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Hello,

I am planning to apply for 2014.

Age: 26
Nationality: Indian
Gmat:710

Education:

Masters of Engineering (Computer Science) - Cornell University (2011)
GPA:3.35/4

Bachelors of Engineering (Telecommunication) - R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore (2009)
GPA: 4/4, Rank: 2/70

Work Experience: 3 yrs
Cisco Systems - Software Engineer (1 yr) in Bangalore, India
Microsoft - Software Developer (2 yrs Post Masters), US

Technical Paper Publication: 2

Lot of extra-curricular activities.

Post-MBA goal: Looking forward to switch career to finance and consulting.

Please evaluate my profile accordingly. I am planning to apply to 5 universities.

List of Universities:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley (Haas)
Harvard University
Northwestern University (Kellogg)
University of Chicago (Booth)
University of Michigan, Ann Harbour
Columbia University
Duke University
Cornell University

Thanks,
Dinesh Arora

Hi Dinesh,

Thanks for sharing your profile. You have strong academics and, although you're an Indian Male engineer, you're differentiated through your U.S. Masters' degree and U.S. work experience. However, given the technical nature of your work and your lack of extracurricular and community leadership, I think you are overshooting with your current list. HBS/GSB are unlikely as you don't have the kind of leadership and well rounded profile they tend to lean towards. I'd say Duke, Michigan, Booth, Cornell are good target programs. The others are going to be reaches.

I hope this helps,
Mili




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Thanks Mili.

If I decide to move in to technical product management after my mba.

I am planning to apply for Round2. Please evaluate my chances according to the given schools below:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
University of California-Berkeley (Haas)
Columbia University

-Dinesh