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profile evaluation - early career

by ankut » Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:41 am
I have the following profile, and would like to have it evaluated by you:

GMAT: 740
GPA: 6.8 on a scale of 10 (frankly, quite mediocre in my college)
Doing my Undergrad in engineering from a Top-10 engineering institute in India
Extras: I was a national level sportsman, and have won numerous individual gold medals at the national level
I have been selected to represent the country in (and will be attending) the 5th World Youth Congress and the 20th International Youth leadership conference this July
I am an active member of the marketing team of the Indian Youth Climate Network
I am the batch representative & active member of my college debating team
I am the manager of the master of ceremonies (MOC) team at various fests in college

I am extremely interested in social entrepreneurship, and have interned at a startup social enterprise for a month before. I intend to do a fellowship (roadtrip for social change) and a project on social entrepreneurship under a suitable professor this summer.

Anyway, that's the long & short of my profile. I intend to apply for an MS in management in top European B-schools and some select MBA programmes in the US which encourage early career applications. What would you suggest? And would you suggest I do some a good course in a quantitative subject to better showcase my academic abilities?

Thanks in advance
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:08 am
Hello,

It looks like you have an interesting and distinctive profile. If you are targeting the more competitive programs, please keep in mind the importance of demonstrating actual impact in the organizations you've worked with, and not just accomplishments per se.

Whether you should take a quant course depends in part on how poor your quant grades were in college and also on the quant percentile of the GMAT. If the latter is under 80%, you definitely should take such courses if possible. If not, it still would help; try to take courses that will benefit you in b-school and that you don't have in college.

Possible US programs to consider as a younger applicant would be HBS, Stanford, Columbia (high reaches), and Anderson. MS in Mgt programs to consider would be LSE, HEC, and ESADE - though I am not certain about their offerings in social entrepreneurship, which you'd obviously need to check.

Best regards,
Cindy Tokumitsu
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