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Utility Guy needs advice

by ankzoutlaw » Sat May 25, 2013 9:21 am
Hi,

Would be obliged if you could evaluate my profile and answer some questions ...

Profile summary
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Academics:
- GMAT 710 (Q49, V36, AWA 5.0) first try 660
- Undergrad: Non IIT Indian engineering college: decent and well known, 2009 passout GPA: 3.74, B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
- Scholarships-2007/08/09

Work Experience:
-Will be 4 years 10 months by the time of joining
-as an engineering manager at a manufacturing plant for an Indian FMCG major

-Engineering Operations and Maintenance Management
#Leading a team of 3 engineers and 31 technicians to manage the entire operations and maintenance of utility systems and ancillary services for a manufacturing plant
#Planned and managed engineering services budget of $1M and energy budget of $2.2M.

-Energy Management
#Co-ordinated the operation and maintenance of a total of 16 MW wind turbine generators.
#Led a project for IGBC Green Factory Certification for the unit: helped achieve LEED platinum rating.

-Project Management
#Set up the maintenance systems of the Plant Utilities from scratch based of Integrated Facilities Management Principles
#Managed a project for supply side optimization of the unit's water supply: Liasioned with consultants and statutory bodies for a hydro-geological survey of the unit
#Identified Six Sigma and lean implementation opportunities in engineering operations and ensured timely execution.

-Cross functional exposure
#Involved in a cross-factory, cross-functional job evaluation exercise along with senior management for evaluating job descriptions and roles/responsibilities for entire division's technical managers.
#Managed the HR activities for outsourced utility team: compliances with labour laws, training and development, ramp up/ramp down and attrition management.

-Extra Curriculars..........
#At current workplace: Secretary of Canteen Management Committee; Member of Central EHS (Safety) and Energy Conservation committees.
#College: Member of Youth Red Cross Society; Fine Arts Club and Drama Club; Hostel mess management, took arts classes for underprivileged students in a local village school

Questions
1)What schools do I have a chance of getting into.....I would really be in need of a scholarship...so kindly let know the ones where I may land a scholarship as well
2)What should be my post MBA goals....was interested in consulting....the specifics and long term goals are hazy as yet...would be great if you could suggest
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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Sun May 26, 2013 2:40 pm
Thanks for your email. You have a good profile, one that will be marketable to b-schools. Adcoms love engineers, since they have very little concern about their ability to handle the academics, and certainly your GMAT and undergrad performance would speak to this as well. Your GPA is quiet impressive particularly given your major since b-schools will often give a little more slack on GPA to engineer majors since they know good marks are harder to come by. CLearly no concession is necessary in your case. Additionally, you have real leadership experience, leading a team of professionals. This is something for which there is very little to substitute if you don't have it and something that adds tremendously to classroom discussions and overall perspective on business and decision making. Of course what you have working against you is the sheer size of the applicant pool. Good that you are not IT, but there are still throngs of Indian applicants with high GPAs and good GMAT scores, leadership experience, etc. Also, there are very few scholarships given to candidates like you since the schools are not very motivated to attract candidates with your qualifications (because they already have more such applicants than they know what to do with). Typically scholarships are going to go to applicants who are harder to replace, and to those whom the adcoms do not want to see go somewhere else. To make matters worse, many US based schools do not award scholarships to international students. You might check into some European or Asian schools to see if there is some scholarship availability. Beyond that, you might see if you can find a scholarship which is designed to award someone specifically in your line of work. Often when scholarships have heavy restrictions, they have a harder time finding someone who qualifies. If you get lucky enough to find one designed for your background, you may be in luck. There is no easy way to find this information other than contacting the schools directly. Also make sure you apply in Round 1, which is where most if not all the scholarships are awarded/offered. As for which specific schools, there is really no way to guide you without a more thorough analysis. 40% or so of b-school grads do consulting, so most if not all b-schools will prepare you for a consulting career. You might try working backwards, and staring with a list of companies where you would like to work, then finding out where these companies go to recruit MBAs. A phone interview with a school's career services center would not be a bad idea. I always recommend going to the best school you can get into, and with your qualifications, you should definitely add a couple or more top 10 schools into the mix. Make yourself stand out by revealing unique personal qualities and passions that only you can claim. Think about how you are different than someone else who has the exact or similar background as you--why should they choose you over them? Thinking this way will get you oriented towards standing out from the crowd. Hope this helps.
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by ankzoutlaw » Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:49 pm
Thanks Bryant....that was brilliant....makes the picture much clearer.I am getting more inclined towards technology/energy consulting and targetting CMU Tepper, Ross...MIT LGO is a dream.....would be really grateful if you could throw in a few more b school names known in these fields...
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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:53 pm
For Energy, i'd look at Duke, Rice, UT Austin. For TEchnology consulting, of course there's Sloan, Haas, Anderson, Georgia Tech.
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