b school suggestions-gmat 730 age 28

[dutt.neeraj]

hi,

just back from my gmat :D
scored 730 -96 %ile( Q 49 V 40)

I'am primarily interested in pursuing MS finance degree but may go for an mba majoring in finance as i realize that maybe my age is too high and quant score too low for a good msf course

Background:
Age 28 yrs
Married Indian Male
Currently employed (3 Years) with an organisation committed to upliftment of rural poor in India and mandated to do so by the Government of India ( http://www.nabard.org) as an assistant manager.My job involves receiving ,scrutinizing and, if found alright, ensuring the sanction of proposals for the receipt of subsidy from the government of India. the job involves scrutinizing proposals for their techno financial and socio economic parameters as well as on site inspection of the infrastructure created to assess end user viability.

passed senior secondary exam in 2002 with 87 %
graduated from delhi university in 2005 with 64 % (bachelor of commerce with honours)
completed post graduation from a regional university (full time) in 2007 -masters in commerce-49.5%
:(

was employed part time (working as a subscriptions assistant/manager) with a charitable institution from 2007-2009 while i also prepared for various indian competitive exams.

extra curriculars:
school captain
won awards for playing basketball,participating in quizzes, and throwing shotput at school level .

job related achievement: ensured the top position of my state (Madhya Pradesh) in the successful and zero default subsidy distribution for development of agriculture marketing infrastructure development in rural areas of the state.

[mili]

Hello there,

Congrats on the GMAT - well done! Let's breakdown your profile:

Academics: Very strong GMAT score (yay!), but average and low GPAs from undergrad and grad school, respectively. Sounds like you can address the 49% in an optional statement and explain that you work working during graduate school, but accept responsibility for not balancing your time effectively.

Work experience: Your career sounds very interesting and it sounds like you'll have lots of great leadership experiences to draw from. A great advantage is that you're not in the IT sector :)

Extracurricular: Not much in this area - would be better if you had more current extracurricular leadership roles. But, still, can be overcome.

So, your big challenges are overcoming your low grades in school and your lack of post-grad extracurricular activities. You should definitely focus on exploring your personal experiences so that you can showcase a multi-dimensional picture of yourself to the adcoms.

Sounds like you are interested in finance, so I'd suggest you start by researching the following programs:

Reach:
-Columbia
-Wharton
-Harvard

Target:
-University of Chicago
-London Business School
-Tuck

Safer:
-NYU
-University of Virginia (Darden)
-Cornell

Hope this helps as a starting point for your research. Best of luck!

Mili

Mili Mittal
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[dutt.neeraj]

thanks MM for the quick turnaround.. could you also help me decide between MS Finance and MBA-Finance ?
kindly suggest some good MS finance colleges

[mili]

Sorry, Neeraj. I'm not as well versed in MS Finance programs - you'll have to research them yourself.

Thanks,
Mili

[dutt.neeraj]

thanks for all the help :)

[mili]

Sure thing!

Mili