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Hey @Buggzygoonk,

Thank you for your post!

I'd like to start by congratulating you on your excellent GMAT score of 760. However, you must realize that your grade is only a reflection of your academic ability; as a result, if you could give sufficient examples of your intellectual brilliance. Additionally, you have a respectable overall GPA. However, I would like you to include any extra courses, certificates, and academic honors received so that we can assess your prospects of admission to your desired B-schools.

Coming to your profile, you have a limited amount of work experience. Hence, I think you might fall short on stellar leadership examples. So, to bank upon your experience, elaborate more about your responsibilities, crucial projects assigned, skill-set developed, and obviously, your professional accolades (including any leadership awards) and the impact generated during your internship tenure.Your tech startup should be the main focus of your application and how you aim to build it up.

Coming to ECAs, most of your relevant work was done during your college/school years ER of student parliament and member of the appointment committee of professorship). So, I would suggest you add some more relevant volunteering, community work, and even some great hobbies would work. Also, I would like you to elaborate more on the new challenges faced, the leadership role you played, the impact created by you, and a bit more about the overall experience.



Overall you have a good profile, but, you will need to add more work experience. I agree with Admissionado, you should gain more work experience and then apply. I see much potential in your profile, and the only thing you need is a bit of guidance and fine polishing around the rough edges! We are huge fans of candidates that start thinking about their application and planning ahead of time. If you want to know what business schools look for in an applicant and plan ahead, 'Profile Building for MBA' is for you. You can read more here, to get a better understanding!

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- Age 24
- Swiss (born to 1st Gen immigrant parents)
- First to attend uni in my family

Education
- BA in Business Administration from Uni St. Gallen (top tier business school in DACH region), 3.7 GPA
- Co-published paper based on my thesis alongside supervisor and professor

Exam results
- GMAT 760 (V49, Q47, IR 8, AWA not yet received)
- TOEFL: (not yet taken) Aiming for 115-120

Work Experience - Part-Time during Uni (~2 years part-time)
1. Internship at Marketing Association
2. Research Assistant at Uni
3. Various smaller jobs with some leadership experience

Work Experience - Full-Time after Uni (1 year at application)
1. Big4 consulting internship (6 mo)
2. In-house strategy at prestigious bulge bracket bank (6 mo)
3. Recently started tech startup with friends

Extracurricular
- Elected representative of my cohort in student parliament
- Member of appointments committee for 3 professorships

Post MBA Goals
- Continue work on startup if it works out
- Otherwise go into MBB consulting

I would greatly appreciate any feedback and advice
Thank you

I would love some evaluation for my application. Targeting R2 this year. Thanks in advance!

Country and nationality:
-Central Asia

Education:
-British university campus in Central Asia, the First-class Honors in Econ with Finance

-Participated in an exchange program at London Campus.
-Led several student clubs such as Pro Bono consulting (helped charity and museum), research society, and MUNs
-Co-founded Economics Association for faculty students
-Elected course representative for faculty students

GMAT:
730 50Q|40V



Work experience (34 months (Analyst: 5 months -> Senior Analyst: 16 months -> Manager: 13 months)):

-Currently working as a strategy manager at a large local manufacturing company (operates in diverse industries such as agriculture, confectionary, home appliances, and jewelry; employs around 10k people). Promoted twice in two years, the first time in 5 months, and was included in CEO's top high-potential employee list.
-Worked on diverse large-scale projects in corporate strategy (company transformation and preparing for IPO), business development, and M&A in Europe, Turkey, and Central Asia. Launched franchising operations for one of our brands and currently launching a warehouse deployment system for 4 warehouses.

- Multiple summer internships during UG (Bank(economics analysis department) and Ministry of Finance (Debt Management office, round $40B government debt))



Extra Curricular:
-Helped with the opening (prepared operational model and fundraised) of a large dog shelter with over $1MM in funding.
-Volunteered in opening a large state park, and during covid helped at a COVID field hospital


Post-MBA goals:
-MBB consulting with sustainability and operations concentration. Short term the US offices of MBB and in the Long term Central Asian Offices of MBB

Do I have a chance to get into Wharton, Harvard, and MIT with this profile? in Round 1 passed interviews for Yale, Tuck, Fuqua, and Kellogg

Hi everyone!

Please share your thoughts on my profile.

Demography:
29-year-old Indian Male

Education:
Undergrad
- Bachelor in Engineering: Computer Science. Visveshwaraya Technological University, India (2011-2015)
- Grade: 69% Aggregate. 1st Class
- Got a full-ride merit scholarship for 4 years of engineering as I come from a low-income background and scored more than 90% in 12th standard (Physics: 89, Chemistry: 93, Maths: 91)
Graduation
- Masters of Science: Computer Science. University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (2017-2018)
- Grade: 2.1 . First Class
- Got a scholarship of 4000 euros for educational excellence in engineering

GMAT:
760 (Q50-V42-IR:8-AWA:4)

Current Role:
Senior Software Engineer
-Design, develop and maintain enterprise-level software applications

Work Experience:
Dublin, Ireland (4 years)
-Worked for an Investment Management firm as the lead software developer to build in-house technology products
-Contributed to the design-development-testing and production phases of an enterprise-level Trade-Order Management System with a team of 4 international software developers
-The system effectively manages more than $600 million per month in transactions and handles more than $200 million on a single day during portfolio rebalancing

Bangalore, India (2 years)
-Worked for a Management Consulting firm as a Decision Scientist
-Worked with multiple fortune 500 clients to provide data-driven insights and actionable recommendations

Extracurriculars:
Captain of the University Volleyball Team (2012- 2015)
-Led the team to win our first state-level tournament in 9 years
-Won various regional tournaments across Karnataka, India
Trekked the Himalayas (2017)
-After 3 months of intense training, trekked to Roopkund, Himalayas
-This expedition was with a team of 20 people, ascending from 7000 feet on day 0 to reaching 16,000 feet on day 9
Active Tennis player
-Won the club championship for doubles and the most improved player of the year award in 2019

Languages:
-English
-Hindi
-Kannada

Post-MBA Goal:
-short-term: Switch from tech to consulting, get into MBB. Ideally continue to stay in the finance and tech space
-long-term: Work in strategy roles/ leadership positions in mid-sized fin-tech firms

LOR:
- Strong letter from my current CEO

Target Schools:
Havard, Booth, Kellog, Tuck, Columbia, LBS, INSEAD

Strengths:
- 4 years of international experience. Living in Dublin, worked mostly with the Irish and the germans
- Worked on niche investment tech products. Quant and tech-heavy.
- Wore multiple hats in terms of working with Traders, Brokers, external lawyers, international software developers, and data vendors
- Implemented multiple software from whiteboard to live environments

Weakness:
- Mostly worked in small teams. Haven't led teams of size 10 or more professionally.
- Relatively less exposure in terms of presenting to / convincing stakeholders.

Applying to Chicago Booth Scholars Accelerated Option

Background
- Age 20
- Asian male
- First to attend university in my family
- Low income (full ride at the University of Chicago)

Education
- BA in Economics with Specialization in Business Economics from the University of Chicago, 3.2 GPA (explanation for relatively average GPA at UChicago in optional essay section)
- Applying as a third year in college (permitted for Booth Scholars Accelerated Option)
- Already took 8 classes at Booth (allowed to graduate in 15 months)

Exam results
- GMAT: Waivered (because of Booth Scholars Accelerated Option)

Work Experience - College Internships
1. Startup founded by current Booth student (also wrote my Letter of Recommendation)
2. Business development intern by financial company
3. Worked for the University of Chicago as a notetaker
4. Self-employed investor (30x returns, started at $5,000)

Post MBA Goals
- Entrepreneurship or MBB

Please share your thoughts on my profile.

Applying to Chicago Booth Scholars Accelerated Option

Background
- Age 20
- Asian male
- First to attend university in my family
- Low income (full ride at the University of Chicago)

Education
- BA in Economics with Specialization in Business Economics from the University of Chicago, 3.2 GPA (explanation for relatively average GPA at UChicago in optional essay section)
- Applying as a third year in college (permitted for Booth Scholars Accelerated Option)
- Already took 8 classes at Booth (allowed to graduate in 15 months)

Exam results
- GMAT: Waivered (because of Booth Scholars Accelerated Option)

Work Experience - College Internships
1. Startup founded by current Booth student (also wrote my Letter of Recommendation)
2. Business development intern by financial company
3. Worked for the University of Chicago as a notetaker
4. Self-employed investor (30x returns, started at $5,000)

Post MBA Goals
- Entrepreneurship or MBB

Please share your thoughts on my profile.

Hi Everyone,
I’d love your feedback on my profile for Booth Chicago.
27-Year-Old Indian Male

Under Grad – Economics Major from one of the top undergrad colleges in the country with a 6.48/10 GPA. (The GPA is def going to be a pain in the ass)

GRE – 337 (V – 169, Q – 168)

Work Ex – 7 years at matriculation, 5 Years in Consulting across India, UAE, and Israel with 2 different boutique management consulting firms. I have traveled to Israel for 1 year and traveled to UAE for 2 years.
Currently heading Consulting and Implementation for an Israeli product-based startup (It’s a spin-off of my first organization and they called me back to head the consulting and implementation arm)
1 promotion in the last 1 year in the current job

Leadership: Captain of the college basketball team, Part of an 8-member organizing committee of the college’s sport fest

Extracurricular: National level basketball player and represented my state at All India level tournaments during college time (That’s why my GPA got ****), taught underprivileged kids during college time, worked for TeachForIndia (Taught underprivileged post covid) for 2 years, I have my own podcast on NBA, I own 5 retail outlets in India with an ARR of $1.5 Million

Post MBA Goal – Work for a consulting firm mostly an MBB and then specialize in the Retail, F&B, and CPG sector to become a partner eventually (Aligns with the work and projects that I have done in the last 6 years)

Recommenders – One is from Booth. Both will write great LORs for me.