Profile Evaluation Request: GMAT 710 CGPA 8.62/10 IT

[kgkunalgupta]

Please evaluate my profile

Indian/IT/Male

Age-25

CGPA: 8.62/10

gmat:710(q50 v37) awa-5

WE: 2.5 years in an IT consultancy giant. Role of an Individual performer. Client was one of the US top 3 banks and was offered a manager role subsequently by them in their IT captive in India. It has been 4 months with them till now. If I apply this year, would be 4 years by matriculation. Current Role: Managing a 13 member team. Involved in Hiring for other teams. I have taken an initiate to train other employees on Retail Banking domain and active in other employee engagement initiatives. I am also part of company's University Outreach program for recruiting graduates directly from colleges.

International Exp: 4 months in Germany on an internship.
3 months in US for an onsite assignment during my first job.

Foreign Language: Basic German

EC: President of Student's council of my college. The council is chosen by body of Associate directors and not by student voting. Organized multiple fest as part of it.

Community Service: None

Post MBA goals: I want to work in the finance sector(preferably in Retail banking) in future as all my experience is in that domain. I am also interested in Production/Operations management.

The reason I feel that this is the right time to do a MBA because another year of Work experience will not add anything more to my current profile. Reaching a position of team management in IT industry in India takes at least 5 years generally and I have achieved that in 3. I really suspect my chances of going any higher in the next 2-3 without an MBA.

I am wondering what B schools can I target with this profile. Can you please comment on my chances of admission to any of the below schools? Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.

HBS
Chicago Booth
MIT
Yale
Columbia

Thanks in Advance

Kunal

[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

HBS is all about leadership, and you seem to have demonstrated that in your career, but honestly your profile is going to be seen as pretty average compared to your applicant pool, so you will need to really be diligent in your efforts to cast your story in a compelling way that will differentiate yourself from others with a similar background (and there will be plenty based on my experience). I think you'd have a shot at any or all of your schools (including HBS), depending on how you handle the above challenge. No community involvment will be a detriment too, so you will need to address how you can overcome that weakness in the application. Let us know if we can help you.