rikinmathur wrote:
I had posted this in a different forum earlier but realize this is the best place to get my profile evaluated for HBS as it would be my top choice (understand that it is extremely selective so I am applying to all M7 and some others)
Country (current) - United States
Citizenship - United States
Education - University of Pittsburgh B.S Electrical Eng, Columbia University M.S Electrical Eng
Industry - Healthcare and Tech
Work Experience- Current- Data Scientist (first half of work exp) and Product Manager (current), Healthtech startup (joined as 60th employee Series A, now 800 people with a valuation of $3.5B post Series E), Worked on several consulting style projects as a data scientist and then Promoted and transitioned from a data science role to a product management role to gain more leadership experience as well as be in charge of the end to end product cycle of our data products, Currently leading a team of 8-10 engineers.
https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/hea ... -valuationAdditionally, 1 Yr in Data Scientist Role at another startup, working with the largest 3D body dataset!
Years of Work experience - 5
GMAT - 750 (Q49,V42)
Target application round - Round 1
Post-MBA role targeted - Consulting, VC
Short-term goals - I am super interested in the Healthcare and AI field but wanted to work in a more business/corp strategy capacity so a Consulting Role or a Corporate Dev role at a company would be ideal.
Long-term goals - Given my extensive health tech and startup experience, I would be interested in being on an investment team that invests in companies similar to the ones I have worked for, at an early stage or mid-stage.
Extra-curriculars -
Product Lead for a Mark Cuban-backed non-profit AI for Anyone
Designed curriculum and virtual workshops for AI content, webinars, and workshops that have amounted to 3000+ attendees (including global location in Vietnam) Trained a cohort of 10 people to deliver AI workshops across the country.
Written and Published a Data Science Book (
https://www.amazon.com/ABCs-Data-Scienc ... C65&sr=8-1) with over 1.5k purchases on Amazon
Started a Youtube Channel on AI and Data Science Content as a side hobby!
From Undergrad:
Vice President of Undergraduate Consulting Club,
Won 1st place at Deloitte Consulting Case Competition
Helped set up the first consulting club for undergraduates at the University and registered over a
100 members in the first year
Supposed Strengths:
Work Experience
AI and Non-Profit Work
Book
GMAT
Weaknesses:
Lack of branding other than Columbia (my graduate school)
Hoping to make this up with how well the company that I work for has done
GPA (I had a 3.5 in both undergrad and grad school)
Which application you submit—Early Decision to Columbia or Regular Decision and take a chance with other R1 schools like HBS—will be the deciding factor for you.
Regarding admissions, branding is just partially important. You still have to produce successes and outcomes. All of these schools' AdComs will carefully consider your (unique) experiences. If you are coming from less well-known businesses or institutions, you must show that you have the gravitas to compete with individuals who represent well-known names.
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