Setting right expectations

[jhamb.sullabh]

Hi,

I have approached number of consultants just to have a sense as to where do I stand a chance and have happened to get mixed reviews (and sadly both equally poised).Just to give you a brief you about my profile.

UG -B.Tech (74%)
PG :MA-Economics (Delhi University) (62%)
CFA Level 3 candidate
Work Ex: 1.3 year (analytics-UK estd firm)
0.7 year (analytics-Top Consulting firm)
GMAT :700 (Q-51,V-34, AWA-4.5)-(single attempt)

Strong EC -Gold Medal in school for acads ,state finalist -olympiad, Part of soccer team in school ,captain -College soccer team , Won many Business case competitions , case studies,debates,etc.

I am keen on top B schools -Wharton , UCLA ,Yale ,Cornell , Booth ,NYU ,INSEAD ,MIT-Sloan ,ISB.

What are my chances of getting into these B schools? Also , if its difficult then what more shall I do to improve the probability of getting into these schools? (Retake GMAT , improve work ex- add more dynamics to it,international exposure ,) , join NGO stuff , do some more extra curricular?

I am targeting these B schools to get into PE/VC/I-Banking (Plan-A) or Financial Advisory (Plan-B) .Please help me in this regard.Feel free to add more schools if you think I should look into.

[rachel]

Hi!! There are a few things that jump out at me as I read over your profile. Your GMAT score is good at 700, but if you could get it any higher than that, it can always help your candidacy for business school. In addition, your grades are on the lower end of the range. Of course, you can't change your grades but you might consider writing an optional essay in your applications to explain why your grades are low. As for your work experience, you haven't had much of it - from my calculation, it seems like you've worked about 2 years. That puts you on the young end for many of these schools. If you very much want to apply, then you need to make sure you have strong accomplishments to highlight in your applications, and you need to make a strong case for why you want an MBA and why now. Lastly, the extra-curriculars you list here seem to be slightly old - from college. What are you doing now?? That's what really matters.

Best of luck,

Rachel Beck


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[jhamb.sullabh]

Thanks Rachel for taking out time to go through my profile and highlight the shortcomings.Just a few clarifications , do you feel any of these schools are within my reach (Please feel free to add more if you think I should take them into consideration)? As of now , I am working in worlds top management consulting firm and have not got any time to do extra curricular ( could you give some idea as to what all I can add in this field?).Also , my grades might sound on lower side but this is what we typically get in a Tier A engg college.Also , do I have any advantage , I already having a masters (ranked 8th) in economics and a CFA level 3 candidature?
Lastly , what more you think can I do to improve my profile? (E.g community work , etc).

Once again , I would like to thank you for the work that you are doing.