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scorpionz
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- GMAT Score:760
Work experience - 5 years 4 months (will be 6 yrs before next fall)
GMAT score - 760 (Q 51,V 41, AWA - 6.0)
Areas of Interest - Strategy management, General Management
Letters of Recommendation - Not a problem. Current manager and ex-manager will do the needful.
Profile -
- Completed my Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from a reputed Engineering college (National Institute of Technology) in India. Pretty soon into the course I realized that I did not like Mechanical Engineering but couldn't switch to Computer Sciences which was always my first choice (have been assembling computers from scratch since I was 14 years old).. Can't directly translate my Graduation percentage into a GPA. I got 65% that placed me within the top 15 percentile. It is in the above average range.
- Got placed into an IT consulting & technology firm after graduation. Have been with the same firm ever since.
- Have done very well in my job since I enjoy my job very much. Got the opportunity to work twice from the Client location in Chicago. The first was a stint of 8 month when I had about 1.5 years experience. The responsibilities I had were much more than those typically handled by someone having 1.5 years of experience in my firm. The second one was much more challenging and was for about 1.5 years. Was in charge for planning & executing a very tight deadline project. I had about a team of about 15 people in India working with me on a part of the project. The entire project size was about 35 people in India and 4 people in Chicago. I am currently the Project Lead for a project in India. I have 7 direct reports who in turn have about 37 reports. Basically, I am leading a project with about 44 people directly or indirectly reporting to me. I have been promoted twice and also received recognition for my work from my client in Chicago.
- I was involved in a lot of extracurricular activities in my early school days. Used to participate in all sorts of competitions such as elocutions, debates, quizzes, dramas etc. in school. By the time I reached college, I was bored of participating in extracurricular activities and took up organizing activities in a very big way. I was the organizing committee member of the cultural festival hosted by our college in all the four years. I was responsible for marketing the events and getting major sponsorships. I also hosted a Rock Band Contest & Debate in my final year and was the Editor of the magazine published during the event in my third year and final year. I was also instrumental in organizing two major fundraisers for charities. The first one was a charity involved with leprosy patients while the other one dealt with deaf & dumb children. All the organizing activities have led me to (I believe!) be very efficient in handling men, material and money. Post college, my extracurricular activities have dropped significantly primarily due to heavy workload. I have been involved with the CSR initiative of our organization occasionally and also sponsored the education for many underprivileged children.
Schools targeted -
- Kellogg
- Wharton
- Booth
- Haas (Berkeley)
- Rotman (Toronto)
- ISB
I know that all schools are Dream schools and that I come from a very dominant application pool.
Having said that, my questions to the expert evaluators are -
1. What was the first impression of the profile that you had on reading the above data?
2. What areas of my profile should be highlighted more than others considering the schools being targeted? Any pointers to do the same will be very helpful..
3. Are there any schools ("in-reach" or something..don't know the exact terminology) that I should consider apart from the above schools?
4. Will any of the schools completely reject (I hope not!!) my profile for the concentrations that I wish to pursue?
Thanks for taking the time out to read this profile and provide your valuable inputs!!
GMAT score - 760 (Q 51,V 41, AWA - 6.0)
Areas of Interest - Strategy management, General Management
Letters of Recommendation - Not a problem. Current manager and ex-manager will do the needful.
Profile -
- Completed my Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from a reputed Engineering college (National Institute of Technology) in India. Pretty soon into the course I realized that I did not like Mechanical Engineering but couldn't switch to Computer Sciences which was always my first choice (have been assembling computers from scratch since I was 14 years old).. Can't directly translate my Graduation percentage into a GPA. I got 65% that placed me within the top 15 percentile. It is in the above average range.
- Got placed into an IT consulting & technology firm after graduation. Have been with the same firm ever since.
- Have done very well in my job since I enjoy my job very much. Got the opportunity to work twice from the Client location in Chicago. The first was a stint of 8 month when I had about 1.5 years experience. The responsibilities I had were much more than those typically handled by someone having 1.5 years of experience in my firm. The second one was much more challenging and was for about 1.5 years. Was in charge for planning & executing a very tight deadline project. I had about a team of about 15 people in India working with me on a part of the project. The entire project size was about 35 people in India and 4 people in Chicago. I am currently the Project Lead for a project in India. I have 7 direct reports who in turn have about 37 reports. Basically, I am leading a project with about 44 people directly or indirectly reporting to me. I have been promoted twice and also received recognition for my work from my client in Chicago.
- I was involved in a lot of extracurricular activities in my early school days. Used to participate in all sorts of competitions such as elocutions, debates, quizzes, dramas etc. in school. By the time I reached college, I was bored of participating in extracurricular activities and took up organizing activities in a very big way. I was the organizing committee member of the cultural festival hosted by our college in all the four years. I was responsible for marketing the events and getting major sponsorships. I also hosted a Rock Band Contest & Debate in my final year and was the Editor of the magazine published during the event in my third year and final year. I was also instrumental in organizing two major fundraisers for charities. The first one was a charity involved with leprosy patients while the other one dealt with deaf & dumb children. All the organizing activities have led me to (I believe!) be very efficient in handling men, material and money. Post college, my extracurricular activities have dropped significantly primarily due to heavy workload. I have been involved with the CSR initiative of our organization occasionally and also sponsored the education for many underprivileged children.
Schools targeted -
- Kellogg
- Wharton
- Booth
- Haas (Berkeley)
- Rotman (Toronto)
- ISB
I know that all schools are Dream schools and that I come from a very dominant application pool.
Having said that, my questions to the expert evaluators are -
1. What was the first impression of the profile that you had on reading the above data?
2. What areas of my profile should be highlighted more than others considering the schools being targeted? Any pointers to do the same will be very helpful..
3. Are there any schools ("in-reach" or something..don't know the exact terminology) that I should consider apart from the above schools?
4. Will any of the schools completely reject (I hope not!!) my profile for the concentrations that I wish to pursue?
Thanks for taking the time out to read this profile and provide your valuable inputs!!
