I post my profile at the end. I need all of your thoughts to answer my questions:
- I am interested to work for a few years in US post MBA. Hence, I have a strong preference for US schools. But, I understand that most US schools have average experience for incoming students as between 3 to 6 years. Will 13 years be considered too old for the schools.
- Will there be any difference between my GMAT score of 680 and 7XX. Should I retake my GMAT and move to 7XX before applying.
- On a broad range, what schools should I target? Top 10, 10-20 or below 20.
- I intend to apply to a max of 7 schools (2 with safe chances, 3 within exact reach and 2 with exceed reach).
- Schools short listed by me(based on leadership/ General Management with technology flavor) are as below: Any comments on my choice
- US - MIT Sloan, Haas, UCLA, Darden, Tepper and Mccombs
- UK - Oxford, Cambridge, Cranfield
- Canada - Rotman, Ontario, Queens
- I understand that I belong to the WIDEst pool of applicants (Indian/ Male/ IT) with additional drawback of age. Any pointers on how I should look to differentiate myself to stand out from the crowd.
- Any specific schools that comes to your mind to be good for Leadership/ General Management that will be a good fit for me.
- I am given to understand that H1B is becoming a major issue for graduating MBA students. Any idea whether that should discourage me to shift my focus to schools in Canada or UK.
My PROFILE:
- Male, Indian, 34 years, Engineer
- 70% in Engineering - Anna University
- GMAT-680 (Q-48, V-35, AWA-5.0)
- 12 years total experience of which at least 3/4th is international
- 3 years in project procurement/ planning in Heavy Engineering Industry
- 9 years in SAP consulting on technology side.
- Industries - media, defense, aerospace, utilities, leasing, pension fund
- Roles: consultant, team lead, development manager, project manager
- Have lead a team of 10+
- Reason for change
- Extremely satisfied with what I am today. This is to "sharpen the saw" before my plunge into management roles.
- Social activities: normal
- Educating 3 girls for the past few years sponsoring all of their expenses (fees, dress, books,…)
- Contributions for college alumni
- Preferred MBA specializations
- General Management / Leadership
- Short term career plan
- Management/ Leadership roles within same IT industry moving up the ladder into strategic roles
- Long term plan
- Career - Non profit organizations/ service industries
- Passion - Want to do something back to society
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