Hi,
I would greatly appreciate if you could evaluate my application:
Term: Fall 2009
Target Schools: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Sloan, Columbia and Stern
Age/GMAT: 27 years (by Fall 2009), Male
Nationality: India
Background: Engineering/Technology
GMAT: 770 (Q50, V46), AWA: 6.0
Undergraduate: Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, GPA 9.1/10 (Ranked 3 in the class).
Masters: Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech (Top 5 school), GPA: 4.0/4.0 and full-time research assistant which payed in complete for my masters.
Experience:
3 Years (by Fall 2009) in a high-tech wireless communication company. Systems Engineer working on research and development of advanced wireless communication systems. Embedded SW/HW design and development. Promoted after just 1.5 years. I am not in a managerial position, but work with multiple groups and have developed a good reputation as a good communicator. I think I can get a strong recommendation from my manager.
2 summer internships in Europe in the telecommunications industry during my undergraduate years. IAESTE research fellow for one of these internships.
2 years as research assistant at Georgia Tech working on a project for NASA and Georgia Tech. Featured in the school magazine.
Publications/Patents:
7 Pending Patent Applications filed in my current job.
4 research papers (wireless comm) in reputed international conferences
Recommendations:
Supervisors at my current job, my professor at grad school and supervisor in my European internships. (Most of these I think would be strong)
Extra-curricular:
Founded and managed to date the tennis and cricket clubs at my current company.Unfortunately do not have a lot of community experience. This I think is a weak point of my resume.
Also, do you think I am a little late for the first round? I have a month to go but it might be difficult to get everything together. Do I stand a chance if I apply in the second round?
Am I being overly ambitious with the school choices? What do you think should be my "safe" school?
I would greatly appreciate if you could evaluate my application:
Term: Fall 2009
Target Schools: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Sloan, Columbia and Stern
Age/GMAT: 27 years (by Fall 2009), Male
Nationality: India
Background: Engineering/Technology
GMAT: 770 (Q50, V46), AWA: 6.0
Undergraduate: Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, GPA 9.1/10 (Ranked 3 in the class).
Masters: Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech (Top 5 school), GPA: 4.0/4.0 and full-time research assistant which payed in complete for my masters.
Experience:
3 Years (by Fall 2009) in a high-tech wireless communication company. Systems Engineer working on research and development of advanced wireless communication systems. Embedded SW/HW design and development. Promoted after just 1.5 years. I am not in a managerial position, but work with multiple groups and have developed a good reputation as a good communicator. I think I can get a strong recommendation from my manager.
2 summer internships in Europe in the telecommunications industry during my undergraduate years. IAESTE research fellow for one of these internships.
2 years as research assistant at Georgia Tech working on a project for NASA and Georgia Tech. Featured in the school magazine.
Publications/Patents:
7 Pending Patent Applications filed in my current job.
4 research papers (wireless comm) in reputed international conferences
Recommendations:
Supervisors at my current job, my professor at grad school and supervisor in my European internships. (Most of these I think would be strong)
Extra-curricular:
Founded and managed to date the tennis and cricket clubs at my current company.Unfortunately do not have a lot of community experience. This I think is a weak point of my resume.
Also, do you think I am a little late for the first round? I have a month to go but it might be difficult to get everything together. Do I stand a chance if I apply in the second round?
Am I being overly ambitious with the school choices? What do you think should be my "safe" school?
