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Profile Evaluation Help Needed

by maverick_me » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:25 am
Hi,

I have provided relevant information on my profile. Request you to evaluate my profile and my chances of getting into a B-school

GMAT: 760
Demographic Info: Indian Male - Single - 25 years
GPA: I do not know how to calculate this since I studied in India, but here are the details
10th : 89.6%/100
12th : 78.8%/100
Undergrad: Bachelor of Technology in Telecommunications Engineering with CGPA 7.27/10

Work Experience: 38 MONTHS as of October 2011.
- Started my career with Tata Consultancy Services, Indias top Software company as a Systems Engineer
- Got the highest rating during my stint of two years with TCS; Also won internal awards like Gems
- Received 1 promotion in one year
- Took a career shift into Business development/Sales and marketing after 24 months.
- Started as a consultant(trainee) running cold calls, generating leads, prospecting different segments of the market
- within 14 months lead a team of 4 people under me targeting a revenue of 1 million Rs (20,000$) in revenue for the next quarter
- Changed track into Business Development/ Sales and marketing- have got my company 2 corporate clients and 4 retails clients during the past quarter; in my previous company generated 6 clients during a single marketing campaign

Recommendations: - Will get good recommendations from my manager (Director (Operations)) and CEO(Previous Company)

Leadership Experience: 4 months
- Lead team of 4 people
- In my current role, I lead a team of 4 people working on generating business as per the target set for the quarter.

Extracurricular activities:
- Represented Graduation University in Cricket
- One of the college quiz team to qualify for the finals of the inter-college quiz competition
- Editor of the TCS-ING newsletter(client vendor communication medium) during my stint at TCS
- Member of Each One Teach One campaign under TCS-Maitree Initiative


Goal :I am interested in pursuing MBA in Marketing/Brand Management and Development in specific. I have learnt various concepts like Software Development Life Cycle and have achieved a stream shift but now want to do some academic coarsework in the field to add to my practical learnings.

Target Schools: Stanford/HBS/Kellogs/Duke/ Stern Business School/Texas McCombs/UCLA/USC
Europe: LBS,IESE,Insead, Rotterdam
Asia: ISB, Nanyang, NUS

Location: I am an international applicant currently working out of Bengaluru region of India

Need help on:
1. Is my profile good for Top 10 B-schools or am I expecting too much? Please evaluate.
2. Am i under-aiming by also applying at programs ranked below 10-15

Appreciate your response.

Regards,
Pradyut Vatsa[/i]
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by throughmba » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:54 am
Needless to say you have a terrific profile. Just a little bit of differentiation and " show me a leader" in your stories and you will make it to the top 10. The only caveat is that what you have put is a resume high point and most of the people from confident of applying will have such resume. So what you need is hook to charm in your stories.

your profile perfectly qualifies for top 10.

Applying to NUS and NTU have other reasons. They are asian colleges, which are less costly and somewhere preferred by indian applicants.

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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:59 pm
What level is your undergraduate program (IIT, NIT, etc.)?

Stanford, HBS, and Kellogg will be difficult. I think your sweet spot is roughly the #8-#15 which includes Duke, Stern, UCLA, and then you could have a #15-#20 as closer to a safety UT Austin with USC if you wish.

A one year program like INSEAD might not be the best given your desire to switch into Marketing.

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by maverick_me » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:53 am
Dear Michael

Thanks for reply. I just want a clarification , I am not switching to Marketing but rather I am already in Marketing just looking for a better profile say as a Brand Manager etc.

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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:30 pm
Pradyut,

My bad. Then you might look to at Columbia's accelerated program along with some of the one year programs in Europe that you listed. Take a look at IMD and IE as well.

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by maverick_me » Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:04 pm
I have almost reached the end of my application process with the last few apps going on! it has been hectic and i hope the time that i gave to each app was what was required and they have come up right!
i have applied to the following colleges:
US: Kelloggs/Stanford/UNC/Duke/UCLA/Booth/USC(working currently)/UC Berkeley(working currently)
Europe: IESE(got a shortlist for interview)
Asia: ISB

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by Jon@Admissionado » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:48 am
Well glad that's over aren't you?
As everybody has pointed out, you have a good profile, and at this point all I can do is wish you lots of luck.
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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:41 am
Congratulations and Good Luck!!!!!
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