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by arni » Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:40 pm
Profile: M / 32 / India

I am a project manager in one of the fastest growing IT service companies of India. I manage multiple projects - starting from project initiation to resource scheduling, cost-budgeting, people management - and also involve in pre-sales activities.

Past Exp: * Engineering Grad,
* 3.1 GPA score,
* Total experience of 9 years - includes program management, IT consulting
* International experience of 5.5 years - largest telecom service provider in US


GMAT:

To appear. Considering I am from the overrepresented pool of applicants what could be a safe score to apply for the schools I have listed below. I looked at the avg gmat score of the class profiles of the schools. Do you think score of 720+ is a safe call?

Plan:

I realize that I'm getting streamlined to a specific direction in my career - that is IT Consulting. It feels like stagnation at career. After talking to peers, higher-ups, people from other service industries I realize that I require to hone up and diversify my profile in generic consulting and strategy. Now, this could be done by attending external courses. I talked to correspondents of such courses provided by external sources tied up with my organizations. I was not too convinced on that. I realize that I can achieve it over a period of time through a learning experience - though it could be a tough one after eight years of study break, but I think mba program is a great fit to achieve this.

My age and my overrepresented pool push me in a very competitive position but I certainly want to know in details about my chances in the schools listed below:

Target Schools:

US:

1. Kellog
2. Duke
3. Darden
4. Ross
5. Tuck
6. UNC Kenan-Flagler

Europe:

1. Insead
2. Said
3. IMD
4. Cranfield
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:12 am
Hello,

You've done your homework and selected some US schools that are more welcoming to older applicants. I believe that with a 720+ GMAT and a stellar application, you would likely be a viable applicant at most of these schools - the US schools would definitely be reaches, but with the possible exception of Tuck and Kellogg, reasonable ones. For schools of this level (and for Insead as well) you will need to show a work track record of excelling among accomplished peers, and you also should demonstrate some outside-of-work interests or commitments. If you lack both of these, your candidacy to the more competitive programs becomes more problematic.

With the targeted GMAT, I'd consider Cranfield, Said, and IMD as on-pars.

I think you would find helpful my free subscriber mini-report that walks you through how to select a list of schools, including assessing your competitiveness, your wants/needs, and what the schools offer: Best MBA Programs: A Guide to Selecting the Best Ones. Also our article on older applicants.

Best regards,
Cindy Tokumitsu
Senior Editor, www.Accepted.com

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by arni » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:15 pm
Thanks much Cindy. Your articles are great, especially the one on older applicant.