I'm wondering where I stand for the top 15 schools
Undergraduate degree in English @ public ivy (Berkeley, uMich, etc.)
GPA: 3.3
GMAT: 710
ECs: 100+ hours of community service, led community service programs, mentored financially disadvantaged children through local community center, learned to code in Python, C++, Java, and Ruby
Work experience: 2 years of web development, another 2 years as technical writer for a silicon valley company
First in family to graduate college
Take this as a grain of salt, as I'm an applicant this year as well.
School, GMAT, and extracurriculars look great. Work experience is pretty good too. Add the first in family to graduate college, and I think you have a great profile.
Are you applying for next year's admission? Round 1 deadlines are approaching soon (about a month), so if you can tighten up your story, and tie your story with your goals, then I think you have a chance at M7 as well.
So, top 15 schools is a fairly long list of many different flavors. You can probably look at any of the class profiles (for example, Harvard Business School's is right here http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/Pages/from-the-admissions-director.as…
If you look at the details on your stats on Poets & Quants, you will find your stats are a little on the low side for some schools, particularly the GPA. A GPA in English is not the same as a GPA in engineering, so they will look at how you do on your quant stuff.... and your quant subscore is critical, because that's really all they would look for with an English major. Web development, tech writer? show us the leadership...and where you've made an impact on your organization. If work hasn't allowed you to do that, but your community work has, that's ok, how have you made a difference to the people you work with an mentor?
Sorry for the barrage of questions, but that's the reality of admissions -- you don't get in by numbers alone, and its easy enough to see how you stack up compared to the averages. The real issue lies with your career path and purpose, and what you add to a class.
I think a large part of accessing a profile for top schools is knowing what your post-mba goals are and being able to communicate why the school(s) you're applying to will give you be the best opportunity to achieve them.
Im a b school applicant as well and in my mind, that's what can make or break your chances no matter how strong your profile may seem on paper.
To parrot what Betsy said: if your quant subscore is below a 48, I highly recommend taking supplemental math classes in order to display aptitude. Your ECs sound as though they are as good as they can be. You work experience is interesting and a bit unique for an MBA applicant - I can tell you that the prestige of your employer will come into play. Overall, you have a good shot at top 11-15. Top 10 becomes a bit of a crapshoot just because those schools will have tech candidates with better stats/possibly better firms. I think that you have better odds applying to east coast schools than applying to west coast schools, but if you are interested in reentering tech, I highly recommend that you aim for Berkeley.
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