{"id":48303,"date":"2020-04-09T22:04:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T05:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=48303"},"modified":"2020-09-29T12:42:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T19:42:53","slug":"case-study-a-reapplicants-journey-to-5-good-mba-programs-with-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/case-study-a-reapplicants-journey-to-5-good-mba-programs-with-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study- A Reapplicant’s Journey to 5 good MBA Programs with Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Although every applicant has specific concerns about their chances of admission to the top business schools, their apprehensions multiply manifold when they have already faced rejection once. Nitish's application got rejected by Rice and ISB last year, but this neither dampened his spirit nor deterred him from applying the following year again. MER worked with Nithish on 4 schools and helped him in creating an application that helped him fulfill his dream of securing a place in five top 30 business schools, three with generous scholarships. Nithish decided to attend Rice Jones business school that offered him a 75% scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\nnow presenting Nithish<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name:                   Nithish<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Age:                      27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country:               India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic:            Bachelor of Technology in\nChemical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Institute:               National Institute of\nTechnology, Tiruchirappalli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry:               Oil and gas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GMAT:                 740<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work Experience: 5\nyears<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a degree in Chemical Engineering, Nithish started his career as a Graduate Trainee at an oil and gas service provider. He worked his way up and was promoted to Process Design Engineer after three years. As a Process Engineer, he worked on Sohar Refinery Improvement Project, a 2.3 billion USD project in Oman. Working on this fast track project, he faced numerous challenges and saved millions of dollars for both his client and the company. With five years of experience in the energy industry and the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) business, he gained both technical knowledge and an understanding of project execution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extra-Curricular\nActivities: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In college, Nithish\nvolunteered for CRY, an NGO that works to protect the rights of underprivileged\nchildren. He provided financial help to ten mentally challenged children to support\ntheir good education and vocational training. Nithish loves to undertake treks\nto mountains, indulges in adventure sports such as Kayaking and rappelling; he\nplays football and loves to solve puzzles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career Goal: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nithish felt that\nhis career had hit a plateau, and he needed training in business and leadership\nto assume the role of a manager in the growing energy sector. Nithish's post-MBA\ngoal was to work with one of the leading organizations in the energy sector for\ninfrastructure development, including new oil and gas plants, refineries, and\npipelines to meet the world's growing energy demand. He was keen to make a\ndifference in the energy sector and believed affordable energy is essential to\nour society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MER'S Approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To gain an\nin-depth understanding of his profile, we first administered a questionnaire of\n20 questions about his background, values, professional career,\naccomplishments, leadership stories, career goals, extra-curricular activities,\nand interests. After scrutinizing all his personal and professional stories, we\nstarted working together on his application to showcase his candidacy for his\nfour target business schools - Rice, UNC, McCombs, and Mays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the key\nhighlights of our work together are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. We first\nevaluated the reasons for his unsuccessful application last year, and to\npresent a holistic picture of his personal and professional attributes that\nwould distinguish him from other applicants,  we devised a strategy to create an application\nthat highlighted his key strengths- work accomplishments, volunteer work,\ninternational experience.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n