Profile Evaluation please !!!

[manisjce]

I am targeting FALL 2012 round 1/ 2

Indian Male
Age : 24
GMAT : 720 (Quant 48, Verbal 42)

Bachelors : Electrical and Electronics Engineering

GPA: 3.7 (University Topper)

Work Experience: 2.5 years (present)

1.5 Years in IT consulting in Resource management side managing 1000+ resources for a client.

1 year as module leader in IT consulting managing 6 to 7 associates.

Programs Focussed : Business Strategy, operations and Supply chain management

Post MBA Goals:

Work in Management Consulting industry and get to know about the strategy for business development.
After some years I am planning to start a educational consulting agency in INDIA give some specific services to schools.

Additional Activities:
Had owned a retail shop for 5 years along with my father and have some business experience
Initiated some club activities at college level for helping low performers in Univ exams and placement.


I have shortlisted some schools for consulting based upon my research. I am comcentrating on mainly US schools

Kellogg
Michigan Ross
Tuck
UNC - Kenan Flager

Please let me know what other schools(Tier 2 also), I can add to this list which are good in Business Srategy or consulting.Also since I am an international applicant, let me know the chance of getting into these schools since their international acceptance rates are low comparitively

[Stacey Oyler]

Hi,

Thanks for your post. While you are on the younger side for bschool applicants (with just 2.5 years of work experience if I am reading that correctly), you do have some interesting aspects to your profile.

Your biggest challenges in the application process will be to stand out in the applicant pool and to tie together your short and long term goals (right now it isn't really clear to me why management consulting is the best path for you to achieve your long term goal). The work you've done managing the retail shop with your father could provide some interesting content for your essays and help you stand out in the pool. Perhaps you have some solid leadership examples from this experience?

As far as schools that have management consulting career opportunities, there are plenty! As long as you stick with top 15 ranked US programs you'll have a chance to apply to these types of jobs. Just be sure you pick schools that not only align with your post MBA goals, but are also a fit with your personality (location, class size, etc.).

Best of luck,

Stacey