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manavivarma
Joined: 06 Oct 2018
Last visit: 23 Mar 2019
Posts: 16
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 6
Location: Oman
Concentration: Marketing, General Management
Schools: Kellogg '21 Duke '21 Stanford '21 CBS '21
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
GPA: 3.33
WE:Public Relations (Advertising and PR)
11 Nov 2018, 02:37
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Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, HEC Paris, Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2019
Pre-MBA Career: Public Relations and Communications
Post-MBA Career: Consumer Goods (Marketing and Brand Management)
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 2
Notes: My GMAT score breakdown is: (710- Q: 49 and V: 38).
A brief on my background: I have worked for two years in a top-notch international PR and Communications agency (post my under-grad) and served a plethora of MNCs and large scale conglomerates across corporate and consumer verticals in those two years. I was among the youngest people at the agency and was promoted within a year of working there. I specialised in PR during my undergrad and carried out five internships successfully during the same time. Three at non-profit organizations and two at industry-specific agencies. Through school, college and work, I have always taken up roles of responsibility and leadership, actively looked out for and asked for opportunities and always showcased the urge to learn. Additionally, I have always actively participated in extra-curriculars at school and college and performed extremely well academically. I would like to do an MBA with a major in marketing, from a top B-school in the US specifically, so as to add to my experience of PR and communications and achieve concentric growth around my core competencies. Furthermore, coming from a advertising and PR background, I have a fair understanding of the changing communication landscape and would like to deep dive into understanding brand management, disruptive marketing and ways to break through the current clutter to create an impact or spearhead behavioural change. Starting today, I have about 50 days till round 2 deadlines to get my essays in place. How many universities seem feasible and which are the best options basis my profile? Any other inputs anyone would like to give me?
Intake Year: 2019
Pre-MBA Career: Public Relations and Communications
Post-MBA Career: Consumer Goods (Marketing and Brand Management)
GMAT: 710
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 2
Notes: My GMAT score breakdown is: (710- Q: 49 and V: 38).
A brief on my background: I have worked for two years in a top-notch international PR and Communications agency (post my under-grad) and served a plethora of MNCs and large scale conglomerates across corporate and consumer verticals in those two years. I was among the youngest people at the agency and was promoted within a year of working there. I specialised in PR during my undergrad and carried out five internships successfully during the same time. Three at non-profit organizations and two at industry-specific agencies. Through school, college and work, I have always taken up roles of responsibility and leadership, actively looked out for and asked for opportunities and always showcased the urge to learn. Additionally, I have always actively participated in extra-curriculars at school and college and performed extremely well academically. I would like to do an MBA with a major in marketing, from a top B-school in the US specifically, so as to add to my experience of PR and communications and achieve concentric growth around my core competencies. Furthermore, coming from a advertising and PR background, I have a fair understanding of the changing communication landscape and would like to deep dive into understanding brand management, disruptive marketing and ways to break through the current clutter to create an impact or spearhead behavioural change. Starting today, I have about 50 days till round 2 deadlines to get my essays in place. How many universities seem feasible and which are the best options basis my profile? Any other inputs anyone would like to give me?
11 Nov 2018, 09:27
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A few thoughts on your profile and plans Manavi:
Cheers,
- The contours of your work sound good. However, it is not clear if you've had substantial achievements that can help showcase your differentiation clearly. This is imperative given that you are planning to apply with at least a year (if not two) of handicap compared to the average experience range. Read here.
- While the PR to marketing switch is logical on paper, entry into the marketing space is super tough for international MBA grads. Make sure you've done your research well and can convince the adcoms in this regard rather than blindly relying on a school's brand.
- The ECs and internship sound power-packed. Important to understand if you've kept up with them or a big void in the past couple of years; if yes, that can be a bit of a handicap too.
- Read here on the typical number of schools to target. The actual number is very subjective since it'll really depend on your speed etc. But you should try to achieve in the above ballpark.
Cheers,
manavivarma
Joined: 06 Oct 2018
Last visit: 23 Mar 2019
Posts: 16
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 6
Location: Oman
Concentration: Marketing, General Management
Schools: Kellogg '21 Duke '21 Stanford '21 CBS '21
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
GPA: 3.33
WE:Public Relations (Advertising and PR)
11 Nov 2018, 09:59
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Hi MG4MBACrystalBall,
Thanks for your response. Here is my response to your points. Would request you to let me know your thoughts on the same.
The contours of your work sound good. However, it is not clear if you've had substantial achievements that can help showcase your differentiation clearly. This is imperative given that you are planning to apply with at least a year (if not two) of handicap compared to the average experience range: What do you mean by 'achievements'? Just wanted to know exactly what you're referring to since it is a relative term.
While the PR to marketing switch is logical on paper, entry into the marketing space is super tough for international MBA grads. Make sure you've done your research well and can convince the adcoms in this regard rather than blindly relying on a school's brand.: A brief response on this, just for you to get an idea:
Short term goals: To work in the marketing and brand management department of a large MNCs such as Coca-Cola; Pepsico; Nike; Apple or Google among others, engage in disruptive marketing and communication for behavioural change (The Nike Kaepernick campaign. Ring a bell?); will be able to leverage my existing PR and communication skills and what I learn through the MBA programme
Long term goal: To join the C-suite of a large multi-national company (Hence the MBA; would like to dive deep into unventured territory such as strategy, finance, accounting and economics which can help me get there in the long run)
Additionally, why the MBA now? So I have more time to capitalise on it and the career I choose.
The ECs and internship sound power-packed. Important to understand if you've kept up with them or a big void in the past couple of years; if yes, that can be a bit of a handicap too: Been on a fitness journey over the past five years. Also, have actively participated in the communication bit of CSR programmes of my clients during my work experience at the agency and worked on a two-member team(including myself) for an Indian start-up that focuses on a 'circular economy' for the World Economic Forum.
Read here on the typical number of schools to target. The actual number is very subjective since it'll really depend on your speed etc. But you should try to achieve in the above ballpark: Among the schools that I have listed that I would like to apply to, which ones do you suggest applying to realistically? Top three maybe?
Thanks for your response. Here is my response to your points. Would request you to let me know your thoughts on the same.
The contours of your work sound good. However, it is not clear if you've had substantial achievements that can help showcase your differentiation clearly. This is imperative given that you are planning to apply with at least a year (if not two) of handicap compared to the average experience range: What do you mean by 'achievements'? Just wanted to know exactly what you're referring to since it is a relative term.
While the PR to marketing switch is logical on paper, entry into the marketing space is super tough for international MBA grads. Make sure you've done your research well and can convince the adcoms in this regard rather than blindly relying on a school's brand.: A brief response on this, just for you to get an idea:
Short term goals: To work in the marketing and brand management department of a large MNCs such as Coca-Cola; Pepsico; Nike; Apple or Google among others, engage in disruptive marketing and communication for behavioural change (The Nike Kaepernick campaign. Ring a bell?); will be able to leverage my existing PR and communication skills and what I learn through the MBA programme
Long term goal: To join the C-suite of a large multi-national company (Hence the MBA; would like to dive deep into unventured territory such as strategy, finance, accounting and economics which can help me get there in the long run)
Additionally, why the MBA now? So I have more time to capitalise on it and the career I choose.
The ECs and internship sound power-packed. Important to understand if you've kept up with them or a big void in the past couple of years; if yes, that can be a bit of a handicap too: Been on a fitness journey over the past five years. Also, have actively participated in the communication bit of CSR programmes of my clients during my work experience at the agency and worked on a two-member team(including myself) for an Indian start-up that focuses on a 'circular economy' for the World Economic Forum.
Read here on the typical number of schools to target. The actual number is very subjective since it'll really depend on your speed etc. But you should try to achieve in the above ballpark: Among the schools that I have listed that I would like to apply to, which ones do you suggest applying to realistically? Top three maybe?
