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I am planning to apply this cycle, hence curious
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*Ruchie12 writes:*
GMATinsight , I have a question you said one can send score the next day , So for filling form only score should be sent to college first... I am new in this journey
Yes... Only score needs to sent from mba.com alongwith filling all application form requirements.

Process is:

Take GMAT *->* Fill application form along with GMAT score (attach pdf of scorecard if the form requires) +Essays/SOP+LOR *->* wait for getting shortlisted for interview and the process followed -> wait to receive admits *->* Either receive scholarship with admission offer or wait to get it as well -> then deposit fee and start your MBA Journey 🙂

(Process of IIM A PGPX is slightly different in which essays are submitted after getting shortlisted based on application form entries and GMAT score. (NO LOR)

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Hi everyone,

I would really appreciate an honest evaluation of my profile for ISB PGP.

Profile:

* Gender: Female
* 10th: 9.8 CGPA
* 12th: 81.8%
* B.Tech: 8.24 CGPA
* Work Experience (at the time of application): ~2.5 years
* Clarivate – Research Engineer (Patents): 9 months
* Capgemini – Cisco TAC Network Engineer: ~1 year 9 months

I am currently preparing for the GMAT.

I have a few questions:

1. How competitive is my profile for ISB PGP?
2. What GMAT Focus score should I target to be competitive?
3. Is 2.5 years of work experience on the lower side, or is it sufficient for ISB admissions?
4. What areas of my profile should I strengthen before applying (leadership, extracurriculars, certifications, essays, etc.)?

I’d be grateful for feedback from current students, alumni, or applicants. Thank you!
Answers to your pointed questions are as follows:

1) Yes, your profile is competitive
2) Target 675 (specially because you are low in years of work ex.
3) It’s sufficient but I am not sure how satisfactory which would be decided based on merits of your experience and your impacts delivered.
4) ALL OF THEM 😛
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I would really appreciate an honest evaluation of my profile for ISB PGP.

*Profile:*
* Gender: Female
* 10th: 10 CGPA
* 12th: 88%
* B.Sc Geology- 68% (University of Calcutta has pretty low scoring)
* M.Sc Applied Geology- 9.35 CGPA
* AIR 327/2545 - IIT JAM (Geology)
* AIR 842/5017 - GATE (Geology)
* Qualified West Bengal SET (Earth Sciences)
*Work Experience (4+ years)*
* Experience in mineral asset evaluation, due diligence, feasibility studies, mine economics, financial modelling, and market intelligence.
* Gained international consulting and field experience through projects and site visits across Oman, Senegal, Angola, Tanzania and Guinea.
* Worked with WWF-India on groundwater, springshed, and river basin management initiatives supporting sustainable water resource management.
*Leadership & Extracurriculars*
* Asia Regional Representative - Youth Engaged in Wetlands (YEW), an international NGO
* Nominated as Asia Regional Representative for COP15 (Ramsar Convention on Wetlands)
* Selected for Sustainability Leadership Journey (South Africa)
* Selected as youth delegate at Local Conference of Youth (Mysore)
* Volunteer - CRY (Child Rights and You) for 2+ years
* Founder of a food page and a jewellery venture on Instagram

I am currently preparing for the GMAT and plan to appear in mid-August. What GMAT Focus score should I target to be competitive for ISB? Also, are there any areas of my profile that you think I should strengthen before applying? I would really appreciate any feedback.
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Hi WA@oiy7743, There is nothing in your profile that stops you from being competitive. There is decent extra curricular, good leadership and social impact examples along with representing a diverse educational and functional background. Score anything above 675+ to be ahead of the competition for the shortlist. The final selection will depend more on your interview performance than profile. Once GMAT is done, you can work on how to present all your life stories in something which admission team will understand, appreciate and honour. Hope it helps.
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Hi,

You have a strong profile with good academics, meaningful extracurricular achievements, and a background that is differentiated from a large part of the applicant pool. This should work in your favour by adding valuable diversity to your application.

I would recommend targeting a GMAT score of 675 or above to remain competitive.

You should also spend time clearly defining your post-MBA goals and ensuring they align with your past experiences. Given your background, a compelling career narrative would be transitioning into strategy or sustainability consulting, with a focus on the mining, natural resources, and energy transition sectors

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I would really appreciate an honest evaluation of my profile for ISB PGP.

*Profile:*
* Gender: Female
* 10th: 10 CGPA
* 12th: 88%
* B.Sc Geology- 68% (University of Calcutta has pretty low scoring)
* M.Sc Applied Geology- 9.35 CGPA
* AIR 327/2545 - IIT JAM (Geology)
* AIR 842/5017 - GATE (Geology)
* Qualified West Bengal SET (Earth Sciences)
*Work Experience (4+ years)*
* Experience in mineral asset evaluation, due diligence, feasibility studies, mine economics, financial modelling, and market intelligence.
* Gained international consulting and field experience through projects and site visits across Oman, Senegal, Angola, Tanzania and Guinea.
* Worked with WWF-India on groundwater, springshed, and river basin management initiatives supporting sustainable water resource management.
*Leadership & Extracurriculars*
* Asia Regional Representative - Youth Engaged in Wetlands (YEW), an international NGO
* Nominated as Asia Regional Representative for COP15 (Ramsar Convention on Wetlands)
* Selected for Sustainability Leadership Journey (South Africa)
* Selected as youth delegate at Local Conference of Youth (Mysore)
* Volunteer - CRY (Child Rights and You) for 2+ years
* Founder of a food page and a jewellery venture on Instagram

I am currently preparing for the GMAT and plan to appear in mid-August. What GMAT Focus score should I target to be competitive for ISB? Also, are there any areas of my profile that you think I should strengthen before applying? I would really appreciate any feedback.
Thank you!
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I am planning to apply to the ISB PGP and would be grateful if you could review my profile and share your honest feedback on my competitiveness, strengths, weaknesses, and areas where I can improve before applying.

Personal Profile
Education: B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
Institute: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna (2022)
Current Organization: aditya birla.
Current Role: Manager – IT Applications & Solutions (Azure Integration Services)
Work Experience: ~4 years (by July 2026)
Professional Summary

I have grown from a software developer into someone responsible for leading end-to-end integration delivery for strategic business initiatives.

My work spans enterprise integrations, cloud modernization, digital transformation, application ownership, API development, stakeholder management, production stability, and delivery governance for business-critical insurance platforms.

Major Contributions
Enterprise Transformation
Represented the AIS team in the CRM to Salesforce transformation program.
Contributed to the enterprise-wide migration from BizTalk to Azure Integration Services, supporting implementation, deployment, and production stabilization.
Business Growth & Product Launches
AIS SPOC for the Active Yuva product launch, responsible for solutioning, development, deployment, production support, bug fixes, and end-to-end delivery from the AIS perspective.
Delivered EMI functionality for Retail and Group Health Insurance products, including partner integrations such as Policybazaar and PhonePe. The initiative went live in November 2024 and supported a business initiative of approximately ₹250 crore.
Delivered multiple product launches and enhancements, including Extend+, Health Booster, Group Active Health, multilingual support, KYC enhancements, and other retail and group product revisions.
Digital & Partner Integrations
Led the AIS implementation for DigiLocker integration under the Digital India initiative.
Worked on the API Marketplace initiative to simplify partner onboarding and API testing.
Delivered payment integrations, including Juspay mandate execution.
Regulatory & Compliance
Successfully delivered major regulatory initiatives, including GST Reform and Bima-ASBA, involving complex integration logic across proposal, underwriting, payment, and policy issuance journeys.
Operational Excellence
Currently responsible for the FWA (Inube) application, leading optimization initiatives that have already reduced application slowness by approximately 30%, with a target of achieving around 70% improvement.
Contributed to approximately 10% operational cost optimization.
Over four years, contributed to the delivery of 150+ Change Requests and supported a portfolio involving 5,000+ production and non-production support requests, ensuring application stability and business continuity.
Leadership & Responsibilities

Although I do not have formal people management responsibilities, I have progressively taken ownership of delivery and operational leadership by:

Leading daily stand-up meetings for the AIS and FWA teams.
Managing CR planning and delivery tracking across both teams.
Participating in solution discussions and aligning cross-functional teams for implementation.
Planning deployment schedules and weekend support rosters.
Mentoring a junior engineer to strengthen technical capabilities and delivery readiness.
Awards & Recognition
2 pulse raising star awards
Received the highest 5-Star Performance Rating for FY 2025–26 in recognition of consistent delivery, ownership, and contributions across strategic initiatives.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports
Winner – Kabaddi (College)
Winner – Handball (College)
District-level Throwball Player (School)
1st Runner-up – Women’s Doubles Table Tennis (Office Sports)
1st Runner-up – Mixed Doubles Table Tennis (Office Sports)
Technical
Participated in Robo Wars competition during college.
Cultural
Winner – School Dance Competition
Participated in handwriting and various cultural competitions during school.


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I would sincerely appreciate thoughts on:

How competitive is my profile for ISB PGP?
What do you see as the biggest strengths and weaknesses of my application?
What GMAT Focus score should I realistically target to maximize my chances?
What improvements would you recommend before I submit my application?

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Academics ✅
Internship experience ✅
No. Of years of experience ✅
Awards and achievements at work ✅
Academic capability is reflected well in publication
Self improvement efforts ✅
Extra curricular 👌 Amazing

GRE-312🫥 not satisfactory

You are doing good

Apply to IiMA as well and *drop* SPJIMR and IIMK PGP-BL if you can take risk of waiting for 1 year for the best (ISB. iIM-ABC) (in worst case scenario)

I see absolutely no reason for you to not be selected at one of these 4 best choices in India so I would recommend against compromising if going for MBA this year is not mandatory.

You just need to get beyond 655 and I think your chances of admission are *very bright* 🔆


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Four years at Aditya Birla in insurance tech, with a ₹250 crore business initiative to your name, is a more distinctive setup than most IT profiles we see entering ISB, and the female gender marker adds a meaningful diversity angle that ISB actively values.

•⁠ ⁠The real tension in your profile is not the work itself but the leadership narrative: every achievement you listed is delivery-and-execution oriented, and ISB adcoms will probe whether you influenced outcomes or executed them. The distinction matters because ISB screens for managerial readiness, not technical depth.

•⁠ ⁠Your GMAT Focus target should be 655 or above; that range puts you at or above the median threshold where IT profiles from NIT backgrounds typically get a serious read, and going below 640 shifts the burden entirely onto essays and interviews.

•⁠ ⁠The absence of formal people management is noted but not fatal, since mentoring a junior engineer and leading cross-functional stand-ups can carry genuine weight if your essays frame the "why" of those moments rather than the "what."

•⁠ ⁠One thing you have not asked about but that actually matters here: your post-MBA goal. ISB wants to see a credible pivot or acceleration story, and an IT-to-tech-leadership trajectory needs a sharper articulation than "I want to move into management."

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I am planning to apply to the ISB PGP and would be grateful if you could review my profile and share your honest feedback on my competitiveness, strengths, weaknesses, and areas where I can improve before applying.

Personal Profile
Education: B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
Institute: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna (2022)
Current Organization: aditya birla.
Current Role: Manager – IT Applications & Solutions (Azure Integration Services)
Work Experience: ~4 years (by July 2026)
Professional Summary

I have grown from a software developer into someone responsible for leading end-to-end integration delivery for strategic business initiatives.

My work spans enterprise integrations, cloud modernization, digital transformation, application ownership, API development, stakeholder management, production stability, and delivery governance for business-critical insurance platforms.

Major Contributions
Enterprise Transformation
Represented the AIS team in the CRM to Salesforce transformation program.
Contributed to the enterprise-wide migration from BizTalk to Azure Integration Services, supporting implementation, deployment, and production stabilization.
Business Growth & Product Launches
AIS SPOC for the Active Yuva product launch, responsible for solutioning, development, deployment, production support, bug fixes, and end-to-end delivery from the AIS perspective.
Delivered EMI functionality for Retail and Group Health Insurance products, including partner integrations such as Policybazaar and PhonePe. The initiative went live in November 2024 and supported a business initiative of approximately ₹250 crore.
Delivered multiple product launches and enhancements, including Extend+, Health Booster, Group Active Health, multilingual support, KYC enhancements, and other retail and group product revisions.
Digital & Partner Integrations
Led the AIS implementation for DigiLocker integration under the Digital India initiative.
Worked on the API Marketplace initiative to simplify partner onboarding and API testing.
Delivered payment integrations, including Juspay mandate execution.
Regulatory & Compliance
Successfully delivered major regulatory initiatives, including GST Reform and Bima-ASBA, involving complex integration logic across proposal, underwriting, payment, and policy issuance journeys.
Operational Excellence
Currently responsible for the FWA (Inube) application, leading optimization initiatives that have already reduced application slowness by approximately 30%, with a target of achieving around 70% improvement.
Contributed to approximately 10% operational cost optimization.
Over four years, contributed to the delivery of 150+ Change Requests and supported a portfolio involving 5,000+ production and non-production support requests, ensuring application stability and business continuity.
Leadership & Responsibilities

Although I do not have formal people management responsibilities, I have progressively taken ownership of delivery and operational leadership by:

Leading daily stand-up meetings for the AIS and FWA teams.
Managing CR planning and delivery tracking across both teams.
Participating in solution discussions and aligning cross-functional teams for implementation.
Planning deployment schedules and weekend support rosters.
Mentoring a junior engineer to strengthen technical capabilities and delivery readiness.
Awards & Recognition
2 pulse raising star awards
Received the highest 5-Star Performance Rating for FY 2025–26 in recognition of consistent delivery, ownership, and contributions across strategic initiatives.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports
Winner – Kabaddi (College)
Winner – Handball (College)
District-level Throwball Player (School)
1st Runner-up – Women’s Doubles Table Tennis (Office Sports)
1st Runner-up – Mixed Doubles Table Tennis (Office Sports)
Technical
Participated in Robo Wars competition during college.
Cultural
Winner – School Dance Competition
Participated in handwriting and various cultural competitions during school.


Feedback Requested

I would sincerely appreciate thoughts on:

How competitive is my profile for ISB PGP?
What do you see as the biggest strengths and weaknesses of my application?
What GMAT Focus score should I realistically target to maximize my chances?
What improvements would you recommend before I submit my application?

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The Thapar food festival arc is the most underestimated part of this profile: most tech applicants arrive with nothing but performance ratings, and you have a Coca-Cola activation, a Doritos launch, a Guinness record, and a 150-person team to show for your college years.

•⁠ ⁠The GRE 312 (Q157, V155) is the immediate concern; that sits around a Classic 670 equivalent, which is below the sub-medians at most programs you are likely targeting, and it is the single thing adcoms will flag before reading anything else.
•⁠ ⁠The GMAT on August 18th is the right call; for your IIT-adjacent, Oracle-infrastructure profile, a Focus score of 655 to 665 (roughly Classic 720 to 730) would move you into the range where your score stops being a screen-out risk and your story can do the work.
•⁠ ⁠Your Oracle tenure tells a clean progression story, but three 5-star ratings and two recognition awards need to translate into one specific outcome per role, not a credentials list; pick the infrastructure project where your work measurably changed something and build from there.
•⁠ ⁠The IEEE publication in a rehabilitation-engineering journal creates an interesting bridge between your tech stack and healthcare or social impact positioning, which many DevOps profiles cannot claim; that angle is worth developing in your essays rather than leaving it as a line item.
•⁠ ⁠For SPJIMR PGPM and IIMK PGP-BL, both programs weight managerial readiness heavily; your festival leadership, not your cloud certifications, is what bridges the gap between engineer and manager in those essays.

Hope this helps. Feel free to come back with more queries as needed. Contact us directly - submit a query here.

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Hi guys, I am asking for one final review of my profile, as I have booked the 18th August date for the GMAT, and planning to apply in R1.

Here is my detailed profile with extra curricular activities too:

1. Completed my Higher Secondary (CBSE) education from DAV International School, Ahmedabad in 2016, CGPA: 10
2. Completed my Senior Secondary (CBSE) (PCM with CS) from Delhi Public School Bopal in 2018, CBSE Boards Percentage: 88.6%
3. Completed my Bachelor’s of Engineering in Electronics and Computer Engineering with no backlogs from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2022, CGPA: 8.63
4. 6 months internship experience in Oracle India Pvt Ltd from January 2022 to July 2022
5. 48 months full-time experience to date, starting as an Associate Software Developer and now a Core Infrastructure Engineer 2 in Oracle India Pvt Ltd, since September 2024.
6. ⁠Work experience will be 50 months at the time of application and 57 months at the time of commencement, if I hopefully convert
7. 2 Employee Recognition Awards and 3 Stock Awards during my full-time tenure at Oracle.
8. Continuous three 5-star rating during annual evaluation over 36 months at Oracle.
9. Was the lead author in a review paper (2023) on EEG Signals and Machine Learning, published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Volume 31
10. Successfully achieved two cloud certifications in 2021, namely AWS Cloud Practitioner and AWS Solutions Architect Associate, and will gain one more by October 2026, i.e. Certified Kubernetes Application Developer.
11. Multiple small projects using Machine Learning and Cloud Computing, and multiple courses regarding the same.
12. Tech stack in my job is: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prompt Engineering, AI Agents (Codex, Cline, Claude), Helm, Oracle Cloud, Python, Typescript, Shell Scripting, YAML/JSON Scripting, and other tools related to DevOps.

My extra curricular activities are:

1. District Level Athlete in 100M, Long Jump, and 4x100M Relay in 2014.
2. Best Player Award at Sports Day, School Level, 2014.
3. District Level Table Tennis Player, 2010.
4. Lead Guitarist of School Band, 2015-2016.
5. Rank Holder in Multiple Olympiads at School Level.
6. Table Tennis Player in College Team, 2018-2019.
7. Core Team Member of Thapar Food Festival, 2018-2019; contributed to the execution of the Guinness World Record for the most soft drink cans opened simultaneously, involving 1,400 students, with Coca-Cola as Title Sponsor.
8. Event Planning Head of Thapar Food Festival, 2019-2020; managed a team of 150 volunteers across a 7-day festival.
9. Independently acquired Doritos (PepsiCo India) as Food Sponsor for the festival; the Sweet Chilli flavour's first commercial presence in Punjab was through this activation.
10. Negotiated stall participation with 80+ vendors including national brands Barbecue Nation, Karim's Delhi, and Baskin Robbins for the festival's main day.
11. Designed and executed a CSR initiative for Title Sponsor Coca-Cola; students exchanged 1 kg of waste plastic bottles for 1 crate of Coca-Cola drinks, driving both environmental impact and sponsor brand engagement.
12. Conceptualised and executed a live light show with 500+ students using phone flashlights, forming the Coca-Cola logo from a top-down view, without professional equipment.
13. Created and managed multiple original events across the 7-day festival including a Cook-Off, Day Out with a Chef, and Food vs Man.
14. ⁠Selected for SSB Interview for entry into TGC-143 (Technical Graduate Course - Electronics Wing)
15. ⁠Created games/merchandise/theme/food/drinks around Coca Cola (Title Sponsor) and Doritos (Food Sponsor) in one of the events during my time as the Event Planning Head at Thapar Food Festival.

Other Exam Scores

1. GRE (2023): 157 Quant, 155 Verbal, 4.0 AWA (312)
2. TOEFL (2025): 29 L, 29 R, 29 S, 28 W (115/120)


Need a final review, target score in GMAT.
Also, my backup colleges will be SPJIMR PGPM, IIMK PGP-BL
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Your profile carries a genuinely rare combination: technical depth in a capital-intensive sector (mineral economics, international field work) layered over serious environmental credentials, which creates an interesting tension that ISB's adcom will either find compelling or struggle to categorize.

•⁠ ⁠The B.Sc 68% will draw scrutiny, and the standard deflection ("low-scoring university") rarely lands on its own. The stronger move is to let your M.Sc 9.35 CGPA and IIT JAM AIR 327 do the talking explicitly in your application narrative, framing the trajectory rather than the excuse.

•⁠ ⁠On GMAT Focus, ISB's recent median sits in the 695 to 715 Focus range. For a non-engineering, non-IIT STEM profile in a niche domain, clearing 695 to 700 Focus comfortably reduces the chance of an early screen-out; below 685 Focus and the academics section becomes a compounding liability rather than a neutral factor.

•⁠ ⁠The extracurriculars are genuinely distinguished (COP15 nomination, YEW Asia Regional Representative), but they currently read as a parallel track to your professional life rather than a coherent through-line. The essay question to answer now, before the GMAT, is: what is the one problem at the intersection of resource economics and environmental sustainability that you are uniquely positioned to solve post-MBA?

•⁠ ⁠Four years of international consulting in frontier mining markets is a differentiated story, but ISB will want to see upward trajectory within that experience, not just breadth of geographies.

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WA@oiy7743
Hi everyone,
I would really appreciate an honest evaluation of my profile for ISB PGP.

*Profile:*
* Gender: Female
* 10th: 10 CGPA
* 12th: 88%
* B.Sc Geology- 68% (University of Calcutta has pretty low scoring)
* M.Sc Applied Geology- 9.35 CGPA
* AIR 327/2545 - IIT JAM (Geology)
* AIR 842/5017 - GATE (Geology)
* Qualified West Bengal SET (Earth Sciences)
*Work Experience (4+ years)*
* Experience in mineral asset evaluation, due diligence, feasibility studies, mine economics, financial modelling, and market intelligence.
* Gained international consulting and field experience through projects and site visits across Oman, Senegal, Angola, Tanzania and Guinea.
* Worked with WWF-India on groundwater, springshed, and river basin management initiatives supporting sustainable water resource management.
*Leadership & Extracurriculars*
* Asia Regional Representative - Youth Engaged in Wetlands (YEW), an international NGO
* Nominated as Asia Regional Representative for COP15 (Ramsar Convention on Wetlands)
* Selected for Sustainability Leadership Journey (South Africa)
* Selected as youth delegate at Local Conference of Youth (Mysore)
* Volunteer - CRY (Child Rights and You) for 2+ years
* Founder of a food page and a jewellery venture on Instagram

I am currently preparing for the GMAT and plan to appear in mid-August. What GMAT Focus score should I target to be competitive for ISB? Also, are there any areas of my profile that you think I should strengthen before applying? I would really appreciate any feedback.
Thank you!
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