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And now presenting Mansi:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Name: Mansi Dhiman<\/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 Civil Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Institute: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry: Oil and gas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GMAT score: 770<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Work Experience: 5 years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Her USP: Her ambition, drive, and hard work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>Mansi is a civil engineer who graduated from a premier engineering institute in India, IIT, Delhi. She also did her 12-week internship at New Castle University. Mansi\u2019s career demonstrated a fast career trajectory. Starting her career with Schlumberger as a field engineer (offshore), she gained expertise in one vertical of the oil and gas industry operations. After a year, she went to Indonesia for ten months to work on oil rig amid grueling and sometimes unsafe work conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To experience other verticals of the industry and grow, she joined Cairn\nIndia as Petroleum Engineer operations and worked her way up to receive two promotions\nin three years. At her\npre-MBA job as Lead Petroleum Engineer, she was leading strategy and planning of equipment\nand resources for all offshore and onshore rigless operations, negotiating\ncontracts, and managing a budget of $50-70MM\/year for equipment selection and learned\nabout the techno-commercial aspect of the industry. In recognition of her\naccomplishments, she won many awards i.e., Learn Project, GEM, and POB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Civil Engineer by degree, Mansi did not come from a petroleum background. However, through hands-on learning and hard work, she worked hard to enhance her technical and commercial knowledge of the industry and went on to receive promotions sooner than her peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mansi taught Math and Science to the underprivileged students at Kendriya Vidyalayas for eight years. She has varied interests. She is a certified scuba Open Water Scuba Diver and has recorded 19 dives at six different locations in India, Maldives, and Thailand. She is also trained in Indian classical dance Kathak and has performed at school, college, and professional dance events since her childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pursuing her passion in the energy sector, Mansi aspires to be a leader in the oil and gas industry, and drive the transformation towards renewable energy for sustainable development. She envisions to lead a Global Clean Energy firm to make a positive impact on the company, country, and its people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our most significant challenge was to provide her best guidance that would procure her a seat in her dream business school, Harvard. Mansi had reached out to 5-6 consultants before us, and they all discouraged her from applying to Harvard, Stanford, and other top programs. Instead, they advised her to apply to \u2018safe schools\u2019. However, after assessing her profile, we didn\u2019t find anything lacking in her profile, so we encouraged her to aim for her dream business school Harvard along with other top programs in the US and Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To gain an in-depth understanding of his profile, we first administered a questionnaire of 20 questions about her background, values, professional career, accomplishments, leadership experiences, career goals, extracurricular activities, and interests. After scrutinizing all her personal and professional stories, we started working together on her application to showcase her candidacy for her five target business schools \u2013Wharton, Kellogg, INSEAD, HBS, and Stanford. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some<\/strong> of the key highlights of our work together are<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.\nMansi wanted\nto apply to Harvard in Round 1, but we discouraged her from targeting Harvard first.\n She had approached\nus in July, and the Harvard deadline was in September first week. So, we\nadvised her to focus on Harvard in\nthe second round. We had two reasons\nfor this advice. First, Harvard\u2019s open-ended question requires significant\nself-reflection, so she would need time to brainstorm stories to figure out\nwhat exactly she would want to tell the HBS admission committee that other\nparts of the application did not cover. Secondly, working on schools that require straightforward\nessay questions would provide her more clarity and confidence about her\nexperience and writing abilities and prepare her to tackle Harvard\u2019s open-ended\nquestion and Stanford\u2019s \u2018What matters most to you\u2019 question. (Mansi says this is the most valuable\nadvice we gave her.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Mansi agreed to target Wharton and Kellogg in\nthe first round and Harvard and Stanford in the second round. INSEAD deadline\nfell in the middle of Round 1 and Round 2 deadlines, so we targeted INSEAD\nbefore picking up Harvard. Moreover, INSEAD\u2019s massive application further\nprepared her for Harvard and Stanford. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. We assisted Mansi in showcasing her candidacy in line with the mission and values of her target programs. We helped her select the right stories\/ experiences that highlighted her analytical skills, international experience (in a male-dominated industry), cultural adaptability, drive, and clarity about career goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Also, we advised Mansi to guide her recommenders in choosing the right examples\/ accomplishments from work that illustrate her leadership skills, analytical skills, and willingness to go above and beyond her defined role, <\/a>setting her apart from her peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Lastly, and most importantly, we supported her with our words of encouragement and positivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mansi received admits from Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, and INSEAD. Without a\nsecond thought, she chose her dream school HBS. Her strong technical background, coupled with her rich\nleadership experience and resolve to be a future leader who will make a difference\nin her industry, earned her a seat at the five top business schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>Mansi Dhiman was a joy to work with. An exceptionally brilliant candidate, she is a unique blend of professional excellence, academic ability, leadership, drive, focus, and personal qualities of hard work and resilience. Her constant endeavor to make a positive impact is striking and sets her apart. She can turn a challenge into an opportunity- a sure shot mantra of success. She has clarity regarding her career goals and is willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. Manasi has always been proactive in taking the initiative; she is a team player who has an eye for detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mansi was quick in editing and reverting the revised essays, always adhering to the tight timelines. She gave detailed and precise answers to the questionnaire provided by MER. which helped us suggest relevant stories to present her candidacy for different schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly, and most importantly, we admire her for her respectful behavior, positivity, confidence without attitude, and calm demeanor. We are delighted with her exemplary success and wish her luck for her future endeavors. Mansi graduated from HBS this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBrief Career History:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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