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Profile Evaluation Request [#permalink] New post   16 Jul 2016, 05:59
Hi, Admissionado team!

I request you to evaluate my profile for programs US B-schools (ranked between 5-15), Rotman and ISB.

GMAT: 730 (Q50,V38) IR-5, AWA-6

Academics: B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from an NIT in India (GPA- 8.15/10)

Work Experience: I have recently completed 3 years. I was recruited by a fortune 50 company, which is a leader in most of the products in its portfolio, for its leadership development program. Have worked in manufacturing operations (vendor development) and procurement roles. Currently providing strategic sourcing consulting to internal process partners. Have first hand experience of a New Product Introduction.

Post MBA goals: Strategic consulting in the domain of operations and supply chain or roles based purely in operations and supply chain.

Volunteering: Was the co-founder of my city's chapter of an NGO. Worked for about 10 months, had to give up because of demanding work hours. Recently started volunteering for another NGO. Have volunteered through CSR channels of my company as well.

Hobbies: Photography (Am a selected and active GettyImages.com contributor and have won a few competitions at college level)

On retaking GMAT:I am a little concerned about my IR scores. Also, if I retake the GMAT, I am sure that I will not be able to score more than 750-760 and that I will not be able to retake it before mid-August (and I will have to write TOEFL as well after that). Should I retake the GMAT in such a scenario to improve my prospects for the schools that I've mentioned?

Also, could you please mention a few programs that will be a good fit for me?

Any advice would be of immense help! Thanks!
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Re: Profile Evaluation Request [#permalink] New post   20 Jul 2016, 09:02
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Hi, Admissionado team!

I request you to evaluate my profile for programs US B-schools (ranked between 5-15), Rotman and ISB.

GMAT: 730 (Q50,V38) IR-5, AWA-6

Academics: B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from an NIT in India (GPA- 8.15/10)

Work Experience: I have recently completed 3 years. I was recruited by a fortune 50 company, which is a leader in most of the products in its portfolio, for its leadership development program. Have worked in manufacturing operations (vendor development) and procurement roles. Currently providing strategic sourcing consulting to internal process partners. Have first hand experience of a New Product Introduction.

Post MBA goals: Strategic consulting in the domain of operations and supply chain or roles based purely in operations and supply chain.

Volunteering: Was the co-founder of my city's chapter of an NGO. Worked for about 10 months, had to give up because of demanding work hours. Recently started volunteering for another NGO. Have volunteered through CSR channels of my company as well.

Hobbies: Photography (Am a selected and active GettyImages.com contributor and have won a few competitions at college level)

On retaking GMAT:I am a little concerned about my IR scores. Also, if I retake the GMAT, I am sure that I will not be able to score more than 750-760 and that I will not be able to retake it before mid-August (and I will have to write TOEFL as well after that). Should I retake the GMAT in such a scenario to improve my prospects for the schools that I've mentioned?

Also, could you please mention a few programs that will be a good fit for me?

Any advice would be of immense help! Thanks!


Hey dude,

Great to hear from you!
Okay first things first:
Do NOT retake that GMAT! You have an awesome score! Retaking would be a colossal waste of time, time that you could invest into making awesome applications and applying NOW!
Honest truth is nobody cares about the IR. Sure it would be nice if it were higher, but it's fine like this.

Your school + GPA + GMAT makes me think that overall 5-15 should be a reasonable goal for you. The thing is I feel like I know not nearly enough about your work experience and about who you are as a person, all of which is, as you can imagine, very vital for your application :)

Like:
Where do you work? What do you do? How quickly have you advanced? Do you have any leadership? What are your great achievements?

Feel free to write me back, or fill out a profile evaluation here

Best,
Jon
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Profile Evaluation Request [#permalink] New post   23 Jul 2016, 06:26
JonAdmissionado wrote:
Hey dude,

Great to hear from you!
Okay first things first:
Do NOT retake that GMAT! You have an awesome score! Retaking would be a colossal waste of time, time that you could invest into making awesome applications and applying NOW!
Honest truth is nobody cares about the IR. Sure it would be nice if it were higher, but it's fine like this.

Your school + GPA + GMAT makes me think that overall 5-15 should be a reasonable goal for you. The thing is I feel like I know not nearly enough about your work experience and about who you are as a person, all of which is, as you can imagine, very vital for your application :)

Like:
Where do you work? What do you do? How quickly have you advanced? Do you have any leadership? What are your great achievements?

Feel free to write me back, or fill out a profile evaluation here

Best,
Jon


Jon,

Thanks a lot, for your inputs. Your advice on not retaking GMAT has cleared my confusion to quite an extent!

Best,
bikographer
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Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Finance
Schools: YLP '17 (A) ISB '17 (A) HBS '18 LBS '18 Stanford '18 INSEAD Jan '17 Kellogg '18
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
GPA: 3.37
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Re: Profile Evaluation Request [#permalink] New post   23 Jul 2016, 10:44
Hi Admissionado,

Please help me figure out reasonable schools in the US that I can apply to and stand a chance to get an admit.

Profile Details :

GMAT 710 (Q49 V38 IR 7 AWA 5)

Education :

Good academics throughout, B.Tech from a top 10 university in India, 8.34 GPA.

Experience : Almost 3 years of work experience(at matriculation, currently 2) with Cisco Systems as a Network Engineer. Substantial International Experience working and leading various projects with our biggest clients. Been promoted once and recognized multiple times for workplace initiatives and performance.

6 months of work experience as Founder and CEO of an education company, leading a team of 20. Company's been performing well and has already broken even, continues to be profitable, most of all adding value by helping out students achieve their goals.

Post MBA goals : Short term : Horizontal shift to Consultancy ( Big 3 would be great).
Long term : Entrepreneurship in Technological Consultancy domain.

Achievements : Various work place recognition awards, performance bonuses, initiatives and accolades. Big account renewals and numerous perfect customer satisfaction scores.

Quizzing aficionado with numerous international to local quizzing titles.

Professional musician, performing locally at various pubs.

Already secured an Admit to the Indian School of Business for the class of 2018(starting next april)

Adding to the queries, can I target top 10 schools, I really want to be attending HBS, it's sort of like hogwarts for me, but since R1 is just a month away, I hardly think there's any time to retake.

Can you please advise.

Thanks a lot.
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Re: Profile Evaluation Request [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2016, 02:31
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bikographer wrote:
JonAdmissionado wrote:
Hey dude,

Great to hear from you!
Okay first things first:
Do NOT retake that GMAT! You have an awesome score! Retaking would be a colossal waste of time, time that you could invest into making awesome applications and applying NOW!
Honest truth is nobody cares about the IR. Sure it would be nice if it were higher, but it's fine like this.

Your school + GPA + GMAT makes me think that overall 5-15 should be a reasonable goal for you. The thing is I feel like I know not nearly enough about your work experience and about who you are as a person, all of which is, as you can imagine, very vital for your application :)

Like:
Where do you work? What do you do? How quickly have you advanced? Do you have any leadership? What are your great achievements?

Feel free to write me back, or fill out a profile evaluation here

Best,
Jon


Jon,

Thanks a lot, for your inputs. Your advice on not retaking GMAT has cleared my confusion to quite an extent!

Best,
bikographer


You are welcome, dude!
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Re: Profile Evaluation Request [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2016, 02:36
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niksguitar wrote:
Hi Admissionado,

Please help me figure out reasonable schools in the US that I can apply to and stand a chance to get an admit.

Profile Details :

GMAT 710 (Q49 V38 IR 7 AWA 5)

Education :

Good academics throughout, B.Tech from a top 10 university in India, 8.34 GPA.

Experience : Almost 3 years of work experience(at matriculation, currently 2) with Cisco Systems as a Network Engineer. Substantial International Experience working and leading various projects with our biggest clients. Been promoted once and recognized multiple times for workplace initiatives and performance.

6 months of work experience as Founder and CEO of an education company, leading a team of 20. Company's been performing well and has already broken even, continues to be profitable, most of all adding value by helping out students achieve their goals.

Post MBA goals : Short term : Horizontal shift to Consultancy ( Big 3 would be great).
Long term : Entrepreneurship in Technological Consultancy domain.

Achievements : Various work place recognition awards, performance bonuses, initiatives and accolades. Big account renewals and numerous perfect customer satisfaction scores.

Quizzing aficionado with numerous international to local quizzing titles.

Professional musician, performing locally at various pubs.

Already secured an Admit to the Indian School of Business for the class of 2018(starting next april)

Adding to the queries, can I target top 10 schools, I really want to be attending HBS, it's sort of like hogwarts for me, but since R1 is just a month away, I hardly think there's any time to retake.

Can you please advise.

Thanks a lot.


Hey there!
Great to hear from you!
Now overall you have a very solid profile, but I think not Top 10. As an Indian Tech applicant without a 740+ AND IIT on your resume the odds are heavily against you, even if your employer is well known and even though your GPA is great.

My advice would be to concentrate your applications on a spread of schools int he 10-30 range.

Now, there is still a lot of information missing for me from your profile and I'm sure you have some aces up your sleeve which will result in a profile boost, but your applicant pool i super competitive, and I think if you concentrate your applications on more a more realistic school list you will come away from this application season with great results,
Best,
JF
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