Hi
Square One Prep Experts,
I am an Indian Female, age 24. I am matriculating in an MS program this fall. It is at Duke University. I have work experience just shy of 3 years as an environmental engineer at an Oil and Gas company (1 promotion, managed an entire oil field's Environmental compliance for almost 2 years). My UG is from an IIT with gpa of 8.74 and GRE score of 333 (163 V 170 Q). I have some volunteer experience.
I am now also considering to apply for MBA upon graduating from this program. This should add one more year of work experience. I would like to target top 10 mba programs in USA ( preferably HSW) so I am not confident about my profile right now. I am looking forward to strengthening my profile through my MS (since it is professionally oriented) by graduate consultant jobs, internships, research work at the Fuqua's EDGE centre and gaining some more volunteering experience. Am I being impractical and should I consider applying for MBA only after gaining a significant work experience after MS?