Profile evaluation for Ross (Michigan), Sloan (MIT), Yale, LBS, UVA Darden, Booth (Chicago), NYU Stern, Yale, Wharton, CBS, Stanford, Sloan (MIT), Ross (Michigan), LBS, Kellogg, INSEAD, Berkeley Haas, Duke Fuqua, Non-Profit background, from India

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4 months ago

Good potential, so long as your career visioning is pragmatic and the narratives highlight your motivations. GPA is weak and may hurt your chances. A very strong GMAT/GRE will be crucial for you, inter alia.
- Dee
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Shivam Kumar

Thank you for the evaluation, would contact you as soon as i get my gmat score right

ARINGO

Hi Shivam
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile you have a strong and interesting profile, especially since you are coming from the non-profit and social enterprise space. Being a Founder & CEO, leading 60+ projects, managing stakeholders, and directly enabling training and placement is meaningful leadership experience that many schools value. Your goals, moving into strategy/management consulting and later building impact-driven enterprises at scale are logical and well aligned with your background.

Your GPA is on the lower side, which means a strong GMAT score will be very important to balance the academic profile. Also, you currently have a long list of schools, to improve your chances, you’ll want to narrow this down into clear reach, target, and safety buckets.

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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Thank you for the evaluation, would contact you as soon as i get my gmat score

TheIvyLeagueEdge

1. I don't know how you have calculated your GPA. Percentage conversations to GPA don't work. Also, please understand the College matters. Genrally however, GPA 3.1 is on the lower side.
2. What score you get (GMAT FE/ GRE) will help in establishing whether you can take the rigors of the MBA program. For some programs/ Universities, your story and context will matter more than others.
3. Your switch from a B.Tech to Non-Profit to MBA to planned Consulting does not show clarity (Not saying it is not clear, but in your essays and application, YOU WILL NEED to define it clearly)

Hope that helps. Please submit your profile for a Free Assessment over a 1:1 call. https://theivyleagueedge.com/index.php/contactus/
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2 months ago

Additionally @Shivam Kumar,
While you may think that targeting the long list of MBA programs above gives you the safety of spreading your net wide, please understand how you risk spreading yourself too thin, and wearying yourself out. A very real hazard is the application fatigue gives rise to applications far lower in quality, and the punch they are able to deliver.

I would suggest applying to 7-10 MBA programs, ideally spreading them over two rounds.

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3 months ago

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MBAGuide

Hi Shivam, whether you ask for a profile evaluation or pitch your candidacy to the adcoms in the applications/essays, please be clear about the nature of your work through brief examples so that the other person can better understand what you have done. The jargon that may seem obvious to you may become a barrier for the reader, beyond which they may not be so keen to look into the impressive work you have done.

For example, instead of saying, “I am founder of TalentShip Global Advisory Forum (TGAF), a Section-8 organization focused on consulting and capacity building in education and skill development,” say something that helps the reader understand the problem you have been solving. For example: “I have been tackling the widening gap between academic learning and industry-ready skills in India. I recently led a project with 10 under-resourced colleges to redesign their curriculum for digital literacy and soft skills, reaching over 2,000 students. In another initiative, I partnered with local NGOs to train 500 teachers in modern pedagogical methods, improving student engagement and retention.”

You will need to practice doing this if you wish to target the best business schools. Again, your entry into the social impact space after your undergrad is not clear. If management consulting is on your mind, I would suggest making a move into impact consulting roles with prestigious companies pre-MBA and then applying to top B-schools. I say this from experience working with impact profiles. Your transition to a well-known impact consulting firm will give you the branding needed by top consulting companies and B-schools. Try to consider what I have said in parallel with your GMAT preparation.

Feel free to reach out should you want professional guidance

Best wishes
Aanchal Sahni (INSEAD MBA alumna, former INSEAD MBA admissions interviewer)
Founder, MBAGuideConsulting
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MBADecoder

Hi Shivam, I love your work profile! Starting an organization esp in the impact sector takes courage. For one, you forego a plum salary and secondly, its not easy to run the company- I guess funding and project procuring would remain constant threats for you? Your impact shows in completing 60+ projects. It will still be crucial to get into the details- how large and impactful were these projects, what are the leadership stories behind them? Overall, I see lot of scope for writing compelling essays around a few of these experiences, but obviously you must do this right. Sometimes applicants don't show enough maturity, depth and learnings in their experiences and that can lead to sub optimal applications. Make sure not to make such mistakes.

At this point, a solid GMAT prep is most important for applying in Fall 2026. I wonder what courses and certifications you are doing and if these are solely for the applications, then I suggest you concentrate your energy on GMAT prep. instead, which has a lot more importance in your profile evaluation. Do the certifications only if you need them for work. If you are already underway, then complete them, but dont do anymore as a profile building effort. You will anyhow study business courses in your MBA curriculum.

Now coming to your career goals- your short term goal and long term goals are very valid, but they need to be backed by a compelling storyline the explains why this career direction is the best for you to achieve your ultimate aspirations. Conveying your passion is an important element of a well - crafted goals story.

I'd love to have a discussion with you, should you want to discuss your profile in more detail (no charges involved). DO reach out at [email protected]

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admitStreet

@Shivam Kumar - your profile shows potential.

A strong GMAT/ GRE score and narrative covering your background, career goals and why MBA/ why now would help strengthen your chances.

Feel free to reach out for a deeper discussion.

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