Looking for recommendations on schools

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Looking for recommendations on schools

by Shina » Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:58 am
Hi,

I'm a 30 year old female looking for some guidance. Here's my profile and list of schools, could you help evaluate my chances and suggest further schools I can take a shot at?

GMAT - 710 Q49 V37 AWA 5.0 taken this year (old score from Dec 2006 - 600)
Bachelors with Maths and Computers - 58% (This is low)
MBA IT - 69%
Work Ex - 8 years in Learning and dev (Communications, Mgmt Dev etc), involved in various global learning projects
Intenational Exp - Never lived but have taken short work trips to US and China and have worked extensively with US and Aus.
Extra curriculars - Decent
Recos - Can get good and detailed recos from boss, internal clients and head of our department
Reason for mba - want to expand my role to change mgmt and leadership dev... lead the human resources function. Looking for schools with international outlook and repute.

Schools aiming for -

LBS, INSEAD, IMD are top on my list , may be Australia GSB haven't explored the ones in US

What are my chances in above and any suggestions on schools in US. I'm looking for schools with either one year course or quicker ROI. I don't want to end up with an MBA and no job or job that doesn't help me pay back for my MBA.

Looking forward to your response,

Shina
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by Shina » Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:30 am
I think I missed mentioning I'm an Indian :)

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by Stacey Oyler » Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:15 am
Hi,

Thanks for your post. Given the information you shared, I would suggest that you consider adding some part time and/or executive programs to your list. Your 8 years of work experience is above average for most full time programs, but spot on for most executive and part time programs. It might be worth taking a look at programs in your geographical area so that you can keep working while earning your degree. Top programs that come to mind are Wharton, Berkeley-Columbia, Kellogg and Duke. There are so many great programs out there that you can tailor to suit your needs.

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Stacey
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