Hello Jeremy,
I would to like to know about my chances of getting into good B-schools(Global Top 20,
which should be good/well known for Finance). I'll be highly obliged to you.
Here is my brief bio-data, if I need to put something more, please let me know.
Indian - Male - VLSI Design Engineer - Age 25, will be 27 at the time of application (planning to apply in 2009)
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X - 77.4%
XII - 75.4%
B.Tech(EE), Kurukshetra Univ - 66.7% ~ 2.9/4.0 (percentage seems to be low but was in top 15%)
M.Tech(EE), IIT Roorkee (one of the leading engineering college in the country)- 8.52/10 (top 5% of the class) ~ 3.4/4.0
GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) - 99.26%, All India Rank - 40
(qualifying examination for M.Tech in India)
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GMAT - 780 (qa-50, va-47), AWA 5/6
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Work-Ex (would be 4+ by the time I apply. No international experience till now)
After Bachelors
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Wipro Technologies
Graduate Engineer Trainee - 11 months - VLSI Design - Design & Verification
After Masters
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Tata Consultancy Services
Engineer-Trainee - 7 months - VLSI Design - Design & Verfication
current employer
Tejas Networks (India's first product company) - R & D
Research & Development Engineer - 30+ months by the time I apply. Doing/Learning quality work on cutting edge technology in present company.
moved to this coz it's more or less like a start-up, product company, fewer employees (less than 200 when I joined, now 300), more responsibilty, work in research & development
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Extra-Curriculars:
Sports (College level: Chess, Atheletics(1500m, 5000m), Placement coordinator during
Masters at IIT Roorkee and organizing member of sport events)
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MBA Area of interest:
Finance (Asset management)
but hav no relevant experience
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Community Service
Active Blood donor
nothing else (will it help if I start community service now, I'll apply in 2009)
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Looking for top 20 B-schools from US and UK with some financial aid. Can I challenge a seat
in any of the following colleges, if not plz tell me where I can. My first preference is
LBS, Chicago, Columbia and Yale.
UK colleges: LBS, Cambridge's Judge BS and Oxford' Said BS
US colleges: Chicago, NYU, Columbia, Yale, Kellog, Tuck, MIT, Michigan, Virginia, Duke.
and Harvard/Wharton/Stanford...but I think that my profile isn't good enough for them.
Thanks & Regards,
Lokesh Sharma
Hi Jeremy,
I am interested in General Management in one of the top schools. My profile - 25/M/Indian/770/3yrs of work IT ex.
My work experience has been in a software products company, with a techinical role, except mentoring & cross deptt communications. With the product development experience and with close interaction with the product managers, I want to link my experience with my aspiration for an MBA saying that in the short term, i am looking at a Product management role, and gradually move on to Strategy/Senior management of such a software products company.
My list of schools:
INSEAD, Tuck, Chicago, Darden, Duke, UNC(KF), ISB.
Now, how much sense does it make to say that i looking for a career in Product management from one of these schools??
I guess that Product management is not a very sought after profile as say Consultancy or Finance or Marketting, etc. Am i right??
Or does a General Management/Strategy covers what I am referring as Product Management??
Thanks.
Hi Jeremy,
I am Raj.
Gave my GMAT today and scored 650 :-(
GMAT - 650 (Q 49 V 2
GPA - 3.4
extra curri - active member of NGO in chennai
work exp - 3.5 yrs in VLSI field. (in three diff. 3 companies)
I am looking for
IOWA
Illinois
Indiana
DUKE
NUS
What are my chances that I would make any one of these....
I am not sure whether I can retake gmat..
Please adviceThanks.
Hi Jeremy,
My Profile:
Finished my schooling from J&K; state board of school education. Passed SSC with 71.4% and HSC with 83.83%.
Finished Mechanical Engineering on 15-Jun- 2003 with distinction in final year and first class throughout (61.2% or a GPA of 3.12/4 when compared with the university topper's score).
Joined a manufacturing company on 13-Jul-2003 as a Graduate Trainee and worked there for 13 months. My role in the organization was to do a market research for a product that company wanted to launch in the market. Competitors already had this product in the market. Company wanted to position the product in premium quality segment. Cost of the product was higher than competitors' product, but the payback period for product was much lower than competitor's product. So I had to collect all the technical/non-technical data about the competitors' product installed in client sites of the company and then enlighten the client what all benefits they could reap using our product in the long run.
Joined a small scale business with my uncle on 15-Aug-2004. It was a small grocery based business and I had to handle all day-to-day operations. Handled the business for around nine months when I finally decided to quit.
Joined a reputed Indian IT company as a software engineer on 16-May-2005. Have been working in this organization till date. However, my role has changed from being a software engineer to that of Team Lead. Our team won the best project award for my last assignment. I have taken part in knowledge base building activities in organization. I also keep participating in knowledge sharing sessions
Total experience: 49 month as on 13-Aug-2007
Extracurricular Activities:
o Joined NCC in second year of my engineering and finally earned B and C certificates before completing my term in senior division of NCC. I was also involved in social and cultural activities in NCC. I was involved in adventure sports like trekking and paragliding during this period
o Took part in cultural activities at inter-college level and inter-University level competitions and won laurels all the times
o Presented technical paper at national and state level during my engineering and won a third prize at both the levels
o Took part in sport events held at Hostel level and came out winner in most of the events that I participated in.
Hobbies:
o Reading
o Listening to Music
o Stock market investing
GMAT score: 640
TOEFL (iBT) score: 107
Nationality: Indian
Applying for fall 2008
Want to take up Investment banking, Finance or Consulting as a major
Other considerations: Want complete financing for my MBA using loans, assistanceship, scholarships and by working part time
Please suggest me 5-7 colleges where I can apply and stand a very good
chance of getting in. Last year I applied to just one college (Olin: St. Louis,
Washington University) but my application was denied. Also let me know if
I should re-apply to Olin.
Cleo,
Thanks for your inquiry.
The Admissions Committees understand that some Indian candidates already have Indian MBAs. While I dont think that it is necessarily advantageous, some can get over it, if you have a very strong profile and a clear and identifiable need for greater education. In your case, I am not that confident about your chances. You admit that you have average grades and an undistinguished work history. It would probably take some time for you to build your external leadership via community activities in order to succeed and even then there would be no guarantees. Differentiation is not a simple attribute that can be achieved overnight. It is a point at which someone arrives by living an interesting life and making the most of opportunities on an ongoing basis.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission
www.mbamission.com
646-485-8844
Skype: MBAMission
Thanks for your inquiry.
The Admissions Committees understand that some Indian candidates already have Indian MBAs. While I dont think that it is necessarily advantageous, some can get over it, if you have a very strong profile and a clear and identifiable need for greater education. In your case, I am not that confident about your chances. You admit that you have average grades and an undistinguished work history. It would probably take some time for you to build your external leadership via community activities in order to succeed and even then there would be no guarantees. Differentiation is not a simple attribute that can be achieved overnight. It is a point at which someone arrives by living an interesting life and making the most of opportunities on an ongoing basis.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission
www.mbamission.com
646-485-8844
Skype: MBAMission
Hi Jeremy,
I am planning to do an MBA in the top US b schools in 2009. a brief intro about me. I am an engineer with a MBA degree from a decent b school in India. Have close to 3 years experience as of date. I am yet another IT professional who is currently working in the US. Have decent acads and decent extra curriculars , but nothing really stellar. I am pretty confident that i can score what it takes to get into the top B Schools. But considering that i am yet another IT pro how do i differentiate myself. To be honest i dont think i have any leadership role in my current organisation . what attributes do i need to hone to make a strong claim.
will having an prior MBA be a deterrent?
Looking forward to your advice.
Regards,
Cleo
Hi Jeremy,
My name is Chaitanya.
I am planning to apply to US Bschools this fall. It would really help me if you can offer some adivce. Following is my profile and some questions:
Undergraduate degree- IIT Kharagpur, Discipline-Civil Engg, 2001-2005
Undergraduate CGPA-6.74/10( it is considered low or rather pretty low)
Other Undergraduate Academic Achievement:-Published a research paper in a reputed intl. journal("Marine Georesources and Geotechnology", published by Taylor and Francis). The paper was based on my final year project work and my project guide was the co-author.
Work Experience- 2.5 years since June 2005, Organisation:-Cognizant Technology Solutions
Nature of Work- Software developer(No international experience)
Carreer interests post MBA: Finance. I don't plan to work for a long time in US and plan to return to India as soon as I pay off a siginficant portion of my b-school loan.
Extracurricular: Nothing special, was an NCC cadet for 1 year during my stay at IIT, Was with NSS(National service scheme) for another 1 year at IIT. However, this is mandatory for every student of IIT and everybody has to join either NCC or NSS in their first and second year. So, can I even count them as ECs?
GMAT: Planning to take it in December this year.
Schools:I want to targert Wharton ,Columbia and Chicago among the top B schools. What score would be OK to have a shot at these schools given my profile?
Recommendation: I am not sure whether I will be able to secure a good recommendation from my immediate boss. This is because I moved to this new assignment in February only. How much of a drawback is it to not have recos form your current magagers?Should I secure one reco from my IIT professor?
Please let me if there is a hope for me at these schools given my profile. If not then let me know as then I will focus on CAT for getting into Indian mgmt. schools.
Thanks and Regards
Chaitanya Vardhan
Hi Jeremy,
Many IT people like me (and possibly people in other area too) perform a role of manager while their official designation is say, a consultant.
In colleges where they ask for job titles if I mention I am a Senior Consultant but then in the job description essays and the career goals essay if I say I have been performing a project manager's role, is that ok? If not, how do I handle this?
My recommenders (current superviser and his boss) recognize this and are ready to say that I am the project manager in the recos but I just feel it may not be the right thing to do since it isnt my official designation.
thanks in advance
Hi Jeremy,
First of all, accept my heartiest thanks on providing useful insights on various facets of application. I need your opinion on my profile and chances of admits in the schools that I will mention in the post. My profile is as follows:
* 5 Years in IT( A big name in Asia).
* 3.8 GPA from NIT,Surathkal
* GMAT(740/49/42)
* 2 years of work-ex in USA.
* Currently the team-lead of a 8 member team.
* Average community works( Volunteer community activities in US , Worked with CRY in India , Founded a relief fund for Orissa flood during my engineering, organized two blood donation camps during engineering, Volunteered for Kargil-Martyr fund)
* Okie extra-curriculars( District Champion in Badminton, College Badminton Team Captain, Club President during my engineering, University Champion in Chess)
* Short term career Goal : Strategy Consulting
* Schools shortlisted till now: Darden, Ross, Mccombs, Emory
* Will manage good recommendation
Please give me your opinion about my profile and which area do you think could be a potential stopper. If you can also put some light on the the essays of Darden/Ross and their expectations, it will be a great help.
Thanks in advance,
Amit
hi jeremy
Please look at my profile and assess my chances of getting into a top10 school.
Personal Background
Age 23, Male
Born in a business family and first in my family to graduate as an engineer.
Educational Background
I am a Mechanical Engineer.
I graduated in 2005 from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) GPA 3.15
Recipient of Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Award for B. Tech. Session
GMAT
720 (Q50-99%, V36-80%) Overall - 95%
Work Experience
2 yrs in Fortune 500 MNC in Oil and Gas Sector in India. Currently, I am a Marketing Executive looking after channel sales and marketing of lubricants.
Lots of initiatives taken at job to highlight leadership.
I supervise sales of 3 distributors and over 100 Dealers under me.
Two sales assistants and one trainee officer report directly to me.
I am in-charge of one operating storage location.
Given additional responsibility of one metro and one urban area thereby doubling the volume handled for FY 2007-08 as a result of excellent past performance(record double-digit sales growth for 2 consecutive years)
Extra-curricular
Represented my company at National Management Games-2007, a competition for young managers organized by All India Management Association.
Worked as Student Advisor of SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) collegiate chapter at IIT.
I acted as Coordinator of Library Committee at IIT.
Community work
Worked as student ambassador for School of Deaf at Roorkee.
Member of Green Peace India.
Sports, Hobbies
I am a certified NCC and Karate Cadet.
Driving is one of my favorite hobbies.
Entrepreneurship Background.
Assisted my father in running family-owned small scale Iron & Steel business. Successfully managed the production and marketing of different iron and steel products.
Successfully implemented 3 projects in production to increase the productivity in plant and one project in marketing to liquidate excess inventory during slack season.
Career Goals
I want to shift my career from marketing to entrepreneurship. I have developed good networking with my current business partners (Dealers and Distributors), direct clients and colleagues at work. I have learned technical skills during my engineering, and marketing and man-management skills during my professional work experience. I am interested in learning more about entrepreneurship aspects such as opportunity recognition, risk taking, fund raising etc and about financial and HR perspective of business. These skills together will help me in expanding my family owned business. I also want to look at global business opportunities available(for diversification) and global networking through International MBA.
Target schools
Looking for Full time MBA from top 10 US B-Schools. Your advice on schools will also be helpful.
Primary concerns:
Low work experience(quality of WE has been very good and also entrepreneurship background has provided me good exposure ),
Low age (donno wat to do abt it, How can i convince Ad com on that )
and low GPA.
Thanx
Please look at my profile and assess my chances of getting into a top10 school.
Personal Background
Age 23, Male
Born in a business family and first in my family to graduate as an engineer.
Educational Background
I am a Mechanical Engineer.
I graduated in 2005 from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) GPA 3.15
Recipient of Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Award for B. Tech. Session
GMAT
720 (Q50-99%, V36-80%) Overall - 95%
Work Experience
2 yrs in Fortune 500 MNC in Oil and Gas Sector in India. Currently, I am a Marketing Executive looking after channel sales and marketing of lubricants.
Lots of initiatives taken at job to highlight leadership.
I supervise sales of 3 distributors and over 100 Dealers under me.
Two sales assistants and one trainee officer report directly to me.
I am in-charge of one operating storage location.
Given additional responsibility of one metro and one urban area thereby doubling the volume handled for FY 2007-08 as a result of excellent past performance(record double-digit sales growth for 2 consecutive years)
Extra-curricular
Represented my company at National Management Games-2007, a competition for young managers organized by All India Management Association.
Worked as Student Advisor of SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) collegiate chapter at IIT.
I acted as Coordinator of Library Committee at IIT.
Community work
Worked as student ambassador for School of Deaf at Roorkee.
Member of Green Peace India.
Sports, Hobbies
I am a certified NCC and Karate Cadet.
Driving is one of my favorite hobbies.
Entrepreneurship Background.
Assisted my father in running family-owned small scale Iron & Steel business. Successfully managed the production and marketing of different iron and steel products.
Successfully implemented 3 projects in production to increase the productivity in plant and one project in marketing to liquidate excess inventory during slack season.
Career Goals
I want to shift my career from marketing to entrepreneurship. I have developed good networking with my current business partners (Dealers and Distributors), direct clients and colleagues at work. I have learned technical skills during my engineering, and marketing and man-management skills during my professional work experience. I am interested in learning more about entrepreneurship aspects such as opportunity recognition, risk taking, fund raising etc and about financial and HR perspective of business. These skills together will help me in expanding my family owned business. I also want to look at global business opportunities available(for diversification) and global networking through International MBA.
Target schools
Looking for Full time MBA from top 10 US B-Schools. Your advice on schools will also be helpful.
Primary concerns:
Low work experience(quality of WE has been very good and also entrepreneurship background has provided me good exposure ),
Low age (donno wat to do abt it, How can i convince Ad com on that )
and low GPA.
Thanx
Hi jeremy, I am posting my profile in a hope that you can guide me , I am from Pakistan and compare to India in my research i found very little number of pakistani's applying to US B-Schools, is that an edge that i can take advantage of ?
My profile is :
10th : 84%
12th : 82%
Under Grad : BS ( computers ) - 16 yrs education
CGPA : 3.24 - > 75%
IELTS : 7.0
Expected GMAT : 570-610
Work exp:
I am an entreprenuer, Founded and running a software development company ( Welcome To Evizsolutions ) - I passed out in 2004 and since then i am involved in my own business. I started as a freelancer during my university days and was doing 5$ projects 😃 now i am having a team of 5 full time employees working for me + few part timers and have formed solid partnerships with a couple of small level companies in usa , canada, uk, thailand, UAE etc etc.
I am involved with the entire process of running my business more specifically, Communication with clients based in US , UK and Thai etc etc , New Business Development , Bids & Proposal writing, Project Management and employees management , Hiring, Firing 😃 , Managing Finances etc etc. Also, i am invlolved in STOCK business and do take regular part in IPO's and stock listing subscriptions.
Morover i am also involved in orgranizing low budget Summer Internship program for UNI students and i take 2-3 students every summer to do projects with us. Also mentoring and helping a group of students in establishing thier own software house facility.
I hold BS in computers and was awarded 4 year FULL TUTION FEE waiver for my entire BS degree by Ministry of Science & Tech , Pakistan, it was a national level competition and high scorers were awarded this honour- Besides that i partcipated in school level quiz shows, debate contents and got 1st and 2nd positions in them and was also 1st position holder during my entire school life.
I am looking for MBA in Management, Marketing type of thing.
My basic problem is finances and i am looking for a very large scale waiver, Or TA/GA , scholarship etc etc.
So in your opinion where can this kind of profile can lead me ? If not in TOP -10 , can i make it to something like B-Schools ranked 15-25 or any good Uni's where finance aid chances are very bright
I will be thankful if you can kindly help me out , I am very nervous and don't know what to do now.
Thank you very Much
Hussain
Hi Jeremy,
I am reposting my profile here as last time around there was some HTML error in the post.
Finished my schooling from J&K; state board of school education. Passed SSC with 71.4% and HSC with 83.83%.
Finished Mechanical Engineering on 15-Jun- 2003 with distinction in final year and first class throughout (61.2% or a GPA of 3.12/4 when compared with the university topper's score).
Joined a manufacturing company on 13-Jul-2003 as a Graduate Trainee and worked there for 13 months. My role in the organization was to do a market research for a product that company wanted to launch in the market. Competitors already had this product in the market. Company wanted to position the product in premium quality segment. Cost of the product was higher than competitors' product, but the payback period for product was much lower than competitor's product. So I had to collect all the technical/non-technical data about the competitors' product installed in client sites of the company and then enlighten the client what all benefits they could reap in the long run using our product.
Joined a small scale business with my uncle on 15-Aug-2004. It was a small grocery based business and I had to handle all day-to-day operations. Handled the business for around nine months when I finally decided to quit.
Joined a reputed Indian IT company as a software engineer on 16-May-2005. Have been working in this organization till date. However, my role has changed from being a software engineer to that of Team Lead. Our team won the best project award for my last assignment. I have taken part in knowledge base building activities in organization. I also keep participating in knowledge sharing sessions
Total experience: 49 month as on 13-Aug-2007
Extracurricular Activities:
Joined NCC in second year of my engineering and finally earned B and C certificates before completing my term in senior division of NCC. I was also involved in social activities in NCC. I was involved in adventure sports like trekking and paragliding during this period
Took part in cultural activities at inter-college level and inter-University level competitions and won laurels all the times
Presented technical paper at national and state level during my engineering and won a third prize at both the levels
Took part in sport events held at Hostel level and came out winner in most of the events that I participated in.
Hobbies:
Reading
Listening to Music
Investing in stock market
GMAT score: 640
TOEFL (iBT) score: 107
Nationality: Indian
Applying for fall 2008
Want to take up Finance as a major during my MBA as I finally want to land in an I-Bank. I don't have any experience in I-Banking though I have gone through a handful of books on Investing like 'One Up on Wall Street', 'Rich Dad Poor Dad', etc. I started investing in stock market from 2004 and since then it has become one of my favorite hobbies
Important considerations while selecting the school: Want complete financing for my MBA using loans, assistance-ship, scholarships and by working part time
Please suggest me 5-7 colleges where I can apply and stand a very good chance of getting in.
My shortlisted colleges are:
1.Carlson School of Management
2.Kelley School of Business
3.Jones Graduate School of Management
4.The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
5.Brigham Young University (Marriott)
6.University at Buffalo/State University of New York, School of Management, Full-Time MBA
7.University of Kansas, Graduate School of Business, MBA Full-Time
8.University of Oklahoma, Price College of Business, Full-Time MBA
9.University of Pittsburgh, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, Two-Year MBA
10.HEC Montral, Intensive MBA (offered in English)
Please feel free to include the ones which could be a good choice but are not there in my list.
Hi Jeremy,
I recently came accross a slide show in business week.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/bschools/index_01.htm
It had top 30 US business schools and comments on them. I noted down the -ve comments for he few universities in my list
- Kelley: Kelley is praised for general education but is found lacking in specialties like consulting and investment banking. Strong regional bias limits recruiting options.
- Texas Austin: Complaints include unresponsive administration and poor career placement for international students. Variety of classes and other resources balance equation.
- Rochester Simon: Quality of education, analytical skill development, and personal attention from faculty is highly rated, but poor showing by recruiters frustrates students.
My Profile :
GMAT: 710
4 years work Ex, Presently in Oracle,
Hi Jeremy,
Ur replies have been awesome...
Please advice me...
My profile:-
10th Std 90%
12th Std 96%
BTech Electrical Engg IIT Madras 8.38/10
CFA Level 3 Candidate
Registered for FRM in Nov
2.2 years of wrk ex as of now with leading consulting firm(ZS Associates) in India,got promoted once.When I join in Aug07 I will have 3 years of wrk ex
Planning to take GMAT in Oct end...hoping 750+(I know its tuf)
I am only keen on applying to any 2 of top 5 B schools in finance. I want to save the three in case I dont get thru this time.I reasearched abt wharton and found that min wrk ex of there 2006 batch is 46 months.:( Is this tru?..Please suggest which top B -schools would be eager to take me given that I don't screws essays/GMAT and which have past history of taking ppl with 3 yrs of wrk ex
Thanks in advance
With apologies, if I have already responded, because I recall your profile (the boards can be quite confusing at times!). Your profile clearly is quite strong and the reasons are numerous. I think that your existing MBA from IIM is going to be a liability but at least schools are aware that some Indian candidates get domestic MBAs and then realize the difference and go for MBAs in the states. Clearly, you will need to be very deliberate in terms of why you need ANOTHER MBA and exactly what will transpire in your career going forward - the reader will really need to understand the impact of your degree!
Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission
www.mbamission.com
646-485-8844
Skype: MBAMission
Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission
www.mbamission.com
646-485-8844
Skype: MBAMission
Hi Jeremy,
I am an MBA from one of the IIMs ( Indian Institute of Management) and have been working as an investment banker involved in Private equity and M&A; transactions for the corporate finance division of a Big 4 accounting firm in India for the past 4 years. I'll be made an AVP in 1 year Max, so have already crossed the analyt and associate levels in IB . I have done well at the firm and have consistenly been rated among the top performers. . While i haven't had a permanent stint outside india but i do travel frequently to other countries for business.
I am considering applying for an MBA again for various reasons not the least of which is that i feel my earlier MBA was quite premature and honestly, I would like to once again go back to school but in a much more diverse environment than what Indian schools offer. I am considering applications to Wharton/Stanford/HBS/GSBC.. mostly because till now i havent researched much on any other schools
While i feel that the MBA is not that attractive for me in monetary terms since i am happy with what i am being paid , its mainly my urge to go back to school and to take a step back to put things in perspective which is driving me towadrs another MBA.
I would like to ask you how well i would fit with the adcom's requirements for the schoools mentioned above, given my profile. I've listed the important stuff below :
Indian , Male, 26
GMAT : 790
CAT : 99.8
Work Ex : 4+ years in Corporate Finance (M&A;,PE) division of Big 4 accounting firm( 2 years as Associate 2 as Sr. associate, Will be promoted to AVP by the time I apply)
As part of my previous MBA, i interned with the firm and was taken on as a full time employee on completion of the internship. I have worked with corporates of all sizes, Government of India/State government, PE Funds, Investment Banks etc. I've been involved in transactions to the scale of $5 billion. Since teams are usually very small in ivestment banking, level of involvement tends to be extremely high. I've mostly focused on infrastructure and Metals . I've been involved in highly publicized and visible transactions, but i dont think people in the US (specifically the adcom) would be aware of them.
I have always been given significant responsibility, and now I handle entire mandates independently. Travelled extensively in India and also to Europe,US, Middle East for business.
Would be able to secure excellent recommendations from CEO and Managing partners of the firm. Since I have worked with various investment banks/private equity funds, would be able to secure a reco if required from them also.
Previous Education
IIM : top 10% of class
(Spent a term in France on exchange program)
Engg : GPA - 3.3/4 ( From a leading technology school in India)
10+2 - 80% ( Average at best) Do they even go this far ?
Extra Currics : School/College Level Dramatics, Was usually involved in organizing any big events, editor of magazines for both sschool and college, won international competitions during stay at IIM.
Comm Service: Used to teach/mentor children at an NGO in nearby community, got doctors to hold medical awareness camps there( by involving my brother,who is a doctor , MD from Temple Univ. )
Also, just to make you aware of the alternate route, If i stay with the firm for another 5-7 years, I am confident of becoming a partner. And even if I dont, enough private equity funds / Investment banks are there to welcome seasoned professionals and they'd be willing to pay as much or more than i would get post a Wharton/HBS MBA, that too in india.So in PPP terms, the picture would be better ( And I'm not even counting the cost of an MBA in the US + opporunity cost of leaving the job for 2 years) .
I just mentioned this to drive the point that my decision is not being driven by monetary considerations. Coming to the questions, I'd be happy if you could tell me what areas should i focus on to make my application stronger? Is a previous stint at IIM viewed negatively or positively? And also, do these schools encourage MBA candidates to pursue doctoral studies ?
Cheers
Dude M.
) Do they even go this far ?
...........
Hi Jeremy,
I am in the process of applying to some of the US b-schools and was preparing a resume for submitting along with the applications. However I have a few doubts.
- By Fall 08, I will be completing 3 yrs of work exp. Considering this, will a resume that spans 1.5 pages (font size 11) considered excessive? Should I restrict myself to a strict one page?
- At my workplace, I have got quite a few performance awards. Should I mention them in the resume, maybe under a section called 'Achievements'? I researched on the net and came across a few sample resumes. But none of them had any kind of award listed.
- Also, should I talk about any academic achievement before my undergraduate degree (i.e., achievements in 10th and 12th std)? Again, no sample resume covered anything prior to the undergradauate degree.
Hi Jeremy,
Before I put forth my query, here's a thanks for responding to our queries!
Well, I am in the process of finalising the schools where I am going to apply and was gathering information about Columbia GSB and MIT Sloan. I am still reading more about these schools, however, I was wondering if you have any info which will help me in my process. From what I've read till now, it seems Columbia is for Finance guys.
Any pointers or factors which I should be considering to make my decision? Excuse me if this is coming as a generalised query but I guess, its because of the mess in my brain!
Thanks,
~a
Hi Jeremy ,
Thanks in advnace ! This is ravi .
I have few very basic questions !
My profile is
GMAT 700 (a 50/v 34):(
Work Ex 7 Years in BARC (Scientist, R&D;)
acads averagge (First >70%)
M.Sc. From IITR (Phy)
Please suggest me which colleges should i target ?
I always got much higher GMAT score in mocks , thats why i opted for MIT, Tucks , Columbia, ISB and Stern. Now i feel that with this score, it will be too optimistic to target these colleges.
now kindly advice me with this profile what should i do ? Shall i target 15-20 ranked schools in us or make a try for europe or else rewrite gmat (please note i am nontechi:)).
Most importantly , being an average salried man , cost is the crucial factor. Kindly make a comment on the financial prospects (fees/loan/scol etc)
waiting for ur reply
regards
urs sincerly
ravi arora
hi,
i m in third year of my graduation (engg.) i have below average acads,please suggest how could i mould my profile so that i can land up in a bussiness school of some repute.
Please guide me ur advise will direct my future.
thanking u in advance ! 😃
Thank you for your inquiry.
I don't know enough about you to judge your prospects, but strategy is a pretty broad field, so you might consider any good general management school - maybe Darden and Duke as reaches and schools like UNC or Georgetown as competitive schools. It is really hard to tell based on your generalities below. Sorry.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission
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I don't know enough about you to judge your prospects, but strategy is a pretty broad field, so you might consider any good general management school - maybe Darden and Duke as reaches and schools like UNC or Georgetown as competitive schools. It is really hard to tell based on your generalities below. Sorry.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission
www.mbamission.com
646-485-8844
Skype: MBAMission
Read: MBA Mission's Complete Start To Finish Guide
Hi jeremy,
u do a great job
simple question
pleasse suggest me a list of schools ,(or atleast where i can get a handle on this info)
a) schools with a good name in strategy in us.
b) One year MBA course worldwide- which are good in strategy.
my profile
5 years sales mangement work-3 promotions,2 companies, 3 stints-no1 manager last year.
gpa 3.0
Engineering graduate- bad acads.
community work-avg
Extra cocurrium- good.
so list of colleges will help me a lot
thanks jeremy