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I would suggest upwards of 675 on the FE. I have worked with cybersec profiles for ISB in the recent past and can tell you that this is a relatively niche field that you can use to your advantage with your pre-MBA experience, but even more so if you research your goals thoroughly and formulate short and long term goals that take into account your unique skills in this area to advance your career in the tech industry.

If you are thinking about generic PM goals, highly suggest you give this a read

The Death of Generic Product Management Goals : ISB

Feel free to reach out for personalised advice

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Hello, need some insights on how much should I target atleast in gmat for ISB with the following profile:
X - State board - 85%
XII -State board - 85%
BTech Electrical engineering - (Vellore Institute of technology) - 91%

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PwC- Client facing role - cyber security consultant - 2.10yrs
Deloitte- Cleint facing role - cyber security AM - 6 months

Extra curriculum-
Mostly in Atheletics, Volleyball and dramatics
Client appreciation awards for delivering quality work
Passing Cyber security related certification exams
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⁠10th - 9.4CGPA
⁠12th - 83% ⁠ College - UIET Kurukshetra 7.2 cgpa
⁠Work ex -2 years of experience in the airline industry, currently working as an Associate Developer at the Indian Knowledge Center of United Airlines, where I contribute to digital solutions for a global aviation leader.
Extra :Spearheaded internal knowledge-sharing sessions to mentor junior developers.
Participated in college-level hackathons and coding clubs, earning accolades for innovation. GMAT Yet to give
Would also be helpful to know your post-MBA goals and how it aligns with your work experience. Given your profile is mostly technical, would be really important to explain in your application that "why" do you intend to move to a managerial role. Also, as the work ex tenure is relatively on the lower side, try to aim for a 675+ in your GMAT to improve your chances within the younger cohort of applicants. Feel free to give us a buzz at Preppie (https://www.preppie.in) for a more detailed conversation.
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Hi, Please rate my profile and suggest the necessary-

10th-95.28%(State merit)
12th 94%
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B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) ’21 - 8.08CGPA
Extracurricular: Dramatics club- coordinator, Secretary Hostel Cleanliness committee

July2021- Feb2025 Capgemini: Working as a Cloud consultant, with a large healthcare client, handling the IT infrastructure.

Preparing for gmat now, please let me know the target marks and if I have a scholarship chance
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Hi, Please rate my profile and suggest the necessary-

10th-95.28%(State merit)
12th 94%
Received Scolarships for both 10th & 12th.

B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) ’21 - 8.08CGPA
Extracurricular: Dramatics club- coordinator, Secretary Hostel Cleanliness committee

July2021- Feb2025 Capgemini: Working as a Cloud consultant, with a large healthcare client, handling the IT infrastructure.

Preparing for gmat now, please let me know the target marks and if I have a scholarship chance
Academic scores are good. What’s the name of the engg college? Having recent extracurriculars/hobbies beyond college club positions would be helpful. Cloud consulting roles within major IT firms has now become a relatively common profile so in order to improve your chances, you’ll need unique differentiators in your application as well as a high GMAT score (675-685+). You can reach out to us at Preppie (https://www.preppie.in) to have a more detailed conversation with an ISB alum
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Academic scores are good. What’s the name of the engg college? Having recent extracurriculars/hobbies beyond college club positions would be helpful. Cloud consulting roles within major IT firms has now become a relatively common profile so in order to improve your chances, you’ll need unique differentiators in your application as well as a high GMAT score (675-685+). You can reach out to us at Preppie (https://www.preppie.in) to have a more detailed conversation with an ISB alum
The name of the engg college is, NIT Hamirpur
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Hi, Please rate my profile an suggest the necessary-

10th-95.28%(State merit)
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B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) ’21 - 8.08CGPA
Extracurricular: Dramatics club- coordinator, Secretary Hostel Cleanliness committee

July2021- Feb2025 Capgemini: Working as a Cloud consultant, with a large healthcare client, handling the IT infrastructure.

Preparing for gmat now, please let me know the target marks and if I have a scholarship chance
Chemical engineering to Cap Gemini🤔
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Chemical engineering to Cap Gemini🤔
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Campus Placement, covid times. The Job market was only booming in IT.
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Campus Placement, covid times. The Job market was only booming in IT.
That happens all the time in India, nothing too serious but given you’re now in IT... Where do you want to be post-MBA? The target score would be upwards of 685.

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That happens all the time in India, nothing too serious but given you’re now in IT... Where do you want to be post-MBA? The target score would be upwards of 685.

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I want to be in AI Product Management in IT, Post MBA.

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That happens all the time in India, nothing too serious but given you’re now in IT... Where do you want to be post-MBA? The target score would be upwards of 685.

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Is shifting from Chem Engg to IT gonna be a problem for me in applications?
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Is shifting from Chem Engg to IT gonna be a problem for me in applications?
Happens all the time in India. Alignment matters in general. But it’s okay, what’s done is done. What matters is what you want to do post-MBA and how aligned it is with your former experiences
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It would be great if someone could rate my profile and provide some recommendations

10th - 93.3% (ICSE)
12th - 88% (CBSE)
BE Electrical Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology- 7.78 GPA
- Vice President Student Alumni Interaction Cell
- Core Member in Punjab Heritage Society

Since Jan 2022
- ZS Associates India (Management Consulting)

Got promoted to Associate Consultant in 2 years (quicker than ZS’s average promotion period

Received multiple awards for innovative projects which saved Mukti-million dollars
Regular in taking sessions on AI and Innovation

I have my GMAT scheduled in July and to be honest I’m very worries about it

Additional: I have been a professional player for last 10 years now (shotgun Shooting)
I was part of Indian Team reserves and have won multiple medals in National and state championships
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H/S GPA 🧡🧡 (I don’t like the 88% in CBSE personally because generally people get 90%+ but nothing to be worried about)

UG GPA 🤔👍🏻
UG ECs 🧡🧡

Work ex 🧡🧡 (assuming core consulting?)

Awards 👍🏻 (if national level 🧡)

National level unique ECs 🧡


Would work more on the GMAT tbh. The overall profile is decent but I wouldn’t call it extremely strong without the score.
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Yes, this is core consulting. I have worked for major US Pharma Companies (Pfzer, etc) and also have experience beyond healthcare domain.

I’m targeting 700+. Hopefully I am able to achieve it.
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Hello Everyone
It would be great if someone could rate my profile and provide some recommendations

10th - 93.3% (ICSE)
12th - 88% (CBSE)
BE Electrical Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology- 7.78 GPA
- Vice President Student Alumni Interaction Cell
- Core Member in Punjab Heritage Society

Since Jan 2022
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Got promoted to Associate Consultant in 2 years (quicker than ZS’s average promotion period

Received multiple awards for innovative projects which saved Mukti-million dollars
Regular in taking sessions on AI and Innovation

I have my GMAT scheduled in July and to be honest I’m very worries about it
Every year you’ll find a sizeable number of admits who come from ZS. This also means that the volume of applications coming from ZSers is also pretty high. While professional narrative obviously needs to be sound, you will have to leverage your Shotgun Shooting experience to add uniqueness to your profile. From whatever we have anecdotally seen over the years, applicants from ZS usually have a pretty high GMAT score so you should aim for 685+. Wishing you the very best for the exam. If you continue to feel worried about GMAT and just want to talk it out with somebody, you can always reach out to us at Preppie (https://www.preppie.in) for an informal chat.
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I was able to find the OG ebooks on libgen, but the data insights book only has limited questions (only two part and data sufficiency questions).

Can someone confirm the one available on Amazon gives access to the online question bank with all types of questions?
Not sure about ebooks, but the hardcopy DI book has a "code" in it that gives you access to an online questionnaire database in all question-types in DI.
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