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Thank you for your response! Appreciate the pointers and will definitely take a look at other schools you've mentioned. I did think HBS was a bit of a stretch TBH.
Thanks again!

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Hey jesliwoo,

You have an excellent profile. To start off with your strong suits, your CGPA of 3.4 in undergraduate is very impressive and showcases your academic prowess. Also, you have graduated from UIUC, which again works in your favour since schools tend to pick students from top 10 schools of each country.

In addition to this, another significant aspect that schools focus on is extracurricular activities as they are looking for a comprehensive profile. Hence, it is essential to shed some light on the endeavours taken up at any clubs, associations, sports, fest, or events you managed or participated in during your undergraduate. Volunteering initiatives, certifications, or internships undertaken during the course of your study would also count towards your extracurricular initiatives. Herein, you have mentioned that you have led 3 major events by American Cancer Society along with being a career mentor.
Additionally, you have also been involved in sports. This showcases a diverse set of extra-curricular activities in your profile. With this you have also undertaken a project to open bank accounts of 100+ underprivileged kids, which is again very impressive as it vouches for the socially responsible traits in your personality. While you have impressive feats in your profile, you ought to emphasize on what events you have led, what were your roles and responsibilities and what were your major takeaways. Elaborating on these details will showcase a holistically developed profile.

Coming to the professional front, given the fact that you plan to target 2022, post gathering 5 years of work experience, sets you at par with most MBA applicants. In addition to this, a well-reputed organisation plays a significant role in making you eligible for a top B-school. Since you will be competing with candidates from Big 4 firms or other big brands, you need to to differentiate yourself, highlight why you chose this firm, what projects are done so far, how you have gone beyond the role, any initiatives you took, and any kind of impact created to establish a connection with your goals, and portray the knowledge gained from these experiences. Thus, you should focus on the quality of your work to outweigh years of experience under the belts of your competition.

Additionally, also hold a pretty holistic international experience. This works in your favour as it showcases your broadened perspective and ability to adapt seamlessly. You can also upskill yourself by taking some kind of certifications related to your field.
Speaking of your GMAT score, 730 with Quant 49 and Verbal 40 and GRE score 330 (Q169, V161) opens the door for most of the top B-schools in the world.

Coming to your school choice, MIT Sloan comes under the ultra-dream category, where you have a stringent acceptance rate of 40-50%. You would thus require a very well-rounded profile highlighting the kind of work experiences you have had and how you are different from others.

Talking about your concerns, you need not worry as the cumulative GPA is taken into consideration. To compensate for the drop in the initial semesters, you can pose a right alibi by mentioning how extra-curricular activities had kept you busy. Secondly, your academic background wouldn’t at all pose as a negative aspect in your profile as an MBA is pursued by candidates from all walks of life. In order to differentiate yourself, you just need to complement your profile with a strong application that includes essays, letter of recommendation, and resume that highlights all your strong suits, gives reasoning for the weaknesses, and displays how you’d be a good addition to the cohort. As a matter of fact, your application can boost your chances of acceptance by 3x!

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Hey jpan,

To start off with the strong suits of your profile, your GPA of 8.2 is very impressive and showcases your academic prowess. Also, you have graduated from one of the Top 3 National Institutes of Technology in the country, which would work in your favour as schools tend to pick students from top 10 schools of each country. Speaking of your GMAT score, 760 is very impressive and would allow you to target all the top B-schools in the world.
In addition to this, another significant aspect that schools focus on is extracurricular activities. Hence, it is essential to shed some light on the endeavours taken up at any clubs, associations, sports, fest, or events you managed or participated in during your undergraduate.

Volunteering initiatives, certifications, or internships undertaken during the course of your study would also count towards your extracurricular initiatives. That said, while your volunteering endeavors seem pretty consistent, you need to make sure you emphasize on what events you have led, what were your roles and responsibilities, and what were your major takeaways. Elaborating them in your profile will showcase a holistically developed profile and would vouch for you being an apt candidate for the school.

Moving to your professional front, you hold 3 years of work experience as a full stack developer in the accounting and pricing unit which is pretty impressive. However, it does fall short since an MBA programme requires an average experience of 4 to 5 years. And since you wish to go for Harvard Business School, one of the most competitive schools worldwide, your chances of getting accepted are slim (around 30-40%).

However, the B-schools in countries like Germany, Canada, Singapore, and the UK are quite flexible on admitting students with lesser work experiences, which is why I would suggest you target the following countries. Also, since most of your competitors will be from the Big 4 firms, you ought to differentiate yourself. You need to leverage the learning from your previous roles to stand at par with the competition you’d be facing. Make sure you explain and highlight the major projects of your work and how these experiences helped develop and further groom your skills and knowledge. Highlight why you chose these particular organisations and job profiles, what the projects are done so far, how you have gone beyond the role, any initiatives you took, and any kind of impact created.

To boost your profile, you can highlight CSR activities to showcase responsibilities taken up and the impacts created by you. This will help portray the socially responsible side of your personality and convince the adcoms of your abilities to be a great future leader.

Coming to your school choice, apart from Harvard, a few schools that you could be additionally looking at are:
CANADA: Waterloo, Ivey, Queen’s, Schulich
UK: LBS, Imperial, INSEAD, Oxford
GERMANY: WHU, Manheim, FSFM, ESMT
SINGAPORE: ESSEC, SMU, NUS

Lastly, while you have a good profile, you need to be aware that you will be facing competition from equally good or even better profiles, which is why, you need to complement your profile with a strong application that includes essays, letter of recommendation, statement of purpose, and resume that highlights all your strong suits, gives reasoning for the weaknesses, and displays how you’d be a good addition to the cohort. As a matter of fact, your application can boost your chances of acceptance by 3x!

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Hi everyone,


Would like someone to evaluate my chances at top 10 MBA schools in USA/UK. My profile is:

Age: 28
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian

Education:

1. B. Tech in electronics and communication, IIT Roorkee. 2009-13
GPA: 8.3, Batch topper: 9/10. Finished in top 3.
Received MCM scholarship for excellence in academics for entire duration at IIT.

2. MSc in Microelectronics, NTU Singapore - TU Munich Germany. 2014-16
NTU GPA: 4.65/5, TUM CAP: 1.63/1
Received 2 DAAD scholarship for excellence in academics. Finished with highest GPA in class.

3. Cleared CFA level 1. 2018
Top 10 percentile score.

4. BSc in computer science, University of London. 2019-current.
Marks: 87%. Currently half completed and in 4th semester.

5. CORe, Harvard.
Honors.
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74 online courses related to:

Courses belonging to degree programs:
1. BSc in computer science, University of London (12/22 courses completed).
2. MBA, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (24/36 courses completed).
3. MSA, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (7/16 courses completed).
4. Masters in Artificial Intelligence, Simplilearn (1/7 courses complete)

Courses in electronics:
1. Micromasters in Internet of Things, edX (2/6 courses completed).
2. Specialization in IoT programming, Coursera (3/6 courses completed).
2. VLSI courses on STA, CTS, physical design flow, machine intelligence, circuit
design, installing open source tools (7 courses completed).
3. Course on Micro and Nanofabrication, edX.
4. Course on Hardware modelling using verilog, NPTEL.
5. Course on digital systems: Using Logic gates to processors, Coursera.

Courses in computer science:
1. Specialization in Python for everybody, Coursera (5/5 courses completed).
2. Specialization in Deep Learning, Coursera (4/5 courses completed).
3. Course on Algorithm Design, Coursera.
4. Data Science, Data Camp (3 courses completed).
5. Course on machine learning, Coursera.

Courses in finance and management:
1. Specialization in Finance for everyone, Coursera (3/4 courses completed).

Online programming portfolio:
Spoj rank: Among 14k programmers worldwide on spoj.
Won coding contest, Digimazed during UG.
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GRE score: 336, GMAT: Not taken, scoring 750-780 on practice tests.
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Occupation:

1. Analog Design Engineer, Texas Instruments. 2013-14
-SnP 50 organization and second biggest semiconductor at that time by market cap.

Then moved to EDA sector and currently working with Cadence Design Systems (SnP 200 organization). Feb 2019-current
-3 spot awards for excellent performance at Cadence and 2 at ANSYS.

2. Salespreneur (Entrepreneur focused on Sales), Pipeliner CRM. Aug 2019-current.
-Gartner magic quadrant CRM. Top 5 CRM as per G2 crowd (leading CRM review site).
-Ranks above Microsoft, Oracle and SAP CRM as per average rating on G2 crowd.
-Current revenue: 25-35 million USD. To hit 40 million USD and become a unicorn by application time if current growth is sustained.

3. Co-founder and director, AIGROEDGE. Jan 2020-current
-Startup in machine learning and IoT for agriculture.
-Top innovator award by world bank for being top 20 agri-tech startups.
-Finished among top 10/550 startups in Safe India Hackathon (India fights COVID).
-News mentions in the Hindu (leading newspaper in India), Yahoo News, yourstory.
-Featured in AGNII website (Invest India website by Govt of India) and listed among top 350 most innovative startups in India as per the same.
-Recognized by Yahoo News to cater to 11.3 billion USD market by 2024 and potential unicorn as per many magazines.

Job profile:
1. Cadence: VLSI physical design in Voltus, Tempus and Innovus.
2. Pipeliner: Interacting with CEOs/CXOs/CMOs of top organizations and startups for doing sales presentations and demos.
3. AIGROEDGE: Financial management (interacting with VCs for company valuation, fund raising, financial projections), giving sales presentations to customers, digital marketing, full stack web development and machine learning/AI.

Total experience (by application date): 2 years - Software sales, startup co-founding - 1.5 years, electronics engineering - 5.5 years.

Many of the full time jobs are clubbed, meaning I simultaneously act as Director of startup and as engineer at Cadence. In terms of total years, it would be 5 years.
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Post MBA goals:

To come to USA for making a better network and contacts. And learning management concepts related to operations, etc.

Want to start another venture in software/virtual reality.

Hi akshayt92,

Thanks for sharing a detailed profile. Let me give you a brief evaluation over major aspects of your application:

Stats: I do not think I even need to mention it, but clearly you've demonstrated your mastery of academics and scores.

Work-ex: Again, amazing! Playing multiple and very different roles at the same time with such excellence is no mean feat. You have innovation, impact, leadership, tons of achievements. I do not see any gaps here.

ECs: Unfortunately, I see gaps here. And the gap is you not mentioning about your hobbies, your interests. I do understand with so many different projects at the same time, it's hard to pursue any other interests. And that is okay. All I am saying is, when you write your apps, keep in mind that you have to bring a real person in the apps, a vibrating, interesting personality.

So, overall I do not see any red flags in your profile. You definitely have a good shot at the top US/UK schools. The only thing you have to be careful about is your story. It should be authentic, reasonable and demonstrating core values of the business schools you're applying to. Also, I do understand your reasons of pursuing MBA and they are reasonable, but try to be more specific. You may talk about your new venture and how the schools can help in that project and also, in overall life. If you'd like, we are happy to hop on a call with you discuss your profile at length. Feel free to book our calendar as per your convenience.

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Community Manager, MBA and Beyond

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Hi,

I could really use a profile evaluation favor. I would like to know whether I am a good fit for this school and for which schools I may be a good fit. Thanks in advance!

Nationality:
Georgia (European country, not a state!), was born here and currently based here.

Age at the start of studies:
27 (if I apply in January for R2)
28 (if I apply for 2022 intake)

Undergrad information:
Bachelor of Arts in Economics from an average private university in Warsaw, Poland. GPA around 4.8/5.

GMAT:
730 (Q49, V40); IR 6; AWA 6.0
I’ve canceled the first test result.

Work experience and leadership:
Current: For the past 3.5 years I’ve been working at the LSE listed FTSE 250 constituent top bank in Georgia. For the last 1.5 years I’ve been the head of regional corporate investment banking team. Started out as a junior banker.
Current: Board member at the medical non-profit society, responsible for creating the biggest annual international conference of anesthesiology in Georgia.
Past: AML analyst for 1.5 years at Citibank in Warsaw, Poland.

Extra curriculars:
Passed CFA Level 2 Exam, targeting Level 3 exam in May 2021.
2011-12 Finalist of US Department State funded Future Leaders Exchange Program, via which I went to the USA and studied at a US high school for one full academic year, on full scholarship and a stipend.
2014 Participated in Startup Weekend by Google in Warsaw and won a symbolic prize.
2014 Participated in Erasmus Intensive Program when I was in Warsaw. I led the team in Portugal where we simulated the launch of a business for 10 days.
2019 Participated as a panel discussion speaker at Krynica Economic Forum with top finance executives, we spoke on FinTech and digital banking.

Post MBA goals:
Private equity shop or venture capital would be a dream come true. Otherwise, investment banking preferably with GS, MS or top tier boutiques.

Languages:
Fluent Georgia, English, Russian
Conversational Polish

Recommendation letters:
Will be able to get recommendation letters from the top management of the bank I work for. Some of the recommenders are top 20 bschool alums.

Target schools:
Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Booth, MIT, Yale, Cornell.

Hey Advait08,

You have a pretty great profile,

Academically, you have a great GMAT score; an overall score of 760 is outstanding and would bolster the AdComs confidence in your academic abilities and improve your acceptance chances. However, your GPA is slightly on the lower end, but posing the right alibi for the same(health issues or your persistent endeavours for holistic development) would allow you to overcome this drawback in your profile. While your grades do play an important part, your extracurricular activities are equally important as AdComs are looking for applicants with holistically developed profiles.

For your extracurricular activities, you have a lot of social responsibility roles and achievements, your sporting achievements in athletics and football showcase leadership, team spirit and other such skills. Highlighting the work done as part of leading the NSS and how this has influenced your life would help make your profile better. Your teaching and volunteering roles all showcase your strong interest in developing your profile holistically by highlighting your ability to take up initiatives, impact others and to empathize with other people. B-schools are looking for applicants that are future leaders and such experiences and qualities strengthen your application. Thus, you should dig deeper into this aspect and bring out varied skills in your profile.

Coming to your international experiences, your international work experience and travelling experiences are a great value addition to your application as it showcases your adaptability. Ensure you highlight what kind of learnings you derived and how it helped you to grow and develop a broader perspective.

As far as your work experience goes, since an MBA is a manager's degree and requires significant work experience, your 7 years of work experience would put you at par with other applicants. You have a pretty varied work profile with both data analytics and operations roles, however you lack the aspect of big 4 brand names in your profile, a frequent element in the applicant pool. Thus, in order to stand out from the crowd, you most certainly should focus on your leadership roles and major projects of your work and how these experiences helped to develop and further groom your skills and knowledge. Since you lack big brands in your work experience, you can compensate for providing an apt reason as to why you chose these firms, how you have gone beyond the role, the initiatives you took and the kind of impacts you created and the accolades you have won like the Spot Award and the Impact Award to showcase an equally competitive profile.

You have a pretty competitive profile and can target the MBA program at most of the top B-schools. Whenever you are applying to schools abroad, it is prudent to hedge your bets wisely and target a holistic mix of dream, competitive and safe schools.To help you understand better, I’ve suggested a few schools that you could be targeting according to the different categories.

Dream (30-40%): HEC, INSEAD, NYU, Cornell, Ivey, McGill, Oxford
Competitive (60-70%) : ESCP, ESSEC, ESADE, FSFM, IE, Questrom, Michigan, Simon Fraiser

All said and done, while you have a good profile, there will be thousands of applicants out there with similarly great profiles, which is why your application would play a huge role in enhancing your chances of getting accepted into your target schools. You would need to highlight your profile USP’s and how you can be a great addition to the school whilst posing the right examples to legitimize your claim. Additionally, you need to ensure that your LORs and Resume, equally depict the strengths of your profile since your application( SOP, ESSAY, LOR & RESUME ) will hold a 30% value in the selection procedure.

On this note,  if you are looking to target the top B-schools and want to create a strong application that highlights your strengths and overshadows your weaknesses, you can follow the link below to Book a Free Consulting call to connect with one of our founders to gain in-depth knowledge of the application process and create a winning strategy.

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Hope this helped!

Hi MiMEssay,
Thanks a lot for your amazing feedback. Just one clarification - my latest work experience of 2.5 years in Operations is actually at Facebook, and am quite sure that can be counted as a relatively decent brand (correct me if I am wrong)

Hi,
I recently took the GMAT and scored a 750 (Q50 V41 IR6 AWA5)

I have 0 years of work experience but I do have internship experience from PwC India, where I was a finance intern. I have also worked with many NGOs as a volunteer, including CRY, Aastha Prayas and Privileged for Underprivileged.

In college, I have held the position of Head of Content Development for the Model UN society and Event Head for the Economics Society. I have also been a part of the Poetry society and have won an intra-college sports tournament.

Undergraduate Education - Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University (3rd year student) - GPA 8.14/10 (aggregate of 4 semesters)

Class XII - Commerce with Mathematics - 95.6% (Aggregate of 5) and 84.17% (Aggregate of 6). I fell sick for one of the additional exams and therefore, I couldn't appear for the same. I intend to explain it in my application as well.

Class X - 10/10 CGPA


Please evaluate my profile for a deferred MBA programme in United States (preferred field - finance). I intend to apply to all the top colleges including Harvard, Stanford, Wharton Kellogg etc.

Hi raindr0p,

It is no doubt that you have an outstanding profile in terms of your GMAT score, GPA, ECs and work-experience. Your specialised banking and finance work-experience in itself makes your profile very strong and your ECs showcase your competitiveness.

At each point, your profile looks highly competitive. You may check the detailed class profile here

One thing I would like to stress upon is the importance of hobbies and learnings. You have to make a good story around how your certain hobbies and past have made you a good candidate to pursue an MBA at Harvard. You’ll also have to highlight how all this will blend together and make you a good leader in the long-run.

While there are a lot of ways to go around it, I will personally not recommend you to write and speak in your essays and interviews which you haven’t done or haven’t been through. To counter this, the adcoms grill the candidates to their very core. Also, for any school, exhibit that you are TRULY interested in their program through your past actions.

Columbia can be a great choice as well for your career goals. If you'd like, we are happy to hop on a call some time this week to discuss your chances in further detail and help you understand these top schools better. Feel free to book a free session with us as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma, Linkedin
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Testimonials
Email: shantanu@mbaandbeyond.com
What s app: +65-97158525

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Hi there,

Academically, a GPA of 3.9 showcases your academic prowess which coupled with your international exposure will help differentiate you from the crowd. Most schools are looking to add diversity to their cohort and your background gives you a unique perspective which definitely provides a valuable addition to their program.

While your grades do play an important part, your extracurricular activities and your other endeavors matter as well because AdComs are constantly looking for applicants with holistically developed profiles. Thus, it is essential to shed light on the endeavors you’ve taken up at the clubs, associations, fest, and events you managed or participated in during your undergrad/postgrad.

For your extracurricular activities, your achievements and role of founding and leading the Investment Club as well as being designated as the president of the Investment Banking Club during your UG showcases your leadership skills and ability to take on initiatives. Therefore, make sure you elaborate on your entrepreneurial traits, what you did in these roles, and how you handled problems, planned the events, raised funds, etc. You should dig deeper into this aspect and bring out varied skills in your profile. Though to be clear, Adcoms are more interested in impacts created, rather than participation, hence highlighting your quantifiable achievements would help enhance your application.

As far as your work experience goes, you should focus on explaining and highlighting major projects of your work and how these experiences helped you develop and further groom your skills and knowledge. Additionally, since you lack big brands in your CV and you would be competing against applicants with work experience from the big four firms, you need to highlight why you chose these firms, how you have gone beyond the role, any initiatives you’ve taken, and any kinds of impacts created to showcase a strong profile.

Moreover, since an MBA focuses more on the quality of the work and the brand name, you should attempt bagging a job in the big four firms within the time period of 3 years or so before enrolling for the program.

Furthermore, you could take up some courses or certifications in the field of management, as top b schools are on the lookout for those who are constantly on the path of upskilling themselves. Also showcasing any volunteering or CSR activities that you participated in during your work experience would strengthen your application. If you do not have any yet you should definitely work for a social cause or an NGO as it would showcase your drive to give back to society.

As for your GMAT, your overall score is on the lower end and for most of the management courses, it is one of the referencing points. That said, if you are open to boosting your score further, I would recommend that you retake the GMAT to improve your score by 50-60 points and aim for a minimum overall score of 710 and above to increase your chances at the top business schools like Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Emory, and Cornell.

Overall you have a pretty decent profile and you can be targeting several programs at the top schools. As for the schools you are targeting, Cornell and Vanderbilt fall into the dream category while Georgetown and Emory fall into the competitive category.

You would have a 40-50% chance of getting an admit from the schools in the dream category and a 60-70% chance from the schools in the competitive category. Even though you have a pretty good profile but you need to remember that you will be competing with aspirants with equally good or better profiles. Hence, to increase your chances of getting admitted to these schools you would need to ensure that you have a very strong application to back your profile. Hence, you need to back the application with finely drafted LORs, Resumes, and Essays that highlight your strengths and overshadow your weaknesses.

Moreover, whenever you are applying to schools abroad, it is always better to target a good mix of dream, competitive, and safe schools. Hence you can broaden your options, and thus look at 7-8 more schools in the respective mix of categories that better fit your profile.

Having said that, if you want to know more about where you stand amongst the competition or about the other top B-schools that you can target, you can take up a FREE Profile Evaluation that will give you a more accurate and personalized suggestion based on your inputs.

Click on the link below to avail your free evaluation:

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Hope this helped!

Hey there!

You have a pretty decent profile.

Starting off with your academic background, your GPA of 4.8/5 coupled with your GMAT score of 730 authenticates your academic prowess and opens the door for you to target most of the top schools in the world.

Coming on to your work experience, you have 3.5 years of work experience in notable organizations and companies. However, you need to be mindful of the fact that your work experience does fall short as compared to the average applicant for an MBA program and you’d be competing against applicants from Big4 companies. To negate the lack of big brand names, talking about the kind of projects you have undertaken, the impact you created and your career progression with major learning takeaways would definitely showcase the quality of your work and establish you as no less than a big4 candidate.

Further, on the note of extracurriculars, you must be cognizant of the fact that schools seek applicants having a holistic profile. Hence, your participation in various programs and competitions such as the Future Leaders Exchange program and Erasmus Intensive program displays the breadth of knowledge you possess in the domain as well as your competitive spirit. Your experience at the Krynica Economic Forum panel discussion highlights your excellent communication skills while your participation in Google Startup Week showcases your multifaceted and diverse skill set. Moreover, clearing a competitive exam such as CFA level 2 furthers goes on to prove the mettle of your excellent financial skills. Even though all of these varied experiences do paint a picture of a well-developed and holistic profile, schools tend to favor candidates with community involvement as it showcases the candidate’s skill to apply theoretical knowledge to bring forth positive change in society. Hence, to build upon the same you should partake in volunteering activities at a local NGO or Non-profit organization.

You also have various experiences that add international exposure to your profile which gives your profile a boost and sets you apart from the average applicant pool

Given your school choices, all of the schools you wish to apply to fall under the dream category which means that these schools have an acceptance rate of 8-12% and hence you stand a 40-50% chance of making it into the program.

Having said this, I would suggest you to hedge your bets wisely and apply to a few schools in the competitive category (chances of acceptance - 70%) as well. Hence, you can also look forward to target schools such as UCLA Anderson, Cornell, McDonough, Tepper etc.

Lastly, you must lay emphasis on your admission application as the application acts as the window through which the admission committee can peer into your skills calibre and your personality. But simultaneously, it is also the way through which you can highlight your strengths and give apt justifications for your weaknesses (Lack of work experience and big brands) to smooth over any flaws in your profile. Moreover, a strong application holds a 30% weightage in the entire admission process and hence it is imperative that you use this tool in your arsenal to the best of your advantage.

All things considered, since the second round of applications is fast approaching, you can book a free consultation call with our expert consultants who would clear any doubts you may have regarding the admission process and would help you chalk out a winning strategy that would definitely earn you an admit from your dream school!

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H/S/W and particularly H/S essays require you to really give your all-- so get busy if you have any hopes for R2. If you are looking for hourly support over the holidays you can reach out to Stratus at this link and you may find talking to our counselor Soterios to be helpful as he is a grad at GSB and did his undergrad at Harvard. I would say that my best advice to you is to create messaging unique to each program-- the biggest commitment you talk about for Yale won't directly help you with MIT nor Booth nor Wharton-- but there might be elements of what you talk about in Yale that do fit as support for GSB in an accomplishment you describe or in something about who you are for Booth. When you review your essays for each school ask yourself if you feel that someone could read this essay and all short answers and get a sense of who you really are and not just have some general statements. Tell your story! Best wishes-- it looks like the building blocks are in place and that the next move is yours to show you have the right stuff!
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Hey there,

Considering your aspiration, before we begin your profile evaluation, I would like to highlight the fact that deferred MBA is one of the most competitive programs globally and adcoms tend to pick out the cream of every country for this prestigious program.

Commencing the evaluation with your academic background, your UG brand being one of the renowned universities in India plays to your advantage as the adcoms of every deferred MBA program is on the lookout for students hailing from top brands of their country. On the flip side, your GPA is a bit on the lower end as compared to the average applicant pool, to remedy which, you would need to pose the right alibi and divert attention towards other aspects of your profile such as your extracurriculars, projects, internships, and GMAT score.

In addition to this, another significant aspect that schools focus on is extracurricular activities as they are looking for a holistically developed profile. Hence, it is essential to shed some light on the endeavors taken up at any clubs, associations, sports, fest, or events you managed or participated in during your undergraduate. Volunteering initiatives, certifications, or internships undertaken during the course of your study would also count towards your extracurricular initiatives. Here, you have worked with many NGOs which is impressive as schools tend to favor candidates who are socially responsible. Also, you have been a Head of Content Development and an Event Head for the Economics society which showcases your strong leadership skills. Make sure you talk about the roles and responsibilities you held here and how have you made a positive impact. Alongside this, to boost your extracurricular front, you can portray entrepreneurial skills by spearheading any initiative at any of your ongoing roles and take up a few certifications and courses in your related niche as it will portray that you are keen on broadening your knowledge. Basically, you need to stage constant growth in your profile.

Moving to your practical experience, while you have good brands on your CV, you lack the extent of experiences in your profile as you will be competing against applicants who possess varied internships and entrepreneurial ventures at the same time. So, in order to overshadow this, you will need to focus on highlighting the different projects taken up, impacts created and skills garnered through each of your practical experiences. I would suggest bagging a couple more internships to give your profile the additional boost.

Speaking of your GMAT score, you definitely make the cut as 750 is a pretty competitive score amongst the average deferred MBA applicant pool.
To summarize, you undoubtedly have a good profile, however, in my opinion, you lack the hint of being an exceptional, all-rounder as demanded by a deferred MBA program. Few major aspects missing would be international experience, entrepreneurial initiatives, and extensive internships.

Having said this, your chances of acceptance at either of the deferred MBA programs would be around 30%.

Therefore, in order to hedge your bets wisely, I would suggest you broaden your options to other programs like Masters in Management or specialized masters wherein you can be bagging an admit from top b-schools around the globe and kickstart your career through a similar launchpad.

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Congrats on that GMAT score. While you do have leadership in your profile, I'm not sure you'll have enough leadership and internships for the deferred admit programs at H/S/ Your chances are better at the other outstanding U.S. programs that offer deferred admissions. You may be interested in https://blog.accepted.com/applying-for- ... d-to-know/ .

Best,
Linda
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Hi there,

I just sat the GRE today; and score 322; 161 V 161 Q; I think my extended essay should be strong, fingers crossed it's a 5.5/6.

Am I still within HBS range; I note the average was 326 - 163 163 last year.

Good to know

Congratulations on your scores - although they are slightly below HBS's median GRE scores of 163Q, 163V, you are absolutely within the range of GRE scores for their accepted students. Their website reports their accepted students have GRE verbal scores ranging from 148 to 170, and GRE quantitative scores ranging from 145 to 170.

So your chance of success will depend on the strength of the rest of your application -- including your work and leadership experience, extracurriculars, and your essay. If you would like a more in depth assessment and advice on how to strengthen your application, please feel free to book one of our free 30-minute consultations via this link. In any case, best of luck to you!
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Hi, I'd appreciate if I could get feedback on my application for Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton's deferred MBA programs.

Nationality:
Indian-American

Age
Current junior in undergrad, will apply senior year

Undergrad information:
Top 10 UG in the US
Bachelor of Science double major in CS and Statistics
Freshman summer studied ethics at Oxford University
GPA: 3.99/4.0 (1 A- across entire course of study)

GMAT:
780 (Q50, V49); IR 8; AWA 6.0

Work experience and leadership:
Sophomore summer: SWE Intern at a FAANG
Junior summer upcoming: Investment intern at a top HF (Bridgewater, DE Shaw, P72, etc.)

Extra curriculars:
Software development for various departments at the school
Research in behavioral science and data analytics
Social club leadership
NBA writer for a large sports website (SB Nation, Bleacher Report, ESPN, etc.)

Post MBA goals:
Hedge funds/investing

Languages:
Fluent English, Hindi
Conversational Spanish

Target schools:
Harvard 2+2, Stanford 2+2, Wharton Moelis Deferred PRogram

Your academic stats are excellent, and your internships are impressive. You have a competitive profile for the deferred admit programs, but they are extremely competitive. If you are serious about them, I recommend adding a few more, like MIT Sloan, Columbia, Kellogg, and Booth, but do apply to the three that you are targeting.

Also, if you can, beef-up the on-campus leadership roles or in your application highlight the impact you've had and the difference you've made in whatever leadership roles you have held.

You might be interested in these resources:
*Deferred MBA Admissions Calculator
* No Work Experience. Want MBA. What Should You Do?

Best,
Linda Abraham
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