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Profile evaluation please

by WengaBaay » Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:26 am
Nationality: Singaporean
Age:29
Work experience:7years
GMAT: 620 (Q42, Verbal 33),taken twice- latest was yesterday, previously in 2008

BE, Mechanical & Production Engineering Undergrad GPA: 2.75 (NTU, Singapore) 2003
Masters in Precision Eng (part-time): GPA 4.1/5 (NTU, Singapore) 2007
Masters in Applied Finance (part-time): GPA 3.4/4.0 (Singapore MGMT Uni)
CFA level 1 Passed

Work Ex:
5 years for Novellus Systems Inc. (Semiconductor Industry) : 2 years HW Service Engineer, 3 years- Senior Process engineer/Technical Sales Engineer (2 promotions in 5 years). Best employee award for 2/5 years. 2 technical Paper publications. Won Customer service award from client (Work location:split between US/SG)

2 years at SAS Institute Inc. as a Pre-Sales Risk & Advanced Analytics Consultant: Won best Staff Award 2010 - recently helped win a multi million dollar consulting deal with a bank. My work is very quantitative. Led a team of three.

EC: research team member for a transient workers community org. (last 2 years), represented University in cricket team for 4 years. Publications secretary for American society of Mechanical engineer during undergrad.

Preferred Post MBA field: Management/Financial Consulting
Preferred MBA school location: US/CANADA

I am planning to apply for 4 schools - Rotman, UNC & 2 more (undecided). shooting for R2 deadlines for all schools with Rotman to go first.

I realize that my Gmat score is not good, but I feel the need to do a FT mba now because of a few factors - career at a stage where MBA will equip me & accelerate my move up, age (I feel i want I need a full time MBA to fully realize its potential and thus want to finish it before marriage), networking in North America to complement my Singapore networks to increase my professional options. FT because I feel the need to fully focus when assembling this last piece of my career platform jigsaw! I am looking for a consultant who can help me with the essay editing and most importantly guide me on the strengths of school programs I am suited to.

Thanks for your patience with my lengthy post.
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by Tani » Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:40 am
I always advise those clients who feel they must go to b-school next year to add a safety school or two to their lists. Although you appear to have a strong work background, your GMAT score will keep you out of the top ranked schools. Schools will also want to know why you are looking for a third masters degree. The suspicion will be that you simply prefer going to school to working. In the US we call that a "professional student". You will have to put together clear, persuasive essays to overcome those doubts.

The Canadian schools have slightly lower GMAT averages than the comparable US schools. There may be some strong options for you there. Topmba.com and the London Financial Times have better coverage of schools outside the US than do some of the US ranking systems. European schools with their one-year programs are looking more to help mid-career executives who are not planning to make changes.

Kaplan's consultant have helped people all over the world who face decisions such as yours. You can see their bios on the Kaplan website. https://www.kaptest.com/GMAT/Admissions- ... lting.html

Good luck,
Tani Wolff