Profile evaluation for Sloan (MIT), Wharton, Booth (Chicago), Kellogg, INSEAD, LBS, Ross (Michigan), UVA Darden, GMAT Focus 695, Technology background, from India

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4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your profile, @bboi2000. You look like a potential international tech-to-strategy consultant whom top schools recruit. Good GMAT.

About the school fit:
MIT Sloan can like your (tech + data + international exposure). The risk is that Sloan wants leadership beyond execution.

Wharton can like your quant rigour + consulting pipelines. The risk is that it needs very clear leadership and a “why Wharton” story. Not a long shot, but it can be realistic with sharp execution.

Booth can like your Data-driven mindset, analytics comfort. Risk: Less obvious leadership narrative unless framed well.

Kellogg can appreciate your consulting outcomes, teamwork, and leadership.

INSEAD can like your international profile, consulting pivot, and Japan exposure. Risk: Need strong interpersonal leadership stories.

Gaps: People leadership > You need at least 2–3 strong stories showing: Influencing without authority, leading juniors/cross-cultural teams and owning outcomes, not just analysis. Other would be Why consulting (post-MBA)? Avoid generic “strategy consulting” goals. Be specific, MBB or Tier-2? Focus areas: digital transformation, AI strategy, public sector, geopolitics?

For LORs, try to choose one senior leader from Accenture Japan, and another can be a stakeholder who saw your leadership under ambiguity

Questions:
1) Which consulting firms are you targeting post-MBA?
2) Do you want to specialize in AI/data strategy or broader management consulting?
3) Have you led teams or workstreams end-to-end yet?
4) Are you open to Europe vs the US post-MBA?

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