Profile Evaluation Help - Asian Female

[sillybirdie]

Hi


Kindly look at my profile below and suggest me

Background:

28 years old Indian female

Have to give my GMAT/GRE . The old GRE scores are expired

M.S in Information systems from Texas A&M international University (GPA :3.75)
Bachelor's in Information Technology(70% ) .
Work Experience:

More than 5 years working as Websphere Administrator in Finance and hospitality industry.

Extra curricular activities : Nothing solid here. Organized symposiums for information technology division in under grad. Trained new hires in my work. Do some volunteering occasionally.

Gained a lot of experience in burning down last minute fires,dealing with people in panic mode, avoiding sky is falling scenarios.. make split second decisions I am not sure if that would be any use while applying for MBA

I want to stay in IT industry and use my MBA combined with technical expertise to advance in my career.


I want to apply for Darden/Duke/UNC/Wharton/Smith(Maryland). I am thinking of applying for Fall 2013 .


Can you please suggest me on what schools to apply? am I aiming too high ( regarding schools choice) ? What can I do to improve my profile/

Also on another note I am planning to take GRE instead of GMAT as GRE scores are accepted in various other M.S programs too. Would this prove detrimental in anyway? And what would be a good score for my target schools?

Also can someone give me some feedback on Robert H.Smith school of business..It looks like the ranking for this school varies based on who reviews the school?


Thanks

[Bryant@VeritasPrep]

MAryland is a top 50 school, but would be considered "third tier" by most recruiters. Depending on where you wanted to work, this could impact your decision. Good "safety" school, though. I think your targets are within reach with a good GRE score...try to get the equivalent of a 700+ (there are plenty of online score conversion calcuators). Being female will give you an advantage, so don't worry too much if you don't hit this target.