Hi I have listed out my profile below and I am hoping you can provide me with some assistance in evaluating it. Also please tell me if there are any areas I need to focus on and what my chances are for UCLA & Chicago if I apply as an
Early Career Candidate. I have not exaggerated in any part of the Profile and would appreciate your honest feedback. Also if you could suggest any other schools to which I should apply that would be great.
Name: Mansi Parikh
Age: 22yrs
City, Country: Mumbai, India
Undergrad Major: Engineering in
Electronics & Telecommunication (Graduated June 2010) with
64.7% GMAT: Scheduled for Oct, 28, 2010
Work experience: 1 yr at Matriculation
Organization: I started off as a Resource Mobilization Intern in July 2010 and now I am the
Resource Mobilization Coordinator for an
NGO called
Operation Smile India.
My Job entails
Marketing, PR & Donor Relations for the org and I basically handle it alone with help from the Executive Director who is situated in Bangalore & comes in a couple of times a month. I am in the process of designing the PR material for the organization and working on a couple of new Fund raising ideas. I am also the liaison between the org. and the Operation Smile Students Club in the American School Of Bombay.
I get to attend all the
Medical Missions (almost 1 every alternate mth) conducted all over India in Rural areas where
they perform free Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate or Burns surgeries for young children. On these missions my role is different as per the requirement for eg. when we have donors coming to volunteer or observe the mission then it is
Donor relations but otherwise it varies from
Medical Records to
Translation (since the doctors and nurses come from Abroad).
I have already been on 1 mission for the organization to Kolkata & my next mission is in December to Guwahati, Assam.
Internship: In July 2009 I did a 1 mth internship at a Firm called
NatureFirst GEMS which was a Global Ecological Management firm, which helped businesses become more eco-friendly and compliant with LEEDS Norms, as a Research Analyst Trainee. My job was mostly researching and making reports based on that research for the firm to use in their pitches to various industries.
Extracurriculars: 1.) Currently
learning Spanish (Basic Level) and planning to pursue it for further levels
2.) Have applied to join Teach For India to volunteer to teach under-privileged children
Undergrad: Held leadership roles as
1.)
Chief Editor for the college Magazine Academic year 2009-2010
2.)
Creative Head for the college IEEE branch which entailed designing of all publicity & Promotional Material for the Inter-college Festival and all the events and Seminars held during the academic year 2009-2010
3.)
Event Head for the Debating event in the intra-college festival acad. year 2009-2010
4.)
Financial Manager: College Magazine Academic Year 2008-2009
5.)
Event Head for the marketing based event in the inter-college festival acad. year 2008-2009
School:1.)
House Captain/ School Prefect in the 10th grade acad. year 2003-2004
2.) Participation and prizes in Other Inter-school events such as
Debating,
Throwball,
Art, etc. throughout school years
Languages Spoken: English (Primary), Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Spanish(Learning)
Short term goals: To work in Marketing with focus on Brand Management & PR, in any of the following industries:
- High tech
- Luxury
- Entertainment & Media
Long term goals: To Open my own Brand Management & PR firm which can also provide reduced rates or pro-bono assistance to NGOs
Preferred Schools : UCLA, Chicago:Booth, NYU Stern, UC Davis, Columbia Business School
I am planning to apply to these schools particularly since they offer a wider variety of electives in the Marketing as well as Entrepreneurial studies and have some of the best faculty for Marketing subjects.