Technology Strategy Consultant Profile evaluation?

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I'm a prospective applicant for a 2-year MBA starting Fall 2011. I was hoping to get your inputs on what my chances are at the top 10 bschools (specifically Stanford, Wharton, Berkeley Haas, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, ).

I am 24/M Indian and at the time of commencement of classes i would have completed 3 years of corporate work experience with one of the world's biggest tech companies. (i am concerned that this may be too little?)

I'm looking at a role in Private Equity/Venture Capital in the emerging markets domain and then surely and definitely start a new venture.

Work profile:
-Technology Consultant involved in influencing and helping customers with their technology strategy and goals.
Work involved risk analysis, change management, audits, Strategy on optimization/procurement etc.,
-Promoted to handle my companies two big customers as a single point of contact within a year of being with the team.


Also working part time with one of the 3 largest education providers in India as a faculty member/facilitator. Have trained and worked with/on more than a thousand students. I have been conducting on average about 2 sessions a week for the past 2 years.

Education:
Completed my graduation on Electronics Engineering from a Top tier college in India in 2008 with an equivalent GPA of about 3.3)

Will be giving my Gmat in 3 weeks time.

Will be a CFA Level 2 candidate in June 2011


Co-curricular and Extra-curricular activities:

- First Indian and the youngest ever member on the Executive committee for an international professional organization with over 350k members. (this while I was a full time student, so dont know how much i can leverage this)

- I have been associated with a nonprofit organization that helps budding entrepreneurs launch their businesses and mentors the youth on entrepreneurship. Currently, I'm a part of the Leadership council. (it has a pan India presence)

- Additionally, I'm associated with a local NGO supporting underprivileged children and have taken initiative in mentoring the children

- Leadership positions in school and in engineering college. Also the youngest member of the Corporate Employee development council in my company.

Additional Info:
Along with 2 more friends, I had founded an Investment company which did pretty well for about 1.5 years at which time it was scaling to and moving in a direction that could not be sustained so we shut it down. (this was while i was still studying full time so cannot be counted in as full time work experience)

I would greatly appreciate your inputs on this and your assessment would go a long way in helping me which schools to target with my profile.

Please let me know if you need any additional info for a more appropriate evaluation.

Thanks and Regards,
Gopal
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by Stacey Oyler » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:25 pm
Hi Gopal,

Thanks for your post. You seem to have a solid profile, but given you have yet to take the GMAT, it is a bit hard to speculate about your chances at the schools on your list. Keep in mind that adcoms are interested in 3 criteria: work experience, academics (undergrad performance and GMAT score) and extracurricular activities. Since you have just 2 years of professional experience at the time of your application (time of application is used to determine experience level and not at time of matriculation), you are a bit on the younger side for an MBA applicant. As this is the case, your goals essay will play a big part in the outcome. You'll want to be sure to clearly define your goals and leave no doubt in the adcoms' opinion that now really is the right/best time for you to apply.

Additionally, you will want to find other ways to stand out in the applicant pool. Look for ways to distinguish yourself from other applicants with similar profiles. This is a great way to help ensure they select you over someone else with similar qualifications.

Lastly, you should aim to score a minimum of 700 on your GMAT, but realistically a score of 720+ would be ideal. Once you've taken your GMAT you should revisit your school list to be sure your score aligns with their average.

Best,

Stacey
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