product range includes Upholstery Cloth, Curtain Cloth, Carpets, Bed and Bath Linen and other furnishing accessories.

Job responsibilities:

1.Responsible for developing new accounts and maintaining existing accounts within Southern and Western India in a Business to Business sales environment which accounts for over 60 % of revenues generated.
2.Responsible for procurement of material from China.
3.Responsible for managing and overseeing day to day operations.
4.Serving as customer contact to help place orders for existing customers
5.Assist in creating and distributing of quotes for new customers.
6.Worked in accounts department for an year.

Academics

DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS FINANCE(2007)
THE ICFAI UNIVERSITY,
DEHRADUN
Marks:-56.4%

B.COM (HONS.)(2005)
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
Marks:-53.4%

AISSCE (Class XII)(2002)
BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL,
NEW DELHI
Marks:-74%

AISSE (Class X)(2000)
BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL,
NEW DELHI
Marks:-73.8%

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English and Hindi.
Basic level of spoken and written Spanish.

SOCIAL SKILLS & COMPETENCES

Good written and verbal communication skills.
Possess a friendly and result oriented attitude.
Attitude of learning from mine as well as others mistakes.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in Ms Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Skilled in book keeping software - Tally.

INTERESTS

Playing Tennis
Reading Novels
Cooking

GMAT SCORE:-- 580 (Q 42, V 28, AWA 4.5)

Target B Schools:--

Cass(City university)
Aston
Cranfield
Exeter
Bath
Strathclyde
Cardiff

Please advise whether these schools suit my profile.

Thanks & Regards

Arpan Gupta

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by Paxton Helms - Kaplan » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:28 am
Hello and thanks for your question. I don't really know the schools that you mention very well so am not really in a position to say whether you are a good candidate or not.

I think a useful exercise for you would be to review my criteria for selecting business schools that I outline here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/criteria-for ... 41071.html

After you run that "filter" see which ones come out and which ones appeal more and appeal less.
Keep me in the loop about your thinking and let me know if you have any more questions.

Paxton



Paxton Helms is an MBA admissions consultant for Kaplan Admissions Consulting. He earned his MBA from UCLA and specializes in helping clients that are applying to top twenty and "reach" programs. He can be reached directly at [email protected].

To begin working with Paxton immediately, follow this link and request him specifically: https://www.kaptest.com/GMAT/Admissions- ... lting.html