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by ramitagrawal » Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:29 pm
Indian Male
Age - 25
GMAT - 740 (Q-50, V-40)
GPA - 3.2 (Telecom Engineer)
Work ex - 43 months as network engineer for leading telecommunication equipment manufacturer. (The hiring was extremely selective and I can get this fact certified in the recommendation letter from the services head who was instrumental in the hiring process- 400 were selected from 140,000 candidates competing for the position)

Responsibilities:
Configuration, troubleshooting and operations for leading telecom operator in India. The work is very critical and challenging.
Received a couple of awards at work. One by the CEO of operator.

Extracurriculars:

Young professional ambassador with Teach for India
Author with PEOI (United Nations Volunteering organisation)

Why MBA:

Short term goal: Post MBA I want to work as a management consultant for 5-6 years
Long term goal: Want to work in the strategic team of an organisation

Target Schools: Kellogg, Michigan Ross, Duke Fuqua, Virginia Darden, UCLA, ISB, Tepper, Cornell

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by Heidi Granner » Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:16 am
ramitagrawal,

Thanks for your post!

An important dimension not mentioned in your profile is your career progression to date. It will be important to show to the admissions committee how you have progressed faster than peers (through increases in title, compensation, responsibilities).

Presuming you have had at least one promotion, Tepper, Cornell, and ISB should be excellent target schools to consider. The other schools would fall more in the reach bucket, particularly given below average GPA and highly competitive profile (Indian network engineer).

Your extracurricular activities look to be compelling for your profile (particularly writing and teaching), so I suggest leveraging those in building your story for your applications.

Good luck!

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by ramitagrawal » Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:18 am
Hi Heidi,

Thanks for the evaluation. I know there is much more to application than GMAT, GPA or anything mentioned here, but your advice really helps.

I have had no promotion. Reason: My organisation has a flat structure. Promotions are rare and take a lot of time.
Yes, I have progressed fast in my organisation in terms of responsibilities and I have recommendations and awards to back them. I have been very instrumental in managing projects and working with teams. I have also been instrumental in completing a project before deadline, and this lead to signing a million dollar deal with the customer. This was appreciated at highest levels of my organisation.

Does this change your recommendation for schools? Is my low GPA a spoiler?
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by Heidi Granner » Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:26 pm
Hi ramitagrawal,

It's great to hear you have had so much success in your work so far. Particularly without a promotion in title to show to the admissions committee, it will be important to demonstrate your increase in responsibilities and work successes. Doing so should help mitigate that aspect to the application. With the additional information you provided, my school feedback remains the same.

I do want to clarify though that almost all school selection strategies include a mix of 'target' and 'reach' schools. So I don't mean to say that you will be uncompetitive at those 'reach' schools. They will just be more challenging.

Also, I think your application will be strongest if you are able to gain a promotion over the next year and apply in the fall of 2014. Your age then will also be closer to the average for the MBA programs (28 years old).

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