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MCA - 2010 (85%), no backlogs
GRE - 330
TOEFL- 100+ expected (awaiting final scores)

Interests - MS Finance / PhD MIS / MBA
Target - 100% scholarship

Work exp.
2010-2012 - Worked as a Hospital Administrator, simultaneously did volunteering for one NGO, and taught underprivileged children.

2013-till date
Joined one of Gov. of India sponsored Bank, as JMG Scale I officer, currently posted as Branch Manager (Scale II Officer).

Founder of a not so well performing Start-up.

Founder of an NGO as well, working in collaboration with State Government in providing subsidized meals to poors.

1 research paper published on FINTECH, working on 1 more paper.

Smoky zz · Answer

Hi Hari
You have a spectacular profile with more than good work experience and Extra curriculars and GRE.
The Only part that's going to be needed extra furnishing is your SOP's and How you explain all the work you have done and your Outcomes you have achieved or learnt from the specified work experiences and Usually Business schools also like to hear your stories along with your academic performances to be Considered for Scholarship. With your Scores and work Experience you will definitely get a TA/RA Job, Just apply before priority deadline. But the Red Flag in your profile is that you have to convince the Visa consular for a double Master's and you have a lot of work experience, so look into those post admit.
Colleges you can try for MIS are -

1. University of Washington
2. UC Berkeley
3. Gatech
4. UT Austin
5. Wharton
6. Northwestern

Target
1. Uni of Arizona
2. UMCP
3. UIUC
4. WASH U at St Louis
5. Carlson (U Minnesota)
6. Purdue

SAFE
1. Kelley school of Business
2. SDSU
3. W.P. Carey (ASU)
4. Jindal (UTD)
5. Uni of Florida

or
https://yocket.com/college-finder
use this tool to get a comprehensive list of colleges for Your profile Based on difficulty of admits on the lines of ambitious, Target and Safe. where ambitious is less than 10-20 % chances for admit , Target is 20-60% chances for admit and Safe is more than 60% chances for admit

Hari Krishan · Answer

Thanks for your reply and advice.

We'll, I'm aiming for a 100% ride alongwith TA/RA or monthly stipend, as I am the only bread winner of my family of 5.

And as far as applying to universities is concerned based on the categories (SAFE/TARGET/AMBITIOUS), I would prefer University of Florida on any given day over others, if I get accepted to it, because I do have a distant relative living in Jacksonville, who can help me out there in USA in my initial days and later on for the Job.

Suggestion required here is that, I should be following this decision of going with UF just because of my relative (who is in a HIGH PROFILE JOB and is in TOP MANAGEMENT of a below 200 ranked Fortune 500 company) or I should be targeting a Top Level University.

I am really confused on this matter.

Any help would be highly appreciated by me.

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