Profile Evaluation - 680 GMAT, 3/4 GPA, 12 Yrs WE

[newusern890]

Hi All,
Please have a look at my profile details below and comment on my chances of making it to Top US Universities -

Basic - Indian/Male/35 yrs (Mid 2015)
WE - 12 yrs (Mid 2015)
GMAT - 680 (Q 50, V31, IR4, AWA - awaited. Probably 5)

Undergraduate -
Bachelor Of Technology in Electronics & Communication
Indian Institute Of Technology - Roorkee 2002
GPA - 3/4 (World Edu. Serv. iGPA)

Professional Designation/Roles - Project Manager/Project Leader

Detailed Work Exp -
Leading People/Projects for Multi billion $ Indian IT MNC.
Have worked as Team Member/ Team Lead/Project Leader/Project Manager with past 6 years being only within management.
Have 5 years of direct US work experience with fortune 50 pharmaceutical giant, fortune 100 banking/financial organization, and fortune 100 insurance company.
All these roles were leadership roles - Project Leader/Project Manager.
Constantly being rated under highest performance band in annual appraisals from past many years.
Was instrumental in helping client last year in saving multi million $ by off shoring major projects to India.
recipient of star employee of the month.

Professional Certification -
Project Management Professional from PMI
Couple of Technical certifications from Oracle Corporation

10th Grade - 79%, 12th grade - 77%

Extracurricular -
working with CSR chapter of my organization to help under privileged section of society.
Member of multiple organizing committees (technical festivals) during undergrad.
Regular financial contributor to Wikipedia.
Second prize winner in technical paper presentation in 2nd year of undergrad.

Post MBA goal - General Management/Marketing/IT Management

Planning to apply in - Cornell (Johnson) - 1 Year , Yale

I am concerned about my overall GMAT (below average for almost all top schools).
Please also comment on other possibly weaker points of my profile.

Any other feedback on my profile would be much appreciated.
Thank you!

[mbamissionjenK]

Hi there,

Thanks for posting. So yes your GMAT could be higher, and honestly I think the biggest question that would come up right away is....why?? You have 12 years of work experience... is a full time program the right next step for you at this point in your career? Have you looked at Exec or part-time options? Not saying it doesn't happen, but that will be the biggest question to answer of your application, since most incoming students have 4-6 years of experience.... is this right for you? how do you know? what will your post-MBA career look like? Why is now the right time? why these schools? etc.

Beyond that you do have some good management, leadership and non profit experience to draw from which are strengths.

Wishing you the best on your applications!