Profile Evaluation

[dpulavarthi]

Hi,

Here is a basic overview of my profile. Could you please tell me what range of schools I should apply to?

Origin: Indian, Female 29 years old
GMAT: 700
Education: Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, India. 85%
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, USA 3.02 GPA, Research Scholarship recipient

Work Exp:
-Moved from Web Application Developer to Technology Manager in the past 5 year at a small Educational Not-For-Profit in NYC.
Responsibilities:
- Led 2 teams of developers and consultants to build and customize customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and an interactive platform of 167, 000 users for a little over a year
-Developed and conducted on site and on line trainings for staff and teachers across 130 countries such as Isreal, West Bank, Taiwan, Jordan, Azerbaijan, Morocco, Egypt, Japan, Qatar, Australia, Denmark, Canada
-Participated in organization's strategic planning

Activities:
- Led interviews for U.S.-Mongolia Emerging Youth Leaders program to engage under-served youth in a community journalism- US State Department Initiative in collaboration with Mongolia Education Alliance
- I’ve conducted interviews and orientation sessions and escorted high school exchange students as a part of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y)- a US State Department Initiative
- I’ve provided direct language support in Hindi to high school students in the Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) to improve their communication (both oral and written)
- I’ve been working with a Bedouin tribal camp owner (Wadi Rum, Jordan) who doesn’t speak english and has limited access to the internet to increase his revenue. We’ve (he and I) used facebook to bump up his revenue by 4% in the last 4 months.
- Also, I build furniture and pots for fun! Though I don't sell either!
- I work with an autistic senior citizen a few times through the year to help
him work a few hours in our office so he can earn some money.

Recommendations:
Executive Director of the organization
Colleague
Our counter part in Belarus.

Want to do an MBA in social enterprise/entrepreneurship

Where should I apply?


Thank you very much for evaluating my profile.

[mili]

Hi,

Thanks for submitting your profile. It's very interesting! I think your work as a technology manager at a non-profit is pretty interesting - definitely not traditional. Sounds like you've had some pretty good leadership experience at your company, too. I think your academic profile and work experience make you competitive at some top programs, but that you won't necessarily stand out on these dimensions.

That said, your community experience is fascinating and I imagine you'll have some interesting stories to tell on that front. I think this could really make you stand out as a candidate.

I don't see a lot of extracurricular leadership roles (leader of any clubs in college/grad school, marathon runner, or any formal hobbies/activities like that?), but I think you can overcome it.

I'd say you could target programs like University of Michigan and Duke, Yale, UCLA, NYU. Some other top social enterprise schools would be Berkeley, GSB, Kellogg - but these are probably reach schools with your profile. It wouldn't hurt to try for one of them though! Here's a list of of top social enterprise programs for you to review, too: http://poetsandquants.com/2010/08/13/so ... -programs/

Good luck!
Mili


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[dpulavarthi]

Hi Mili,

Thank you so much for the quick reply.

I was the "head of finance" for the Indian Graduate Student Association at my grad school. I was the school rep in high school.

Not sure if they are valid.

Quick clarification: GSB would be Standford- Grad School of Business. Correct?

[mili]

I'd definitely list that in your resume (the grad school position, not the high school one). High school is too far back, but college and grad school are fair game as long as it's within the past 3-5 years. The more recent, though, the better!

Yep - I'm referring to Stanford as a top social enterprise school.

Good luck,
Mili

[dpulavarthi]

Great Thank you so much! You've got me thinking! I also started a board game club in the local community! I never thought it was such a big deal.But looks like it is!

Thank you!

[mili]

Sure!

Mili


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[dpulavarthi]

Hi Mili,

Sorry to bother you again. I am curious. Do you think my low GPA will have a negative effect on my apps? Should I write GMAT again and try to get a better score? Would that help? Would anything help?

Thanks a ton!
Deepti

[mili]

Hi Deepti,

It could -- if you have time and have confidence that you can really improve your score, it would certainly be helpful.

Good luck!
Mili