I have 18 years for work experience in finance industry - 4 years in India and 14 in the U.S.
Currently I’m in a mid-management role and am looking to pursue executive MBA to move further up in current job and/or looks for jobs in big tech.

I have been working in a medium scale pharmaceutical manufacturing industry as a Quality Assurance Manager. While the job is satisfying, I would like to move to a different field all together as I fell in love with data science and Artificial intelligence after doing a few courses. My short term goals post MBA would be to change my stream. In the long run, I want to get into the core of said fields and help solve traditional problems in the world using my skills.

Hi, I took my GMAT FE on May 27, 2024 and scored a 645 (89th percentile).

I need to understand how I gauge against my peers with respect to securing an admit from top B schools.

Background:

I’m a law graduate from National Law University, Delhi, a premier law school in India. I have a consistent academic record - scored 96.8% in 10th, 93% in 12th, and 6.52 out of 7.0 in graduation (amongst top 15% of my class). I had also secured an all India rank of 2 in the All India Law Entrance Test in 2017.

Work experience:

I have 22 months of work experience at a tier one law firm in India. I have primarily worked here as a financing lawyer and capital markets lawyer. My job involves dealing with some of the biggest companies globally, engaging in multi jurisdiction negotiations and discussions, and frequently engaging with the biggest PE/VC investors and financial institutions globally.

Prior to joining my present role at the law firm immediately after my graduation, I worked for 8 months as a full time consultant (legal and risk) at a legal-tech start-up in India, where I also led the legal team and product structuring team.

I also started my own fin-tech venture last year along with my co-founders, which had commenced operations. However, we had to take an exit from the venture due to change in regulatory regime in India.

Nationality and gender: Indian male

Extra curriculars:

1. I was the convenor of the mess committee at my law school. The mess was a student cooperative structure, which implies an entirely student run operation of the mess. The mess committee oversaw the staffing, procurement of raw materials, fee structure for the mess and collections, supplier negotiations, and financials of the mess. I had an opportunity to lead my team in all these functions.

2. I was engaged as a teaching volunteer at Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA), which provides access to legal education to underprivileged students. I had the opportunity to teach a student with total visual impairment, and fortunately, the said student secured admission the following year at the same law school as us.

3. I have recently taken up to running. I have run half marathons. I have also played competitive cricket for some time.

Post MBA goals:

I’m passionate about start-ups and would like to join a venture capital firm post my MBA, to learn more closely about how VC funding works globally and stay abreast and gather nuanced insights from major start up companies globally.

MBA college preference:

While I would prefer to work in India post my MBA, I’m not married to that idea. I’m open to exploring other relevant opportunities.

My college preference for MBA is primarily dependent upon the course being relatively shorter and full-time.

While I’m hoping to get into ISB, NUS or a tier one European B-school, I need some help with my short listing colleges which fall in place with my career objectives at the moment, as I’m having difficulty in streamlining the application process.

I also understand that my GMAT score is average, so that becomes a consideration while short listing relevant colleges. So, I’m also a little apprehensive about my chances at top B schools.

Academics:
GMAT FE: 645 (89th percentile)
M.tech - 89.5 - (Tier-1 : NIRF-2023)
B.E - 78.5 - (Tier-2 ) - S
10th: 82.4
12th 89.8
Other Academic Achievements :
Secured 2nd rank in University during one of the semester
GATE-2012 - Secured All India Rank below 250 - 99.999 percentile

Professional Experience:
Scientist in the Department of Atomic Energy, GoI, for the last 11 years.
Work Domains: R&D, Product development, Vendor development, Quality assurance and auditing.

Leadership Experience:
Led cross-organization teams on multiple high-impact projects and delivered projects on time with bare minimum failure rates.

Co-curricular:
Actively participate in the functioning of the cooperative housing society administration and provide technical support.
I led the departmental cricket team during the yearly inter-division cricket tournament from 2014 to 2019.
I am an active writer on Quora with around 1.5k followers, and I generate new content for my spouse's nutrition and fitness business.

Hi Good people of GMAT Club, I have come here seeking your advice.

Background:
- Citizen of: India
- Undergrad: Electrical Engineering, GPA: 4.0 (First class with distinction)
- Fairly active in extra curricular activities especially quizzing, multiple wins in cross-college competitions.

- Professional Experience: 7 Years, 2 Promotions in that time
- Professional Field: Software Engineering
- International Experience: 5 Years (Norway)
- Have worked for Norwegian Big 3 Public Sector Enterprises (Domains being Logistics, Investment Banking and Media & Entertainment); Have published research papers, received awards.
- Desired Field to switch to: Finance (IB or PE)
- Non-Profit Experience: United Nations (1 Year)

I would really appreciate your honest review for my selected schools and any recommendations to be better prepared.

Thanks very much!

Hi, please evaluate my profile:
X - 90.42 (ICSE)
XII - 83.08 (State Board)
BCom - 73.52 (State Uni- Top 10 college)
MCom - 80 (State Uni - Top 10 college)

College extra curriculars:
1. Head of the marketing dept of the MUN club, Jt. Secretary of the Management Club, Editor - English of the Annual College Magazine, Head of PR of the Marketing Club
2. Won story writing contests, academic prizes for individual subjects, trophy for the being the best writer of college, published 2 research papers

Work experience: 4.5 years
I have a career gap of 5 months as my parents were unwell and I had to leave my job to look after them both. Wanted to understand how this will impact my profile.

Industry: Digital and Mainline marketing
Company: Ogilvy, FCB (India offices)
Impact: Worked on Retail, finance and FMCG brands.
Current position - Account Manager
Led the end to end execution of campaigns
Was the key spoc on the accounts managed
Came up with strategy/ideas/insights for campaigns managed
Led a team of 3 solution driven executives

Other Hobbies:
1. MMA - Certified Black Belt
2. Writing - Blog with over 40K followers on Instagram, published in several anthologies

Goals: To transition over to the brand side as a brand manager post an MBA

Current GRE score - 325

Please evaluate my profile below:

Short-term goal: ESG consulting in US with transitioning to Vietnamese/SEA offices later
Long-term Goal: Creating an ESG consulting platform/company in Vietnam

Academic Profile :
-Specialists diploma in linguistics and interpreting (Vietnamese/English) at Moscow State Linguistic University, GPA - 4.8/5 (first-class honors). Full tuition fee scholarship.

-Study abroad for 6 months: Hanoi State University, Vietnamese language and culture, 7.5/8 final grade (won a full government tuition fee scholarship) 

-Vice-President of Student Council, the head of scientific student association (1 scientific publication), participant in sustainability club (organized 20+ events)


Work Ex:
1) At the start of the program will have 3.9 years of full-time WE in a small, yet profitable business in Moscow - wholesale importer company of Asian food products. 

Career progression:
Foreign Trade Manager 

Foreign Trade Representative in Southeast Asia (1 year of work in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia)

Senior foreign trade and logistics manager

Strategic Assistant to the CEO (Hanoi/Moscow offices) - current



2)Business interpreter at international trade fairs: Recycling Solutions, EcoCityExpo, Prodexpo for CEOs of biggest corporations (Gasprom oil and gas, Vietsovpetro oil and gas, etc)

3)Translator Intern at The Ministry Of Agriculture Of The Russian Federation

ECs:

Civic Assistance Committee
- Translated at the courts to protect the rights of migrants, refugees, and their children in Russia, won 90% trials; 

- Organized events for children of migrants and refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ukraine, Ghana, etc. with a total coverage of 5,000+ people; 

- Taught Russian as a foreign language to children of refugees and migrants from Kenya, Afghanistan.


Charitable foundation for helping children with cancer
-  Raised funds for operations, conducted marketing campaigns. 



Charity work, Vietnam
- Organized a fundraising campaign to help kids from low-income families.


Main work achievements:


Avoided the loss of $130,000 due to the organization of antimicrobial processing and negotiation for a full compensation when a container with moldy fruits arrived;

Created a Tilda website which increased the number of online visitors from 1000 per month to 25000, attracted 150+ potential clients; 

Reduced logistics costs by 30% and halved delivery times by finding new logistics companies for cooperation;

Organized 10 volunteering campaigns, established cooperation with orphanages and nursing homes, donated over 15,000 boxes of food; 

Reduced purchase prices by 20%, found 8 new sustainable suppliers;

Entered the Thai and Indonesian markets; 

Filmed the report about Vietcong production and factories in Asia for the #1 Russian NTV channel, cooperated with 2 largest retail chains (Lenta, Ashan);

Organized weekly inspections at 15 factories and led a team of 10 quality control and sustainability experts to control production processes, sanitary conditions, and equipment functioning; 

Initiated and spearheaded a rebranding project, aiming to switch to eco-friendly packaging with improved design and 100% recycled composition, new packs were selected for 3 large retail chains - Lenta, Fix Price, X5 Group. 


Additional info: first-gen graduate, travelled 15+ countries, travel photographer and surfer-beginner