Profile Evaluation

[ajaiyt]

Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 740 (Q 49 V42)
GPA: 3.61 from top 50 engineering school USA (Tier 2/3) Graduated cum lade
Major: Electrical Engineering
Minor: Business Administration
Work Experience: 3 years at Matriculation
(India) 1 Year: Business Development officer for an online portal (gracerequest.com) for spa and salon reservations, and gym memberships. The business didn’t go well so we closed it after one year. I was working with the founder and 3 others.
(India) 2 years: Big 4 IT Risk, Associate Consultant
Internships:
- Comcast : Software QA 6 mths (USA)
- Central Electronics Limited (Govt of India) : Solar photovoltaic QA 6 mths
Community Service: Taught poor children in a village every weekend for 6 months
Leadership
- Elected officer for two professional organizations college chapter
- Represented the university at a leadership conference
Honors:
- Member electrical engineering honors society
- Ranked 3rd in Senior Design Competition
- Dean’s List
- Dean’s Merit Scholarship
Future Plans:
Use my mba education and international exposure to improve my business acumen and come back to India, an emerging economy, and start my own business.
Please evaluate my chances for the following colleges
1. Wharton
2. LBS
3. INSEAD
4. Kellogg
5) ISB
6) MIT
Also, please let me know if there is any apparent weakness.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thank you very much for your time.

Are there any other schools I should target with my profile?

[mili]

Hello,

Thanks for sharing your profile. Your academic profile is strong, your work experience has morphed you out of the "Indian Male Engineer" demographic, so that's good! Let's examine your non-academic achievements:

Professional: Your startup experience is good, but since the business wasn't successful and you moved straight into consulting, it's difficult to build a story around this single experience. Since then, I'm not sure if there is any standout professional leadership experience in your profile. Definitely want to focus in on your leadership and teamwork experiences - I'm sure you have them, they just aren't standing out to me.

Extracurricular and community: Somewhat active in college, but not seeing much since then. This is a common weakness for Indian applicants, so you'll need to really differentiate yourself in some other way.

I would say that Wharton, Kellogg and MIT may be stretch schools for you, as I don't see anything in your profile that is truly differentiating from other candidates in your applicant pool. I'd think you have a fair shot at LBS, INSEAD and ISB. I might suggest that you look at programs like Duke, Darden, Michigan here in the U.S.

Best of luck,
Mili

Mili Mittal
Senior Consultant
http://www.mbamission.com

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