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Name: Minakshi Katre
Age: 32
Sex: Indian Female
Residence: Abu Dhabi, UAE
GMAT Score: Aiming for 740-760

Academic: Chemical Engineer from University of Pune
GPA: 3.9

Work experience: 9-10 years
I work for Pump manufacturing company, Headquarter in Switzerland. I started my career with this company as tendering Engineer for Oil and Gas sector and worked for it for 3 years in India. Then moved to UAE for the same company to handle Middle East Business but for Industry and Water sector. Worked as Tendering Engineer for 3 years with same sector. Now working as Sales and Tendering Engineer for last 3 years. Currently I am handling 3-4 Middle East Country businesses.

Extra curriculum activities:
I am part of Smart Life Foundation (NGO) from 2018. I was part of their reading program. I used to go the UAE Labor Camps to teach English to the Blue-collar workers. Due to Pandemic, this reading program is on halt. But waiting to join this again.
I am certified Yoga teacher. I am teaching Yoga in our office for last 3 years. I usually take free seminars upon request. Recently I took virtual Yoga workshop for female labor camp.

Goals:
Short Terms Goal: Managerial position mostly in sales and strategy (I want work with Renewable Energy sector)
Long Terms Goals: President position in Multinational company. (Target sector: Renewable energy)

Target School: HSB, UCLA, Kellogg, INSEAD, MIT Sloan

Hi there, what is the process to get your profile eval’ed?

35 yrs old with 10 years of experience in public sector( senior position in police department in Bangladesh) and 770 GMAT, got admitted this year into USC Marshall with 100k scholarships, will it be wise to apply for M7 next year? Will it be possible to get scholarships from M7 next year ?

Hi there, what is the process to get your profile eval’ed?

Got it, thanks, but what about my profile as is, if I wish to apply this year?

Hey everyone,

I know this is the GMAT club, but I am applying to business school using the GRE and was hoping I could ask a question anyway. I posted this elsewhere but was told it would be helpful to post it on the specific admissions consultant pages. For information I am hoping to apply to schools that have average GRE scores in their class profile of 161/161 to 163/163 (I am applying to Stanford as well but the 165/165 average is really high). I have two GRE scores one is a quant 163 and verbal 164 and the other is quant 162 and verbal 169. I know schools care more about the quant side so the 163 looks better than the 162. But the 169 verbal is a lot higher than 164. So I’m wondering if I should report both scores (that way schools can at least see the 163 and 169 even if they don’t consider them together) or if I should just report one score? If you think I should just report one score, what do you recommend?

Also does my GRE writing score matter? I got a 5 out of 6 on the first GRE (163 quant 164 verbal) but haven’t received my writing score for the newer test (162 quant 169 verbal). If the new test is a 4 or below writing does that matter?

Thank you for all the help. And just so you know even though I took the GRE the GMAT club has been very helpful.

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Can I get my Profile evaluated and get an idea as in what all top US B-Schools I can apply to?--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
Target GMAT Score- 740+
Target College:- INSEAD, Booth, MIT Sloan, Duke Fuqua, Wharton
Target Profile after MBA- Consulting (first choice), Product Management (second choice)
Why MBA- Switch to Consulting Profile & get immersive international exposure
Short Term Goal after MBA- Senior Manager position in Consulting firm of my choice, helping businesses to drive transformation & become sustainable.
Brief on my current Role at the French MNC, leader in Mobility:-
• I am working here 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 cross functional team spread across 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]

Name: Ajmal Basheer
Education: BS MS Dual Degree in Biological Sciences from IISER TVM(Overall CGPA is 7.67, which can be split into BS 7.13 and MS 8.52).
MBA from MANAGE Hyderabad (73.73%)

One year experience in Digital Transformation team at a startup based in Chennai, India. Handled projects and designed products for various cross team projects.

Targeting 720+ in GMAT
Looking for PhD in Marketing admissions in Fall 2022 at the University of Kansas, Naveen Jindal School of Business, Uni of Illinois

Please evaluate my profile

Akshay Tyagi, Indian, Age- 31.
Engineering graduate with 70%. From a family of farmers and first in the family to go to college.
10 Years of IT experience. Running a small nursery in my village with all women employees.
GMAT score of 740 but AWA is 1 (Couldn’t complete it because of some situation at home and submitted after writing 2 lines)
Short term goal is to get into a Product Management role and in a long term i want to launch my agri-tech business. Please advise if i can apply to schools with this score and my profile.