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Great work experience! It is very strong and aligns well with these schools. These programs likely will offer schoolarship as they are a bit more safe. You could try for schools in T20 or schools with GMAT waivers or don’t require it - UCLA could be an awesome choice.
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Thank you so much! I just wanted to check if my profile is competitive for a partial or full tuition scholarship, especially for Round 2. I’m hoping to re-appear for GMAT in, around November as well. Or if Round 1 is better suited?
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Hi, I’m Akshat Srivastava. I’m planning my MBA applications and would appreciate a candid evaluation of my overall profile, my competitiveness at my target programs, and where I should strengthen or position things carefully.

Academics
B.Tech in Chemistry, IIT Kanpur (Y13 batch) — admitted via JEE, all-India rank ~6,000
Graduated with a 5.6/10 CGPA
GMAT & Target Programs
Preparing for the GMAT Focus, targeting 735 with a floor of 715
Mock scores have moved from 625 to 695 (Q86/V87/DI80) — a 70-point jump — with remaining gaps in Data Insights and harder-band Critical Reasoning
Primary target: ISB PGP. Among Indian programs I’m otherwise only considering IIM-A and IIM-B
International shortlist: Stanford GSB, INSEAD, ESADE (MSc in Innovation & Entrepreneurship), UCI Merage (MIE)
I’ve previously been admitted to — and turned down — offers from IIT-K, XLRI, and IIM Shillong while working toward being ready for this shortlist

Professional Experience
Current — Entrepreneur-in-Residence / Program Manager, CityData (GovTech startup, reporting to the CEO)

Core owner of CityFlow, a real-time crowd-management platform deployed in Varanasi, which won the Toyota Mobility Foundation’s Sustainable Cities Challenge ($500K cash prize)
Led the sensor deployment plan for the city: 100 sensors across 10 circles plus 25 public LCD displays
Previous — Senior Ops/Strategy Manager, TechEagle (Jul 2023 – Dec 2024)
Joined post-CampusHaat to build structured operating experience inside a larger organization
Founding — Co-Founder & Managing Director, CampusHaat (2017–2023)
Co-founded and ran the company from the ground up at IIT Kanpur through to profitability
Stepped back in 2023; the company continues operating profitably today
Parallel — Freelance EIR / Growth & Ops Consultant (Jan 2025–present, ongoing)
Clients: JetLearn (K–12 edtech), GetBeds, and AWL Supply
Scope spans growth, operations, product, strategy, and fundraising
Venture-building — EIR Club (concept stage)
An AI-operator talent marketplace concept — credentialing "AI-era operators" for placement, rather than a training program
Applied to AJVC; rejected at Round 2 on TAM grounds, continued working in that.
Positioned as an early, self-funded proof of concept for a longer-term goal (below), not a full-time venture
Extracurricular & Personal Dimensions
Long-standing Harry Potter engagement across formats (books, audio, film); as an undergrad, co-organized and coordinated an HP-themed freshers’ party at IIT Kanpur with five batchmates
Developed a personal intellectual framework — working title "Dimensional Projection Hypothesis" — bridging higher-dimensional physics, consciousness, and philosophy, written up as a formatted paper

The Narrative I’m Hoping to Communicate
I want the throughline to read as a deliberate, long-term path toward entrepreneurship rather than a series of unrelated moves: co-founding and running CampusHaat to profitability as a student, then deliberately choosing structured roles at TechEagle and now CityData to build operating discipline I didn’t get as a first-time founder — while continuing to consult, build, and explore new ventures (freelance EIR work, EIR Club) in parallel. The MBA is a real, near-term goal, but it’s ultimately a step toward a bigger one: eventually building an academy that trains and backs future entrepreneurs — a "player-coach" model, geography- and funding-agnostic.

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How competitive is this profile for ISB PGP specifically, and for the rest of the shortlist above?
Given the mix of founder, corporate, and consulting experience, does the trajectory read as coherent and additive — or as scattered across too many threads?
How should the venture-building work (EIR Club, freelance consulting) be positioned: as evidence of entrepreneurial conviction, or as a distraction from a single clear narrative?
What weaknesses or concerns would an admissions committee likely flag (e.g., the undergraduate CGPA, the number of parallel commitments right now)?
How should I position the personal/extracurricular material — the Harry Potter freshers’-party story, the Dimensional Projection Hypothesis, — to strengthen the application rather than dilute it?
Given the "academy for entrepreneurs" is the real long-term goal and the MBA is a means to it, how explicit should that be in essays versus staying as private motivation?
Would love a candid read on the profile and the level of schools I’m genuinely competitive at.
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This is a lot of great information - I’m happy to speak offine a bit more indepth, but here is my initial read:
-CGPA - need strong GMAT to help convince it was bc of commitments (include in your optional essay), 695+ is great aim for this or higher.
-Career path can read as intended with concise essays - don’t get lost in adding bits about a Harry Potter party... not sure how that fits or what it is.
-You can be open about your goals, academy for entrepreneurs can be good.. but how is it different from incubators, or similar existing? should that be your first stop post-grad - see what they do and then how you can improve upon this model?
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I’m a Software Engineer 2 from India currently working with Qualcomm. Previously worked with Mastercard.
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GRE : 330

CGPA : 8.39/10
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I’m a Software Engineer 2 from India currently working with Qualcomm. Previously worked with Mastercard.
- Mentored new hires

GRE : 330

CGPA : 8.39/10
Education:
- Electrical Engineering (B. Tech) from tier 1 NIT
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You have a strong profile from data given - academics are good, GRE is good, leadership is there, and ECs... not sure which programs you are applying to, but you can be a strong candidate.
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Ross, Darden, Goizueta, McCombs, Tepper, Vanderbilt - looking for good school with more scholarship chances
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Thank you Jenifer for your time and inputs. We greatly appreciate it. Until next time, Bye.

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Ross, Darden, Goizueta, McCombs, Tepper, Vanderbilt - looking for good school with more scholarship chances
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this is a good list. work on connecting to your goals and how you plan to contribute to the community as a student!

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Hi, I would like to get a comprehensive evaluation of my MBA profile for the 2027 intake.
Here is a summary of my profile:

Academic Profile

Integrated M.Tech in Computer Science,a 5-year program (2019–2024) - Institute of Eminence GFTI
CGPA: 9.67/10
Gold Medalist, having graduated as the academic topper of my batch
IoE Student Achiever’s Award for topping Semesters 7 & 8

Class 12: 95.4%
Class 10: 94.8%

GMAT

Latest GMAT Focus score: 715
Quant: 90
Verbal: 85
Data Insights: 82

Professional Experience
I currently work at an asset management company and have progressed from Associate, Tech Strategy → Data Scientist → Advanced Data Scientist.

My key experiences include:

Leading a cross-functional initiative with the Indirect Tax business to deploy an automated invoice-analysis solution, generating annual savings of 150+ person-hours and INR 3.7 lakh
Building and pitching a scalable AI framework to Technology Engineering Leadership and securing its adoption into the firm’s enterprise AI strategy
Leading a Compliance Review AI Agent project that reduced presentation review turnaround time from one week to two days
Leading a risk-remediation initiative spanning 249 systems, reducing open exposure by 67%
Developing a document-summarization solution that improved processing efficiency by 40% while reducing LLM operating costs by 20%
Leading a data-engineering team responsible for executive dashboards used for strategic decision-making
Speaking at company-wide forums/webinars on emerging technology
Mentoring graduate trainees and interns

I also have multiple internships/research experiences, including work as a Data Analyst, Machine Learning Engineer, and Research Intern.

Research & Achievements

Published research in Springer Nature in 2026
Published an IEEE paper on COVID-19 mask-wearing behaviour using deep learning
National Winner of the GE Healthcare Hack’E’lth Healthcare Hackathon (2023)
National Finalist & Hyderabad Winner of TCS IT Wiz (2018)

Leadership & Extracurriculars
During university, I held several leadership and responsibility-oriented positions:

Class Representative throughout 2020–2024
Student Placement Coordinator (2023–24)
Teaching Assistant (2023–24)
Founding Member of Codosapiens & CEOL Coding Clubs at UoH
Core Committee Member of the Invesco Hack2Hire Campus Recruitment Hackathon
Core Committee Member of Invesco’s Joy of Giving CSR initiative
Quarter-finalist in the UoH Table Tennis Tournament

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