Profile evaluation for Anderson (UCLA), Booth (Chicago), CBS, UVA Darden, Kellogg, Finance: Diversified Financial Services background, from India

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1 day ago

Hi
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, you already have a strong base for your target schools.

Coming from NIT Karnataka and working at Wells Fargo and American Express gives your profile a strong combination of academics and work experience. The move from data governance into digital product management is also a good sign because it shows career growth and wider exposure.

Please share

1. What kind of product work are you doing at Amex?
2. Have you worked directly with senior stakeholders or led projects independently?
3. Why consulting after product management?
4. Any extracurricular activities or leadership experience outside work?

Your GPA is decent for an engineering background. The GMAT and your overall story will play a big role from here. If you can clearly explain your career journey and future goals, you’ll have a solid profile for these schools.

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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MBADecoder

13 hours ago

Make sure your career goals are well aligned with what experience and skills you have acquired in your career and how a transition from product management to consulting makes sense for you.

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admitStreet

11 hours ago

The NIT tag helps, but the GPA looks a bit low. A strong GMAT (or GRE) score can help position the profile well.

Some more details on your work-ex can help assess your profile better e.g. key achievements ad projects, any progressions/ promotions, international exposure etc. Also, anything on the extracurriculars side?

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MBAandBeyond

10 hours ago

Thanks for sharing your profile, @MM03092000. For now, the biggest missing piece is your GMAT/GRE score. Given your target schools, the test score will significantly influence your competitiveness. As an Indian female engineer, you benefit from being in a less saturated demographic than Indian male engineers, but the applicant pool is still highly accomplished.

A GMAT FE score n the range of: 685-705+ can be competitive across Kellogg and stronger at Booth/Columbia and a 715+ would give you a legitimate shot at all the schools on your list. That said, the score is not the only thing.

Your profile has 3 attractive things: Good academic foundation, Blue-Chip Employers (Wells Fargo and American Express add credibility and brand value), and career progression(moving from governance and analytics into product management shows increasing strategic and customer-focused responsibility).

A few questions you can reflect upon, that will helpful while you craft your essays:
1. Why did you move from Chemical Engineering into data and then product?
2. What product or customer problem are you most proud of solving?
3. Have you led teams without formal authority?
4. Why MBA now instead of continuing in product?
5. What specific post-MBA role do you want, Product Management, Product Strategy, FinTech Product, or Consulting?

The answers to these questions will likely become the backbone of your essays. We would be happy to learn more about your profile like extracurriculars, international experience, and the above questions as well. Please feel free to book a profile evaluation session.

You can also read these blogs on How to connect the dots for an Ideal MBA Application and Product Management and Consulting as Post MBA Goals and success story of Mr. Petroleum Engineer (Kellogg, DARDEN & INSEAD) | Ms. Oil & Gas Engineer (Columbia, Yale, NYU, Fuqua- 40k $ scholarship)

Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma, INSEAD Alumnus
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond