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Indian Seafarer , Work Ex – 10 years – 2nd in Command of a Merchant Ship ( LPG Tanker) since 2017 till Nov 2020.
Steady promotion form 3rd officer to 2nd officer to Chief Officer ( 2nd in Command)
Since last 6 months – Working with a Non profit that has projects on Natural Resource Management, Rural skill development, Health and Sanitation.
Working as a Business Development Manager optimising internal and external processes to mange current clients better and to bring in new corporate clients , also overseeing the development of the organization’s new website and managing the social media image – Facebook, Linkedin and Instagram of the whole organizations.
Age : 32 , Married , Family – Wife and a 1 yr old kid.
GMAT – 760 – Q49//V44 IR-4/8
Programs – 1 year – IMD , HEC Paris , Ivey Canada, RSM, AGSM Australia, IIM A and B , ISB. Oxford Said, Cambridge Judge
No blue-chip company experience.
Significant community service experience in the last 5 years.
Others : Certified BMW Mottorrad Adventure rider – Have gone on long bike trips with fellow bikers. Last trip pre-covid – solo bike ride of 2 weeks trekked the UNESCO Heritage site – Valley of Flowers in India and visited the last village along INDO-China Border.
Post MBA Career Goal : Operations and strategic roles in Supply chain such as Amazon , Unilever etc… to learn optimizing supply chains and apply my past operations and ship management experience as well as MBA business knowledge to increase the safety and efficiency of operations.
Long term Career Goal : Helping business integrated ESG matters in their business models and aligning the business models to UNSDGs. – bringing development to all stakeholders – Corporations, suppliers, community and environment.

Would be grateful for your advice on how to highlight my strengths – Leadership, Community involvement and international exposure and reduce the weakness of lack of blue-chip experience in my profile.

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Hello, Brittany here from Fortuna. Welcome, everyone! 

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I am ank, GRE 336 (164V,168Q, 4.5). Eng from IIT, CGPA 8.7, Age 27 yrs, top 10 per in batch, work exp of 5 yrs in public sector india (ONGC & Reliance), volunteer of Teach for India, participated some NGO volunteer activity during clg, I published two technical research paper during clg, I took an online internship of 2.5 months in Data Science in 2020, One R&D Internship in Reliance. Research paper presented in 3 International conference in India.

1) I am interested in consulting after MBA, please suggest me good clg in line with my profile.
2) When I give both gre n gmat score, which score would be considered during review of my application
3) Since I am working with public sector and it is very hard to get recommendation letter from my current employer however, a retired ED of my current organization is ready to recommend me but it would be through its personal mail id rather than official mail id since he is retired. How this recomm. situation would affect my application ??

hi brittany

Hi Brittany!

Hi Brittany, good morning. I have a question about how deviating from your plan post graduation (Banking) to work for your Family Business for a year and then going back to Banking is seen by admissions committees.

Notes for you below!

2) = often you must choose to submit just one, but where you can submit both, they consider the higher -- I might just send one/the higher 

3) = this one is tough! shouldbe fine if they were a past supervisor, but I guess I might ask why you can’s ask the current

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Hi Vinnyray, Congrats on a great GMAT. That is definitely needed to compete in your competitive applicant pool as an Indian Engineer! You’ve had some nice career progression, any major accomplishments/results you can speak to in your apps? That’s great about the dance competitions. List any awards you’ve won etc. Did you have any leadership roles at school, other clubs etc? Anything now in terms of extra curriculars and hobbies or since you graduated? these will be really important for all the schools you are applying to. The schools will also want to know why consulting and why the switch and how you can contribute as a consultant. So make sure that is clear in your apps.

· 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, Stanford and Tuck.

· Other information relevant to your profile: First generation graduate.

Target Schools: HBS, Wharton, Stanford, MIT Sloan, LBS, Chicago Booth, Berkeley Haas, Yale, Duke Fuqua, Said, Judge, NYU Stern, Insead, HEC Paris, ISB

All in round 1 in October for September 22’ intake

Nationality: Indian

Age: 27

Education: Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from a State University

Grade: 63.5/100

GMAT: 730


Work Experience: 4.5 years of experience (3 years in a MNC and 1.5 years in 2 start-ups)

Current Role: Deputy Manager at a HCL Technologies (A Technology services MNC)

- I am currently working in Product Management. I have seen exponential growth in my career as the role. I am currently working in requires an MBA and an average of 8-10 years of work experience at my company.

- My previous roles have been: Product Manager, and Product and Presales Consultant

Extracurriculars:
Been in leadership roles since my childhood. Held leadership roles in school, and was the General Secretary and Fashion Club Head at my University.

Additionally, I am a State level Cricket and Handball player

I also am a Director at an NGO aimed to help underprivileged children get access to basic education, and have helped more than 500 children till date.

Start-up Experience:

- I am Co-founder of a start-up that is a platform/community for Product Managers across the globe

- Recently, I have set foundations of a start-up that includes a mobile app and wearables that could help ensure a Safe and Secure society to live in for Everyone.

Post MBA Goal:
Work in a Technology/Consulting role for a F500 and get well versed with the nuances of Business.

Long term goal will be to focus on creating Social Startups, aimed to bring changes in the society.

This should not be an issue at all if you explain very clearly WHY you needed to make the temporary jump (get personal if you need to) -- and -- even better is if you can weave in what you gained from doing so into your career story and show how this change will actually help you reach your goals and add value to the MBA classroom -- def. use additional info essay when and where you can! Make it work with your story.

hi!

hello!

GMAT = congrats! You have a strong profile here -- as I mentioned in the earlier reply, I think you’ll be able to make the deviation work for you -- use your essays and tell your personal story + tie it to goals!