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Profile evaluation

by alexander75 » Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:57 am
I was interested in:
1) Haas ewmba
2) UCLA femba
3) Booth weekend
4) Kellogg weekend
in that order
Could you please evaluate my profile, I am in a huge dilemma debating between retaking my GMAT (not so confident about making a huge increase) Vs spending time to prepare for apps.
-GMAT 2nd attempt 650 (Q45/V34), 1st attempt 620 (Q47/V28)
-Senior Software Engineer with 16 years of experience (Indian male IT professional in the bay area)
-B.E. Computer Science (about 68% aggregate from an Indian University)
-Extra curricular: Toastmasters for about 2 years- Been Secretary and VP Education,
conducted speech contests and organized a lot of meetings.
-Been helping a friend in his potential start-up in terms of software development/ideas during spare time.
-Lots of start-up experience (7 years) starting from the ground up but as an engineer(5 start-ups in 5 years at one time)
-Demonstrated leadership and mentoring experience as a Lead/Senior Engineer.
-Influenced senior management/VP in companies I worked for.
-2nd Engineer of a branch of a bay area company started in India -involved in ground-up work.
-Community experience- helped organize meetings and actively volunteered against an apartment management for better facilities. This eventually led to a lawsuit. Also volunteered in temples.
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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:38 am
Your experience and achievements will be more valuable to these programs than your GMAT score. I think with 16 years and considerable startup experience, you should have a good shot at these programs with a well crafted application.
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