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by Flamboyant@MBA » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:36 am
Hi,
I am looking to apply for FALL 2011.Please assist me in applying for B- Schools.
What B- Schools can i look for ?

Here is my profile

Nationality : Indian
GMAT: 640( Q-50,V - 26,AWA - 4)
Graduation : ECE 80% ( Ranked 2nd in class of 60 students) - Relative GPA : 3.9
12th - 91 %
10- 91%

Scored 100% in quant consistently through out my career excluding 12th ...


Experience : 2 years in IT in a MNC- Banking Product ; Will be 3 by the time i join.

Extracurricular activities :
Won a Paper presentation and Robotic tech event at national level.
In the organizing committee for all 4 yrs of graduation.Headed the committee in final yr.
Represented my state in an international IEEE student congress.
Coll and company level cricket player.
Published a paper at my company.
In Editorial team for a magazine in my company.
Also been Chairman of IEEE in final yr at college.
Got a merit certificate from govt of India for 10th etc .. and many other small achievements.


Voluntary Service :
Part of few social services clubs at office and also been indulging with a orphanage since engg.
I am also a certified Disaster Recovery Representative.

Looking to work in Finance or consulting after my MBA. So planning to do MBA - Finance.

Please comment on my chances to get into top schools and provide me a few schools which are good at MBA Finance and are affordable/provide good aids and which can have me in next yr`s class :-).
All the Best !!!

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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:16 am
You have a good profile, but not one that jumps off the page considering the large applicant pool from which you are applying (Indian male with IT background--see my post on how to stand out in this pool). You have to remember that the typical top tier candidate from your pool is posting a 700+ GMAT and has 5+ years WE. This tells me you should be targeting schools in the lower half of the top 20. Not to say you couldn't get into a top ten school, and you should certainly throw your application into a couple of them just in case (particularly if you are going to write a compelling case for why you are passionate about finance), but you will probably find a better hit rate in the schools from 10-20 and will get a great MBA at that level. In a competitive environment like we're in right now, you should plan on doing more applications than you would in a typical year (say 5-6 instead of 2-3). This should raise your chances of admission to a school you'll be happy with. If you could get that GMAT up a little, to say 680+ you would be doing yourself a big favor. You might consider getting some professional advice on your application as well. Good luck!
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by Flamboyant@MBA » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:47 am
Hi Bryant,
Thank you for your evaluation. I am planning to apply in R1 to :

Harvard
NYU
UNC - Chappel Hill
Rutgers
2 more safe- searching .. :-)

Can you please let me know my chances to these schools ...

Thanks
All the Best !!!

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by Flamboyant@MBA » Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:16 am
Bryant@VeritasPrep wrote:You have a good profile, but not one that jumps off the page considering the large applicant pool from which you are applying (Indian male with IT background--see my post on how to stand out in this pool). You have to remember that the typical top tier candidate from your pool is posting a 700+ GMAT and has 5+ years WE. This tells me you should be targeting schools in the lower half of the top 20. Not to say you couldn't get into a top ten school, and you should certainly throw your application into a couple of them just in case (particularly if you are going to write a compelling case for why you are passionate about finance), but you will probably find a better hit rate in the schools from 10-20 and will get a great MBA at that level. In a competitive environment like we're in right now, you should plan on doing more applications than you would in a typical year (say 5-6 instead of 2-3). This should raise your chances of admission to a school you'll be happy with. If you could get that GMAT up a little, to say 680+ you would be doing yourself a big favor. You might consider getting some professional advice on your application as well. Good luck!
Hi Bryant,
How important is TOEFL in the admission process ? Verbal being my setback has hit me once again in the name of toefl with 96 :-( ...
So now I have finalized the list as below. Please comment on the list as to what my chances are and if can apply to these or can i apply to better schools or should I get down further .. Please comment ..

CMU
UNC - Chappel Hill
Rutgers
univ of oklahoma
univ of tennessee knoxville
Cleveland

Also please suggest if i need to look at any other schools.
As already stated got 640 (q50,26v) in GMAT with AWA at 4. Please reply asap so that I can plan accordingly .
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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:38 am
Schools are going to take into consideration coming from another country with English as 2nd language when they evaluate not only your GMAT verbal score, but also your essays. THis is actually an important point, because you don't want to post a horrible verbal score and then somehow miraculously turn in perfectly constructed essays. There will be "something rotten in Denmark" under such a scenario. What you may find is that schools want to see you in person, most likely to evaluate how well you can communicate in English and understand it. This is obviously an important part of the b-school experience, not only for you but also for your classmates.
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