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Some tips and suggestions - International MBA

Happened to have a telephonic converstation with Nishkala for more than about half-an-hour and thoroughly enjoyed each and every thing that we talked about. I basically gave her a call to enquire things related to GMAT and all. Trust me, it's really helpful to talk to great people. For those who don't know, her application has been accepted into Michigan MBA program and would be joining there in the coming session.

Just a few points that I might want to save in here for future reference:

1) Before joining a company, make sure that you get challenging work. It just wouldn't be helpful to have an experience in certain company without having a decent growth rate.
2) There'll be lots of people who would take up a path similar to what you plan to. Work in a company like Inductis for few years and then apply for an MBA. Make sure that you have a really good rapport with your immediate boss and that he recommends you more than anyone else around.
3) If you opt for a company that doesn't deal much in technology, as in you do not get much chance to improve your technical skills, you're leaving out a path of starting up a company, be an IT entrepreneur for sometime and apply for an MBA.
4) Assume that there are NO aids in MBA abroad before you apply for any university.
5) Having an experience of working abroad through onsite opportunities adds a lot of weightage to your profile.
6) You got to write atleast 4 essays on the following tracks - Long-term n Short-term goals, Leadership Experiences, Team-working experiences and In what ways would you contribute to the university that you apply for.
7) There are cases when at the time of recruitment, companies give undue preference to US residents over people from Indian background. But, nevertheless, that trend is changing and they do prefer people who've had experiences working abroad and our from the Indian background. So, basically, if you satisfy 5th point, you'll have an amazing chance.
8) At the cgpa and with the profile that I current have, getting into top 10 universities with just 3 years experience is next to impossible. Either work for more years or I might have to get satisfied with low-ranked universities.
9) At the time of application, you got to display your long-term goals and how you've been trying to achieve them all through right from the time of getting into the graduation college. Pretend to have some goals even if you don't have them.
10) It really helps to have some people known in the university that you apply for.
11) Extra-curricular participation helps a lot to highlight the profile.
12) If low cgpa is a problem, try taking up certain courses while in job and excel in them to prove that you have good quantative skills. According to them, GMAT and academic performance reflect quant skills and that's really important.
13) If you're from a background very different from that of a normal applicant, you might get an advantage. They really wish to maintain diversity in universities for students to have better interactions.

Thanks to Nishkala ma'm for all the tips and suggestions that she made.

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posted by AK-84 @ 12:22 AM