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hi ,i am a student of final year of BE(COMP) .I am planning for MBA in US. i know that it will require some 2-3 year experience.There is a organisation Teach for India(TFI). TFI that its a social service and I have to teach student of rural area for 2 years full time(MON-SAT). website https://www.teachforindia.org/opportunities.php .TFI has tie-up with many top university like harvard,stanford,princeton and IIM ,ISB .I get two year experience from this.

i want to ask you that i am from IT field ..may be i get job as software engg. in a big firm AND get 2-3 experience and then give GMAT and apply for MBA.or should i go for TFI and then give gmat and then apply
one more thing i want to ask you that other US univ. also consider TFI as 2 year experience or not. And through TFI i will get some scholarship or not.And if i get good gmat score(above 700) then is there any chance for harvad,stanford (i am average in academics gpa 3.2)....please help me ..

this program is same as teach for america.
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:49 am
Hello,

Yes, the TFI experience would be considered work experience as long as (a) you are paid and (b) it is post-college. I am not sure about whether such experience would make you more eligible for funding.

I think HBS and Stanford would be significantly high reaches, perhaps unrealistic. But I don't have enough information to tell for sure. How your whole story comes together is a major point, and goals are a key to that story. Given that you are an Indian from an IT background, you'd likely need to achieve a GMAT of mid 700s to be competitive at top 10 level programs.

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