Please Evaluate my profile....

[abhishekosba]

Program of interest: MBA (FT)
Area of interest in MBA : Strategy Consulting followed by Finance, Technology
GMAT: 780(AWA 5.5) on Nov2011
Education: B.Tech. in Computer Science (GPA 6.8/10)
Jaypee University Of Engineering & Technology
Took Good Quality 7 ONLINE courses at UCB,UCLA Extension and got A in all of them.
WE: 58 months by matriculation in Software Engineering(IT Project Management)
Nationality: Indian
Age: 27
Gender: Male

WORK EXPERIENCE (52 months till date):
(3 Years)
Senior Applications Engineer,
Oracle Inc.,
India
(2 Years)
Software Engineer,
Infosys LTD.

The Work Experience had been a mix with leadership roles in terms of innovation and experience.
And learnt a lot about the team dynamics and leadership and global arena in technology.

Extra Curricular:quite good with T&P CELL HEAD COORDINATOR in my undergrad college and other activities and have been an initiative taker always be it college i.e. getting a proposal for the formation of Entrepreneurship cell in college or the NGO work I did after work or a small start up in the web services.

LOR: Quite Good from Project Manager and senior official.

Qualified CABM in July 2011 acquiring 92% in the same.

Aiming:FUQUA ,JOHNSON ,TUCK ,DARDEN ,INSEAD ,HAAS ,ANDERSON ,KELLOGG ,COLUMBIA.

Kindly evaluate mine chances for the above mentioned B Schools and do give me an insight on mine profile as to how I should come out of the Techie Crowd in front of adcoms, exactly what should I outline that would intrigue them to take me in.

[Jon@Admissionado]

Only a 780?!?!?!?!
Couldn't you get any higher?


Dude, well you are certainly off to a good start!
Now it's time to attack the rest.
I think three things that can help you out are:

1. Show a constant fast-track up the leadership ladder and abnormal success in your work history
2. BE UNIQUE - You gotta find some point, some story, something that they will have never seen before.
3. Make sure your goals are TIGHT - Logical goals = more attractive candidate.

There's more... but that's a good start, I feel.

[abhishekosba]

Only a 780?!?!?!?!
Couldn't you get any higher?


Dude, well you are certainly off to a good start!
Now it's time to attack the rest.
I think three things that can help you out are:

1. Show a constant fast-track up the leadership ladder and abnormal success in your work history
2. BE UNIQUE - You gotta find some point, some story, something that they will have never seen before.
3. Make sure your goals are TIGHT - Logical goals = more attractive candidate.

There's more... but that's a good start, I feel.

Repected Sir,

I holistically believe in your advice and also aspire to follow it but then I happen to go through this dilemma that HOW am I supposed to frame a LOGICAL GOAL DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS and AS IN MY CASE IF I SAY THAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR RIGHT FROM MY BACHELORS 3rd year and so I involved in such activity and as I wanted to be TECHNOPRENEUR, I started my professional journey with INFOSYS and also in the meantime I started web technology Startups on a low scale ... but as a matter of fact I also need to tell them the need to get the career shift towards Finance and Consulting in which I would enter and in short term need to get a fair amount of expertise in right now . But at the same time I would be facing a herd of Indian Techies ..may be having near about same career tracks and goals ....definitely I am CABM qualified and also taken MBA Foundation courses in which I excelled completely and also took both intellectual and calculus intensive courses and also having a high GMAT will definitely prove I have the ACADEMIC CAPABILITY TO HANDLE MBA WORK LOAD and the extra curricular activities and leadership at work place will give the fair idea of having the ability to work in TEAM AND AS LEADER ..............So ...in short Can I expect my profile to be competitive enough both in 1)LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL IMPACT 2)ACADEMIC FRONT for the below listed B-Schools as per Your Experience :

FUQUA ,JOHNSON ,TUCK ,DARDEN ,INSEAD ,HAAS ,ANDERSON ,KELLOGG ,COLUMBIA


My concern is also that I have got through the Professional Ladder not at abnormally high speed but rather at normal and have came out to be an EXPERT in it....so DO I HAVE A CHANCE WITH THIS TOO.....Please advise...

[Jon@Admissionado]

Aha! You are asking some very tough questions. What does it mean to have "enough leadership". There is no answer to that question. Basically you have to work with what you HAVE to do the most with it. You may be going for Indian Techie Entrepreneurial goals, but it doesn't mean there is nothing unique about you! You have to find that, and use it. Same thing with leadership. No point asking "Do I have more or less leadership than Joe Shmoe?" You got what you got, but you need to USE it in the best possible way so that you are getting the absolute most out of it.

A 780 and good work experience is a great basis to start from. No you have no WORRIES, only WORK - i.e. figuring out HOW to boost your profile into that of a leader, or a go-getter, or someone ready to succeed.