Profile Evaluation for US top Colleges

[visharora]

Hi,
Please evaluate my profile and suggest colleges for which I stand the best chance of admission while securing a scholarship.

Dream Colleges: Stanford / Harvard
Target Colleges: Kellogg / Duke /Booth
Background
GMAT - 700 / (M-50,V-34) AWA and IR : Yet to come
College : B.Tech in Mechanical from Kurukshetra University, Percentage - 67.6
10th - 78.2%
12th - 67%

Professional Background
Work Exp - 70 months with a leading manufacturing MNC in Sales & Marketing / Business Development

Got Best Performer and Rising Star award in organisation and many client appreciation emails.

Presently working as Asst Manager - Business Development
My role includes adding new accounts to the company, Promotional Activities for the company.

During my tenure, i have had some exciting opportunities:

1) Introduce new line of products in india and established the brand in just one year.
2) In 2009, I took a team of consultants from India to Poland for the promotional event for the company and established the name of the companies with all of them.

Extra-curricular:
1) Decent social work
2) Captain of house in school. A number of prizes won in exhibition, essays, quizzes, sports, Dance etc.
3) Prizes and participation certificates at college level.

I am targeting MBA in consulting right now.

Please suggest where I stand applying to these colleges or if you can suggest any other college

Thanks

Vishal Arora
Delhi, India

[Heidi Granner]

Hi Vishal,

Thanks for your post.

There are a few things you should keep in mind as you consider pursuing an MBA. First, as an Indian
with a background in engineering you are in a very competitive applicant pool. Many people with similar academic (if not professional) backgrounds are also applying to top tier schools, which makes it even more difficult to stand out and have a successful admissions process.

You should also note that a majority of the schools on your list have incoming GMAT scores closer to 720 or 730. Your score of 700 will attest to your ability to do the work, but it won't really help you stand out.

Your career success and having a sales background will help differentiate you. I recommend refining your career goals - what is it that you are interested in doing long term? Consulting as a short term career goal is very common, so develop your long term goal to help differentiate.

Regarding specific schools, I suggest broadening your list. Your profile will be difficult at the traditional top 5 business schools, but there is a lot to be gained professionally and academically from other schools. I recommend you refine your career goals and then use that focus to drive your research of a broader set of schools.

Please feel free to forward your resume to [email protected] for a detailed and free profile evaluation.

Best,
Heidi
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Heidi Granner
Clear Admit, LLC
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