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Requesting Profile Evaluation for MBA 2023. Thanks in advance for your consideration:

Age: 29
Sex: Male
From: Iran

Targeted Schools:
Harvard, Booth, Kellogg, Columbia, Berkeley, NYU Stern, Insead, LBS, Rotman, Michigan Ross, UCLA, McDonough

Working Experience: 6 years
Tapsi(Uber-Equivalent in Iran): Five Years
- two years being the head of data-science products focusing on pricing, matching, and map services, leading a team of eight comprising product managers and business analysts
- two years being product manager of pricing and Tapsi-Line(Uber Pool Equivalent)
- A year being data analyst
Torob(online shopping search engine) for a year
- As a data scientist working on clustering products crawled from websites of store automatically

Academics:
- Expected GMAT: 720
- GPA: 2.9 (covering in optional essay: I had a full time job during my education as I ran two start-ups and then started my professional working exp in an uber-equivalent company in Iran)
- Bachelor: information technology from Sharif university(top university of Iran)


Awards: Bronze medal of international mathematics olympiad

Letters of recomm: CEO of Tapsi, Alumni of Berkeley(Finance PHD), and current S.Manager of Uber all being my direct managers in Tapsi
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 • Scores: 10th: 86%, 12th- 81.6%, Undergrad: 60% in Computer Science engineering (tier 3 college) -changed college after 1st year(health reasons).
GMAT: Target 760+.
 • Brief intro: Generalist background. Changed industries and functions many times to learn different skills.
 • Work experience: 7.5 years(till fall 2022).
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1) 1 year: Software Engineer(fortune 100 MNC)selected despite lower GPA than cut off(service role, engaging with onsite team and clients, analytical nature of work). Great review.
2) 3 years: MBA admission consultant/Group discussion faculty/trainer for interview stage of Indian MBA programs selection process. 5/5 feedback.
3) 5 months: Sales(Indian edtech unicorn startup). Best in state for 2 weeks.
4) 2 years till date: Currently working for Government of India, as an Intelligence Officer in Intelligence Bureau(role is Indian equivalent to FBI agent of USA)-Collection of human intel from extremely remote and threatened areas with bootstrapped resources and manpower; completed special assignments as incharge for intel collection of an area with 2,50,000 population where dealt with 80,000 radicalized crowd and repercussions of Tablighi Jamaat COVID crisis (was in global news) in my area, advised local administration on partial/complete/lockdown/unlockdown, served as intel incharge of insurgency affected area-No. 2 commander surrendered after collaborated operation with police and army.
 • EC: Appeared in state media twice as student panelist, Freelance contributor to national daily(4 articles), Basic Mountaineering Course; Leadership roles -Student Placement Head in college(mentored and placed 40% batchmates); Organized, hosted(Public speaker) and managed multiple college events(30+). MLM alongwith graduation (lead 50 people team), Informal Community engagement(No NGO exp)-saving & feeding animals and birds; distributing clothes & food to the needy; mentoring students; currently assisting local religious community in collection of funds for developmental activities.
 • Achievements: Top essay contributor for national magazine(twice); Brilliant student medal in 8th standard, Top 1% in National Standard Examination in Chemistry in12th Standard, Won debates & GD in college(20+), All India rank 197 among 7,50,000 candidates in entrance exam of Intelligence Bureau.
Post MBA: Strategy Consulting (preferably MBB).
Target: H,S,W, INSEAD, LBS.
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Q. Chances for MBB shortlisting?
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Hi UtkarshAnand,

Thanks for sharing your profile and MBA aspirations.

My name is Priyanka, Client Manager at ARINGO.

You have an interesting profile! From what I can see:

    Academics – While your bachelor’s performance is average, a GMAT score of 760+ will help you to compensate for that to a great extent. We understand getting a good GPA in engineering is difficult- do include your scholastic awards, your class ranking in the batch (if it was good) in your resume. 😊

    Work Experience –You have a very different experience which is good! Multiple job shifts need to be explained well in the essays. Your current role as an Intelligence Officer makes your profile a bit unique. You need to make an impactful resume showing your career progression and achievements well.

    Extracurricular activities/Volunteer Work – Mountaineering course + MLM + Freelance contributor to national daily etc.- All very interesting! It’s ok if you are not formally associated with any NGO. Any sort of community experience adds value to your profile.

    Goals - Your goals look fine and doable but we need to connect the dots to demonstrate how it is the next logical step in your career.

    School list – Your profile is good but as these are all top schools- a lot depends on your GMAT score, as well.

All in all, sounds like you have a good profile! If you send me your CV once you are done with the GMAT on [email protected], I would love to connect you with our CEO who will be happy to help further with a detailed review and perhaps work together on some amazing apps.

All the best. :)
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Hello, 
I am planning to retake GMAT(this will be 4th attempt), aiming 750+
I want to know if there are chances to be admitted with a 7.04/10 CGPA, a current score of 680 on my GMAT. 
Also, any help in narrowing down the school list for the same will be a great help. (will be reapplicant in some of the schools- Vanderbilt, ASU, Carlson, Georgiatech, Georgetown, and UT Austin)

26-year-old Indian Engineer Male

Education:
IP University(Btech in Electronics and Communication, passed out in 2016)

Professional Experience:
Post Btech, I started working for an Ed-Tech startup and was heading the operations training program there. Along with day-to-day interactions with students from various schools and negotiating with School representatives.
After working there for 8 months, I joined Accenture Technology where I was loaned as an asset to one of the biggest Telecom Providers in India in handling M&O for them. Responsible for managing a network servicing 25+ million people and saving them more than 10 million$ in revenue by automating the processes. 
Working for approximately 2 years I decided to join my family business - catering to the automobile, plastic, and pharmaceutical sector in India in 2018. 
Leveraged my learnings in helping automate and modernize the 25-year-old business, impacting the bottom line and increasing profit margins as well as helping the existing employees in upskilling themselves.
Because of my keen interest in giving back to the environment, I am also helping various Solar Installation companies to increase their outreach/client base and enhancing their supply chain along the way.


Leadership Experience: As a part of LMF(an NPO) I am responsible for mentor outreach to connect them with students from weaker economic sections of the society.
Also, I was one of the members out of 700 selected from a pool of 22k applicants for the prestigious Jagriti Yatra 2020 leading the baton for energy and sustainability.
Moreover, I am part of a travel group that helps me fund my trips will earning a buck alongside the opportunity of traveling to some of the less explored destinations and meeting new people along the way.

Post-MBA goals:
I want to work in supply chain consulting with a focus on Sustainability so that I can get accelerated learning of the industry and establish a required network.
Long term- come back to India and start a company focusing on servicing the EV industry.
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Hi everyone
I am so happy and excited to be here! My name is Shimri Winters and I head the strategy here at ARINGO MBA Admissions Consulting

A bit about me. I hold a BA in Computer Science and worked as a software programmer for a big I. T company. After my London Business School MBA, I worked in consulting, moved to some senior business development roles.
In parallel, I helped LBS interview 10s of MBA candidates for almost 7 years.

I have been working at ARINGO for 7 years now, full time, helping applicants get into top MBA programs.

Happy to answer ANY question you have regarding MBA applications.
If you have a specific question about your profile, please contact me privately on [email protected] with your resume, GMAT score, school wish list, a timeline of application, and list of questions
Now, let’s get the ball rolling with some questions and profiles!
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Name : Keerthana Balamurugan, 24yrs, Indian, Female, GMAT-720

UG: B.Tech IIT Roorkee, GPA: 4
WExp: 4 yrs, Senior Data Scientist (1 promotion) at Wipro (US$8.7 billion)
I delivered AI enabled services and helped clients, across 5 industries.

Community:
I lead a non-profit, with 1000+ women onboard, a online community, which is focused on women empowerment and is affiliated with an org founded by Sheryll Sandberg.
I am also part of another Non-profit as a mentor to senior year students.

Post MBA goals: Transition to Management Consulting and then move to sustainability consulting.

Target: Yale, Darden, Duke, Tuck, UCLA, Cornell.

In my professional job, my work revolved majorly around developing Proof of Concepts of which, most have not converted to full-fledged products where I could show my impact on business in $ millions or $ billions.

1)Do adcoms prefer to see the impact on monetary grounds ?? and can I highlight my non profit contribution to compensate it??

2)Also is it okay to highlight in the essay, as one reason, that I took up the nonprofit opportunity coz I felt that my job lacked the opportunity of developing significant leadership skills??
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Hi Shimri! Thanks a ton for doing this! Advice needed for 22/23 intake
Indian Male, Entrepreneur, Work Ex: 7 Years, Age 27 yrs.
Bachelors in Business Management from Christ University, Bangalore India (Tier 1, Ranked No. 1 in India during my time there)
Graduated in 2014 GPA 3.28/4
GMAT (Yet to appear): 700 Expected
Work Ex:
• Packaging Design Consultancy firm which I founded right after graduating. Alongside a team of 30 employees, I work with brands and manufacture efficient and high-impact paper-based packaging, especially for consumer brands. Over the past 7 years, we have over $2.5 Million in Sales and have managed to partner with new brands every year and steadily increase in-house production capacity.
• Business development and Business Process Management for an award-winning Nutraceutical Brand – I Help streamline processes within the firm, ranging from hiring, reporting, finances to taxes.
Post MBA Goal ST: Pivot to strategy/innovation consulting
ECA’s: Extensive During Undergrad
• Leadership position in the capacity as a member of the Core Committee (Among 5 others) that would organize all Inter-College Fests
• Head of the Creative and Design Team responsible for all material design assets needed during fests
• Participated in and won numerous inter-college business fests
Target Schools:
Rotman, Ivey, Schulich, HEC Paris, LBS, ISB
Questions:
1. How best do I represent work experience in a somewhat succinct manner, coming from a non-traditional background? What should be the key points/achievements/stats as an entrepreneur that you feel I should cover?
2. What would be Ideal GMAT Score ranges for top B-Schools in Canada?
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Demographics (nationality, gender): Indian , Male

· Education (undergraduate institution, GPA, major - high school/entrance exams not needed): Bangalore University, GPA: 8.2/10, Major: Bachelor of Business Administration (International Business)

· Other coursework or post-undergraduate education: NA

· GMAT or GRE (include section breakdown): 770 (Q51, v44)

· Work experience (highlight amount of work experience, industries, roles, promotions, special accomplishments, international exposure):
1. Several Corporate internships while pursuing my undergraduate degree. (Human resource internship in a large apparel design and manufacturing company employing over 3,500 people and Marketing Inter at a start up)
2. Family Business: Had to deviate from my plan to work in Banking to Join my Family’s Trading Concern right after college because my father was not going to be able to work for a year. Brought about changes to the Inventory management, Vendor Management and Accounting methods) -1 Year
3. Analyst at a Large Bank : Working on lending deals up to 10 million AUD on a daily basis. Providing Financial/Ratio Analysis reports to make lending decisions. Trained Colleagues on processes. Managing workflow and planning activities. Working with Australian teams on a daily basis. 2 promotions in three years.

· Extracurricular activities (highlight notable undergraduate and post-undergraduate ones): Board of the Rotary Club of my college .Part of Case competition teams representing our college. Part of team that organizes case competitions. Fundraising activities carried out as part of an NGO around my house. Founder of a start up that operated for about a year and serviced 400+ students.

· Post-MBA goals: Management/ Strategy / Operations Consulting.

· Target schools: Booth, Kellog, UCLA, Columbia, Darden, Rotman, Stern, Cornell, Tepper and Tuck.

· Other information relevant to your profile: First generation graduate
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Hello Everone, 
I am planning to retake GMAT(this will be 4th attempt), aiming 750+
I want to know if there are chances to be admitted with a 7.04/10 CGPA, a current score of 680 on my GMAT. 
Also, any help in narrowing down the school list for the same will be a great help. (will be reapplicant in some of the schools- Vanderbilt, ASU, Carlson, Georgiatech, Georgetown, and UT Austin)

26-year-old Indian Engineer Male

Education:
IP University(Btech in Electronics and Communication, passed out in 2016)

Professional Experience:
Post Btech, I started working for an Ed-Tech startup and was heading the operations training program there. Along with day-to-day interactions with students from various schools and negotiating with School representatives.
After working there for 8 months, I joined Accenture Technology where I was loaned as an asset to one of the biggest Telecom Providers in India in handling M&O for them. Responsible for managing a network servicing 25+ million people and saving them more than 10 million$ in revenue by automating the processes. 
Working for approximately 2 years I decided to join my family business - catering to the automobile, plastic, and pharmaceutical sector in India in 2018. 
Leveraged my learnings in helping automate and modernize the 25-year-old business, impacting the bottom line and increasing profit margins as well as helping the existing employees in upskilling themselves.
Because of my keen interest in giving back to the environment, I am also helping various Solar Installation companies to increase their outreach/client base and enhancing their supply chain along the way.


Leadership Experience: As a part of LMF(an NPO) I am responsible for mentor outreach to connect them with students from weaker economic sections of the society.
Also, I was one of the members out of 700 selected from a pool of 22k applicants for the prestigious Jagriti Yatra 2020 leading the baton for energy and sustainability.
Moreover, I am part of a travel group that helps me fund my trips will earning a buck alongside the opportunity of traveling to some of the less explored destinations and meeting new people along the way.

Post-MBA goals:
I want to work in supply chain consulting with a focus on Sustainability so that I can get accelerated learning of the industry and establish a required network.
Long term- come back to India and start a company focusing on servicing the EV industry
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Name : Keerthana Balamurugan, 24yrs, Indian, Female, GMAT-720

UG: B.Tech IIT Roorkee, GPA: 4
WExp: 4 yrs, Senior Data Scientist (1 promotion) at Wipro (US$8.7 billion)
I delivered AI enabled services and helped clients, across 5 industries.

Community:
I lead a non-profit, with 1000+ women onboard, a online community, which is focused on women empowerment and is affiliated with an org founded by Sheryll Sandberg.
I am also part of another Non-profit as a mentor to senior year students.

Post MBA goals: Transition to Management Consulting and then move to sustainability consulting.

Target: Yale, Darden, Duke, Tuck, UCLA, Cornell.

In my professional job, my work revolved majorly around developing Proof of Concepts of which, most have not converted to full-fledged products where I could show my impact on business in $ millions or $ billions.

1)Do adcoms prefer to see the impact on monetary grounds ?? and can I highlight my non profit contribution to compensate it??

2)Also is it okay to highlight in the essay, as one reason, that I took up the nonprofit opportunity coz I felt that my job lacked the opportunity of developing significant leadership skills??
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Hi sahiba96

Thanks for sharing your profile and MBA aspirations
You have a very interesting profile! From what I can see:
Great academics!
4 years of impressive work experience with a promotion GREAT (but how do you have 4 years while being 24?)
And fantastic extracurriculars!!!
Your GMAT is on the lower side (as you come from a competitive background of Indian engineers)

1. YES adcoms prefer to see people who “touch” the money or work on projects that have a money or % impact
2. YES, you can use your extracurricular activities for this! and show how you have had leadership experiences there
GOOD LUCK!!!!!
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Hi Shimri! Thanks a ton for doing this! Advice needed for 22/23 intake
Indian Male, Entrepreneur, Work Ex: 7 Years, Age 27 yrs.
Bachelors in Business Management from Christ University, Bangalore India (Tier 1, Ranked No. 1 in India during my time there)
Graduated in 2014 GPA 3.28/4
GMAT (Yet to appear): 700 Expected
Work Ex:
• Packaging Design Consultancy firm which I founded right after graduating. Alongside a team of 30 employees, I work with brands and manufacture efficient and high-impact paper-based packaging, especially for consumer brands. Over the past 7 years, we have over $2.5 Million in Sales and have managed to partner with new brands every year and steadily increase in-house production capacity.
• Business development and Business Process Management for an award-winning Nutraceutical Brand – I Help streamline processes within the firm, ranging from hiring, reporting, finances to taxes.
Post MBA Goal ST: Pivot to strategy/innovation consulting
ECA’s: Extensive During Undergrad
• Leadership position in the capacity as a member of the Core Committee (Among 5 others) that would organize all Inter-College Fests
• Head of the Creative and Design Team responsible for all material design assets needed during fests
• Participated in and won numerous inter-college business fests
Target Schools:
Rotman, Ivey, Schulich, HEC Paris, LBS, ISB
Questions:
1. How best do I represent work experience in a somewhat succinct manner, coming from a non-traditional background? What should be the key points/achievements/stats as an entrepreneur that you feel I should cover?
2. What would be Ideal GMAT Score ranges for top B-Schools in Canada?
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Very good profile!
Non-traditional background is a good thing, not a bad thing...
Key achievements? whatever you have : leadership, projects that you have accomplished there $ success or % success, working with international clients, fast track promotions, whatever you have!

Regarding the GMAT - the higher the better really!!! 650+ but obviously a 700+ will increase your chances (together with some stellar applications)

GOOD LUCK!
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Name : Akash Tomar, 30yrs, Indian, Male, GMAT-

UG: B.Tech IIT Roorkee, GPA: 4
WExp: 4 yrs, Senior Data Scientist (1 promotion) at Wipro (US$8.7 billion)
I delivered AI enabled services and helped clients, across 5 industries.

Community:
I lead a non-profit, with 1000+ women onboard, a online community, which is focused on women empowerment and is affiliated with an org founded by Sheryll Sandberg.
I am also part of another Non-profit as a mentor to senior year students.

Post MBA goals: Transition to Management Consulting and then move to sustainability consulting.

Target: Yale, Darden, Duke, Tuck, UCLA, Cornell.

In my professional job, my work revolved majorly around developing Proof of Concepts of which, most have not converted to full-fledged products where I could show my impact on business in $ millions or $ billions.

1)Do adcoms prefer to see the impact on monetary grounds ?? and can I highlight my non profit contribution to compensate it??

2)Also is it okay to highlight in the essay, as one reason, that I took up the nonprofit opportunity coz I felt that my job lacked the opportunity of developing significant leadership skills??

Name : Akash Tomar, 30yrs, Indian, Male, GMAT-Yet to attempt

UG: Pune University 64% Agg
WExp: 4 yrs, Senior Data Scientist (1 promotion) at Wipro (US$8.7 billion)
I delivered AI enabled services and helped clients, across 5 industries.

Community:
I lead a non-profit, with 1000+ women onboard, a online community, which is focused on women empowerment and is affiliated with an org founded by Sheryll Sandberg.
I am also part of another Non-profit as a mentor to senior year students.

Post MBA goals: Transition to Management Consulting and then move to sustainability consulting.

Target: Yale, Darden, Duke, Tuck, UCLA, Cornell.

In my professional job, my work revolved majorly around developing Proof of Concepts of which, most have not converted to full-fledged products where I could show my impact on business in $ millions or $ billions.

1)Do adcoms prefer to see the impact on monetary grounds ?? and can I highlight my non profit contribution to compensate it??

2)Also is it okay to highlight in the essay, as one reason, that I took up the nonprofit opportunity coz I felt that my job lacked the opportunity of developing significant leadership skills??
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Demographics (nationality, gender): Indian , Male

· Education (undergraduate institution, GPA, major - high school/entrance exams not needed): Bangalore University, GPA: 8.2/10, Major: Bachelor of Business Administration (International Business)

· Other coursework or post-undergraduate education: NA

· GMAT or GRE (include section breakdown): 770 (Q51, v44)

· Work experience (highlight amount of work experience, industries, roles, promotions, special accomplishments, international exposure):
1. Several Corporate internships while pursuing my undergraduate degree. (Human resource internship in a large apparel design and manufacturing company employing over 3,500 people and Marketing Inter at a start up)
2. Family Business: Had to deviate from my plan to work in Banking to Join my Family’s Trading Concern right after college because my father was not going to be able to work for a year. Brought about changes to the Inventory management, Vendor Management and Accounting methods) -1 Year
3. Analyst at a Large Bank : Working on lending deals up to 10 million AUD on a daily basis. Providing Financial/Ratio Analysis reports to make lending decisions. Trained Colleagues on processes. Managing workflow and planning activities. Working with Australian teams on a daily basis. 2 promotions in three years.

· Extracurricular activities (highlight notable undergraduate and post-undergraduate ones): Board of the Rotary Club of my college .Part of Case competition teams representing our college. Part of team that organizes case competitions. Fundraising activities carried out as part of an NGO around my house. Founder of a start up that operated for about a year and serviced 400+ students.

· Post-MBA goals: Management/ Strategy / Operations Consulting.

· Target schools: Booth, Kellog, UCLA, Columbia, Darden, Rotman, Stern, Cornell, Tepper and Tuck.

· Other information relevant to your profile: First generation graduate
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Hi RSinghS

Thanks for sharing your profile and MBA aspirations
My name is Shimri Winters, I head the strategy team here at ARINGO

You have a very interesting profile! From what I can see:
    Academics – all good!

    GMAT - Well, 770 FANTASTIC!

    Work Experience – Schools love family businesses. Its not clear to me if you have worked in the firm or not? Bank is always good too 😊

[list]School wish list – Very realistic list with some harder schools to get into Booth, Kellogg , Columbia)
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Hello, 
I am planning to retake GMAT(this will be 4th attempt), aiming 750+
I want to know if there are chances to be admitted with a 7.04/10 CGPA, a current score of 680 on my GMAT. 
Also, any help in narrowing down the school list for the same will be a great help. (will be reapplicant in some of the schools- Vanderbilt, ASU, Carlson, Georgiatech, Georgetown, and UT Austin)

26-year-old Indian Engineer Male

Education:
IP University(Btech in Electronics and Communication, passed out in 2016)

Professional Experience:
Post Btech, I started working for an Ed-Tech startup and was heading the operations training program there. Along with day-to-day interactions with students from various schools and negotiating with School representatives.
After working there for 8 months, I joined Accenture Technology where I was loaned as an asset to one of the biggest Telecom Providers in India in handling M&O for them. Responsible for managing a network servicing 25+ million people and saving them more than 10 million$ in revenue by automating the processes. 
Working for approximately 2 years I decided to join my family business - catering to the automobile, plastic, and pharmaceutical sector in India in 2018. 
Leveraged my learnings in helping automate and modernize the 25-year-old business, impacting the bottom line and increasing profit margins as well as helping the existing employees in upskilling themselves.
Because of my keen interest in giving back to the environment, I am also helping various Solar Installation companies to increase their outreach/client base and enhancing their supply chain along the way.


Leadership Experience: As a part of LMF(an NPO) I am responsible for mentor outreach to connect them with students from weaker economic sections of the society.
Also, I was one of the members out of 700 selected from a pool of 22k applicants for the prestigious Jagriti Yatra 2020 leading the baton for energy and sustainability.
Moreover, I am part of a travel group that helps me fund my trips will earning a buck alongside the opportunity of traveling to some of the less explored destinations and meeting new people along the way.

Post-MBA goals:
I want to work in supply chain consulting with a focus on Sustainability so that I can get accelerated learning of the industry and establish a required network.
Long term- come back to India and start a company focusing on servicing the EV industry
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Hello Everone, 
I am planning to retake GMAT(this will be 4th attempt), aiming 750+
I want to know if there are chances to be admitted with a 7.04/10 CGPA, a current score of 680 on my GMAT. 
Also, any help in narrowing down the school list for the same will be a great help. (will be reapplicant in some of the schools- Vanderbilt, ASU, Carlson, Georgiatech, Georgetown, and UT Austin)

26-year-old Indian Engineer Male

Education:
IP University(Btech in Electronics and Communication, passed out in 2016)

Professional Experience:
Post Btech, I started working for an Ed-Tech startup and was heading the operations training program there. Along with day-to-day interactions with students from various schools and negotiating with School representatives.
After working there for 8 months, I joined Accenture Technology where I was loaned as an asset to one of the biggest Telecom Providers in India in handling M&O for them. Responsible for managing a network servicing 25+ million people and saving them more than 10 million$ in revenue by automating the processes. 
Working for approximately 2 years I decided to join my family business - catering to the automobile, plastic, and pharmaceutical sector in India in 2018. 
Leveraged my learnings in helping automate and modernize the 25-year-old business, impacting the bottom line and increasing profit margins as well as helping the existing employees in upskilling themselves.
Because of my keen interest in giving back to the environment, I am also helping various Solar Installation companies to increase their outreach/client base and enhancing their supply chain along the way.

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Hi bratbg

Your profile sounds really interesting
- Good education
- Great work experience
- and happy to see the NGO experience
your career goals also seem super realistic!!!

What next? GMAT GMAT GMAT!!! And then, we can talk about which schools are realistic…
With a 750, nearly any school is doable!

GOOD LUCK!
(feel free to send me your CV and GMAT, once you complete it… [email protected])
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Background: Female, India, Software Engineer
GMAT: Preparing for the Exam (aiming for 720+)
Education: B.Tech in Information Technology (CGPA- 8.26/10.0 converted to GPA - 3.3/4.0) from Manipal University Jaipur in 2020
10th – 10.0/10.0 CGPA
12th – 82.8%
Professional Experience:
1 year and 9 months (9 months as an intern), currently working in a product team, contributing towards in-house project of the organization being mentored for the role of product manager, will complete 2 years by the time of joining
3 months internship as a content writer
3 months internship as an android application developer
Extracurricular:
Lead the hospitality department(part of the core committee) while organizing the blood donation camp
volunteer work for multiple organizations,
languages known - Hindi, German (A2 level), Spanish (Beginner)
Certifications - Business Analysis, Data Science, Web Development, Indian Sign Language
Held leadership positions in school (Vice President of computer club and Secretary of the Dance club)
Post MBA Goal: Switch to roles in Business Analytics or Consulting
Target Schools: NYU, Tepper, Duke, UCLA, Yale SOM
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Is online non profit work considered as significant and strong as field ones?? Just curious to know.
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Sure, as an extra curricular activity that that compliments your professional and educational experiences why not!
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