Profile Evaluation: Asian

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Profile Evaluation: Asian

by kaushals » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:39 pm
Hi,

My profile:

Male/Indian/24 Years old.
Undergrad study: Bachelor of Engineering. Graduated with 1st class (74 %)
GMAT: 710 (Q50/V34) / AWA 5.5

Work Experience(Will be 4 years by admit time):
- worked as a senior software developer in a mid level startup (around 500 employees). Fastest growing company in its domain.
- Involved in requirement gathering & product development.
- Sometimes involved in direct discussions & solution presentation to clients.
- Very small international work ex of 25 days. This is the biggest international deployment of the company in terms of revenues. Was directly dealing with the client in these 25 days(and it was a very short time span in which the whole system was made live).

post-MBA career goal: business development/statergy consulting

Extra curricular:

- Was an active participant in professional sports. Participated till state level in 2 sports during school time.
- Working for an NGO for last 5 months.
- Won many performance awards at work. Includes highest award for recognition(2 times)
- Involved in various cultural societies in college.


I am planning to apply to ISB, NUS, Nanyang, HKUST, schulich.

Should i downgrade my options or can i upgrade to include some higher level schools(said business school, HEC Paris).

Please provide a brief regarding my chances.

Thanks.

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by kaushals » Wed Sep 15, 2010 3:53 am
Someone pls help .......

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by jkhousto » Wed Sep 15, 2010 4:50 pm
kaushals -

Thanks for sharing your profile.

Unfortunately, I must clarify that mbaMission specializes in American, Canadian, and European business schools, so while the schools you mention are competitive, they are outside our area of expertise. However, your stats and work experience are not that differentiated compared to other Indian male engineers. I am not sure I would upgrade your target schools to include HEC Paris.

Good luck to you,
Jennifer
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