2020 MBA Applicants: Introduce Yourself Here!

Nationality / Age - Indian/26 years
GMAT-Taking GMAT in September
GPA- Undergraduate CGPA is 9.17 and Masters GPA is 3.4
Work experience- 3 years of work experience as a Project Engineer for a medical device company
Educational Background- Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from a private university in India and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University.
Post-MBA goals- Operations consultant for pharmaceutical and medical device industry
Schools you are applying to-Chicago Booth, Wharton, LBS, Oxford, INSEAD 2021 Spring.

I see Indian tech applicants dominating the indian pool here (generalising on a small sample) but I was just curious to know, whether someone outside the tech space, say someone like me with an economics background from a super reputed college in India, will be considered along with the same tech Indian pool?

bb would you like to throw some light on this?

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Hey Guys,

I'am Mohammed Zaid and below are my details

Nationality / Age - Indian/ 28
GMAT/GRE Score / GPA / Work experience- Yet to give/ 67% in BE / 5+ years in IT and Finance
Educational Background - Mechanical Engineering
Post MBA goals - Marketing/consulting
Schools you are applying to - Sauder, York, Any top 50 in US will work
(Optional) Professional, educational or personal milestones you have achieved - Successfull 3 career switches , Taught calligraphy to hundreds of students in Military schools in India
(Optional) Anything else

Hey Guys,

I'am Mohammed Zaid and below are my details

Nationality / Age - Indian/ 28
GMAT/GRE Score / GPA / Work experience- Yet to give/ 67% in BE / 5+ years in IT and Finance
Educational Background - Mechanical Engineering
Post MBA goals - Marketing/consulting
Schools you are applying to - Sauder, York, Any top 50 in US will work
(Optional) Professional, educational or personal milestones you have achieved - Successfull 3 career switches , Taught calligraphy to hundreds of students in Military schools in India

Hi,

My profile information as follows

Nationality / Age - Indian/37

GMAT/GPA / - 750, GPA comes out around 2 if I use the converter (73.33 % in BE)

Work experience - 13.5 years in the Indian IT industry. 5 out of the last 8 years spent in London working for a leading Property & Casualty Insurance Client. Have experience in implementing complex programs in different Geographies.

Educational Background - BE (Mech. Engg) from Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, India.

Post MBA goals - Looking to get into Product Management/Strategy roles with an up and coming Insuretech firm or as Consultant with a leading insurer driving their Digital Strategy
Schools you are applying to - LBS, Said, IIM A. Will be a few more, yet to decide.

(Optional) Professional, educational or personal milestones you have achieved:
Certified member of Chartered Insurance Institute, United Kingdom
Hold an Executive Certificate in Management from University of Virginia
Awarded by the client Director for Delivery excellence.

(Optional) Anything else? Interested in long distance running. Co-founded a running group in India and have participated in half-marathons in India and UK.

Regards,
Murty.

1. I'm 29 years old, male, Egyptian.
2. I will take the GMAT next Saturday, targeting 720+ score.
3. I graduated from Ain Shams University's engineering school in Cairo, Egypt in 2013, (GPA ~ 3.0). Studied Civil Engineering.
4. Post MBA goal is to continue in the field of investment management (a field I chose to work in following for the past 3 years). I would like to join a mutual/hedge that adopts a value investing approach.
5. I am applying for CBS's full time program - early decision.
6. Professional Experience- Worked as a civil engineer for one and half years, then joined a financial services firm working as a research equity analyst covering the industrial sector of the MENA region equity markets.

Nationality / Age / Gender - Indian/35/Male
GMAT - 700
Undergraduate - BE Mechanical Engineering; GPA - 66% out of 100%; Delhi College of Engineering , Delhi
Work Experience 10+ year working in automotive industry in India
Interested in pursuing MBA with interest in Strategy and Operation
Post MBA Goals - Management Consulting
Schools applying to - IIM A/B/C, Duke , Tepper , UT

Hi everyone and wish you all good luck. Here its my profile:

Nationality / Age : Spanish, 28
GMAT/GRE Score / GPA / Work experience: 690, 5 years
Educational Background: BBA and Msc in Marketing Management, ESADE
Post MBA goals: Boost my career with bigger responsabilities
Schools you are applying to: HKUST, Ivey, ESADE, Hult
(Optional) Anything else?: Crazy about Hong Kong

Thank you so much!. The previously stated GMAT score was my Target and previously taken practice exam but almost 3 years ago. I took the exam last Saturday and scored a very horrific score of 490. I am on a mission of extensive prep to reach at least a score of 720 in one month.

Indian, aged 25
Qualification : B.E (Electronics and communication)
Grade : 7.2 on 10
Experience : 3 years in Information Technology industry
GMAT : 650
IELTS : 7.5

Applied for the Otago MBA, University of Otago, NZ and Auckland university of technology business school, MBA
I would greatly welcome any suggestion about what other business schools would consider my profile. I'm open to choose B schools from preferably any English speaking country.
Seeking your help, regards.

Hi Murty,
Congrats on the score. I think you are one of the few applicants of my age. I am 34 . An entrepreneur for the last 10 years.

Where did you practice verbal from ? Any particular forums on GMAT that you followed?

Which other schools are you applying to ? Which admission expert have you finalised on?

Regards
Aniriddha W

Hey guys,

Nationality / Age : Indian, 25 year old.
GMAT/ GPA / Work experience:
GMAT1 : 640(Q49 V27) GMAT2 : 710(Q49V37)
GPA: 74.2% (Don't know the exact conversion to GPA).
WE: 3.5 years in a Supply chain based IT firm.
Educational Background: B.E. in Informations Science Engineering, VTU.
Post MBA goals : Switch to a career in consulting.
Schools you are applying to : HEC Montreal, Mannheim, WHU, NUS, NTU, ISB
Professional, educational or personal milestones you have achieved:
- Awarded Star of the Quarter award twice at the workplace.
- Have trekked Pin Parvati Pass(5400m), Mt. Kanamo(5970m) and Stok Kangri(6150m, didn't summit).
- Have received a certificate of appreciation from PETA.

Nationality / Age / Gender - Indian/29/Male
GMAT - 620/ GRE - 316
Undergraduate - Btech Electronics Engineering; GPA - 6.59; IIT Dhanbad
Work Experience 3+ Years Software Engineer Analyst, 3+ years - Manager - Digital Marketing, 2 months - Product Management
Post MBA Goals - Product/Marketing
Schools applying to - IIM A/B/C, ISB, Duke, Ross, Rice, Olin, KN

Nationality / Age / Gender - Canadian / 28 / Female
IEGAT - Passed
Undergraduate - Bachelors in Commerce (Real Estate & International Business; GPA - 3.5 / 4.0
Work Experience - 5 Years Investment Management (Alternative Assets) and Capital Raising
Post MBA Goals - Business Development at a Fortune 500 + start-up experience for personal entrepreneurial efforts
Schools applied to Global MBA IE Business School (waiting to hear back from 2nd round interview)

Greetings,

1. 28 year old Indian.
2. GMAT-yet to take
GPA-7
Work experience-4.5 years
3. B.Tech-M.Tech dual in Mechanical engineering from IIT KANPUR .
Enter into core Mechanical manufacturing field at kirloskar oil engines Ltd
Supervise design and development of flagship product.
5. Kellog, Chicago Booth, Michigan Ross, Mannheim, Babson
6. Working as Deputy manager for 4 years.
7. Extra curries include gardening, swimming, online MOOCs, volunteering at old age home, etc.

Post MBA goals: Get into Product management field or consulting, as the same has been my experience through graduation and job.

Nationality: Indian / Age: 28
GMAT: will take the GMAT in November/GPA: 2.8 / Work experience: 4 years
Educational Background: Mechanical Engineering: Pune University
Post MBA goals: Sales & Marketing / Statistics
Schools you are applying to : MBS, LBS, Chicago Booth, NYU Stern
4 years experience in project management across India, South East Asia and Middle East. (Implementation of energy conservation proposals)
3 years experience in technical sales and marketing in the Energy Services (Energy conservation through utility audits) across India, South East Asia and Middle East
Volunteer work with a not for profit organisation that works to get surplus food from restaurants to the less fortunate sections of society in cities across India and 12 other countries