Hi Stacey,
My name is Gaurav. I am a prospective MBA student. I am looking foward to start in fall 2011.
Well I would like to get your insight in my MBA candidacy:
Here we go:
Age: 29 (30 when I start)
I am a (medical) doctor by profession. I was born in India and moved later to Germany. I am a German citizen.
GMAT1: 620
GMAT2: 680 (Q: 44 and V: 43)
Education:
GPA: 3.2 (Studied medicine at a Germany top-tier university, ranked as Germany's best university 2009-10), Qualification: MD; fully licensed with the German Medical Council
I would receive my PhD in cardiac surgery by end of this year (from another top-tier German university with magna cum laude)
Work Experience (all in Germany):
1) As an Intern in a university hospital - 1 year
2) Medical advisor in a multinational European pharmaceutical company (one of the biggest 50 Pharma companies of the world) - 2 years (1 Promotion)
Started my own company in Bangalore, India, to market golf yardage books (Sales: around 3000 Dollars per year) (for 2 years)
Extracurricular:
1) Volunteered to vaccinate children in various slums in Northern India (for 3 years)
2) Played in Dutch cricket league (League IV) (for almost one year)
3) Volunteered for buddy program at my university (for almost 3 years)
Pre MBA (what I do now):
I am the project manager for 2 major clinical trials with budgets of 5 million Euros each. Besides I am working in a team as the only Medical Expert to develop an innovative medication for a skin disease in Europe.
Post MBA:
Short term: Strategic management consulting (with major focus on pharma/biotech/healthcare) or going back to the pharma/biotech sector.
Long term: Get into senior management of Big Pharma/biotech
My unique points?
1) Tons of international experience
2) I can speak 5 languages fluently
3) I have a MD and a PhD (soon)
4) Only person in my company to lead 2 major clinical trials at the same time
Schools: (I have arranged the schools in order of MY preference)
1. Kellogg
2. Chicago
3. Columbia
4. NYU
5. UCLA
6. Ross
7. Texas (McCombs)
8. Safe: UCSD (Rady) or George Washington
9. Stretccccch!: Stanford , Wharton
Questions:
Do you think I have shot at any of these schools? Could you please arrange this list in the order that would be doable with my profile?
Do I need to add any more schools or take some schools off from the list? I would prefer to go to schools which have a urban or semi-urban campus.
Could you please also suggest some more appropriate safe schools for my profile?
I am looking forward to your reply.
Many thanks in advance
with kind regard
Gaurav
My name is Gaurav. I am a prospective MBA student. I am looking foward to start in fall 2011.
Well I would like to get your insight in my MBA candidacy:
Here we go:
Age: 29 (30 when I start)
I am a (medical) doctor by profession. I was born in India and moved later to Germany. I am a German citizen.
GMAT1: 620
GMAT2: 680 (Q: 44 and V: 43)
Education:
GPA: 3.2 (Studied medicine at a Germany top-tier university, ranked as Germany's best university 2009-10), Qualification: MD; fully licensed with the German Medical Council
I would receive my PhD in cardiac surgery by end of this year (from another top-tier German university with magna cum laude)
Work Experience (all in Germany):
1) As an Intern in a university hospital - 1 year
2) Medical advisor in a multinational European pharmaceutical company (one of the biggest 50 Pharma companies of the world) - 2 years (1 Promotion)
Started my own company in Bangalore, India, to market golf yardage books (Sales: around 3000 Dollars per year) (for 2 years)
Extracurricular:
1) Volunteered to vaccinate children in various slums in Northern India (for 3 years)
2) Played in Dutch cricket league (League IV) (for almost one year)
3) Volunteered for buddy program at my university (for almost 3 years)
Pre MBA (what I do now):
I am the project manager for 2 major clinical trials with budgets of 5 million Euros each. Besides I am working in a team as the only Medical Expert to develop an innovative medication for a skin disease in Europe.
Post MBA:
Short term: Strategic management consulting (with major focus on pharma/biotech/healthcare) or going back to the pharma/biotech sector.
Long term: Get into senior management of Big Pharma/biotech
My unique points?
1) Tons of international experience
2) I can speak 5 languages fluently
3) I have a MD and a PhD (soon)
4) Only person in my company to lead 2 major clinical trials at the same time
Schools: (I have arranged the schools in order of MY preference)
1. Kellogg
2. Chicago
3. Columbia
4. NYU
5. UCLA
6. Ross
7. Texas (McCombs)
8. Safe: UCSD (Rady) or George Washington
9. Stretccccch!: Stanford , Wharton
Questions:
Do you think I have shot at any of these schools? Could you please arrange this list in the order that would be doable with my profile?
Do I need to add any more schools or take some schools off from the list? I would prefer to go to schools which have a urban or semi-urban campus.
Could you please also suggest some more appropriate safe schools for my profile?
I am looking forward to your reply.
Many thanks in advance
with kind regard
Gaurav
