Requesting Profile Eval for MBA 2023/2024 Intake
Age: 24
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: South Asian (Indian, 1st Generation College)
Schools: Stanford, HBS, Wharton, Booth, Columbia, INSEAD
GMAT
760
Academics:
-Bachelors in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, India’s top undergraduate institution. Scored 97.4% in the national board exams (rank 10 out of 15 lakh plus students)
-8.068/10 Cumulative GPA
College Leadership/Work Experience:
-President of the Finance and Investment Cell, led a team of 106 students. Raised 1.75 lakh rupees over the course of a year. Held regular knowledge forums
Work Experience:
- 3 years in Government at the national and state level. Prepared speeches and interventions for parliamentary debates. The speeches formed part of the discourse on women empowerment, Kashmir’s legal status, consumer protection, insolvency and bankruptcy, and online privacy amongst others. The same are available on the Indian parliament’s official website. At the state level, created an institution to help youth from the rural areas in the state of Haryana get training on entrepreneurship modules and launch their own ventures or earn a livelihood through getting a job in a sunrise sector. Approximately 500 youth have benefitted already and the program will be expanded over the coming year.
-Founder of Punya (
https://www.punya.in) an e-commerce platform and business development partners for NGOs and charities with a mission to make these organisations financially independent. Garnered national media attention and partnered with 30 organisations across India. Raise more than rupees 3 lakhs for these organisations within a year with plans to expand.
Goals:
-Short term: Corporate management in the USA
-Long Term: Come back to India to work on improving supply chains in agriculture and creating circular economy organisations to tackle agricultural waste while creating value
Questions: 1. Whether the profile is good enough for the M7 considering there is no big brand in consulting of finance associated with it? 2. There is a 1 year gap on my resume because of health reasons, any advice on how to offset the same? 3. Chances of acceptance at the targetted schools
You have good grades and scores which will put you in the running for the M7. However, you are still on the young side. (this is mitigated by the type of work you’ve done and your founding of Punya - both of which will be attractive).
rgarg13 - your work experience will be attractive given the social impact it has had (and can have in the future. No worries on the gap in your resume. You can address it in the "optional" essays. All of your targets are very competitive, as you know, so it’s hard for anyone to get admitted. However, you have an interesting background that could be turned into a solid application. That being said, I would add some other schools to your mix