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Please evaluate my profile (GMAT Score - 690, V - 36, Q-48)

by Aayaam » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:43 pm
Dear Experts

You are doing a rocking job here @ beatthegmat. :)

I took my GMAT few days back and scored 690 (V-36,Q-48).

Here are few highlights of my overall profile -

* I completed my Computer Engineering in 2006 in first division with an overall aggregate of 72%.
* I was associated with a global software giant for two years and while handling a profile of Team Lead - DBA, i successfully implemented few projects.
* After two years i realized i wish to move out of my domain and gain an overall business operations skillset before venturing out for a formal post graduate program in the same, so i took a job of marketing executive in a start up company. Got three promotions in 2 years (Manager at the time of leaving) as a result of bringing in some business transformation ideas and cracking few big deals resulting in substantial revenue for the company.
* Then started a venture of my own in online Marketing solutions that did kind of OK for the first year, managed to be in marginal profit.

Now my total 5 year experience stand like this -
Graduate - Computer Engineering
2 years - Team Leader - Technology
2 years - Manager - Marketing
1 year - Entrepreneur (Marketing) (Currently working)

Could you please answer few of my queries to help me analyse my profile better -

1. What are my chances of getting in the below mentioned target schools?
Kellogg, Ross, Tuck, Ross, Darden, Duke, Columbia, HSB, ISB

2. How will my entrepreneur experience look like on my overall gmat profile?
Will it have a negative impact or a positive one during application screening?

3. Will my experience in Marketing have a slight edge over other "Indian Male IT Engineers" or will my application be considered in the same "application batch"?

Looking forward to your responses. Thanks in anticipation.

best regards
Aayaam Kapoor
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by FutureWorks » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:25 am
Since you are aiming for top schools then a score above 700 is desirable.However GMAT alone won't determine your chances of admission; beyond the academics will also help you in determining your candidature and your work experience plays a vital role as well. In general most of the Indian applicants are from engineering background with a good 4-5 years of work experience. So you would need to differentiate yourself from others . Start thinking what makes you unique and what's that 'hook' that will be key to your application. Make sure you follow the 'show rather than tell' principle so that the admissions committee could really understand your strengths and differentiating factors Although it is not just the work experience that counts but also what you did there like-what were your achievements, what initiative you took, what changes you drove in your workplace etc. So you need to ensure that in 4 years of work experience you have demonstrated the skills business schools are looking for. This could still put in a strong set of essays for you.
The marketing bit could be leveraged well do differentiate yourself but that should not be the only differentiating factors. So start thinking in that regards.
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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:19 am
You should retake the GMAT and try to obtain a higher score.

Considering you are applying from the competitive Indian Male IT applicant group, if your school is not a name school (IIT equivalent) then you will have difficulty with a sub-700 GMAT score. Darden and HSB are the least competitive but you should consider adding even less selective schools like Tepper, Kenan-Flagler, McCombs, etc.

Also, ISB probably weights GMAT more than the other schools.

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by throughmba » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:09 am
Hi Aayaam,

After going through your profile and having gleaned through the two responses, i would like to answer your questions in a nutshell:

1. Being brutally honest, you might stand a marginal chance in the schools you desire, if your venture has a substantial turnover (marginal profits in the very first year is an achievement in itself). by substantial turnover, its not only the topline but other anciliary factors as to whether you generated employment for people or added value to a business chain
2. as already addresses above, it will definitely have a positive influence but the answer that you need to be prepared for is: why do you want to foresake your venture and pursue an MBA? this can be partly and in an implicit manner be addressed in your essays, ensure congruence in your thought process, essays and other aspects of the application, viz. the interview per se
3. try to bring out the transitional phase from an engineer to a marketing manager to an online marketing entrepreneur clearly in your application. wthere is a high probability that because your venture was online, the "IT" stamp will stick, but once the transition is presented with a focussed goal approach, maybe your application may make the shift from the IT basket
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