Profile Evaluation

[sidm553]

Hi,

Could you please review my profile

Work Experience,
2 years of work experience as a software engineer with Tata Consultancy Services.
6 years of experience running my family business. I started in the family business as a business development manager. For the last 5 years I have been the CEO of a steel tube manufacturing business that the family owns.

GMAT - 750 (V42, Q49)

UnderGraduation -

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India
Final GPA - 82%

Extracurricular activities
Badminton - I play the game regularly, atleast 5 days a week. I also spend an hour every sunday coaching children
Golf - I play atleast two rounds a week
Cooking - I cook everyday of the week. it is theraputic for me and a great way to make new friends

Volunteer Work -
I founded an organization as part of CSR for my company which provides for the education of my workers' children

Interests

Reading
Music
Cooking

Target Program - Full Time MBA at Harvard/Sloan/Kellog/Columbia/Wharton/Fuqua

Short Term Goal - Strategy Consulting with a focus on turnaround management for small and medium business

Long Term Goal - To have my own consulting firm with a PE arm which invests in distressed assets and works on turning them around.

Please let me know if this profile is good enough for the top schools

[mbaMissionJenK]

Hi there,

Thanks for posting your profile. Generally you have the potential to have an offer from one of the top schools you mentioned, or at least get a chance for an interview, IF you are able to present compelling, clear, concise and convincing (lots of 'c's there!) essays within your application, detailing:
-who you are,
-what you've gained from your past experiences,
-what you'll bring to the b-school class,
-why you need the MBA now,
-what your career plan is, and
-why THAT specific school is right for you!

You will be looked at as part of the Indian IT/engineering applicant pool which is quite competitive, but you do have some areas where you can stand out from that crowd, with your exceptional GMAT, CEO/family business experience, and CSR experiences. To have the best chance you can, you'll need to fully explain all of your key experiences and accomplishments within your professional experience particularly the CEO role, focusing on leadership and management experiences. International experiences are also a plus. And if you've been fairly involved in the CSR organization you say you founded, that is great to discuss in detail as well.

Overall your school list is still quite competitive. It won't be easy to get into any of the schools on your list, with Fuqua probably your best shot, but schools look at the applications as a whole, and you have strengths in many of the factors (GMAT, academics, work experience), so if you also manage to stand out as someone with a lot to contribute to the class, you could have a shot.

Good luck to you, please keep us posted!