[siddharth1982]

Originally Posted by siddharth1982

Hi eng_harsh,

I really think your reply to that message was very impressive, Can you help me advice

I am a Business Analyst in an IT company working mainly as an IT Sales agent with a total of 4 years of IT expereince,

By the time i apply i'll have 4.5 years of IT expereince (3.5 years of development & leading & 1 year of sales).
1) Infosys as a Software engg - 2 years
2) Capgemini as Tech Lead - 1.5 years
3) Cognizant as Business Analyst (IT sales) - 1 year

Expected GMAT score - hope to get above 700

Advantages
1) Very strong domain knowledge on Retail, worked on every part of it and done everything from development. testing to Sales
2) Mixed expereince in both tech & sales
3) Strong & supportive Managers who'll justify my reasons to go ahead
4) Awards in all organization for comittment and "out of the box thinking"
5) loads of client facing expereince (visited atleast 30 top retailers in India in 6 months and proposed various retail solutions)
6) very sure about what and why (IT marketing)

Disdvantages
1) 3 compaines in 4.5 years though the reason is
a. The first jump was because I was drawing an extraordinarily low salary from
infosys
b. The second jump was because i got a job in my interest area i.e IT sales and
thats what i want to do an MBA on
2) Did my UG from a good but not a top class college
3) Relatively lower expereince (4.5 years)
4) good client exposure but no international exposure

Reason to Do MBA :
I have already reached a position where generally people with MBA's are, infact i think now i really understand what this degree is all about and I have learnt
everything through work expereince so I need to network with others to understand their points of views and ofcourse who deonsn't want to go back to school and start again :-)

Co Curriculars:

1) an additional degree in western music
2) Quizzer

[krishna234]

Having read this blog, I dont mind doing a reality check on my own profile, Any comments are welcome...

Academic background: Graduation- 60%
Total work experience - 7 years ( ICICI PRU 1.5 years, Bajaj capital 1 year, HSBC India, 4.5 years as a Asst sales manager, sales manager ( leading a channel of 12 people)and now as NRI services RM in Newyork.
Carrer achievements: Brought several changes and took several measures in earning profits for the bank.
EC : Good.
GMAT : Yet to take.

Been a Pagalguy through out but need to draw a steep career map further down the line.

Request some quick comments on this blog on the appended Stanford college aspiration chances or any relevant one that may fit my needs.

Regards,
Krishna.

[Alchemist4MBA]

Hey Guys... I am new to PG and a GMAT aspirant. The above threads throw some pretty good information on how to ace a top B-School. Also i am particularly interested about the healthcare programs available in these top B-Schools. I am a domain expert in Healthcare IT with 4+ years of experience in a top Product Development Company.

Please throw some light on Healthcare programs in top B-Schools

Thanks
Alchemist.

[isb_impossible]

Hello pguys and pgals!! I am sure there are people reading this thread who have researched the Ivy league admission pattern to the tee and i would like them to kindly go through my profile and suggest whether its worth the effort to keep any hopes of getting into one of the meccas for 2010 or 11

here we go::-

I am a 25 year old marine engineer with 3 years experience in operations of large sea going ships at present. By the time the application goes through,it would rise to almost 4 years. i have worked for 2 years with Mitsui OSK lines( which happens to be the bluest chips amongst shipping companies) and a further year with fortune # 4 British petroleum!!
I have a Btech from an average instt with an average CGPA( no IITs to jumpstart the application!!! )

Nothing extra-ordinary in co-curriculars as well. Havent given the GMAT as yet, but mocks predict the final score to be in the 710-720 range( give or take another 10 odd marks!!)

The only thing that could work in my favour is that the kind of experience(shipping and energy sector) i would bring to the class will be varied from the usual IT/commerce students who would eventually stuff up the classrooms. Other than that i dont think there is anything else that truly stands out.

I request all the enlightened pagal gurus who have knowledge/exposure regarding the selection procedure, rate my chances and suggest if anything could be improved upon.

Cheers!!!!!!