I was
- rejected without an interview by 5 schools (LBS,INSEAD,IESE,Tepper,NTU)
- called to an interview which went brilliantly (the interviewer said I was one of the best candidates he'd interviewed), but was then rejected by Kellogg,
- and accepted into HEC Paris with a scholarship.
Coincidentally HEC was the only school where I applied for the Round 1 Jan intake rather than the Round 3 Sep '13 intake. Here is my problem - I am not convinced about the HEC MBA (which I should probably not have applied to in the first place if I wasn't convinced) and am considering Round 1 applications, but have to send my initial deposit of 6K Euros to HEC within the week. So a decision has to be made ASAP and I would really appreciate your honest opinion.
My research of HEC with blogs, alumni etc:
- Need of a 2nd language, present economy means consulting jobs are hard to come by without a valid work permit. According to one 2012 alum, "all Indians with 3-4 years of experience in India have NOT got jobs in Europe and are back in India."
- I have 3 years of IT Consultancy experience and then a year of entrepreneurship, which makes it difficult for me to leverage preMBA expertise for industry jobs and do a 3-prong shift - industry, function AND geography
- Not Tier 1 - I feel I'm not 'stretching myself' enough with the HEC
MY PROFILE:
GMAT - 740
X:95%, XII 95.6%,
Undergrad 6.78/10 :bored to death, but tried to offset with 2 international internships: in Germany and UAE
Work Ex:
36 months - IT Consultancy (1 year in London, blue-chip clients, managed internal support and client teams, won 400K pounds project)
12 months - Quit and returned to India to setup event management company, moderate success at best due to lack of business skills in building a brand etc and network (hence MBA)
I have now joined my ex-General Manager to handle Marketing for her exotic furniture business (one-member team) and look to learn building a brand etc on the job
My own evaluation of profile:
- GPA is very low and a deal-breaker, not sure if GMAT 740 offsets this
- I feel my rejects from LBS and INSEAD this year had to do with applying in Round 3. But I may be wrong.
- I fancy my chances in Round 1 to a few select US schools that give me a realistic chance of pursuing entrepreneurship and consulting. But am not sure how I match up to high-flying grads in the Energy/Consulting Sector. Again, your opinion on the effectiveness of my profile and story (IT consulting ->startup->marketing) to re-apply to the Kellogg program (dream school) would be very useful.
The only question is, do I mail that 6K Euros draft I have in hand right now?
Thanks a ton!
- rejected without an interview by 5 schools (LBS,INSEAD,IESE,Tepper,NTU)
- called to an interview which went brilliantly (the interviewer said I was one of the best candidates he'd interviewed), but was then rejected by Kellogg,
- and accepted into HEC Paris with a scholarship.
Coincidentally HEC was the only school where I applied for the Round 1 Jan intake rather than the Round 3 Sep '13 intake. Here is my problem - I am not convinced about the HEC MBA (which I should probably not have applied to in the first place if I wasn't convinced) and am considering Round 1 applications, but have to send my initial deposit of 6K Euros to HEC within the week. So a decision has to be made ASAP and I would really appreciate your honest opinion.
My research of HEC with blogs, alumni etc:
- Need of a 2nd language, present economy means consulting jobs are hard to come by without a valid work permit. According to one 2012 alum, "all Indians with 3-4 years of experience in India have NOT got jobs in Europe and are back in India."
- I have 3 years of IT Consultancy experience and then a year of entrepreneurship, which makes it difficult for me to leverage preMBA expertise for industry jobs and do a 3-prong shift - industry, function AND geography
- Not Tier 1 - I feel I'm not 'stretching myself' enough with the HEC
MY PROFILE:
GMAT - 740
X:95%, XII 95.6%,
Undergrad 6.78/10 :bored to death, but tried to offset with 2 international internships: in Germany and UAE
Work Ex:
36 months - IT Consultancy (1 year in London, blue-chip clients, managed internal support and client teams, won 400K pounds project)
12 months - Quit and returned to India to setup event management company, moderate success at best due to lack of business skills in building a brand etc and network (hence MBA)
I have now joined my ex-General Manager to handle Marketing for her exotic furniture business (one-member team) and look to learn building a brand etc on the job
My own evaluation of profile:
- GPA is very low and a deal-breaker, not sure if GMAT 740 offsets this
- I feel my rejects from LBS and INSEAD this year had to do with applying in Round 3. But I may be wrong.
- I fancy my chances in Round 1 to a few select US schools that give me a realistic chance of pursuing entrepreneurship and consulting. But am not sure how I match up to high-flying grads in the Energy/Consulting Sector. Again, your opinion on the effectiveness of my profile and story (IT consulting ->startup->marketing) to re-apply to the Kellogg program (dream school) would be very useful.
The only question is, do I mail that 6K Euros draft I have in hand right now?
Thanks a ton!
