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by priya8712 » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:55 pm
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Please find my brief profile given below:

GMAT: 680(Q 49 V 33 AWA 4.5 IR 5)
Academics
Undergraduation(Bachelor of Engineering in IT):92.5 %(Non IIT,Non NIT)----Osmania university first ranker in IT branch
12th Standard: 98.2%
10th Standard: 95%

Work experience till date: 3.1 years(Indian IT Female)
I work with Deloitte Consulting and have 3 years of experience.I will have 4 years of experience by the time I join the school.Consistently rated as a top performer.


Awards: Got 3 gold medals,2 silver medals,memento and merit certificates in recognition of my oustanding acacdemic excellence(undergrad).
Applause award in Deloitte.
Received the prestigious Prathibha award(Gold medal and merit certificate)for my 10th standard percentage(awarded by Chief Minister).


Promotion:Got promoted within 2 years in Deloitte(early promotion).Normally,it takes 3 years.

Extracurricular:
Selected as President of Students Association for Institute Day in 2010.Played an active role in organizing all the activities.
Selected as Secretary of Students Association for Institute Day in 2009.Played an active role by coordinating with all the volunteers and contributed to the success of the event.
Organized an IT Fest.
Certificate of Appreciation for my contribution as a volunteer in organizing ' Technopreneurial Summit'
Contributed 10 whitepapers on the technology(Business Intelligence) in which I work.
Part of an NGO.Received 'certifcate of recognition' for my dedicated efforts.
Buddy Program at Deloitte.
Part of Recruitment team at Deloitte.
Short Term Goals:Currently,I work as an IT consultant.I want to move to IT strategy Consulting position.I want to take up IT strategy management.Work for a top consulting firm as a IT strategy consultant for atleast 5 years.

Long Term Goal: To become partner/principal for a consulting company.

Please let me know my chances of admission.Do I have any chance at Duke? I like Duke very much, and I want to apply in Early Action round. Kindly let me know my chances. Also,Please suggest me other schools to which I can apply this year.

Thanks in advance!
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by MBAApply » Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:29 pm
As a standard issue Indian IT applicant, you need at least a 700 GMAT at a minimum for the top 16 schools because there's way more applicants like yourself competing for limited spots, and yet there's enough of them that will have GMATs that are in the 700 range.

Regardless of your GMAT score though, what I suggest is to look at 2-3 top 16 school as stretches, but focus your efforts on top 30 schools (choose 3-4) as your sweet spots: USC, Texas, Tepper, Georgetown, UNC, Emory, Purdue, Indiana, Maryland, and so forth.
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by CriticalSquareMBA » Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:43 pm
Hi there,

On the surface if we only look at the fact that you're Indian and in IT, I'd say you're in a tough spot.

BUT - you're with Deloitte (with whom Duke has a very strong relationship), you're a female (Duke has a pretty good % of females), and you seem to be doing well compared to your peers (which, in consulting, is key).

So while I agree with the gist of what Mr. Alex has proposed, I'm a little more bullish on your chances. If your long term goals are leadership within a consulting firm, then probably target Duke, Ross, and UCLA. As more realistic programs I'd suggest picking 3 or so from UT Austin, Emory, Indiana, UNC, and Georgetown.

Effectively, I've chosen schools that have strong consulting ties and that are partial to both women and Deloitte. UT Austin and UNC are good bets. Emory has a really small class size so that'll be hard. Indiana or Georgetown might be a good 3rd.

However, these are all challenging programs to get into so let me caveat my post by saying while I have recommended you pursue slightly higher ranked programs, you're going to have to deliver when it comes to your applications. You're going to have to make your experiences shine. You have the material there but the trick will be in execution.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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by apphelp » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:51 am
Hi Priya,

Your work ex looks good and flows coherently into a post MBA consulting story but GMAT score is a bit average. Deloitte brand should help.

Applying certainly in Early action to Duke will help but if you can retake GMAT by aug end and improve your score by 30 points, it will make your chances much better.

Apart from Duke you can consider ISB, Darden & Mccombs. If you are open to Canada consider Ivey and Rotman. In Europe you can look at Cambridge Judge and Said. All these have decent consulting placements.

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