Hi Stacy\Amy
I Hope you don't mind doing yet another evaluation, as I would like to get a feel of what I might hope to achieve before actually taking the plunge.
Profile:
Under Graduation
- Engineering in Mechanical from one of the better known RECs (India) with 72 % (with distinction)
Work profile
- I worked for an Indian IT major as a systems engineer for 2 years, and was into the programing side, no big surprise there! however I have quit my job, and I will be working full time in an NGO from now on. The NGO looks after the basic education of poor kids (girls).
GMAT
- I still have to take the GMAT, but I expect a score of about 680-700, I hope to write it in jun-jul 2008 to apply for R1\R2 in 2008 itself
Extra-curricular
-I was a member of the students council in my UG and helped organize my college's main cultural fest.
-I have been a regular blogger, I also dabble around a bit in photography
-I also play the guitar, have been a member of my college band and also hope to put out an indie album soon.
-I did a part of my schooling in Saudi Arabia and hence I can read and write Arabic.
-I have also started learning Latin (auto-didactically) as I would like to read some classical literature in the original.
Salient points
-I am confident of writing good essays.
-I am looking for a general MBA.
-I don't have any financial issues.
-I would like to return to India after my course
Questions:
1) would top 20 in the US, be a realistic target ? If not what should I limit myself to ?
2) How can I improve my profile further ? now that I cannot do anything about my GPA\Ex-work exp.
3) What bothers me is that I belong to a very generic demographic (male\Indian\Average Acads\decent college\IT Experience) How can I possibly offset this ?
Thanks in advance for taking the time out to read this.
V
I Hope you don't mind doing yet another evaluation, as I would like to get a feel of what I might hope to achieve before actually taking the plunge.
Profile:
Under Graduation
- Engineering in Mechanical from one of the better known RECs (India) with 72 % (with distinction)
Work profile
- I worked for an Indian IT major as a systems engineer for 2 years, and was into the programing side, no big surprise there! however I have quit my job, and I will be working full time in an NGO from now on. The NGO looks after the basic education of poor kids (girls).
GMAT
- I still have to take the GMAT, but I expect a score of about 680-700, I hope to write it in jun-jul 2008 to apply for R1\R2 in 2008 itself
Extra-curricular
-I was a member of the students council in my UG and helped organize my college's main cultural fest.
-I have been a regular blogger, I also dabble around a bit in photography
-I also play the guitar, have been a member of my college band and also hope to put out an indie album soon.
-I did a part of my schooling in Saudi Arabia and hence I can read and write Arabic.
-I have also started learning Latin (auto-didactically) as I would like to read some classical literature in the original.
Salient points
-I am confident of writing good essays.
-I am looking for a general MBA.
-I don't have any financial issues.
-I would like to return to India after my course
Questions:
1) would top 20 in the US, be a realistic target ? If not what should I limit myself to ?
2) How can I improve my profile further ? now that I cannot do anything about my GPA\Ex-work exp.
3) What bothers me is that I belong to a very generic demographic (male\Indian\Average Acads\decent college\IT Experience) How can I possibly offset this ?
Thanks in advance for taking the time out to read this.
V
