Profile Eval: India, Male, GMAT 700, 5.5 years Exp

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Hi Experts,

I'd like you to evaluate my profile. The basic details are:
--> Personal: Indian, Male of 27 years.
--> GMAT Score: 700, Essay: 5.5, IR: 6
--> Experience: 5.5 years @ Deloitte Consulting (India) of which 1.5 years were at an Onsite location is US. Primarily joined Deloitte directly from Campus in 2007 as an SAP Technical consultant.
--> Academics: 10th - 88.6% (Central Board), 12th - 89.4% (Central Board), Engineering - 80%
Note: Both in 10th and 12th I had top grade (A1) in all subjects.

--> Extra curricular @ School/College:
Represented my school every year for the Annual State Youth Festival
Was awarded Best Outgoing All-rounder in 2003 (12th)
Was awarded Best Outgoing Singer (Male) in 2003 (12th)
Represented the school Football team as the Goalkeeper
Participated and won prizes in Music Fests and Paper Presentation in College.

Extra Curricular @ Work:

Part of the Deloitte Music Band
Represented Deloitte Football Team as the Goalkeeper
Was a regular member of an Initiative 'Lamp Post Kids' which undertakes daily tuition for around 40 kids. Used to manage the finances, and also used to teach the kids.

Extra about my work:
My work usually requires technical development and consulting on ERP implementation done using SAP. During the 1.5 years onsite though, I was more involved with the client and worked as a functional consultant. The clients were really appreciable of my presence and are willing to provide any reference of the same. This was a State Govt project for one of the US states.

Please let me know how my profile weighs. I'm ideally looking at ISB, NUS, XLRI-GMP (which are all 1 year MBAs). Do let me know if you think any of the US colleges would probably accept me (with scholarships).
Note: The only reason I'm not really looking at US/Europe is because they seem to be out of my budget considering that I'm the sole bread winner of my family since my father's demise 3 years ago. I'm supporting my mom and younger sister, and thus would not want to take undue risk.

Also, let me know if I should either play down or highlight any of these points for the sake of a better looking profile.

Thanks in Advance,
Rahul
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by Yashveer » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:57 am
Hi Rahul,

You've got an avg. profile.Based on the information provided you can also target b-schools in Asia-Pacific region like NUS, Nanyang, HKUST, INSEAD-Singapore & CEIBS-Shanghai with similar fee structure as in India and good ROI post-MBA.

Try to focus on headship qualities while writing your application essays & demonstrate professional achievements during final interviews.

Let me know in case of further queries. You can PM your number to have a detail discussion over your profile & selection of b-schools.

Best,
Yash
neatrahul wrote:Hi Experts,

I'd like you to evaluate my profile. The basic details are:
--> Personal: Indian, Male of 27 years.
--> GMAT Score: 700, Essay: 5.5, IR: 6
--> Experience: 5.5 years @ Deloitte Consulting (India) of which 1.5 years were at an Onsite location is US. Primarily joined Deloitte directly from Campus in 2007 as an SAP Technical consultant.
--> Academics: 10th - 88.6% (Central Board), 12th - 89.4% (Central Board), Engineering - 80%
Note: Both in 10th and 12th I had top grade (A1) in all subjects.

--> Extra curricular @ School/College:
Represented my school every year for the Annual State Youth Festival
Was awarded Best Outgoing All-rounder in 2003 (12th)
Was awarded Best Outgoing Singer (Male) in 2003 (12th)
Represented the school Football team as the Goalkeeper
Participated and won prizes in Music Fests and Paper Presentation in College.

Extra Curricular @ Work:

Part of the Deloitte Music Band
Represented Deloitte Football Team as the Goalkeeper
Was a regular member of an Initiative 'Lamp Post Kids' which undertakes daily tuition for around 40 kids. Used to manage the finances, and also used to teach the kids.

Extra about my work:
My work usually requires technical development and consulting on ERP implementation done using SAP. During the 1.5 years onsite though, I was more involved with the client and worked as a functional consultant. The clients were really appreciable of my presence and are willing to provide any reference of the same. This was a State Govt project for one of the US states.

Please let me know how my profile weighs. I'm ideally looking at ISB, NUS, XLRI-GMP (which are all 1 year MBAs). Do let me know if you think any of the US colleges would probably accept me (with scholarships).
Note: The only reason I'm not really looking at US/Europe is because they seem to be out of my budget considering that I'm the sole bread winner of my family since my father's demise 3 years ago. I'm supporting my mom and younger sister, and thus would not want to take undue risk.

Also, let me know if I should either play down or highlight any of these points for the sake of a better looking profile.

Thanks in Advance,
Rahul