Candidate:

Mr. Techie To PM Role

About Me:

I have a low GPA as I was going through some issues at the time and wasn’t able to adjust to the city and the environment. Took a break for 3 semesters to soul search and extensively travel India, then came back to finish college. Want to find out where I have a shot at admission.

Schools:

Target School: Duke Fuqua

Considering: Darden

See More Profiles For: Duke Fuqua

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: NIT Trichy (Top 10 in the country)

Undergrad Major: Computer Science and Engineering

GPA: 5.63/10

GMAT: 760

Age: 26, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: Started a small scale packaged food business to employ 4 women who were below the poverty line. The women now have stable manufacturing jobs., Work as a fundraising volunteer for one of India's largest NGOs that helps orphan children in shelter homes., Active in the LGBT community in the city and volunteer in a support/community for LGBT people.

Work History:

Title: Software Engineer

Industry: Technology

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 6 mos

Big Life Wins:

Showed technical brilliance on an implausible deadline to help seal the deal for additional business from a client and was awarded the employee of the month award for this.

Post MBA Goal:

Want to use the MBA as a vehicle to move to PM roles in Tech.

Odds:

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The Experts Rate The Odds At: 25%

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 25%

First off, there is no such thing as a perfect application. I subscribe to the theory that admission officers will blink once but not twice and you are only asking them to blink at that GPA. For all I know, you may have a legitimate reason for your low grades (which I assume brought down your overall GPA even when you went back). Your GMAT more than offsets what is on your undergraduate transcript. As a software engineering at a top tech firm, you seem accomplished in your job based on your big win. Your extras are superb, by the way, particularly your creation of a packaged food business to help women who were below the poverty line. Your post-MBA career goal is right on …

First off, there is no such thing as a perfect application. I subscribe to the theory that admission officers will blink once but not twice and you are only asking them to blink at that GPA. For all I know, you may have a legitimate reason for your low grades (which I assume brought down your overall GPA even when you went back). Your GMAT more than offsets what is on your undergraduate transcript. As a software engineering at a top tech firm, you seem accomplished in your job based on your big win. Your extras are superb, by the way, particularly your creation of a packaged food business to help women who were below the poverty line. Your post-MBA career goal is right on target: moving from a tech job into product management in a tech company. MIT is tough. The admit rate right now hovers around 12%, making it one of the most selective business schools in the world behind Stanford and Harvard. Because elite MBA admissions can be somewhat random and we are not seeing your full application, it’s hard to say whether you can make it or not. But from what you provided, I think Sloan will blink once and let you in. Let us know if we’re right.

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