Profile Evaluation For School Selection

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Profile Evaluation For School Selection

by chuggy » Sun Sep 02, 2012 10:02 am
Would be really thankful if you can help evaluate my profile.

Background: 24 year old male from India.

GMAT: 730 (Q50,V38). Gave it yesterday so still waiting for the AWA+IR scores.

College: Bachelor of Engineering(Computers) from University of Pune, India. Graduated in 2010 with an aggregate of 62.6%. This may seem low but considering our university gave a distinction at 66% (as compared to 75% in other Indian universities) it is an average score.

Work Experience: 24 months as on today. Working as a Consultant in one of the Big 4 professional services firms. My work is mostly related to Identity and Access management. We assess and implement Identity Management solutions. In my two years, I have worked on Fortune 500 clients from the US. Implemented almost one half of a multi milion dollar project(for which I was given an award.) Led a team of 2 people(both Consultants themselves) in the project mentioned above. Apart from client work, I have participated in practice development activities as well

Extracurricular
1. I have participated in quite a few extra curricular events in college related to Dramatics, Music, Improv and Quiz.
2. I was the vocalist of the college band.
3. Formed the official office band in my new office location.
4. In charge of managing a few events in the intra college cultural festival.
5. Organized the music segment of our annual office function.

Target Schools: ISB(Hyderabad, India), Ross, Tepper, Kellogg, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Business School, UCLA Anderson

Post MBA Goal: After an MBA I want to get into strategy consulting.

Questions:
1. I need to know if my school selection is appropriate considering my profile (and the fact that my work experience is a bit low). Also, please suggest any other schools in the US that I can aim for.
2. Is it true that maximum scholarships are awarded in the first round of applications. Scholarships are very important to me and they would be a very important factor in my decision.

Your help would truly be appreciated!!
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by Heidi Granner » Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:18 pm
Hi chuggy,

Thanks for your post.

I recommend applying to 4-5 schools in order to have a broad range but still submit high-quality applications. Of these 4-5 schools, I like the mix that you mention. If you are set on getting your MBA this year, I recommend including at least one more conservative school (in the top 20-30 range, such as Georgetown or Kelley).

I have not seen significant differences in scholarships between Round 1 and Round 2. A couple of schools have recently increased their scholarship pools:
-Booth has a new $1 million scholarship fund targeted specifically at applicants from India: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/newsmedia/r ... rship.aspx. You might want to consider Booth rather than Kellogg or Ross.
-India School of Business has doubled their MBA scholarships: https://blog.clearadmit.com/2011/10/indi ... arships-2/.

Hope that helps! Please reach out to [email protected] for a free detailed evaluation.

Best,
Heidi
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