USA B schools for my profile

[sridhar95_04]

Hi,

I am looking for a top B school in the USA.

My profile looks like the following:

Name: Sridhar
Age: 27
Nationality: Indian


Work Experience:

Total experience in years: 5 years and 1 month

Company worked for: Infosys Limited

Brief description of job:
Joined Infosys in July 2008 as a fresher and underwent generic and stream specific (Network) training in Infosys Mysore Campus till Jan 2009.

Systems Engineer - Jan 2009 to March 2010
Senior Systems Engineer - April 2010 to Sep 2011
Technology Analyst - Oct 2011 to present
Expecting to become Technology Lead in Oct 2013

International Experience - 13 months in Paris, France at the client location (worked on behalf of Infosys)
Led a team of 6 in Paris (client location) between April 2012 and May 2013.
Currently leading a team of 4 for a different project.

Education Background:

10th Standard
School - Lawrence School, Lovedale (Nilgiris District)
Board - CBSE
Percentage- 81.8%

12th Standard
School - SRV Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram
Board - Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Education
Percentage - 94%

Under Graduation
College - Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai
Discipline - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Percentage - 63%

GMAT:
Date Taken - 27-01-2012
Total - 660
Quants - 48 (78%)
Verbal - 33 (67%)
AWA - 5.5

Extra Curricular Activities:

"¢ A passionate runner. Completed two semi-marathons and one 10 km run in Paris, France.
"¢ Completed one 10 km run for a NGO, Kaagaz India in Bangalore.
"¢ Completed three levels of LA Cuban Salsa from the Russian Cultural Center, Chennai in 2009
"¢ Completed the short term type writing course. Can type at 45 words per minute without looking at the keyboard.
"¢ Played the bugle and trumpet for the school band between class 7 and 10.
"¢ Vice President of the Leo Club, a social club in Engineering College

I am looking for a career in management consulting in operations or strategy after my general management MBA.

Could you please evaluate my profile and let me know the top B schools that I can apply to in the USA.

Thanks in advance for your help,
Regards,
Sridhar

[Jon@Admissionado]

Hello Sridhar!
Good to hear from you dude. I think you have a good challenge up ahead of you! You come (as you already know) from a very big and very tough pool! And the MOST IMPORTANT thing you will need to do is STAND OUT. For the moment right now, I don't see that in your profile in what you have written (but don't worry about that dude, it is often something you have to DIG for!).

I think with your profile and GMAT probably the schools that will be right for you are schools ranked say about 30-60 (very roughly). So I would suggest start looking at the rankings, and then if you have further questions once you have pared down your list, you let me know,

Best!

[sridhar95_04]

Hi Jon,

Well, I have done some research and narrowed down on the following list:

1. Emory Goizueta
2. Kelley, Indiana
3. Foster, Washington
4. Fisher, Ohio
5. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
6. Purdue, Krannert
7. SMU Cox
8. Smeal, Pennsylvania

Please let me know if these schools are achievable for my profile and also let me know about their internships and placements (for Indian students).

Thanks & Regards,
Sridhar

[Jon@Admissionado]

I think that you have a preeeetty good list there, and when you apply the more the merrier, so if you could make them all that would be best, not just for getting in, but for scholarship opportunities. Now with scholarships its a bit tough, because usually the way it works is that they offer you scholarships when you are amongst the best of the applicants, so either you pay full-price at a better school, or you go to a less good school with a scholarship (usually), so that's up to you.

Other than that, when you submit your application, you are automatically considered for their offers, and they will let you know if you are accepted.

Hope this helps!