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Sid66: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 1; Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:12 pm

by Sid66 » Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:15 pm

Hi,

Could you please look at my profile too and help me figure out the schools in 3 categories -- stretch, target and safe

Hi,

I need the feedback on my MBA profile and realistic school options. All tips/comments are welcome

Profile :

Indian male, 27

Gmat - 730 (Q49, V40)

Under grad - passed with distinction in top 10% (approx 3.7)
Post grad- diploma in finance from Great Lakes (India )(AMBA approved )

Work ex -

Previous - 15 months with TCS
- implementing CORE BANKING SYSTEM in SBI and handling other IT details
Highlight - among top 5 in ILP training

Current - 39 months- senior research associate
Global oil and gas strategy
- forecasting major crude prices
- developing upstream and downstream databases forecasting supply for all OPEC non- OPEC countries
- forecasting demand based on GDP and other economic indicators
- writing reports on current market scenario

Highlight - top performer 3 years in a row
- developed model for crude price forecast based on supply outages in Iran

Extra curricular -

- won first prize in paper presentation in international level conference on systemics and cybernetics
- represented college in inter- collegiate chess tournament

Career direction- energy consulting or finance

Questions - which schools should I try for ?
Categorize stretch/target/safe Kellogg, booth, Cornell, fuqua , darden / Ross/ tepper ?

How many should I plan to apply to be safe ?

Whether US schools are better for my profile or insead/hkust is also a good option ?

Thanks in advance

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by 99Colleges: MBA Admission » Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:34 pm

Sid66,

Your academic profile (test score/ GPA) is definitely competitive. Though, your current role is on the research side, which traditionally does not offer many avenues for roles such as leadership and teamwork. So, you need to carefully consider what parts of your profile you want to project in your essays in order to convey a consistent and strong candidature.

It's always difficult to pick schools and say that you've better chance at few of them. Broadly, I will say Kellogg and Booth will be stretch, while others will be in the target group.

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by AdmitPitch » Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:34 am

Dear Sid66:

Admit Pitch's take on your profile:

a) academics: Very strong - this definetly is a big plus. If you can work hard to get a decent GMAT (within the class average), you will clear the academic hurdle
b) work ex: not many people work on complex SBI+TCS project (we understand this well). Also the amazing outlook on oil&gas in very interesting - these areas definetly help you to present your case well in application
c) extra curriculars: this is very brief - we need to understand the roles, initiatives and passion behind the same

However, other key areas which are important are: career goals, why MBA and why specific program will present impressive picture of you. Based on this some of the school names can be better fit over others.

AdmitPitch.com has a team of MBA graduates from top 30 programs in the US. We are based out of Bangalore. We have a deep understanding of Indian candidates with IT background who apply to B-schools. Feel free to reach us at [email protected].

Sid66 wrote:Hi,

Could you please look at my profile too and help me figure out the schools in 3 categories -- stretch, target and safe

Hi,

I need the feedback on my MBA profile and realistic school options. All tips/comments are welcome

Profile :

Indian male, 27

Gmat - 730 (Q49, V40)

Under grad - passed with distinction in top 10% (approx 3.7)
Post grad- diploma in finance from Great Lakes (India )(AMBA approved )

Work ex -

Previous - 15 months with TCS
- implementing CORE BANKING SYSTEM in SBI and handling other IT details
Highlight - among top 5 in ILP training

Current - 39 months- senior research associate
Global oil and gas strategy
- forecasting major crude prices
- developing upstream and downstream databases forecasting supply for all OPEC non- OPEC countries
- forecasting demand based on GDP and other economic indicators
- writing reports on current market scenario

Highlight - top performer 3 years in a row
- developed model for crude price forecast based on supply outages in Iran

Extra curricular -

- won first prize in paper presentation in international level conference on systemics and cybernetics
- represented college in inter- collegiate chess tournament

Career direction- energy consulting or finance

Questions - which schools should I try for ?
Categorize stretch/target/safe Kellogg, booth, Cornell, fuqua , darden / Ross/ tepper ?

How many should I plan to apply to be safe ?

Whether US schools are better for my profile or insead/hkust is also a good option ?

Thanks in advance

Admit Pitch,
MBA Admission Consultants
https://www.admitpitch.com/
US | UK | China | India
Schedule a 60 minute free assessment, send your resume at [email protected]
We do offer flexi-payment options

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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:19 am

Which Indian university did you graduate from as an undergraduate? The competitiveness of this school bears on your admissions chances.

Assuming you went to an NIT, IIT or equivalent, I would say that Tepper is closer to a safety school; Cornell, Darden, Fuqua and Ross are more target schools and Kellogg and Booth are stretch schools. Given your energy goals, you should add Haas to the mix. (https://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/academics/energy.html)

Look at essay overlap when determining number of schools. So, for example if you added UCLA Anderson you would not be writing another essay (since you had already completed the goals question).

INSEAD is an excellent feeder into a consulting career.

Good luck,

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