Hi
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, your profile is actually pretty compelling because the Architecture to Urban Planning at IIT KGP to Public Policy at IIM and then the consulting path is extremely rare and gives you a differentiated story compared to the typical applicant pool.

The undergrad GPA is on the lower side, but your AIR in GATE and 8.68 MCP at IIT Kharagpur provide a very strong academic comeback that AdComs will take seriously as a quant signal. Your professional trajectory, mixing design, infra-policy exposure at MMRDA, and real estate/strategy consultingcsets you up well for a pivot into diversified financial services.

If you want a sharper read, share details on quant-heavy work at Colliers, leadership examples across roles, and your specific post-MBA finance target, those pieces will shape your competitiveness further.

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Hi
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, with 6 years in diversified financial services, analytics-heavy roles and a self-built six-figure real estate side business, you actually have a compelling mix of institutional finance + entrepreneurial real estate exposure that aligns well with your post-MBA shift.

Your GRE looks decent while your GPA will need to be addressed. However, your immigrant background, ADHD context (if framed carefully), and real estate traction can help add dimension, AdComs at these schools appreciate applicants with demonstrated real-estate execution, not just interest.

Since these are highly selective targets, execution in essays, clarity of career goals, and evidence of leadership/impact will matter a lot more in your case. It would really help to know more details about your work achievements like team leadership, deal exposure, modeling responsibilities, promotion trajectory, and the scale of assets/projects you handled, to better gauge where you’re most competitive and whether you should add a few target or safety schools to balance the list.

I’d be happy to offer you a free profile review for your target programs to see where you stand and how to boost your chances, happy to help!
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Hi
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile. With 7 years of experience in e-commerce, a strong GRE, and a solid list of schools you are positioning yourself well for programs that value domain depth and clear post-MBA goals within the same industry.

Your GRE score comfortably meets the averages at these schools, which should help balance your GPA, especially if your work experience shows progression, cross-functional exposure, and leadership in impactful e-commerce projects. The key now is demonstrating why an MBA is necessary for your next step in retail/e-commerce and how your experience differentiates you from the applicant pool. Since your profile summary is brief, it’d really help to know more - your role progression, size of teams managed, scale of projects, international exposure, achievements, and extracurriculars to give a more, precise assessment of competitiveness across these programs.

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Hey Eden
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, it looks very competitive. Your strong academic foundation (dual degree from NTU with First Class Honors in both Economics and Mechanical Engineering, plus Dean’s List honors) and a stellar 745 GMAT Focus set you apart intellectually.

Your work at a Tier 1 CPG firm, leading cross-functional initiatives with $25M+ impact and digitization efforts that drastically reduced turnaround times, shows clear problem-solving, innovation, and operational leadership. While a promotion may not arrive in time for apps, the "promotion freeze" context is understandable and can be explained. What matters is demonstrating scope of responsibility, stakeholder influence, and measurable outcomes — which you’ve started doing well. Your international exposure and goal to pivot into consulting with a supply chain/ESG focus is distinctive and aligns well with your background. Plus, your long-term entrepreneurial ambition adds richness to your profile.

To strengthen your application further you should:
1. Quantify and highlight team leadership, change management, and cross-border coordination.
2. Use essays and recs to show influence beyond your role/title.
3. If possible, deepen or formalize your volunteering/community work for added credibility.

Also, can you share a recent example where you led a cross-functional decision despite not being the senior-most person in the room? It will also be crucial to get recommendations from managers who can directly attest to your leadership and impact.

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Hey EdenHazard22, thank you for sharing your profile.

Your dual first-class honors from NTU in Mech Eng and Econ, combined with GMAT Focus score, already put you in the top tier academically.

Add to that a high-impact role in a Tier 1 CPG firm with quantifiable outcomes ($25M+ incremental NOS, digitization efforts), and you’re well-positioned for M7 programs.

The lack of promotion isn’t a red flag, especially with consistent high ratings and contextual slowdown, but your application must proactively address it through your recommenders and optional essay.

Your cross-cultural upbringing and targeted post-MBA goals in ESG-focused supply chain consulting add distinctiveness. Leadership depth could be showcased further, consider drawing out leadership from your initiative launches or digital transformation work.

For ECs, your sports and cultural involvement help, though formal social impact could still elevate your narrative. Haas and INSEAD are clear fits given your goals; Stanford and Wharton remain within reach, but you’ll need a strong personal story and tight goals articulation.

Happy to get deeper into leadership stories and school positioning, feel free to book a session!

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Thank you for sharing your profile @EdenHazard22! You bring a compelling profile to the MBA admissions landscape. With a GMAT Focus score of 745, you’re already placing yourself in the top echelons of applicants at M7 schools and elite international programs. Academically, your double first-class honors in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from NTU Singapore, along with Dean’s List recognition, provide a strong foundation of intellectual rigor and versatility. These credentials, backed by your consistently high academic performance, eliminate any doubts about your ability to handle the academic intensity of top MBA programs.

Professionally, you offer a unique blend of supply chain operations leadership and digital innovation within a Tier 1 consumer goods company. Your quantifiable achievements, such as leading initiatives that contributed $ 25 M+ in incremental NOS and developing a tool that cut process time from days to hours, are outstanding. These show both strategic thinking and a proactive approach to solving real-world problems. While you rightly noted the lack of a formal promotion could be perceived as a gap, the reality is that many high-performing candidates face such hurdles due to market constraints. What matters most is how you frame this. If you’ve been consistently top-rated, led initiatives, influenced decisions across functions, and mentored junior teammates, these must be showcased as leadership without authority. Your recommenders will play a crucial role here, and they must vouch for your leadership readiness and upward trajectory. You can take a look at this blog on How to Exhibit Different Forms of Leadership

Your extracurriculars further add dimension to your story. Involvement in sports, work culture teams, and university clubs reflects a well-rounded personality. Although you’ve engaged in volunteering, it would strengthen your narrative to highlight one or two impactful stories or initiatives you contributed to, ideally those connected to your post-MBA focus on sustainability and equitable supply chains. This kind of mission-driven coherence between past actions and future aspirations is often a hallmark of successful applicants to schools like Stanford, Haas, and INSEAD.

Your short-term goal of transitioning into management consulting with a focus on supply chain strategy and ESG seems timely and realistic. The long-term ambition to build your venture serving SMEs in sustainable planning is ambitious yet credible, particularly considering your international background. Admissions committees appreciate applicants who combine technical acumen with social consciousness, and your story fits that mold well. Just make sure your “Why MBA, Why Now” narrative clearly identifies skill gaps (like commercial strategy, organizational leadership, ESG frameworks) that you aim to fill.

To strengthen your application further, consider these final tips: lean heavily on your cross-functional leadership stories in your resume and essays, frame your impact in terms of influence rather than title, and use the optional essays if allowed to address the promotion context. Also, if feasible, take up a short-term ESG-related project or volunteering role that adds recent credibility to your goals.

You’re clearly on the right track. Would you like to begin with brainstorming ideas for your resume, school-specific essay strategy, or perhaps your “Why MBA"? Please feel free to book a profile evaluation session.

Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma
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Hey! If your education is not sponsored by the company or your company doesn't hire in the US on H1B, then the goal is unfeasible. Focus on the feasibility of the goal, aligned with your current work experience. If you are doing an MBA from the US and would mention that you want to get a job in another geography, then the question arises, why don't you do an MBA from that country? Why are you spending so much money in the US?

Honestly, to come up with a feasible short-term goal, we spend hours discussing. Advice: check out the employment report and see which job role and company align with what you are doing at the moment. In the current scenario, when the job market is extremely bad, refrain from changing domains/functions.

Hi Eden

Congrats on the admits, I myself an looking for ops/ SCM consulting, and would love to get inside the MIT / ROSS operations, would love to have a chat with you on your application journey. I have very similar goals on the long term and short term as well. I would love to have a conversation with you.

I would be truly grateful to get your advice on the same.

Hi Shauryan
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, your profile looks competitive. You have got a strong academic spine, global tech internships across EY Singapore, Barclays UK, and PwC India, and a clear spike with your startup NiteOut being incubated at both ATLAS and ACE Singapore, which is a huge credibility boost for a YLP applicant.

The mix of engineering depth, cross-functional delivery, SQL-heavy problem-solving, and real leadership through TA work and team mentoring shows both intellectual horsepower and people skills. The 645 GMAT FE also looks solid, your essays must communicate why you, why now, and why ISB with absolute clarity, especially tying your long-term vision of building consumer-tech platforms to ISB’s venture ecosystem. Overall, you’re in a strong and differentiated category, with the right storytelling, you will be a compelling YLP candidate.

I’d be happy to offer you a free profile review for your target programs to see where you stand and how to boost your chances, happy to help!
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Hi
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, given your B.Sc and M.Sc with a strong GPA, you're academically well-placed for MiM programs at HEC, INSEAD, LBS, IE and even ISB YLP.

However, these programs are extremely competitive, and AdComs will look closely for evidence of leadership, internships, research work, projects, entrepreneurial exposure, or extracurricular depth to understand your career readiness and your motivation for pivoting into consulting. Since your profile only lists academic qualifications right now, it’s hard to gauge your competitiveness fully. MiM outcomes depend heavily on internships, campus leadership, and demonstrated clarity of goals. If you can share more about your internships, research work, campus roles, certifications, achievements, or any consulting-relevant exposure, I can give you a more accurate assessment and help you understand your chances.

I’d be happy to offer you a free profile review for your target programs to see where you stand and how to boost your chances, happy to help!
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Hi there, thanks for the detailed profile.

Strong international exposure, good story arc, and solid experience scaling AUM: but 685 GMAT Focus is little low for Wharton, Columbia, Booth, and Sloan if you're aiming IB.

You’re targeting a quant-heavy, hyper-competitive post-MBA role and applying to schools where 695-700+ is often the score.

You’ll need to lean hard on essays, networking, and perhaps consider a retake if waitlists happen.

Stern, Johnson, and Anderson could still work, but it’s high-risk for the top 5 unless the rest of the app is bulletproof.

Let’s map your best shots and prep Plan B if admits fall short.

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Hi Lucas. I'm also from Brazil, planning to apply in R2. Can we talk more about your application process? Thanks.

Open to sharing your interview experience?

Hi Lucas. I'm also from Brazil. Congratulation for your results Can we talk more about your application process and GMAT? Thank you so much.

Hi Kshitij,
You've started to plan early for your B-school applications next year, which is great. I do have a few suggestions based on the few things you have mentioned here, and they could give you direction to enhance our profile over the coming year.
1. work experience- Your work sounds very differentiated. That said, it will be super helpful to show some commercial aspect in your work profile. Do you work with clients on their patent filing and help them take strategic decisions? DO you advise them as a consultant on any commercial aspects? You did mention about competitor analysis and patent valuation, which would be relevant here. Creating reports and other similar responsibilities are part of your job responsibilities, whereas your work around the commercial aspects would be more relevant for the applications. If in the current year you can involve yourself in more activities that have a monetary/ time/ efficiency impact, that would be great for your resume.
2. You haven't mentioned many extra curricular activities, but that may be another aspect to build upon, especially if you haven't pursued ECAS since leaving college. You can involve yourself in community initiatives at work, take up volunteering projects, or take up hobbies to pursue your passions.
3. The GMAT score is a work in progress I guess. Aim for a ~705+/330+ GMAT/GRE score- its always helpful to get this beast out of the way by April-May, so prepare well from now, with buffer to retake in case you don't hit the desired score within the first attempt.
4. Lastly, for scholarships, you will need a well rounded profile. All the steps I have outlined above will help you build one.

All the best to you for the efforts you now have to make to build that solid profile. Do reach out for a mire indepth profile evaluation.

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Hi Kshitij
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, the promotion at Elevate, exposure to patent valuation, competitor analysis, and use of AI tools are solid, and McKinsey Forward helps signal consulting readiness, but you’ll be competing in a crowded Indian tech bucket with many candidates who have clearer client-facing leadership and brand-name consulting or product roles.

Your GMAT score will play a crucial role, if you can land a strong score, it will materially improve both admit and scholarship chances. If scholarships are a priority, you should also look at Fuqua, Ross, Emory, McCombs, Tepper, and ESADE, which tend to be more generous. To strengthen your odds, focus on clearly framing your work as problem-solving impact (not just analysis), build some visible leadership outside day-to-day delivery, and sharpen a very crisp “why consulting, why MBA, why now” narrative that ties IP, AI, and strategy together.

I’d be happy to offer you a free profile review for your target programs to see where you stand and how to boost your chances, happy to help!
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You can also email me your CV at: [email protected]
Good Luck!

Hey! Same boat. Let's catchup! Did you also get any scholarship offering?

Hey! Same boat. Let's catchup! Did you also get any scholarship offering?