NTU MBA Profile Evaluation - Tools for B-School Profile Evaluation

Hi,

Request somebody well versed with NTU admission process to evaluate my profile. Still quite new to NTU admission process so not sure if I am a right fit for this school. I will share a brief about my profile. Please let me know if any other detail required.

GMAT - 700 (Q50, V34, AWA-5, IR-8). Work ex – 52 months as on date. Will have 57.5 months of work –ex as on 31st March, 2019.


Grad & Work Ex:
I have done my graduation in Fashion Technology from National Institute of Fashion Technology. My college is regarded as the best fashion college in the country and is among the top 3 colleges in Asia. Right now I am working with the biggest apparel organization in the country. I have reached middle management role in a very short duration. Currently I head pan India operations of my brand.

Profile:
Qualitatively I have a strong profile. I have worked hard to build my profile over the last few years. I am national level athlete and a national level quiz medalist. I have led teams during my college days and have also worked for couple of spiritual and non-for-profit organizations in the past.


Reasons for MBA:
Though I have got good success in the initial years of my career, a graduate degree won't be sufficient to take me to senior level roles in future. There are certain areas in the field of strategy and finance where I feel I am still not equipped enough to handle things completely on my own. An MBA at this stage will also help in making my profile much stronger. A master’s degree will make me financially more stable.


Post MBA plans:
Post MBA I want to work in roles of Brand Management with specialization in the fields of Strategy and Marketing. I am open to industries outside the fashion industry though I wouldn't mind coming back to this industry.

Dilemma:

Under the given geopolitical situation, will it be advisable for Indian candidates to apply to Singapore schools? Not too aware about job scenario in Singapore for international candidates.

I'm targeting colleges within top 30.

I am not in a position where I can spend more than 100K SD. So scholarship will be a deal breaker for me to join any college. Is getting a scholarship a possibility with this profile?

Hope I have given all the required information to suggest the best course of action. Let me know if any other detail from my side is required. Will be obliged if you can suggest the way forward. Thanks.

Would anybody like to have a go at analyzing my profile? Below are the details:

Age: 26
Class X: 87%
Class XII: 82%
CGPA: 7.19 (VIT University, B.Tech in Computer Engineering though there are a fair share of backlogs which I successfully cleared within the 4 years)
Best GMAT Score: 710 (Q47 V40 IR 7 AWA 5)

Work Experience: 5.5 years by March 2019 - All in Marketing. The last 4 years of those has been in a pan-Indian Fintech startup, with the last 1.5 years in a Managerial role.

Extracurricular: Ran a Culture Critic portal during my college days, Moderator of an aviation community since 2009, volunteered with Greenpeace India for 6 months in 2017.

Other: Completed a course with Coursera on Engagement & Nurture Marketing

Many thanks in advance!

Hey guys
Indian Male engineering
GPA of 7.96/10 from SRM University
92 in X , 93 in XII
Work experience of two years
One year as a business presentation specialist with McKinsey and company while the other one as a business development executive with freshworks. Dealt with clients across various domains. And I also run a small food chain alongside
GMAT score of 720.
What are my odds of getting into NTU?

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Hey guys
It would be of a great help if you can let me know about the chances of making it into NTU
My profile as follows
X- 92%
XII - 93%
Undergrad in engineering and majors was in mechatronics GPA - 7.86 (SRM UNIVERSITY)
GMAT - 720
Been working with McKinsey and company as a business presentation specialist for the past two years. Though my WE is not something I can gush about is there something else that I can do to grab the admission committee's attention?

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Hello Sundar96,

Apologies for the delayed response but we hope this finds you in time still.

Your GMAT score looks competitive and the work experience with Mc Kinsey will definitely add value to your overall case.

Having said that, a lot is also dependent on how well you portray your case through your essays. As you have not shared any information pertaining to your career goals and extra-curricular engagements, we are unable to comment on your case in greater detail. Nonetheless, your goals should be a logical extension of your existing career and reflect your need for a management education.

Should you feel the need for a detailed discussion, feel free to reach out to us.

All the best!

Hi,

Can you help me evaluate my profile and tell me if have some chances to get admitted at NTU.

I'm 25, Indian, Male.

My profile:

10th - 7.8 CGPA (CBSE)
12th - 48% (Science - Physics, Chem, Math, CS)
BBM - 52%
GMAT - 720

I know my academics have been poor.


Total WE - 3+ Years
Headed the business development wing for my family business (logistics company which was founded the very same year I graduated) staright out of college for 1.5 years post which i went on to purse a Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Marketing and work as an intern with one of the leading digital marketing agency in the country during this time. I am currently working in a digital agency for last 2 years consulting and handling digital marketing for leading brands in India. I have worked with clients ranging across various industry verticals such as healthcare, Technology, Education, QSR and fitness.

I have been won the employee of the month for about 3 times in the last 2 years. Also, won awards at annual events of the company as recognition my performance.

Extra-circular.

National gold medalist - Karate - 2010
National Sliver and bronze - 2011 and 2012
I also was the president of the student government body for 3 years in school.

I would love to hear some honest opinions.

Thank you in advance !!!

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Hello dheerajpal,

Thanks for your query.

As already suggested, your academic background is a red flag; however, rather than worrying about the same now, it is time to focus on the things that can be controlled; of course, you must, in the Optional Essay, address your low academic scores, without making an excuse for them; rather, focus on how you have grown as an individual, ever since, and achieved a good GMAT score; focus on your learnings from the episode.

Your achievements on the extra-curricular front will definitely add value to your case, as will your diverse client-handling exposure, and the entrepreneurial experience.

Frankly, how well you connect the dots in your story through the essays you craft, will hold the key. Spend enough time deliberating on how you want to express your strengths and articulate the past; of course, put forth a set of career goals, wherein your goals align with your existing experience.

We do hope you are targetting programs other than NTU, as well!

Should you feel the need for a detailed discussion, feel free to write to us.

All the best!

Hey Guys - Can someone kindly evaluate my Profile for NTU:

GMAT : 680
Graduation : 7.1 (Computer Science)

Total Work Ex : ˜4Years
Current Industry - Ecommerce
Domain - Digital Marketing

Age - 26
Sex - Male
Nationality - Indian

Current Role - Mobile Marketing Manager with a Premier Indian Ecommerce Company.
1) Responsible for 30-40% of the Digital Marketing Budget. ( 2MIllion USD Per Annum)
2) Responsible for budget allocation and revenue planning for all channels.
3) Responsible for delivering a portion of the PnL of the company.
4) Generating 50% of all Electronics category on App Month on Month by new installs.
5) Coordinating among several different teams - Tech, Product, Analytics, Retention and Merchandising - To ensure delivery of campaigns, all while maintaining Business ROAS.
6) Top performer of my team.

Special Projects -
1) Part of 4 people team working with the CEO on delivering H1 targets. This is extremely cross functional and given me exposure to functions like Logistics, Brand Maketing, Analytics and helps me understand the PnL structure of an e-commerce company - All while working closely with business Heads and the CEO.
2) Delivered a project which enhances customer information to improve push notification segmentation. This helped in generating additional USD 700K for the year.

Volunteering -
1) Taught under privileged kids for 6 months with the NGO bigger than life.

Activities and societies in College -
1) Debate and Literary Secretary
2) Coordinator of the Anchoring committee
3) Won Creative Writing and Extempore
4) 10 Pointer in Final Semester

Other -
1) Completed a half marathon right after recovering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis (I ran to heal myself, but does this sound too dramatic?)

I'm not interested in applying to US B-Schools. However, if you guys think I can apply to other top ranked Asian B-Schools, please do recommend.

Thanks a lot guys!

Hello Akatoch

Thanks for writing in.

With a number of talking points, your overall profile looks good.

Having said the above, your GMAT score is a bit of a concern and we recommend that you look at improving the same by at least 30 points; the higher the better.

A higher GMAT score together with a set of stellar essays (which join the dots in your story in an appropriate manner) will give you a good chance at cracking NTU!

Should you have any follow-up questions, please feel free to reach out to us.

All the best!

Hello Everyone,
I want to know how strong is my profile for NTU full time mba for fall 2020. If anyone can evaluate the profile and tell me so that i can go ahead with the application process otherwise i can wait for another year before applying.

GMAT: 700 V34 Q50
Work Ex: 2 years Tata Consultancy Servcies (Strong LORs)

QUALIFICATION
Post-graduate Diploma in Business Analysis : Kurukshetra University, India
Expected completion – June 2019
Bachelor of Technology (Electronics and Communication) :SRM University, India
2013 to 2017; CGPA: 8.14
Class 12th (Central Board of Secondary Education)
2013; Overall Percentage: 89.8%
Class 10th (Central Board of Secondary Education)
2011; CGPA: 10


No backlogs or any gap in education adn above 80% throughout my education.


3 internships and 3 paper presentations.

And i am roughly listing some of my awards and achievements..

University:
Lead more than 500 people as University Convener For Discipline
Headed a team of 300 volunteers as Committee Head For Discipline for two consecutive years
headed a team of 50 members as Committee Head For Public Relations
Headed a team of 50 members as Head of Anti- Ragging Committee
Appreciated for Project “Sonar guided system for navigation” to help blind people navigate without aids.
Merit holder in strong man events

School:
Gold medals in taekwondo and karate at national, district and state level.
School Sports Captain for three consecutive years
House Prefect
Certificate of Distinction in Computer Skills by University of New South Wales, Australia

Please tell me a rough estimate of the strength of my profile in general if not specific to NTU.
Please convey if anything else is needed?

Thanks
Pranay Bhasin

Hello All,
Please help me to evaluate my profile for NTU MBA

Nationality- Indian, Male, Age-24

Undergraduate- National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India (CGPA-8.46) Completed in May 2017
12th- 94.6%
10th- 10 CGPA
GMAT SCORE- 650

Professional Experience:-
1. 25 months of Total Work experience- 2 months in South Korea
2. Organization -Leading Mobile electronics company
3. Current Role - Engineer, Involved in RnD
4. Experience in handling RnD projects from concept to market launch
5. Experience in working with multi-cultural and multi-national teams

Achievements:-
1. Best performance award
2. Spot Award
3. Winner of several inter-university dramatics competitions

Co-curricular Activities
1. President of Students' Council of university
2. General Secretary of Students' Council of university
3. Joint Alumni Secretary of Students' Council of university
4. First Year Representative of Students' Council of university
5. Member of Alumni Relations Cell in University

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Hi Dhiraj,
Can you please review my profile for admission at NTU?

Nationality- Indian
Gender- Female
Xth- 90%
XIIth - 82%
Undergrad- B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from “Thapar University, Patiala'
CGPA- 8.64/10
GMAT- 650 (Q-47, V-33, IR-46, AWA- score awaited)

Work Experience: 6 years
1. Worked for 5 years in Mondelez India Foods Pvt Ltd (Formerly- Cadbury India Pvt Ltd)
- Did different roles across supply chain in factory and corporate office.
- Managed plant production, did process improvement projects, got Green Belt and Black Belt certified in lean six sigma during factory stints
- During corporate role, managed capacity, technology and commercial decisions for all Chocolate category innovations for PAN India.
2. Currently associated with Hindustan Unilever since 1 year.
- Working as innovation & network planner for Skin Care category (Have managed 40+ innovations during past 1 year).

Participations:
Organized yearly Continuous Improvement event at Baddi site for two consecutive years.
Certified trainer and core member of the IL6S (Integrated Lean Six Sigma) execution team.
Led SGAs (Small Group Activities) implementation on Shopfloor, and trained Shop Floor Colleagues for yellow belt certifications.

Extra-Curricular Activities:
Active participant in events at college level and event management at Aranya (Technical fest), HLS (Hindi Literary Society) and Mudra.
Member of PRATIGYA, to help poor children in studies.

Hi Shefali,

While your work experience is very good and will help you in building a strong application, your GMAT score is quite low. I am going to strongly recommend a retake and try to bring it up to a 690-700 atleast.
If you put in some serious effort for the next one month, you can still meet R1 deadline.

Hi all
Please evaluate my profile
Gmat score 660 .
Profile details are:
Gender-Female
Nationality-- Indian
Industry - IT ( Strategy Consultant)
Work ex- 5 years
B.Tech. 71%
12th 89%
10th 92%

Extracurriculars:
Certified in advanced level Robotics
Worked as a volunteer for NGO .
Was a part of college singing society. organized many competitions at college level

Post MBA Goals - Would like to work as a consultant in IT industry and FMCG.

Hi Folks

I am a 33-year-old Indian planning to write the GMAT soon. I have average grades throughout. I would be extremely grateful if I could receive your feedback on certain aspects -

1. Class X- ICSE -89%
2. Class XII -ISC - 86%
3. Engineering - Private Engineering college - CGPA - 8.46 /10
4. Masters in Engg - CGPA - 8.81/10
5. Work Exp - 8 years (now)
(a) 3 years with TCS
(b) 5 years (till date) with an Indian Public Sector Bank - working in several profiles. In the process, I have acquired certain certifications from Indian Institute of Banking and Finance -
(a) JAIIB (First Class) - June, 2015
(b) CAIIB (First Class) - December, 2015
(c) Certificate Course in Foreign Exchange - January, 2017

After my MBA, I would like to work in the Finance domain. I could also look at Consulting profiles, but Finance would be my first choice.

Extra-curricular and other achievements -
I do not have much extra curricular activities -Was adjudged the “Best Table Topic Speaker” at Toastmasters International during my stint at TCS, ranked third in my M Tech course, was an associate editor of my college magazine, won a certificate at an in-house L&D and CTO initiative at TCS.

I have mediocre academic grades so far and do not have much leadership roles to write about. Should I do CFA level1 before I apply to B in 2020 ?
Please advise on the profile.

Can some one please respond ??

Hi, Please do a check on my profile.

Gender: Male
Age: 26
Nationality: Indian
CGPA: 6.47/10
Degree: BE Computer Science (CSVTU Chhattisgarh)
Experience:5 year
( 3 year at job and 2 year as entrepreneur)

Official Score: 700 (Q50, V34, AWA5.0)
( planning to retake and expect 730)

Work Profile: from 2016-now

Work for Konsole Group (PR company) as Asst business manager

Deployed many successful creative marketing idea for various company

Handle all the Social Media Account for Chhattisgarh Chief minister, Health Minister and Home Minister

Planned and execute various PR activity for Chhattisgarh state Government.

Work for BJP’s the state and municipal election Chhattisgarh


As Entrepreneur:
Co Founder of Mr Tiffin (2014-16)
( Currently holding only 10% stake)

Start a food delivery service with a base kitchen that serves 500+ meals daily in the city.

Handle many catering event of where number of guest is more than 10000.

Cater IPL 2016 where public is more than 35000


Extra Curricular: I am a skilled Driver and gives lesson to women to encourage them. More than 60 driver are trained by me. Some are now being part of OLA and UBER.

Goals:
Short Term: I want to change my career towards e commerce strategy and consultancy

Weak Point:
Due to some university problem i give my backlog Exam after 2 year and complete my engg in 6 year.

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