spiritualupliftment wrote:
Hello ThinkISB,
I would really appreciate some advice on my chances to get into ISB:
Here's my profile:
GMAT: 710 (Quant 44/ Verbal 42)
Work exp: approx 5 years in a major Indian IT company, with approx 3 years of international work exp in the USA, with about 2 years in an intermediate leadership role.
Educational Background: B.E. Computer Science and Engg. from Nagpur University with 64.6% (Nagpur
University is traditionally a low scoring university)
Extra Curricular activities: Active member of Toastmasters International, which is a public speaking club.
Social service: Was an active member of a social service organization which taught poor children free of cost back in India. Currently only help out during vacations.
Please let me know what you think of my profile and what are my chances to get into ISB.
I still have a week left for R1 and i was wondering if there are any advantages of applying in R1 vs R2.
Dear spiritualupliftment,
If you do not have your essays ready by now, we'd recommend you to wait for R2 as it would be rushing in and might result in substandard essays.
Regarding your profile, we do not have enough information to comment in detail. But from a cursory level, we feel that your academic performance is average. Considering you are from IT Services industry and your undergrad %, a higher GMAT would have been better. Having said that, your contributions at work and initiatives/involvement outside of work, if extraordinary would make up for it. Your international experience is a plus. It's upto you how you leverage it in your essays.
Your involvement with Toastmasters is good but what is more important is what you learnt and in what capacity were you involved with them. And it seems you are not engaged in community service passionately. So you need to tell more about yourself for us to evaluate you better. Send us an email to proceed with the same.