Lisa,
I wanted to get your perspective on my candidacy for Fall 2010 admissions to a full time MBA program. My details are:
i) Background: 29 year old Indian male (US citizen)
ii) Undergrad: Top 5 Public School in the US with major in Econ and minors in math and phil, GPA 2.95; GPA of Econ major is 3.3
Low GPA statement: self supported my way through school working a few part time jobs
iii) Career: (a) 2 years in market research, last 4 years in supply chain consulting firm which is market leader in its niche. Promoted once from analyst to associate and currently a project manager (org restructuring lead to addition of another layer below Associate and consequently increased work responsbilities across the board for all associates who are now project managers); pay raise every six months. Have moved from analytical spreadsheet work when I started to now leading international projects with tons of leadership without authority experiences in managing large international stakeholder teams. Expected to be promoted to manager in Jan/Feb 2010.
(b) Most of my work ex has been in the US, however for the last 6 months I have been on assignment in London,UK working in our firm's EU operations - expanding EU practice, bringing standardizarion across NA and EU practices, leading international projects
iv) GMAT: Last score in Oct 2008 was 710 (49Q and 38 V). Have taken the GMAT three other times in 2007 and 2008 with scores being (650,640 and 630 in chronological order).
v) Extra curriculars:
College- editor of a publication for a student organization, camp counselor for a summer for middle school and high school kids, boxing club, philosophy club
Post College: volunteer for a non-profit from 2006-2007 and then volunteer for non-profit from 2007-2009 - recently fundraising work and developing a program to generate more volunteers in different cities for this organization
vi) Post MBA career - continuation in a different niche in supply chain in a role with international exposure and using MBA to gain specialized knowledge and develop networks.
Reasons for obtaining an MBA - improving my knowledge base in topics outside the field of my expertise but which may sometimes be required to know - example specific concerpts from accounting and finance; refining decision making skills and refining managerial skills through theory and laboratory practice, expanding scope through meeting people from different professonial and personal backgrounds.
My questions is:
1. For my target school list below, could you please comment on which schools would qualify as reach, sweet spot and safety?
Stern, Columbia, LBS, Oxford, Cambridge, Chicago and Kellogg
I wanted to get your perspective on my candidacy for Fall 2010 admissions to a full time MBA program. My details are:
i) Background: 29 year old Indian male (US citizen)
ii) Undergrad: Top 5 Public School in the US with major in Econ and minors in math and phil, GPA 2.95; GPA of Econ major is 3.3
Low GPA statement: self supported my way through school working a few part time jobs
iii) Career: (a) 2 years in market research, last 4 years in supply chain consulting firm which is market leader in its niche. Promoted once from analyst to associate and currently a project manager (org restructuring lead to addition of another layer below Associate and consequently increased work responsbilities across the board for all associates who are now project managers); pay raise every six months. Have moved from analytical spreadsheet work when I started to now leading international projects with tons of leadership without authority experiences in managing large international stakeholder teams. Expected to be promoted to manager in Jan/Feb 2010.
(b) Most of my work ex has been in the US, however for the last 6 months I have been on assignment in London,UK working in our firm's EU operations - expanding EU practice, bringing standardizarion across NA and EU practices, leading international projects
iv) GMAT: Last score in Oct 2008 was 710 (49Q and 38 V). Have taken the GMAT three other times in 2007 and 2008 with scores being (650,640 and 630 in chronological order).
v) Extra curriculars:
College- editor of a publication for a student organization, camp counselor for a summer for middle school and high school kids, boxing club, philosophy club
Post College: volunteer for a non-profit from 2006-2007 and then volunteer for non-profit from 2007-2009 - recently fundraising work and developing a program to generate more volunteers in different cities for this organization
vi) Post MBA career - continuation in a different niche in supply chain in a role with international exposure and using MBA to gain specialized knowledge and develop networks.
Reasons for obtaining an MBA - improving my knowledge base in topics outside the field of my expertise but which may sometimes be required to know - example specific concerpts from accounting and finance; refining decision making skills and refining managerial skills through theory and laboratory practice, expanding scope through meeting people from different professonial and personal backgrounds.
My questions is:
1. For my target school list below, could you please comment on which schools would qualify as reach, sweet spot and safety?
Stern, Columbia, LBS, Oxford, Cambridge, Chicago and Kellogg
