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Please evaluate my profile-------Scrored 640

by nwone111 » Fri May 22, 2009 8:35 pm
GMAT 640
Q-49(88%) V-28(48%)
AWA-4.5

electronics and telecomm engineering graduate score GPA of 7.66/10

Total wrk experience -2 years

Indian -23-working as a Peoplesoft ERP consultant for 2 yrs in IBM India
worked in Finance modules for 20 months and HR modules for 4 months

Job roles - Understanding,implementing and designing business processes as per client requrements, proposing and delivering solutions to clients,interacting with clients (didnot play a client facing role . only interacted through mail / telephonic conversations).
Have worked in Peoplesoft General Ledger,Asset managment,Accounts Payable,Travel and Expenses,Purchasing,Project Costing modules. Have designed/re-designed several monthly accrual processes in Finance.
Currently working on HR modules - Benefit enrollments,core HR and Payroll.

Achievements/Accomplishments:
Have proposed 2 business process improvement ideas to client as a part of "Ideas" program in IBM.Out of those 1 has been implemented and 1 is under review.

Extra curriculars other than Job roles: Have been a route leader for the transportation facility for employees in IBM for a location.

Have participated in a national level Business Idea competition hosted by indiatimes.com-submitted 2 business ideas.

Have a clear functional knowledge of those modules mentioned above and it was my work in finance modules encouraged me to know more by doing an MBA.



Please let me know my chances (if any) in these colleges also recommend me to some colleges if you feel.My GMAT score is low,but it is next to impossible to retake it because of my job pressure.

NUS
HKSUT
ISB hyderabad India
INSEAD (paris /singapore)
Melbourne Business School

please let me know if any other colleges I should be applying , My last option would be retaking the GMAT.
DO you think that the profile is ok other than low verbal score?

Thanks in Advance
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by AppReview » Sat May 23, 2009 7:48 am
Hi,

As our venture is based out of India and a lot of our mentors are Indians, we feel we are in a good position to gauge your candidacy for the schools you have mentioned. Please find below a profile evaluation from one of our mentors. He had a 690 on his GMAT and is the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional of India (when he was 14) He has confirmed admissions offers at Cornell, LSE and Duke for various masters in management related courses. He is the founder of this venture and has been reviewing applications for various candidates (MBA/Masters) since 2 years now.

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PROFILE EVALUATION

Hi,

Your overall profile seems good. Please note, seems good. I am sorry but it's better to present the real picture rather than give you hopes through equivocal words.


1. Low GMAT score. Please note, your GMAT score is also compared with candidates from your country/ethnicity (Eg: Yours will be compared with Indian students). You know how competitive and smart Indian students are. It is not that every Indian student scores above 700 or something. I myself scored a 690. However, the score you have should be inaccordance with what you plan on doing. In my case, a 690 was more than sufficient. However, for an MBA, being an Indian student, anything less than 700 would be treading on dangerous waters. This is absolutely true for INSEAD and ISB. You could try for NUS, HKSUT and Melbourne, but your chances wouldn't be overly positive.

2. GMAT Sectionals highly imabalanced. The sectional scores of course would not be very near to each other. But here, the symmetry is very skewed. Also, as an Indian student, you should aim for a 50 in Quant (above 90 percentile) and your verbal can still be a little weak (in the 80s percentiles) as Admission Committees are well aware of the Indian student and what areas they are particularly strong in. You GMAT score and its distribution is projecting you as incompetent, while your professional side speaks the opposite. The corelation is not there.

3.You are working in a great company such as IBM. However, you would be classified as a typical Indian candidate. Computer/Electronics Engineering Graduate, working in a core firms (Eg: Microsoft, IBM, Intel etc.). You could differentiate yourself by showing a jump in your career by means of achievements, recognitions and promotions. But overall, the profile is quite 'typical'.

4.Your achievements and accomplishments are mainly related to business/work. They do not reflect involvement outside of office, such as sports, games, music, dance, plays etc. Your profile (as posted here) comes across as someone very devoted to their work and with a lot of professional ambition. But the balance seems to be tilted in that direction only, while the adcom is looking for well balanced candidates.

Suggestions

1. Improve GMAT score. You should focus on improving your GMAT score. I don't know about your previous study plan, but suggest you devote a lot of time over the weekends (5-6 hours) and 2-3 hours on weekdays, given that you work. Follow the Official Guides and make notes of each and every problem you face and of all the mistakes. If you can access the PowerScore Bible, it is highly recommended.

2. Start getting involved in more activities ourside the workspace. Remember, it's never too later to start.

In order to get into ISB, I suggest a minimum score of 720, great essays and stellar recommendations to have a good shot. For INSEAD, a 700+ with a great applications package would be safe while for the others the 700+ would make your overall candidacy there, very competitive.

I hope you do not mind the language/words used here. We believe in getting across a clear message, even if it is negative, so that the candidate can get a real head start and assess their position realistically. If you need to avail of admissions/test preparation packages, please email at the address given above. We would be more than happy to assist you.

Hope this information helps. All the best.
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by nwone111 » Sat May 23, 2009 8:04 am
Thanks a lot for that evaluation. It has given me a clearer picture where do I stand.
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