CriticalSquare wrote:
Hey Vikas,
You're very welcome! To your questions:
1) Your GMAT is not above the average for you APPLICANT POOL - the overall median for the school doesn't matter. As an Indian, at those schools, you're batting below the number that counts
2) Your GPA is definitely good, but it isn't great. It's solid though!
3) You're not defining "diversity" correctly and you're overestimating its impact on your profile. Coming from Manufacturing is good in that it isn't IT, but that doesn't matter. If a school wants different functions represented, they can get a Manufacturing applicant from the US, Canada, Europe, or anywhere else in Asia. There are other Manufacturing applicants in India too.
4) Overall, your involvement is light. And yes, you have some innovative things you've implemented but having a drive doesn't make you an entrepreneur. You did it within a structure. Within a construct. Those are good experiences but not for your particular story you're trying to sell here
Hope that helps!
Bhavik
Hi again,
I don't get your point Bhavik, I think you are a bit confused in your assessment ( your points 1 and 3 above).
1.When you explain reason for my score being not so impressive you pit me against the applicant pool from India, in which according to you I bat under the numbers that count, whereas while reducing the impact of diversity (in mfg.) you pit me against the applicant pool from US, Canada or other Asian countries.
2. In your point number 2, you are just making a general statement and showing rather shallow assessment of GPA. You say it is solid though, but not very good- This I could not comprehend. If I convert my GPA into 4.0 scale through the bell curve it comes around 3.6+, does this qualify for being very good?, I think so!
3. In your point 4 above you missed the point that I did the innovation in a PSU that are notorious for being rather moribund as far as innovation is considered and you face immense resistance at every level. You discount this work and others as rather shallow. You further say that having a drive only does not make one an entrepreneur, well I think this is opposite to what the majority of the schools endorse- having drive is rather rare. Anyways, this was a part of my goal which I already conceded to your evaluation in my previous post.
I sincerely believe that you are not giving due diligence to what you are writing. I understand the fact that you must be very busy as you must be receiving heaps of evaluation and other requests. I also understand that you have not started your consultancy services for charity purpose and therefore you can not devote so much time to every request that too free. but at the same time it is also expected of you that you give an honest, reasoned and convincing consultancy because my profile might be one of hundred thousands you receive but for me it is the only one and I have to make best use of it.
I hope you understand and share my concern. waiting for your reply!
Thanks,
VK