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I wish to join a B-School in 2013. Finished my under graduation in 2009
Acads
GMAT - 700 (Q - 50, V - 34) AWA - 5.5/6
B. Tech - Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi (Among top 5 under graduation colleges of India)
CGPA - 7.62/10
10th - 87.4%
12th - 82.4%
Work-ex
Engineers India Limited (Engineering, Procurement and Consultancy in Oil & Gas Sector) - 3 year (2009- till date)
"¢Carrying out activities related to "Engineering for Procurement" for EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Supervision, and Project Management) or PMC (Project Management Consultancy) projects.
"¢Responsible for procuring critical rotating equipments worth $1 million USD for Onshore Gas Terminal of Deen Dayal Development Project, Andhra Pradesh.
"¢Responsible for managing a team of 12 contractor's workers that was installing pumps in Vacuum Gas Oil Unit, CEMP Phase -II (Capacity Expansion & Modernization Project) at Kochi Refinery, Kerala
"¢Department's representative in the task force which is working on NPCIL's (Nuclear Power Corporation of India) Kundunkulam Nuclear Power Plant. Thus, marking EIL's entry into Nuclear Sector.
"¢Department's Training Co-coordinator. Responsible for training of new recruits of entry level and interns.

Awards & Achievements
"¢CFA Level 1 Candidate- Appeared for June 2012 exam- results expected in July 2012
"¢Awarded certifications by National Stock Exchange of India for outstanding performance in Financial Market" Beginners Module and Derivative Market" Dealers Module
"¢Paper published at 19th National & 8th International ISHMT"ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference Improving the performance of the Thermoelectric CPU cooling unit
"¢Best Project of the year awarded to 1 out of 50 projects exhibited in Open House at IIT Delhi.Smart Cane - Interdisciplinary project executed in collaboration with National Association of Blind, New Delhi
"¢Awarded certificate of excellence in Robotics Competition at IIT Delhi.
"¢Among the top 0.1 % students who appeared in Joint Entrance Examination - 2005. All India Rank " 578

Other Activities
"¢Social Activities/Leadership:
o Financial Representative, Delhi Chapter of Pankhudi Foundation (NGO). Responsible for raising funds for sustaining the activities of Delhi Chapter.
o Inspired to uplift the lives of those children who grow with inadequate education, resources and psychological supports - several calls them as "Underprivileged" and "Orphans"
o Responsible for teaching 25 kids at the Okhla camp (Slum area) mainly focused on English, Maths and Basic science.

"¢ Manager at Team Eduworkers, which is an educational consulting firm, with direct handling of 18 employees and 7 clients at New Delhi office. (Part time during graduation)

"¢ Leadership:
o Department's Training Co-coordinator. Responsible for training of new recruits of entry level and interns. (Professional Level)
o As a captain of Hostel Water Polo Team Won silver medal for two consecutive years. (College Level)
o Batch Representative of House Working Committee at IIT Delhi (College Level)
o House Prefect at Saint Anselms School, Alwar, Rajasthan. (School Level)

There maybe some small bits I am missing but this should be 80-90% of the package.

I have everything average be it GMAT score, CGPA or acads. Also, I don't have any international exposure. But my experience in Oil & Gas/ Nuclear Sector help me stand out of all the applicants.

So, in such a scenario which all B-School out of top 20 (US B-schools) should I target? What do you think are my chances? Where can I further strengthen my application?

I would be much obliged if I could have your thoughts here.
Thanks so much
Pranav