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Profile Evaluation for MBA/MSBA 2022 intake:

GMAT:760 (v42 q50 ir7)

Indian, Male

Undergrad : 8.8 cgpa Computer Engineering (Pune University)

12th Grade : 93% CBSE

10th grade: 95% ICSE

Work experience: 2 years as software engineer in Mediaocean (US Based IT Company) with interactions with a team in UK as well. Promoted once. (will be 3 years at the time of joining college)

International experience: 6 months semester abroad in Hochshule Hof (Germany), and 1 month internship at NTU and NUS Singapore.

Certifications: Completed two levels of Cisco Certified Network Associate, Completed International Microsoft Certification Course in Network and System Security.

Undertook several projects related to Data Science in 4 years of college.

Extra Curriculars: Secured 3rd rank in the state in ICSE board examinations (10th grade), Played Table Tennis at State Level, participated in several MUNs including Harvard Model United Nations.

Completed open elective course- Economics, Global Leadership Programme in NTU, Singapore.

Completed open elective courses- Project Management, German A1 in Hochschule Hof, Germany.

I am considering MBA in colleges such as NYU stern, tepper, UCLA Anderson and Oxford Said and MSBA in colleges such as Imperial College, ESSEC, Manchester Alliance or Edinburg University. Can I get into a top college for MBA with scholarships (particularly interested in Oxford) and similarly can I get into MSBA top colleges with a significant scholarship? What can I do to make my profile stand out so that my chances for acceptance are increased? And finally, what is my profile better suited to – MBA or MSBA and if MSBA should I not pursue applications for MBA this year.
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Profile Evaluation for 2022: GMAT: 720
•Nationality: Indian male
•Age: 28 years
•Work experience: 5 years
•Function: Project Management (3 promotions in 5 years). PMP certified.
•Working as a Project manager at a Mechanical Auomation systems manufacturer. Currently managing a team of 150 people, cross functional teams across different geographies.
•Graduation: National Institute of Technology, calicut, India. CGPA: 6.6, 12th: 82% & 10th: 87%
•Extracurricular: Part of professional clubs and core organising teams for Tech and cultural fests at University. Also a part of two NGO’s. Avid sports player and entusiast.
•Post MBA Career Goal: Senior management role in a project based industry or Operations based roles
•Kindly advice suitable schools to apply and us and pragmatic post MBA career goals. Thank you.
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Age: 28
Ethnicity: Indian Male
WE: 3 years
Schools: Cornell, Fuqua, Emory, UNC, Tepper
Intake year: Fall 2022

GMAT: Yet to take. Expecting around 730
GRE (taken in 2017): 328 - 168Q, 160V

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-MS in Construction Management from a T10 US university (GPA: 3.9)
-B.Tech from India (non-IIT, T10 college in India) (GPA: 8.8/10)
-Best student awards in both B.Tech and MS

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-3 Years in Engineering Consulting in the US – Transportation & Infrastructure project management. Promoted twice in 3 years. Leading a group of 10 engineers and technicians. Managing a portfolio worth > $1.5M.
-Completed PMP certification and expecting another promotion before Round 2.
-Nominated for the Employee of the Year in the division. Awaiting results.

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-Leading member of the steering committee for an ERG within the firm. Will be presenting a SOW for the approval of Board of Directors this August.
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-Involved in mentorship of underprivileged HS students (black/brown/immigrant communities) for multiple organizations while on campus (T10 US university). Currently continuing to be available to similar local organizations.

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-Short term: Pivot to management consulting or general management (failsafe)
-Long Term: Exit to an executive position in an F500 firm. Would like to be involved in making executive-level decisions and lead innovation of new policies and products more than anything.
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•GMAT: 710
•Nationality: Indian Female
•Age: 23 years
•Work experience: 2 years as an Automation Engineer working along cross-office development teams.(3 years at the time of matriculation)
•Promotion : 1
•Role: Software Engineer, Mediaocean
•Under Grad: BE Computer Science 8.5
•12th: 85% ; 10th: 92.5%(ICSE)
•Extracurricular : Represented my school at various dance competitions (practiced an Indian folk dance for 8 years)
•Target: Tepper, UCLA Anderson, Oxford, HEC Paris, Yale SOM, NYU Stern, Fuqua, LBS
•Short term goal : Work at a consultancy firm

Can I get into a top college for MBA with scholarships (particularly interested in Oxford) and similarly can I get into MSBA top colleges with a significant scholarship? What can I do to make my profile stand out so that my chances for acceptance are increased? And finally, what is my profile better suited to – MBA or MSBA
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GMAT: not yet taken target 700
•Nationality: Indian Female
•Age: 31 years
•Work experience: 2 years as an software engineer IT reputed MNC, 5Years Public Sector Bank general management

•Role: Software Engineer, Banker
•Under Grad: BE Computer Science 7.2(top 5percent of class)
•12th: 70% ; 10th: 75%(ICSE)
•Extracurricular : school level dance competitions (Indian classical dance for 9 years, performances given at various locations)
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•Target: Sloan, wharton, ucla
•Short term goal: work as a management consultant/data analyst
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Demographic: Indian, female
Age: 25 years
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GMAT: Will be taking soon, Target- 720
•Nationality: Indian male
•Age: 37 years
•Work experience: 2 years in sales and operations in the retail brand in global setting. and now working on a startup locally.

•Under Grad: BE Mech Engg 70 %(top 10 percent of class)
•12th: 68% ; 10th: 79%(ICSE)
•Extracurricular : High involvement in extracurriculars, (state level sports and cultural events, spearheaded student union etc.
farming, ad voluteering
•Target: Sloan, Stern, Ross , Tuck IMD and NUS
•Short term goal: In product management in consumer products and energy domain.
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Hi,
I am Apurva, 23 yrs old female Indian citizen.
GRE: 313 (taken in 2017)
Suggestion-1 – Should I take GMAT/GRE again?
Target schools – HEC, INSEAD, NUS, IES & ISB
Education – Undergrad (IIT Gn) – 7.67/10 GPA,
12th – 97.1% & 10th – 9.7/10 CGPA
Company – Packaging film manufacturing
Role – Product development & Technical services manager. (3yrs exp till date)
Responsible to establish its products in market by analyzing difficulties faced by customers along the way. Diagnosing the issue & collaborate with product development team to make products robust in all working conditions.
International ex:
1) Summer research intern – Washington University (Academic – 3 months)
2) Egypt – Business development visit (one week)
3) Indonesia – Client problem analysis visit (one week)
Other details:
1) Yuwaah – Young warrior – UNICEF recognized organization
2) Volleyball - university level representation
3) Interested in Case solving – cases over coffee member
4) Blithchorn (cultural club) – Organizer (2016-2018) in undergrad.
Post MBA:
Management consulting in MBB’s or Big 4 firms.
Suggestion -2 Are my target schools ambitious? Can you suggest safer schools?
Suggestion -3 Any profile building activities which improve my probability into B-school admission & Management consulting?
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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

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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.
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Hi,

I am Rahul, 36 year old Indian citizen.

Profile Evaluation for 2022
•Nationality: Indian male
•Age: 36 years
•Work experience: 13 years
•Function: Project Management (5 promotions in 13 years).
•Working as a Manager Software Engineering at a AdTech/Product Firm named Neustar Data Infotech Pvt Ltd. Currently managing a team of 7 people.
•Graduation: Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. CGPA: 8.98/10, 12th: 67% & 10th: 80%
•Extracurricular: Part of the social group in the local community, helping prevent the spread of Covid. Avid sports player and entusiast.
•Post MBA Career Goal: Management role in a Product based industry
•Kindly advice suitable schools to apply and us and pragmatic post MBA career goals. Thank you.

•Target: Chicago Booth, Tepper, UCLA Anderson,Yale SOM, NYU Stern, Fuqua, Kellogg, Tuck, Darden
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My name is Shreyas , and I am 25 years. I would be applying for my MBA 2022-23.

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700 +( yet to give the exam)

Educational Qualification: -

B.Tech- Instrumentation & Electronics – CGPA-8.55
• Class Representative of my batch.
• Merit Scholarship (The scholarship is rewarded to best 10 students from each branch on the basis of their CGPA)
2. 12th 2014 – 93%

3. 10th 2012 – CGPA – 10.00
• Merit Certificate Holder (Issued by CBSE for securing CGPA 10.00)

Work Experience: - (Exactly 2 years as on today)

Vedanta Limited- Control and instrumentation Maintenance Engineer (August 2018 – Dec 2019): -
• Started as an Assistant Manager.
• Lead a team of 12 members where work included maintenance and installation of devices which are used to manage and regulate processes and systems in power plant.
• Gold Category Award at Total Quality Management Competition from the company and runners up from the SBU for best innovation project.
(Through an internal job posting I switched to commercial and operations)
Vedanta Limited- Commercial- Procurements and Contracts (Dec 2019 – Aug 2020):
• Handled an annual spend base of ₹15 Crore
• Analysis of market trends and industry megatrends (technical, material & production), and develop a strategy for the future.
• Achieved 98% order fulfilment and 86% inventory planning accuracy.
(Due to a health issue I had to resign from the job)
Extra-Curricular Activities
1. Intercollege Volleyball Champion for year 2016 & 2017

2. Volunteered at various social service activities during college & also CSR activities at work
3. Convener of the College Photography club.

4. Currently learning Python, Data science and Artificial Intelligence.

Post MBA goals: The part of the job that excited me most was problem solving or looking at things from a strategic perspectives and presenting those findings to senior leaders. I want to transition to Leadership/Managerial roles in the Analytics Consulting.
Target: ISB, INSEAD MIM, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management – MIM, NTU, NUS, HEC PARIS MIM, LBS MIM, Rotterdam MIM,
Questions ...?
1. I have exactly 2 years work ex and MIM programmes require a maximum of 2 years work experience. Do I stand a chance for the MIM colleges?
2. Also I have left my job since 2020. Currently I am learning Artificial Intelligence. Will it suffice to cover my gap year.?
3. Suggestions you want to give for my profile?
4. Any further colleges you want to suggest related to my profile?
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