Hi Souvik,

I'm an Indian currently working as software developer in one of the top global investment banks and I have a work experience of 1.5 years. I wish to pursue a career in the finance domain and looking forward to go for either MS Finance or MBA in finance in the next 1-2 years. I wish to target top 25 MBA. However, one of my major concern about MBA is the extremely high fees. I might be able to cover about 30% with my savings but might have to take a loan for the rest. Do the schools provide generous scholarships on which I can depend? Also, if I have to take a loan, do the schools accept students taking 70% as loan?

Hello Souvik

I just wished to know my admission prospects for Rotman in 2020 fall.

I have done Eco Hnrs from DU & Post grad from Nift Delhi. I have a 4 year Work EX. Can you please guide me as to how much Gmat score will be acceptable for me?

Can you please guide me on the schools best for MBA in marketing in Canada. I have heard that Schulich is better than Rotman for MBA marketing.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Regards
Surbhi

It is 100% my fault that I have not responded to this thread in a long long time. I went to business school and grossly overestimated how active I would be in this forum. But now, after a year and a nice summer internship coming up, I have some incredible downtime at home and hoping to get back to this again!

Your regular programming begins today. Feel free to throw profile evaluation questions and I will get to them pronto!

I will also clear some backlog for folks who posted their profile in the last few months and still have questions. Thanks again for bearing with my unresponsive rear end.
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Congrats Souvik!
You have provided invaluable guidance for prospective students.
Please do spend a few minutes evaluating my profile when you get a chance.
Applying for MBA schools in USA in Fall 2020.

Demographic : India, Male (25 y/o)
Education : Computer Sci Engg in a top 20 undergrad school
Work Ex : 4 years by 2020. Work in a supremely blue-chip US Bank building trading platforms used by global traders to book exotic financial products. Experience leading cross-functional and cross-regional teams.
GMAT : 740 (Q51/V40) | IR : 8 | AWA : 5
Leadership : Multiple and good examples at work and in college
Hobbies : Current Affairs junkie, debater, public speaker.
Community work : Okayish efforts @ work. Nothing outside it.
Goals : Strategy consulting

Schools : Columbia, Duke-Fuqua, UMich-Ross .. (Need help here!)

Hello Souvik,

I am looking into the B schools which have a 1 year program inside India. I will be having a work ex of 5 years by the time of applying. I am an indian male working for an automobile OEM in the R & D dept.

Can you please help me by elaborating on the institutes , their courses , intake strategies and GMAT score range ?

Thanks in advance.

~Gopal

Dear,

Any idea of the upper age limit for the top 5 BS. What is the maximum age you know of any one admitted in the top 5 Schools?
Any special story or more details will be highly appreciated.
Regards.

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Hey Souvik!

I am applying this month(September 2019) round 1, but I had registered for attestation last year from the University of Mumbai. Are those papers valid for application? Or am I required to reapply for the attestation process? Please reply ASAP.

desozat - first off, I am sorry about the delay in my response. I finished my summer internship and traveled computer-free for a while. But I hope I can make up for the delay.

You are young as an applicant and your GMAT is good (not great by Indian male standards, but good enough to get your resume read!). Your work experience sounds great, and I am assuming is a regular feeder to top schools. You dont really need to worry about the lack of community work. It is less important than people think, and as long as your leadership stories are solid, you should be in a good shape.

Your school choices are modest too. You are not a HSW or bust, which is always refreshing!

Would you mind elaborating why you picked these schools? Strategy consulting can happen from any top school. Are you trying to be close to the east coast or are there any other reason? Why wouldnt you look at Kellogg and/or Booth?
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These things can be found on several MBA news websites. Check this one and other articles from MBACrystalBall

https://www.mbacrystalball.com/blog/201 ... -in-india/
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There is no upper limit. I have 40 year olds and 23 year olds in my class. It depends a lot more on why NOW is the best time for YOU. That said, the median/average age in business school tends to be in the 27-28 range. I was on the tail end of the median when I matriculated at 28.
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They should be valid. I don't think schools care about attestation. They will ask for more formal transcripts once you are selected for an interview. I would confirm with the school admissions (generally through email or a call) if I were you.
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Hi Souvik,

If I wanted a career in operations management in either pharmaceutical industry or the FMCG, which schools should I be targeting? Although I’m not averse to consulting in these industries as well. Although I have a economics major, I do know I do not want to get into finance.

Ideally I’d want to stay close to Asia and given the visa policies are a lot more lenient in Hongkong, I’m thinking of applying to 3 schools in Hongkong, but I’m also applying to these schools: Tepper in United States and Rotman in Canada.

I also thought of applying to Rutgers (close to NY and I think has a decent alumni base in both operations and health and pharmaceutical) but it does not feature in the top 100 on the FT. Do you think it’s stupid to reject a school based on that?

Really need your help. Thank you!
souvik101990

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I am INDIAN 27years male working as a marine engineer.I have 5 years of experience. I gave an attempt in June 2019 and scored a 490 Q43,V18. I am planning to retake the GMAT next month. How much should I get in order to enter Canadian B schools. Please guide me.

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While it's not stupid to reject a school just because it does not feature in the rankings, you should evaluate whether you will get what you want from the schools you are targeting. If you want to be in Asia, going to school in Asia makes more sense. Most students in top US business schools recruit in North America.

As for Tepper and Rotman, they are both great schools. However, for CPG recruiting they should be in line with other schools - meaning you would have to fight hard to get into the Kraft-Heinz, P&G, J&J and others. It's not easy, especially for international students to get these jobs. J&J, for example, has a great presence in Asia and China - going to a top Asian school will certainly help you in landing a role there.
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I am doing a chat on MBA recruiting as an international student on 26th September - Thursday.

I hope to be candid and offer a realistic picture of how recruiting works in top MBA programs.

Ask me anything, and sign up for the chat here

https://gmatclub.com/forum/mba-recruiti ... 05899.html
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Hey!

In your B-School analysis, you said you could cover other schools based on request.

Here's one! Could you please cover NYU Stern, and how it evaluates Indian male candidates, in your experience?

I'm specifically going for their Berkley Scholars Program, which is an early MBA option, right after undergraduate.

Thanks! Great insights you share with the rest of us.

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Hey souvik101990,

Thanks for the great initiative. Such initiatives really help prospective applicants a lot.

I would require your guidance too. Below is a brief summary of my profile:

Indian Male (31 year-old)

Undergraduate: Bachelor Of Engineering in "Computer Science" from Rajiv Gandhi Technological University.

UG Percentage: 67.8 (probably 7.1 on 10 point scale and 2.71 on 4 point scale)

Job profile: 5-years(August,2014-present) as Credit Manager (Scale 2) at one of India's largest public sector bank-Bank Of India, to which I was selected through a national level competitive examination with a selection ratio of 1:200. Joined as Assistant Manager and promoted to Manager in 2019 through a bank-wide written and interview competitive procedure in first attempt. Currently, I am managing Credit portfolio in a branch of over INR 100 crores (approx. USD 14 Million). My work includes achieving credit targets of the branch, identification of borrowers, review of credit history, monitoring of proposals prepared by staff, supervision on disbursement of advance, monitoring of existing portfolio, assisting internal audit and statutory audit of the branch, managing and mentoring a team of 18 people (who are at various levels of organisational hierarchy), implementation of Government loan schemes (supporting micro and small entrepreneurs and helping them move out of poverty line through business). I have been instrumental in steering my present and earlier branch to highly profitable balance sheet through diversifying into a segment that was earlier playing a negligible role in branch's portfolio.
After UG, worked freelance to develop a local startup on website development for local businesses. Also prepared and wrote PSC mains exam during the time. Both resulted in failure but good learning experience. If business failure is counted as experience, the total experience count is 7.5 years

GMAT: 730 (Q51, V38, IR6, AWA 5).

Extracurricular:
(1) During UG, I was part of the team that won National Level Paper Presentation Contest on "Re-Engineering vs Reverse Engineering".
(2) During my present position, I have also been deputed as Presiding Officer for polling booths in National Election 2019 and MP State Election 2018. Duties included managing polling team of 6-10 people, more than 1100 voters and political party agents in a politically sensitive polling area while providing real-time polling statistics to Election Commission of India.
(3) Multiple prizes in essay, sports, drama competitions during schooling.

No international experience.

Post MBA: mainly Finance, Banking or Consulting. Kindly shed some light what would be the best choice for me to move after MBA as I am interested in all three.

Target Schools:
1. INSEAD Singapore
2. NUS
3. ISB


Based on your experience, kindly provide review of my profile for above mentioned schools and kindly suggest some other schools where the course is preferably 1 year MBA and good job prospects in the country(preferably English speaking). Also please suggest whether I could land a scholarship (money is an issue or the lack of it ) with my profile (or if I could improve my GMAT score).

Pardon me for a lot of queries.

Thanks in advance

Hello,

I am looking into applying to MBA colleges in USA. My dream colleges are Columbia and NYU.

I am a US CPA with 3.5 years of experience in external auditing with Deloitte. I mainly audit public and private clients in USA and Canada.

My GMAT score is 680 ( V35 Q48 ). I took this back in 2016. I am keen on applying for round 2 deadlines in Jan 2020 for Aug 2020 intake.

I scored 95% in Class 12 ( Commerce stream). Did B.Com hons from Jesus and Mary college ( Delhi University) and have an average of 90.8% in Bachelors degree.( translates to a 4.0 GPA) I have been a scholar badge holder from class 4 till 12 ( scored above 80% in all years). I received a scholarship for being an outstanding student at JMC. In school I was the vice president for Social service league and in college was the core member for National Service Scheme (NSS). At work, I am actively involved in the CSR planning day.

I know my GMAT score is below average for both colleges, however I feel I am a bit late for preparing for GMAT and retaking it to meet the R2 deadlines.


My questions are;”:
1) Is it possible for me to get an admission at NYU or Columbia?

2)Besides NYU and Columbia, what other colleges would you recommend? I am keen on USA ( with scholarship) or Canada or UK. I am interested in working in that country post MBA.


Thanks a bunch for all your help

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Hi and thank you for your question. Souvik is actually on a plane right now (i talked to him right before he took off) so let me give you some information to start you off.

• You can and should poke around the Decision Tracker Filters.
  
• Just head to the Decision Tracker, click the Filters Button and choose your Country, Your target school or even a group such as Top 10 or Top 20, then any other factors you want to take into consideration and click Filter!
  
• You will see the records of admitted people (you can also choose to see the records of dinged people). If you see a bit ration for your stats of Ding to Admit, that means your profile is weak for that particular school.
  
• You can also clear the filters for the GMAT score and get a sense of where 80% of people from your country/background fall under in terms of scores for those who are Admitted

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Hey! great initiative!

Would love a profile evaluation from you.
Indian female
Age 28
Chartered accountant
X std 93% (GPA 4)
XII std 88% (GPA 4)
Graduation 86% (GPA 4)

Best article award during first year of articleship in top 5 accounting firms in india

2 years work experience in EY in corporate and international taxation where I was extensively involved in restructuring taxation models for Indian counterparts of telecom companies abroad and did lot of tax compliance and litigation related work.
1 year 8 months as taxation manager in another company- compliance, litigation and tax advisory role.
Left it to pursue a job in government sector.
Now working as an administrative officer accounts specialist in one of the 4 general insurance PSUs in India since a year.I am handling the coinsurance business of more than Rs 300 crore for my regional office.

On extra curricular front, I have been one of the few Indian delegates at the Harvard Project for Asian and International relations (HPAIR) held in Hongkong in 2016 in the Humanitarian tracks.
I have learnt lot of different dance styles and had my own belly dance classes for a while.

I want to apply for the one year MBA programs next year as my experience would be over 5 years and I would like to move out of government sector to core strategy roles.

Would love some insights on my profile and my chances at IIMA, IIMB, IIMC, IIML, SPJIMR, ISB and some European schools like LBS, Oxford , INSEAD etc.

Planning to take GMAT early next year with expected score 700+ and will only apply if I get 720+. I had scored 700 in 2016 GMAT .