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Hey Aringo..I have 2 years of work experience..

one year in c&I maintenance and one year in commercial operation

total 2 years

GMAT: 740
Nationality: Indian male
Age: 25 ears
Undergrad Information: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
GPA: 3.5
•Work experience: 3 years currently, By the Aug 2022 it will be more than 4 years
•Function: Senior Associate - Working in Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Data Analytics
•Graduation: 65%; 12th: 83.2%; 10th: 80%
•Extracurricular: Performed Hosting in Office annual events multiple times,
•Community and others:  Teaching kids in my hometown village and conducting events for them
•Target: LBS, Oxford Said, Cambridge Judge Columbia,  Kellog, UCLA, Tuck, Cornell
Post MBA goals: Transition to Leadership/Managerial roles in the Analytics Consulting, Starting Own Consulting Firm after getting some experience

Pankaj121096 hi,
From what I can see
GOOD GMAT
Good career progress (any promotions? any managerial experience, any international experience?)
nice extra curriculer ctivites
Big like to your career goals!
very realistic school wish list!
GOOD LUCK!
Shimri

Background: Indian, Male, 27

-10th - 80.46%, 12th - 80.67%
-Bachelors of Engineering (Electronics & Communications) - Four year aggregate of 55% with some arrears which I cleared off during college itself
- GMAT 710(Q49,V38), Will be retaking soon to improve score to 740+

Work experience: Total 6.4 years

3.5 years --> Boutique cyber security consulting startup in India

- New team with only 3 people. I along with my manager setup their security operations center from scratch. Grew the team from 3 members to 85 members in 3.5 years bringing in 15+ major clients amounting total revenue of more than 1 million $
- Formed and led their new 24/7 team which was part of their security operations center. Carried out and led more than 20 projects with the team.
- Carried out some short term international engagements in middle east
- Received excellence award for 2 consecutive years (Among total 400 employees)
- Received 3 promotions in 3 years
- Started as an intern, left as an specialist

1.8 years --> Big4 Consulting firm in India

- Started as consultant, led the Cyber transformation project for their biggest insurance client.
- Led a team of 4 consultants onsite
- Among >1% to receive early promotion
- Received an award for the project I led
- Left the organization Senior Consultant

1.1 years --> One of the biggest investment banks in the world --> this is my current role

- Working with global team of highly technical individuals performing advanced cyber operations
- Among first 2 people from India, selected to be part of the elite team (rest of the team is in UK and Poland)
- Leading specialized cyber projects concerning critical swiss bank operations

Other than above experience, I co-founded a software development company and ran it for around 3 years part-time with my co-founder. At the end of 3 years, the revenue of the company was around 35000 USD (25 lakh INR). Closed operations

Extra-Curriculars
- Worked with local NGO for 1 year helping several people on mental illness
- Was Vice-President for student council in undergrad college
- Have more than 10 global technical certifications in fields like cloud computing, cyber security etc.
- Being from poor family, I had worked in 10+ unique odd jobs (e.g. maid, car washing, guitarist)

Post-MBA goals: I would like to move into Product Management role in top tech companies with long term goal of venturing out as tech entrepreneur in edtech space

Target Colleges: Haas, Nyu Tech MBA, Cornell Tech MBA

Name : PankajGMAT: 740
Nationality: Indian male
Age: 25 years
Undergrad Information: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
GPA: 3.5
Work experience: 3 years currently, By the Aug 2022 it will be more than 4 yearsPromotions : 3
Function: Senior Associate - Working in Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Data Analytics. Currently leading a team of 2
Graduation: 65%; 12th: 83.2%; 10th: 80%
Extracurricular: Performed Hosting in Office annual events multiple times,
Community and others:  Teaching kids in my hometown village and conducting events for them
Target: LBS, Oxford Said, Cambridge Judge Columbia,  Kellog, UCLA, Tuck, Cornell
Post MBA goals: Transition to Leadership/Managerial roles in the Analytics Consulting, Starting Own Consulting Firm after getting some experience

Can you please suggest to me what are the chances of getting into these top B schools.My main targets are LBS and oxford.

Name : Pankaj
GMAT: 740
Nationality: Indian male
Age: 25 years
Undergrad Information: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
GPA: 3.5
Work experience: 3 years currently, By the Aug 2022 it will be more than 4 years
Promotions : 3
Function: Senior Associate - Working in Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Data Analytics. Currently leading a team of 2
International Experience : No
Graduation: 65%; 12th: 83.2%; 10th: 80%
Extracurricular: Performed Hosting in Office annual events multiple times,
Community and others:  Teaching kids in my hometown village and conducting events for them
Target: LBS, Oxford Said, Cambridge Judge Columbia,  Kellog, UCLA, Tuck, Cornell
Post MBA goals: Transition to Leadership/Managerial roles in the Analytics Consulting, Starting Own Consulting Firm after getting some experience

Can you please suggest to me what are the chances of getting into these top B schools.My main targets are LBS and oxford.

@Arningo, Thanks for your response. No other certification as such.

I do have a CA which is well renowned in India and is one of the toughest competitive certification course in India.

Name : Saswat Singh GMAT: 710
Nationality: Indian male
Age: 25 years
Undergrad Information: B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 8.84 CGPA
Work experience: 2 years 9 months currently, By the Aug 2022 it will be approx 4 years
Function: Senior Systems Engineer, Basically Software Developer responsible for Development of Application
Graduation: 8.84 CGPA; 12th: 88.8%; 10th: 95%

Extracurricular: Performed Hosting in Office annual events multiple times,
Community and others: Teaching kids in my hometown village and conducting events for them
Played Cricket, Basketball and Badminton in various Interschool, Intercollege and corporate tournaments
Target: NUS, NTU, ISB
Post MBA goals: Transition to Leadership/Managerial roles in Management Consulting.

Can you please suggest to me what are the chances of getting into these top B schools.

I am a first generation entrepreneur with 8-9years of entrepreneurial experience. I commenced my business with limited funds and faced a lot of struggles, along the way.
However, with a lot of passion for my work and strong work ethics I am successfully running a pvt ltd company which deals in agro chemicals and Agrofood processing.
Our main clients include Hershey’s India Private Ltd, which is a 100% subsidiary of The Hershey Company based out of Hershey Pennsylvania USA , ITC Limited an Indian multinational conglomerate company, NTPC India’s largest power generation company.
Since, I have built my company from nothing and have faced tremendous hardships due to my humble background and beginnings. I have been closely involved in operating a society of agriculture based entrepreneurs and farmers, where our main focus is on enhancing the productivity, and connecting rural farmers directly with the industries and supporting them to get fair prices for their produce along with other farm to factory activities.
Along with this, I am now exploring under developed countries (African countries) for upliftment of farmers through organic certified crop export and help them get fair price for their produce.
I have personally been involved in encouraging entrepreneurs with mentorship and initial monetary requirements, to start their own initiatives. So that we can create a sustainable community of like minded people who have deep routed principals
In my school I was a member of the National Cadet Core which is a youth wing of the armed forces and is aimed at grooming the youth of the country into being responsible and disciplined citizens.
I have completed Bachelors of Pharmacy from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University Bhopal India,NAAC grade is A .
( Does Undergrade college matter? How to overcome this if it does? )
I have successfully completed a certificate program on Quality control study of drugs and chemicals which is offered by the Ministry of science and technology government of India.
I am currently residing in India. I scored 65.3% in my undergrad(Bachelors of Pharmacy) which is a science subject, and our college topper scored 79% and 50% is minimum passing marks. (worried if this would fall under low GPA, how to over come this? )
My GMAT score is 760(online).
I am planning for certifications courses such as hbs core, Berkeley maths for management. (would these course uplift my chances or instead any other course or certificate or diploma program from local cl

Thanks for the response. I'd also like to know other programs where I have a chance of getting >50% scholarship

Name - Nirupa
Indian, Female, 28
Target GMAT - 700+
Education - Bachelor in Engineering-8.7 , Diploma in Engineering-8, 10th-75%

Work experience - 6.5 Years
1. worked as Software Engineer at US based InsurTech fortune 500 company and at Healthcare and FMCG automation and technology company.
2. Co-Founder of handicraft social e-commerce startup, founded and registered in 2019.
I am from village where most women knows needle and thread art but not able to earn money because of lack of platform, technology and investment. We are helping these women earn money.
3. Partner at Import export and trading company
I am helping farmers sell their produces at price higher than MSP(minimum support price) by removing middleman layers.
4. CURRENT ROLE-Freelancer as Lead Software Engineer at LogiTech Startup

Why MBA?
I have gone had many corporate experiences and managed my startup over the years, but I learned everything in a try and error manner. Now I want to take a step back and use the MBA program to gain skills(management, strategy, marketing) in an academic setting.

Short Term Goal: To become a product manager in an AgriTech startup.
Long Term Goal: Social Entrepreneurship in AgriTech industry
Born in farmer’s family and being a tech person myself, I knew that in India and many other , farmers don’t have technology, data and advanced tools to make better decisions and ease the agriculture processes. My goal is to transform the agriculture industry through technology and improve farmer’s lives

Target Schools: M7, Haas, Yale, Duke Fuqua, Tuck, Ross, Said, Judge, NYU Stern, Insead, HEC Paris, ISB, Babson

Questions-
1. which college and program should i go for which will help me achieve my long-term goal(Entrepreneurship in AgriTech) ?
Any other colleges you want to suggest?
2. how can i highlight my strengths – Leadership, Community involvement and what do you find weakness in my profile? Suggestions you want to give to improve my profile/CV?
3. do you find my personal story strong and compelling enough?
4. I want to join AgriTech startup soon after my MBA and pursue my entrepreneurship career later down the line in AgriTech itself.
I am not sure if school will find ’join AgriTech soon after MBA suitable (because generally tech company comes into campus but not specifically tech company that works in agriculture sector) or Shall I still present this as my short term goal in my SOP? If so, how do I make sure it doesn’t look odd in the face of the AdComs.

Team, Please help evaluate my chances for Judge, Said and Kellog.

Gmat: 690 ( V34,Q49)
Nationality: Indian
Education: B.Tech( top 10% of the class) and MBA ( Average grades from top 10 Bschool in India)
Attended executive education at SMU, Singapore, Erasmus University, Rotterdam and University of Denver.
Ongoing micromasters in supply chain from MITx

Workex: 6 years total
5 years with a logistics MNC in their global leadership cadre and a global cohort of 40. International workex of 2+ years and Leadership exp of 1+ years. Top 5 percentile of South Asia business unit consistently.

Side hustle of starting a dance school along with my spouse.

Volunteering experience with 6 NGOs with leadership experience in 2.

What are my chances? Should I retake the GMAT?

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My profile Summary
Education: M.Tech from IIT Bombay(2006) 8.75/10 CGPA
GMAT: 770
Experience: 13 Years in IT Industry, both at senior Architect, Technical Leadership and Research Roles
: Extensive experience in Patenting, hold multiple multiple patents and Research publications in USPTO, Indian Patent Office, IEEE Journals.
Last Position held : Computer Scientist at Adobe Systems
International Exposure of Working at places like South Korea, UK, US and Presenting at multiple technical forums.
Took a career break 2 months back to take care of my 1 year old baby.
Other Interests: Culinary Art, Natural healing and Wellness, Semi-classical dancing.
Community work: Have worked for a couple of fund-raisers, have supported education of few underprivileged kids, never joined any NGO.
Target Programs: Stanford Mix/MBA, LBS Sloan, IMD, ESADE, Haas MBA.

I would appreciate your response regarding my profile.

Dear ARINGO Team,
My profile Summary
Name: Priya, Female, India
Education: M.Tech from IIT Bombay(2006) 8.75/10 CGPA
GMAT: 760
PTE : 90/90
Experience: 13 Years in IT Industry, both at senior Architect, Technical Leadership and Research Roles
: Extensive experience in Patenting, hold multiple multiple patents and Research publications in USPTO, Indian Patent Office, IEEE Journals.
Last Position held : Computer Scientist at Adobe Systems
International Exposure of Working at places like South Korea, UK, US and Presenting at multiple technical forums.
Took a career break 2 months back to take care of my 1 year old baby.
Other Interests: Culinary Art, Natural healing and Wellness, Semi-classical dancing.
Community work: Have worked for a couple of fund-raisers, have supported education of few underprivileged kids, never joined any NGO.
Target Programs: Stanford Mix/MBA, LBS Sloan, IMD, ESADE, Haas MBA.

I would appreciate your response regarding my profile.

Gender-Female
Marital status- Single
Nationality- Indian
Age- 33 yrs.
Educational Qualification
• Bachelor’s in Technology - Information technology (4yr.) 2011 passout - 79% (topper in 2nd year & Overall score => top 1% of the batch.)
• PGDM - Analytics & Marketing (2yr program) 2018 batch- CGPA 6.27/8 (all 6 pointers are considered the top performers in the batch)
• Winter School from Audencia Busienss School, Nantes-France ( Exchange Program) - Merit based selection for the Exchange program (during my 2 yr. PGDM)
Total Work Ex.= ~ 6.8yrs
Currently working in a French MNC, leader in Mobility - since 2018, Joined as an MT confirmed within 6 months (generally it is a year), progressed from MT to Analyst and then to Digital Business Partner driving Digital transformation in the company. Promoted to BI specialist role in April 2021 as I have exhibited my Analytical competency while working in my previous role. I work closely with France, UK & North America.
Extracurricular In Alstom- Active volunteer in organizing Industry Seminars, Corporate outings/sessions, etc.,
Roles I have performed-
• In French MNC I have been working from last 3 yrs. - Business Intelligence Specialist & Digital Transformation [Best Performance Rating since last two years], took many cross functional projects & tasks too. Three trips in 2 years to Alstom Head quarter in Saint Ouen ( Paris) to present the Digital Initiative & initiate the DAP - Digital Acceleration Program
• At a small start-up for 3.8 years - Product manager & Business Analyst [Best Performer for three consecutive years & hence promoted to Assistant Business Development Manager after which I left the job to do PGDM]
Key Achievements:-
• Organized 20+ IT literacy camps from 2008- 2011 (during my B.Tech)
• Organized 30+ sessions across 15 cities in India during my time at MLM promoting a New Career option. (during my MLM experience from 2008 to 2012)
• From 2008-2012- Promoted MLM multilevel marketing -IT program wrong ~4k people- first glimpse of my Marketing skills (along with my Bachelors I was doing MLM too)
• Led 6 months trail of my own entrepreneur concept, though it failed and hence I joined a start-up in 2012.
• Runner up in "The Hindu’s- The Board Club" case study challenge.
• Placecom Experience (during PGDM)- Helped in placing 40% of the students who were left after the placement week & facilitated 30% New Corporate tie-ups during the late placement activity season.
• At school level (10th &

At Grad. Level- I lead the Drama Club in B.Tech, Lead the C++ Club. During PGDM- I liked volunteering for Acting in several Mocks B-Case, Lead strategist -Endorsement & fund raising plans for clubs.

Target GMAT SCORE 720+

What’s my chances in B-Schools like- Wharton, INSEAD, DUke, MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth & Tepper, Any suggestion on B-School i should try for if my After MBA goal is to try for Consulting Roles