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Hi,

Please evaluate my profile and suggest colleges for me.
GMAT - 730 Q-50, V-40
TOEFL - 111 S-23, L-28, W-30, R-30
GPA - 7/10 IIT Madras in Mechanical Engineering
Work experience - 1 year as Consultant @ Capgemini which includes 2 Forbes 500 clients.
Started my own company in Healthcare/IT space and working full time as CEO in that for past 4 months and part time for about 16 months.
I played chess in school and college. Won Dean's Trophy Silver Medal and was team captain.
I was a Scout in school and won Governor Award. Did lots of community service in college too.

I have shortlisted the following schools. Please give your suggestion..
Dream Colleges - Harvard, Stanford, MIT Sloan, Haas, Booth
Target Colleges - Ross, UCLA, Cornell, CMU, Kelleys
I am aware that most of the colleges are in top 20 rankings. Kindly suggest which colleges I have best chance to get and which college I have very low probability and should drop from the list. Also suggest any other safe colleges I should apply to.
My short term goal post-MBA is to gain global exposure and experience by working in the field of IT/Health care as consultant.
My long term goal is to become a CEO of globally leading company.
The reason for doing MBA is to gain international market exposure, extensive global leaders network and learn sound business practices and finance concepts.

Thanks for your reply in advance...

Firstly, you should know that entrepreneurs can be somewhat risky for b-school applications, since they won't want you to work while doing school and being able to drop a company to go to school can communicate that it's not very successful. With only one year of work experience under your belt other than the startup, you will face some challenges. My recommendation would be to get another year or two of corporate experience first.