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Profile Evaluation for a Mechanical Engineer [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2015, 10:09
Name: Kaustubh Ranjeet Shinde
Nationality : Indian
Secondary School certificate : 89.84% on 100% scale.
High School certificate : 82% on 100% scale.
Graduation : Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering with majors in Supply Chain Management & Business Process Re-engineering Aggregate 65% on 100% scale.

2007-2009 : Represented College Football team up to District Level.
2009-2010 : Founded SIPOC( Supply Input Planned Output Committee ) for mentoring students with a Kept Term in any engineering subject for first year.
2011-2012 : Summer Internship with SIEMENS in the manufacturing domain. Led a team of 4 interns on a productive project with goals clearly achieved.
2011-2012 : Added a module to SIPOC to boost the employ ability of students & also bring firms for placement activities within my alma matar.
2012-2013 : Summer Internship with Polytrans, a logistic firm. This internship was perceived with a goal of getting a pre requisite knowledge of my elective in final year - Supply Chain Management.
During this internship, assisted the Operations Manager in streamlining the business model & enhancing the overall profitability.
2013 - till date : Got placed at Polytrans, as a post cursor to my commendable performance during internship. In my current capacity as Assistant Manager for Operational Excellence, I am spearheading two crucial projects for my firm in Tier 1 cities.

January, 2015 - till date : Operations Volunteer & Content Developer for Mumbai based NGO, Mimansa.
March, 2015 - till date : Probono Consultant & Content Developer for AXAR Marketing, Mumbai based start up working in the field of Marketing, Data analytics & Bringing sustainability to business.

GMAT SCORE : Verbal 31 Quant 46 Overall 640 AWA 5 IR 7.

My Target Schools ( all of them for International Business or International Marketing ) :

1. Boston University
2. UB School of Management
3. Zicklin Business School - CUNY
4. Georgia Tech - Scheller
5. Pennstate Smeal
6. Purdue Krannert
7. SMU-Cox
8. NYU-Stern
9. Washington Univ - Fosters School of Business
10. Tepper

My aim of doing MBA : I would simply say I am passionate about two things - Strategy & Winning. I wish to pursue MBA with a single aim of transforming the way we look at world. Technology has brought us to a level where in we are facing stagnancy in terms of attaining the best efficiency out of the available resources whether its is human resource or any other type of resource.

I want to bring a change in the way of harnessing this efficiency of resources, in a revolutionary manner & become the best business leader the world will be looking forward to.

I would love to understand my choice of Universities, whether they are right or wrong?
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Re: Profile Evaluation for a Mechanical Engineer [#permalink] New post   08 Sep 2015, 13:46
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Hi Kaustubh--
Your work experience sounds very strong, seems like you've had some good progression in your responsibilities and exposure to some critical projects. Beyond your technical skills in operations, be sure to emphasize things like teamwork, leadership, and communication - all very important skill sets for business school. Your extracurriculars, although pretty recently started, seem pretty strong and interesting so that should help too. Your GMAT and GPA combo is going to be a concern though - it's just going to put you below the average of a very competitive pool of engineering applicants. Is retaking an option? If not, then I think your chances are best at schools outside the top 30 and it's good you've got a range of options in your list. NYU will be pretty tough, Tepper may be too with your stats. Also, you'll definitely want to be much more specific with your post-MBA goals - do you want to work in Technology? Operations? What kind of role? Remember that schools like to see ambition but also a realistic, well-researched career path that's connected to your past experience. But you can easily do some more thinking and research on that. Good luck and keep us posted if we can help!
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Re: Profile Evaluation for a Mechanical Engineer [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2015, 11:11
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Hi Kaustubh--
Your work experience sounds very strong, seems like you've had some good progression in your responsibilities and exposure to some critical projects. Beyond your technical skills in operations, be sure to emphasize things like teamwork, leadership, and communication - all very important skill sets for business school. Your extracurriculars, although pretty recently started, seem pretty strong and interesting so that should help too. Your GMAT and GPA combo is going to be a concern though - it's just going to put you below the average of a very competitive pool of engineering applicants. Is retaking an option? If not, then I think your chances are best at schools outside the top 30 and it's good you've got a range of options in your list. NYU will be pretty tough, Tepper may be too with your stats. Also, you'll definitely want to be much more specific with your post-MBA goals - do you want to work in Technology? Operations? What kind of role? Remember that schools like to see ambition but also a realistic, well-researched career path that's connected to your past experience. But you can easily do some more thinking and research on that. Good luck and keep us posted if we can help!


Kate, Thanks a lot for a genuine feedback & evaluation.

I am retaking GMAT for sure.I am confident of making it big on Verbal score which will definitely help me boost overall GMAT score. Incase I do manage to breach a 700, is my proifile fit enough to target the colleges that I have mentioned in my first statement?

Would love to have a reply from you.Thank you once again.
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Re: Profile Evaluation for a Mechanical Engineer [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2015, 19:01
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Great...I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you to get a big boost on your GMAT! Yes, a 700 would definitely improve your chances. I would still consider NYU Stern a reach though, their average is a bit higher, but I would still give it a shot if that is a dream school for you! Good luck with your retake!
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Re: Profile Evaluation for a Mechanical Engineer [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2015, 22:03
mbaMissionKate wrote:
Great...I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you to get a big boost on your GMAT! Yes, a 700 would definitely improve your chances. I would still consider NYU Stern a reach though, their average is a bit higher, but I would still give it a shot if that is a dream school for you! Good luck with your retake!



Hello Kate,

I came across a course titled Masters in Management ( MIM ) for people with work experience of 0-3 years.

By the time of enrollment I will be completing 3+ years.

Incase I opt not to retake GMAT, can I apply for MIM course overseas?

If no what should be my game plan?

Or if yes, any universities you could cite for my paltry score of 640?
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Re: Profile Evaluation for a Mechanical Engineer [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2015, 19:43
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Hi there, yes I think you could still apply for MIM degrees with your work experience. They are much more popular in Europe in particular. So yes, I think that's a good option that I don't know a ton about average GMATs for those programs. You could also consider more specialized masters programs, like there are some masters in business analytics or some in supply chain management, that might fit well with your experience. If not I am sure there are programs where are a 640 is in range...like Purdue, Wake Forest, etc.
Good luck!
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