pls suggest some school to apply

[piku9290]

Hello ,
I am Piku , I am applying for 2014-2016 class. please evaluate my profile and suggest some good b school according to it

Academics
GMAT - 680 ( Q 49 V 32)
CGPA - 6.74 /10 ( National Institute of Technology , Durgapur , India)

Professional experience

Junior Manager (operation) JSW Steel Ltd
-> Lead a team of 30 people including engineers , operators and house keeping group and achieved 107% of business target for 5 months in 2012-2013 financial year
-> Extensive team work and leadership leading to achievement of highest production of coke from coal per day
-> Achieved Safety Standerd and One million man power without any reportable injuries consecutively for 7 months
-> Designed , Commissioned and operating Effluent Treatment Plant , thus reduced the consumption of process water by 85%


Volunteer and Community work

-> Member of Corporate Social Responsibility group of JSW steel Ltd. Volunteered in Blood donation, planting a tree for 1 tonne of steel produced , women empowerment
-> Was a member of NSS unit of NIT Durgapur and organized free eye- check up and medicine distribution to slums
-> was a member of scout and guide program and volunteered heavily in roadside cleaning and river bank cleaning , camping and spreading awareness about dowry , pollution and STD's
Achievements

-> Merit scholarship of INR 10000 per semester of excellent result in higher secondary exams
-> Awarded prizes and certificates in district and state level quiz competition, social science exhibition , debates and extempore
-> Participated and All India Mathematics Olympiad and scored 82% marks

Short term goal

A leader and decision maker in a reputed manufacturing or energy industries

Long term goal

Opening educational institution in sub-urban india with sports and financial education as compulsory courses

Please suggest me few good b-schools with my ambition and profile .

[Heidi Granner]

piku9290,

Thanks for your post.

Given your interest in the energy and manufacturing industries and your profile information, a few schools I suggest you research further are: Purdue University (Krannert), Michigan State (Broad), Texas A&M (Mays), Indiana University (Kelley), and Rice University (Jones). Your profile should be competitive at these programs and they all have a manufacturing and/or energy focus.

Your people management experience will be a great differentiator in the process, so I suggest highlighting it on your resume and in your essays. Also, I suggest further refining your career goals to ensure that they are consistent - you want your short-term goal to help support your long-term goal (whereas they currently appear unrelated).

Good luck!

Best,
Heidi

[piku9290]

hi Heidi ,

Thank you madam for your valuable feedback and for suggesting me b-schools . I am also aware that my long term goal is nowhere close to my short term goal. But my long term career plan is more a vision than a goal that i developed in past 4 year from my own personal experiences and I have a good story to say to adcom .

Also , I would like you to brief me my competitiveness in the following schools
1> Carngie Mellon - Tepper
2> Pennsylvania State _ Smeal
3> National University of Singapore
4> Ohio State University

[Heidi Granner]

I would describe Tepper as a "reach" school, so about a 1 in 5 chance of acceptance. I'm not familiar enough with the other schools to give a detailed evaluation of your competitiveness.