Need advice on part time programs in Chicago

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ashamock: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 4; Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:00 am

by ashamock » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:10 am

Hi guys,
Here are the details :
GMAT - 690 and yet another 690
WE: 5.5 years consulting in telecom- IT and Strategy for a major IT consulting firm.
WE2: Switching jobs ( starting a new one this month) to Supply Chain optimization in the wireless industry- based out of chicago.
GPA - HORROR 2.48
Major - Industrial and Systems Engineering/ Minor in Business
UG school : Virginia Tech
Alternate transcript : took 2 courses - UCLA extension - got an A+ and B+ in Math for Management and Bus Stats resp. amounting to a cum gpa of 3.65.
ECs:
1) One of the founding fathers of a multi cultural fraternity chapter at Virginia Tech.
2) Co founder/ Owner of a digital record label - ( LLC)
3) Music producer with tracks recently charted on German Radio Stations etc..
4) Coed- soccer league captain .

Nationality - Yes - this works against me - one of the 100 Billion Indians.

So I applied to Kellogg, UVA, Duke in R1 in 2012 - dinged from all.

Now with the recent developments in my life - a new job- etc.. I will probably consider looking into the weekend part time programs in chicago - namely booth and kellogg.

Given the information you have read above - What should I do? Retake the GMAT - break the 710 barrier + take 2 more courses and ace them - save victims of a hurricane- make friends with Bill Clinton - Walk the circumference of EARTH- be the first man on mars?

CHEERS!

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by Jon@Admissionado » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:29 pm

Two things ae key here
1. GMAT - your GMAT has to be EVEN better than usual.. You have a 2.58 to make up for and they just have too many indian candidates with a 3.0 or higher and 720 or higher...

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by MBAdrmr » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:50 am

Being the first man on Mars would probably get you in - or then you could probably bypass b-school altogether! From what I understand the EMBA programs are not as competitive, but they will really look at work experience more than items like GPA, so that's good for you.

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by ashamock » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:57 am

So - The DUKE Cross continent MBA.
Anyone knows any thing more about this?
I think I may have a shot at this.
I was contacted by the dean of admissions - and they may be considering me for it.

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by ashamock » Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:30 am

Thanks for the replies so far .
I got into the CC Duke Emba program but withdrew my application as I need to give the part time programs a chance - got promoted once in 5 months and intend to make it twice in 10 months in my new job.
I just cannot get myself to take the gmat again....

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