Hello Alex,

Introduction:

Age: 27 (-) at the time of Matriculation
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 710
Eduction: B.S in Electrical Engineering, Western Michigan University
G.P.A: 3.15


Career Highlights

Internships: Parker Hannifin : 8 months

Graduation: April 2005

Industry: Consulting, Information Technology
Business Consultant---HCL America Inc. (USA) (Subsidary of HCL Technologies www.hcl.in ) June 2005-Aug-2007
Business Consultant---Deloitte Consulting Aug 2007 to Dec-2007


Industry: Steel Industry & Minning and Minerals
Director, Family Business (7 Million USD in Revenues, 12-18 Employee Size + Shop floor workers+technicians etc) Jan 2008 to Present

Community Involvement:

Junior Martin Luther King Leader During School (2+ years)
Advised and coordinated group of 15 undergraduate engineering major students admitted through Department of Multicultural Affairs to achieve success in college environment
• Conducted workshops on algebra, calculus, differential equations, engineering drawing, physics and chemistry for freshmen and sophomore engineering courses classes
• 80% of students secured GPA of 3.0 and above

Co-Founder, Vice President: http://www.ashram.org/newweb/bsk/index.html http://www.ashram.org/newweb/bsk/bskprogram/index.html



LONG TERM GOAL: Entrepreneurship, Family Business

Target Schools : In the order of preference: MIT, Chicago, Kellog, Wharton, ISB, Columbia, UMICH,

Hello,

With the above career path and long term objectives what schools would be in RANGE schools? and what's the probability of making it to the above schools?

Thanks

MIT, Chicago, Kellogg, Wharton, Columbia -- likely out of reach (also it's "Kellogg" with two "g's" -- for some reason a very common mistake particularly amongst Indians).

Michigan -- a stretch, but worth applying to (other "stretches" for you may be Duke, Darden, NYU, Berkeley, Cornell, Yale, UCLA)

Schools where you'll be competitive are: UT-Austin, USC, UNC, Georgetown, Indiana, Purdue, CMU and Rochester.

As for ISB, I assume you should be able to get in there as long as you don't screw up your application.

Alex Chu
alex@mbaapply.com
www.mbaapply.com
http://mbaapply.blogspot.com

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your reply. Any particular reason that all top 10 schools would be out of reach for me?

What's the killing point? How can I improve my chances?