voldemort

01-22-2006, 04:12 PM

Dear Voldemort,

Since you’re on the younger side of MBA applicants, it would have been crucial for you to demonstrate to the adcom that you need an MBA at this earlier juncture in your career. You should have shown the adcom that you’ve thought long and hard about what you’d like to do in the future, have solidified your career goals and fully explain the ways that your current position limits you from achieving these.

Your GMAT score is within an acceptable range for the schools to which you’re applying (710 is the average GMAT score at most of the top schools). It sounds as though you’ve had some solid work experience consulting in Intellectual Property. It’s also great that even at your younger age, you’ve had experience directly managing up to 10 people; this should have been something that you highlighted in your applications as well.

Because many engineers applying to business school have attended school at Indian institutions, the most essential component of your applications should have been finding ways to show that you stand out from the rest. Managing blood donation camps is one way to set yourself apart as is having clear career goals that make sense given your career history. If you have any more extracurricular activities, they should have been listed in your application as well. The adcom wants to see that candidates are well-rounded with a diversity of interests and would be active participants in life on campus.

Thus, your profile suggests you may be somewhat competitive at these schools but much will depend upon how you presented yourself in your applications: goal clarity, extracurricular activities and accomplishments, demonstrated professional maturity and how well you fine-tuned your essays and ensured these accurately depicted each aspect of your candidacy.

Regards,

Chelsea Ferrell,
Clear Admit, LLC

Thank you for highlighting the pros and cons in the profile.

Looking at my profile would you suggest that I wait for another year and gain more expereice or go for meeting my immidiate requirement for a general managemenht program? I aspire to go into Private Equity and the inspiration to apply in a B school was to link my present career with that in PE.

Any thoughts?

Dear Voldemort,

At this point, you could put off your application for as many as three or four years and still not be significantly older than the average applicant. In other words, at this point you are not in any danger of ‘missing your window?as an MBA applicant at the schools you’ve expressed interest in. Therefore, taking another year to get some further experience might be a good idea. However, if you choose to do so, you must make sure that you actually make a significant effort to address the weaknesses in your candidacy and improve upon them. For example, you may wish to settle on one element of your community-based extra-curricular involvement and take it ‘to the next level,?taking on an enhanced leadership role and creatively growing the organization.

I am pleased to see that you have begun working out your career goals in PE. If you wait for another year, it would give you time to further refine these goals. You should do further research into the specifics of the PE field, figuring out what type of firm you might like to work for and which skill sets you would need to possess to succeed at these firms. Especially if you decide to reapply to any of the schools you mentioned, it will be very important to demonstrate that you have developed yourself as a candidate. A primary method of doing so is to refine your career goals and/or take some quantifiable steps toward achieving them.

If you decide to apply to more schools this year, I caution you to remember that the Round 1 and Round 2 deadlines for most of the top schools have already passed. It is significantly more difficult to gain admission in Round 3 (and/or Round 4). This is another factor to keep in mind as you decide whether or not to wait another year.

You should feel free to contact our office at info@clearadmit.com for more feedback on how best to prepare yourself for next year’s applications, in the event that you choose to wait. Good luck!

Nick Maxwell
Clear Admit, LLC

Hi,

As many others I would be greatful for your advice on my profile:

Name: Mayank Asthana

Nationality: Indian

Undrgrad: University Of Technology, Sydney - 62% - 2 years work experince while at university with British Telcom, ING, Commonwelth Finacials.

GMAT: 700 (Q50 V34)

Work Experience: 4 yrs - I have been working in the BPO industry with GE Capital, Equinox and am currently with IBM. I have experince in various areas of this Industry - Operations, Training & Transitions (Outsourcing). I have led teams and projects in all 3 areas.

International Experience: 1. Education and work in Sydney, Australia. 2. Outsourced work for GE from Manchester, UK to India. 3. Led a project to outsource a Mortgage process from Option One in Irvine, CA to India. 4. Outsourced the first European Helpdesk for IBM from Dublin, Ireland to India. 5. Outsourced the first IBM commercial account, NTL Helpdesk from Teeside & London, UK to India.

Career Goal - Long Term - To be a CEO/owner of a BPO organisation. Short Term - Pursue a career as a business consultant - to work in America/Europe to understand business and service delivery dynamics so as to scope business out for my own BPO.

Extracurricular Activities: School Captain - Athletics, Handball, Editior - Literary Club, Numerous awards for debates, "Maximum achivements in a year award" at school.

My Contribution: Experience of leading pople and projects in the fatest growing industy (BPO), Inernational outlook, awareness and experience, I am a certified trainer and have experience in both classroom and on the job training as well as managing training, Experience in dealing with respsonse behavior of people in UK and USA when work is being outsourced.

Target Schools - HBS, Wharton, Columbia, INSEAD ......Fall 2007

My score at university is not good, i was more involved in working tghan studying at that stage, however my GMAT score is OK. My scores in year 10 and year 12 were bot 81%, So i am not sure if my profile is good enough for my target schools...

Your thoughts?

Many thanks

Mayank

Dear Mayank,

Please see our response to your most recent thread, entitled 'Target Schools.' Thanks!

Nick Maxwell
Clear Admit, LLC