Dear admission cunsultants,
Please suggest me 5 -6 best schools where the doors might open for me. My profile below
GMAT - 690. Quant - 90 verb - 89
GPA - 3.4
Bachelor of Electronics and Communication engineering.
Work experience - 7 Years in Information Technology
Leadership experince - 3 years as project Lead in Information Technology
Extra curricular - good participation in various activities

Thank you for your inquiry.

The information that you have provided is a bit sparse. Please elaborate – what is the nature of your extra-curricular and community involvement? How many people have you managed? How many times have you been promoted? What country are you from? With a bit more color, I will be able to offer better advice.

Further, as you contemplate school choice, what are your career plans? What is most important to you in terms of school – ranking, location, pedagogy, etc.?

Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission

www.mbamission.com
646-485-8844
Skype: MBAMission

Thank you sir for the response. I really appreciate your help.

Let me answer your questions one by one.

Country - India
Work/Leadership experience - Project lead in an IT consulting firm ( TCS ) which did projects for Bank Of America.
Project lead in another IT consulting firm which does projects for Walmart.

Number of people Managed - Maximum team strength of 9.
Number of promotions - 2. From trainee to Team member to Project lead
What am I looking out of MBA / Career plans - I would like to do 2 year full time MBA in Finance in one of the top 20 schools. Location & pedagogy dont matter.

Why a person in IT want to do finance? Well thats because 90% of my IT work I did was for Bank Of America. My current work is for Financial Planning and Budgeting for walmart. I would like to pursue this business domain. The next step of my career needs a lot of business knowledge in finance to understand the business requirements and suggest business friendly solutions.
If getiing in to Finance is unrealistic because of my age - 30, IT background or country , my back up plan is to go for a general MBA in one of the top 20 schools. That would not help me to play a better role in Financial domain, but would help me take up bigger reponsibilities in project management.

Extra curricular and community involvement -
School captian 1992 -94, Founder - Blood donation forum in College - 1996 , Organiser - Knowledge sharing sessions for TCS consultants in Bank of america 2002-03, Organiser- Tsunami relief fund collection for Jacksonville based south indians, Organiser - activities of Ohmkaram - a St Louis based community for south Indians.
besides I have many certificates for my participations in Speeches, Essay competitions etc.

Hope I shared all the information you are looking for. Please advise

Thank you for your additional information – it certainly is helpful.

As I am sure you know, as an Indian candidate, you are facing some very tough competition. Further, as an "older" candidate coming from a tech background, it gets even more difficult. Finally, your stats are strong relative to the overall pool, but relative to the top-15 schools, they are in fact average to below average. And, most of your extras are five years old. So, you are facing an uphill battle, particularly with the goal of trying to enter the field of finance, which, during tough economic times, may not seem likely for to an admissions/career services office and may undermine your candidacy. So, you might want to target schools at the bottom end of the top-twenty – CMU, Texas and Rochester float in and out of the top-twenty and all have reputable finance programs. I think that the top-15 will be a stretch for you.

Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission

www.mbamission.com
646-485-8844

thank you Sir for your canddid reply. I would like to get some proffesional help in preparing the application. I will call your organisation to get teh details. Thanks once again

No problem at all.
We would be happy to work with you and are always willing to conduct a free consultation to start – www.mbamission.com/consult.php.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission

www.mbamission.com
646-485-8844