Re: Please join me in welcoming ThinkISB to GMAT Club
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11 Nov 2009, 17:14
Is ISB my best bet?
Hi ThinkISB,
Not a good question to ask though when I am midst of applying to ISB. but will help me refine my other choice of schools based on my chances at ISB
Could you please give your opinion of how strong my profile will be , given that i am an indian IT male pool applicant
GMAT expected 720
Target schools
1 year MBA
ISB
SBS oxford
Academics
1) Engineering in telecommunication from a top ten university in India with a CGPA of 7.93 (close to 3.2)
2) Stood rank 64 among more than 200000 Engineering applicants (scored 99 percentile in Engineering entrance and a admission cut off 99 percentile as well)
3) Completed 4 level in CFP (certified financial planning)
Work Experience
1) Working for an IT consulting company ( which is CMM level 5 and one of the global top 10) in Quality assurance for ecommerce applications and 2.5 out of 4.3 years total experience ( will be 5 years on admission) in Toronto working with multinational client teams
2) 4 role promotions - started as a software tester , currently own QA of a critical Ecommerce application for my client, managed a peak team size of 12.multiple star performer awards, rated high consecutively in four performance rating, my manager percieve me on par with 7 to 8 years experience associates.
3) Good expertise in competition management, handled multiple initiatives in a multi vendor environment
4) Spearheaded lot of initiatives (beyond regular project works) such as establishing process/strategies for QA Management, defining KPI and tracking, cost cutting strategies , knowledge management etc
5)Spearheaded Business proposals for my company and also helped presales team in multi million dollar proposals
6) Worked part time as a financial advisor in Aviva Insurance company and later promoted as trainer to the advisors. Completed FPSB certification in Risk Analysis and Insurance, Indian Taxation & Estate management, Investment planning, Retirement and Employee benefits.
Extra curricular
1) Founder President of an NGO working in India on Anti corruption, improvement of Education for govt school students (Govt owned schools in India are not as great as in US).
2) Have provided consulting services to many organizations in achieving their corporate social responsibility goals. founded two Corporate Social responsibility clubs for my employer from scratch which includes defining mission and goals, team ramp up, activities road map, defining performance indicators and expansion strategy, budget and funding and connected the clubs to various deserving NGOs
3) President of Students association in my college. As a President, I was responsible to bring about a transformation in all aspects right from the activities of assoction until revamping the election into a comprehensive selection process for the office bearership
Personality/Passion
I am God fearing and philosophical yet more practical and action oriented. I am very versatile, enthusiastic, diligent and amicable person. I am a self starter, a good team player and also exhibited excellent Leadership both in my professional and personal life.
I always believe in my dreams and fully committed to achieve it. Also have exhibited capacity to inspire and motivate others to fulfill my Vision or objective. I am very sensitive in constantly questioning my status quo, pushing myself out of my comfort zone to scale new heights and strive for new experiences.
Post MBA Goal
Short term
I have decided to specialize in Social Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Strategy. Upon graduating I wanted to set up CSR consulting and outsourcing company in India to provide E2E CSR solutions right from strategy & planning to CSR program implementation.
Long term goal
First few years focusing more on CSR outsourcing while building consulting practice of my company , I wanted to scale up as a leading CSR consulting and outsourcing company in India.
Justification of my goal.
Entrepreneurship is my dream since college; social service is my passion since school.CSR consulting and outsourcing is the only place for my dream to meet my passion. My extensive experience in the field of CSR had taught me key aspects of CSR, how CSR is understood at various levels of the organization, how the goal of CSR gets diluted as it descends down from the top. I have executed multiple testing engagements for my clients right from proposal until warranty completion which have given me clear understanding of a consulting/outsourcing projects lifecycle.
I have always exhibited commitment and rigor in achieving my initiatives and I am sure my new company will follow the trend as well.