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[Psychodementia]

Originally Posted by aman81

Hi

I need some advice in selecting a B-school in US. I want to apply for fall 2007.

I have done my BIT(Delhi University 4 years) 68%
Took my GMAT on 19th Oct 680 (Q 47, V- 37)
3 years of work experience- From May 2004 working in Honeywell Int, India Prvt. Lmt, had 2 promotions in operations and training Its a Customer care center


I want to go into management consulting, training or human resourse kind of fields after my MBA.

Aman - you might want to give us more details. I can see you have provided us with a bit of a background, and a bit of what you want to do post-MBA. However, choosing an MBA is like choosing a girl/guy from the matrimonial columns. Everyone seems to be at their best - trying to woo you with magic words which are as enticing as they are fraught with falsehood. To go cut through the mesh of all the razzmatazz and find out which college actually fits your needs is a ardous and time-consuming process.

Take care and best of luck in your endeavours.

Arun

[aman81]

Thanks Arun forthe advice.

I am doing some research own my own also. Basically I want a university where I can get a scholarship or some kind of grant. Is it possible with such low score. I don't have many extracurricular activities and no community service. Let me know if u have any university in mind.

Thanks
aman

[Psychodementia]

Originally Posted by aman81

Thanks Arun forthe advice.

I am doing some research own my own also. Basically I want a university where I can get a scholarship or some kind of grant. Is it possible with such low score. I don't have many extracurricular activities and no community service. Let me know if u have any university in mind.

Thanks
aman

The problem is not with your GMAT scores - which I think are definitely decent. But more to do with the capitalistic nature of any MBA program Why would I need to pay you money to do a course after which you are not going to tend sick people or help poor people? Why would you want to pay for a course after which you are anyway going to churn money by the tons (atleast hope to) by being an Ibanker or MC? So most Univs don't have a grant (like they do for Phd courses) for scholarships.

However, as is the norm anywhere, they are desperate to attract meritorious students, and hence give partial aid (upto about 20% of the tuition fees). This still would fall short of the full monty - total tuition waiver + stipend to meet living costs. So my take is - do not get into the MBA application process with a thoughts of a full ride.

Having said that, there are cases where students get a full-ride, and yes a great GMAT score definitely goes a long way in ensuring you get one. Some like Senapati -> http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/member...ati-44787.html from this forum, who got a full ride at CMU. But again, thats a long shot and one's MBA aspirations cannot be held ransom to such a conceited goal

Hope this helps,

Arun

[itsrahul]

Originally Posted by aman81

Thanks Arun forthe advice.

I am doing some research own my own also. Basically I want a university where I can get a scholarship or some kind of grant. Is it possible with such low score. I don't have many extracurricular activities and no community service. Let me know if u have any university in mind.

Thanks
aman

from my research thus far, i can say that it is difficult to get scholarships in the top 15-20 B-schools. If funding is a constraint, I wouldnt recommend applying to top b-schools. 680 is a decent score. One of my friends had a score of 700 and he received full schol + TA from Eller college Arizona. Another friend received schol of arnd 16K euros from HEC france. So, it is not difficult to get schol on 680 provided u select the school carefully.

[vivek_cbe]

Dear All

I need some help in planning my MBA. I want to start my MBA in 2008. I dont know which is the best session to do that. There is fall and one another thing.

As for GMAT, even here I dont know when to write the same. What would be the ideal time to write it next year?

I have

Princeton 2007
Barrons
Powerprep software
GMAT test prep
Kaplan 2006 CD

what else is required??

I have 4.5 years of work ex and am looking at MBA very seriously now.

Kindly guide me.

thanks

Vivek

Originally Posted by amitnsitian

hey vivek,

the material which u have is more than sufficient for your GMAT Prep. rather, you dont need Barrons but please buy the Official Guide 11th Edition. its a must.

now, one is the fall admission which starts in August typically and other is the spring which starts in march. you need to first search the universities in which you want to apply and then you need to plan your prep, recos etc.

one more thing, GMAT prep typically requires 2 - 3 months.

All the very best
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[itsrahul]

Originally Posted by vivek_cbe

Dear All

I need some help in planning my MBA. I want to start my MBA in 2008. I dont know which is the best session to do that. There is fall and one another thing.

As for GMAT, even here I dont know when to write the same. What would be the ideal time to write it next year?

I have

Princeton 2007
Barrons
Powerprep software
GMAT test prep
Kaplan 2006 CD

what else is required??

I have 4.5 years of work ex and am looking at MBA very seriously now.

Kindly guide me.

thanks

Vivek

Vivek, Almost all colleges have their MBA session starting either in late Aug or in early Sep. This is the fall intake. Some colleges also offer an intake in Jan. You will need to finalize your colleges before deciding when to join. in general most of the people prefer fall intake.
There is no ideal time to take a gmat. it all depends on ur plans - when do u want to join, how much time u would require for prep etc etc. If u intend to join in 2008, u shud take ur gmat by mid next yr so that u have sufficient time to concentrate on ur apps.

[vivek_cbe]

hey thanks Rahul . What about the material I have? Would that be sufficient?

[itsrahul]

Originally Posted by vivek_cbe

hey thanks Rahul . What about the material I have? Would that be sufficient?

IMO, 2 imp. things are missing - OG and 1000 SCs/CRs. Remember that there is no end to the material you can get and solve. Different people use different books and everyone will have different opinion about the material available. I used only OG, Princeton and 1000 SCs/CRs and was pretty satisfied with them.
Whatever material you choose, try to build ur basics first.

[manii1]

hi all.i want 2 prepare gmat and cat exam.nw i m doing my 2nd yr biotechnology degree..tell me som gud books and coaching centre in hyderbad which are giving coaching 4 gmat and cat..pls reply..

[harshg]

Manii1 merey bhai.... please convey a little effort on your part... read the posts above you will get most of the answers you seek.