Profile Evaluation @GMAT 700

[gauravmisra26]

Hi,

I recently completed my GMAT and am interested in getting my profile evaluated.Here is the summary.

Academics:

- GMAT 700(Q49 87%,V35 73% Total 90%), AWA: Awaited.
- 10th - 85% (State Rank 12th) , 12th -80% (India)
- B.E (Electronics) from REC (Now NIT) Surat, India in the year 2000. (Percentage -73%, Branch Topper -78%, Univ Distinction at 66%).NIT’s rank among the best Engineering colleges after IIT’s in India. Among the top 1 percentile of the class all through the graduation years.
- MBA (Finance), Part-time from AIMA, New Delhi. Consistent CGPA above 3.5/4 in MBA (I am not sure to include this when applying for Management Insti, Your opinions welcome)

Professional:

- 10 years core experience in the IT industry.
- International exposure (California, U.S) for about 2 years.
- Experience of working with clients like Bank of America,GE,Office Depot and AXA
- Has experience of working in Insurance, Banking, Mortgage, Credit Card and Retail domain related projects.
- Currently working as Project Manager in a MidEast project in a Tier2 firm.


Extra-Curricular:

- Captain of college cricket team (1999-2000) and part of Corporate cricket team (2003-2004) with two different firms.
- Vice-President of Rotary Club (1998-1999) and member of SpicMacay (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth) (1996-2000) in the college.
- One of the main organizers of the yearly cultural event in the organization and at college level. Acknowledged for methodical and successful management. Completed successfully additional responsibilities like organizing motivational HR events, innovative workshops, campus recruitments and competitions.
- Won several accolades from school to this level in Literary and Debating events, Quizzing, Skit writing and personality contests.

Interested Institutes: IIMA, ISB, IIMB and IIMC

[gauravmisra26]

Hi,

I would appreciate if you would help me on this one.I am waiting for your insightful comments.

Regards

[mbamission]

Hi -

Thanks for your inquiry.

It sounds like you have some solid professional experience and your GMAT score is a good one - we typically advise clients that 700 with 80th percentile in Q/V is the benchmark for success. Your score is very close to this. With 10 years of experience, you will need to clearly articulate why it make sense to return to business school at this stage in your career.

Regarding your community involvement/extracurriculars, these do seem to be a bit dated - if possible, I would try and focus on activities that are more recent. Do you have any post-college activities?

Lastly, regarding your question about your degree, I am not sure you have the option of not disclosing this as most schools ask you to list all the schools which you have attended (and send transcripts). You could call each school anonymously and clarify, but you don't want to omit information intentionally.

I hope this helps.

Best,
Erin Schuhmacher
mbaMission