Profile Evaluation

[md.divya]

Hi!

Could you evaluate my profile?

GMAT score: 700;90%ile (Q;38, 80%ile and V:48, 83%ile)
AWA: 6; 91%ile

Academics:
10th: 88% (CBSE)
12th: 85% (CBSE)
among first three ranks for 4 years in school
B.E (ECE-2008 pass out): 85%
rank I in 8th semester with 93% marks; IV in 7th semester; rank V in 4th & 5th semesters; rank III in 2nd & 3rd semesters

after B.E. - volunteered as a teaching assistant for around a year at an NGO and then at a school for the under privileged. also helped in fund raising.

Work ex: 2.4 years in IT (Software Testing-Core Banking System)
profile: joined as an entry level trainee in 2009. training period ended in 2010 (mid). got promoted by 2011 beginning. currently working as test lead.
work description: resource allocation, effort estimation and planning, requirement analysis, drafting test plans and the usual test lead and process activities.
Cognizant-Testing- HR- 'You've been Spotted' Award. High Flyer of the Month - Cognizant BFS Testing.Spot Award - Associate who goes an extra mile.

Extra and co-curricular:

School : won a couple of essay writing, debate, singing, dancing, contests. was school vice captain (no proof for that though), received international merit certificate for the commonwealth essay competition by the central council of the royal commonwealth society, London. have a national certificate for "National Youth Parliament Competition", organized by the Ministry Of Parliamentary Affairs, New Delhi, my school stood 1st.

College: Declared best student of the outgoing batch 2004-08 for contribution to co-curricular activities. received few certificates in intra- and inter-college competitions. chief editor of college magazine, on organizing committee of college symposium, anchored at various events.

Work: part of the account newsletter editing board and creator of newsletter teasers. organized some account level functions.. anchoring and organizing.

I am looking to apply to the top 25 b-schools and want to see what my chances are. Also, specifically, I am looking at ISB, INSEAD, NUS, NTU and SP Jain. Plus there's the strategy of applying to 3 dream b-schools, 4 moderate and 3 safe bets.. would you be able to give me some options? My main concern is considering the costs involved, I don't want to take a shot in the dark when I have no chance of getting a call. Looking forward to your reply. Thanks!

[mbamission]

HI md.divya,

Thanks for writing in and sharing those details. I think top-25 is about right for the profile you've put down here -- I'm a bit concerned about your categorization into the IT category, as it seems that your work is very software-heavy, but you do have some achievements at work that you can point to. You'll also need to spend some time on your goal statement -- what comes next for you after MBA, and why?

I would need to know a bit more about your goals before commenting on specific schools. Also my knowledge of the specifics of some of the programs you mentioned are limited. Instead look at a few different sites (Business Week, Financial Times,etc) to see where your experience and scores match well within their top-25. You can follow that up with calls to the career services offices of those programs and web research to help develop your list of targets.

Best of luck,

Daniel Richards
http://www.mbamission.com

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