Thanks for sharing your profile @Shhhhr . You have a good profile: elite academic record (GPA 9.44), 4 years of fintech product/engineering experience with measurable impact, and leadership outside work. For Simon, Scheller, and Vanderbilt, you can be a good candidate for NYU’s Andre Koo Tech MBA, you can be a fit, but it is highly competitive. Your application will be compelling if you clearly quantify product outcomes, signal product/PM readiness, and provide strong recommenders who can validate leadership and product impact.

Talking about the schools:
Simon values: analytics + tech + strong employability. Simon’s middle-80% GMAT sits roughly 620-730; analytics and measurable outcomes are prized. Your data/engineering background and high GPA map well to Simon’s strengths.

Scheller values: STEM/analytics + tech recruiting (Atlanta/Bay Area). Scheller’s class GMAT average ≈ is 654, and average work experience is ~5 years; your 4 years plus technical product contributions are a strong fit. Scheller places many grads in tech & consulting.

Vanderbilt Owen values: cross-functional leadership, career switch support, and a good regional/tech recruiter network. Owen’s average GMAT is in the high-600s to ~700, and average experience is ~5-6 years; you can be competitive for the class profile with appropriate storytelling.

NYU Stern Andre Koo Tech MBA values: explicit product + tech commercialization experience and NYC/VC connectivity. Stern’s Tech MBA is engineered for candidates combining technical fluency and product ambition. If your goal is product management in a major tech/fintech hub, it’s a great fit, but expect strong competition and to show concrete product metrics and go-to-market exposure.

Your strengths to highlight: 9.44 GPA / gold-medal calibre communicates strong intellectual ability. Product/engineering impact, you delivered data solutions, optimized workflows, and reduced risk, quantify these. Cross-functional collaboration, you’ve worked across business and engineering, present this as early product/PM experience. Leadership outside work, extracurricular leadership, shows initiative and community, useful for essays & interviews.

Things to do: Make the product-management story explicit. Adcom wants to see that you can own outcomes, not only deliver code. Translate your technical wins into product outcomes: adoption %, time-to-value reduction, revenue impact, customer retention uplift, error/risk reduction in monetary terms, or product KPIs improved. Show end-to-end product exposure. If you haven’t owned roadmap, prioritization, A/B tests, or user research, try to lead one short cross-functional feature (even an internal tool) and track outcomes. Hiring managers & adcoms love a good PM signal.

You didn’t list a GMAT/GRE here. If you have one, include it prominently. If not, plan either a GMAT Focus or GRE with a target that fits your schools. For each school, include 2-3 concrete hooks in essays: a course, a lab/center, a student club, or a specific employer pipeline. Don’t rely on generic phrases.

You can also explore some other schools like: Berkeley Haas, USC Marshall / UCLA Anderson.

We would love to learn more about your academic background, extracurricular activities, professional experiences, and personal journey so we can offer a more tailored assessment of your profile and evaluate your chances at your target schools more accurately. If you'd like to discuss your profile in detail, please feel free to book an evaluation session.

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Shantanu Sharma
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond

@Shhhhr - interesting profile, given the GPA, fintech/ risk experiences and cross-functional exposure.

What's your GMAT/ GRE score, and undergrad pedigree? Have there been any promotions/ progression in your roles? And what are your directional career goals post MBA?

Understanding these and other factors can help assess your profile better.

Feel free to reach out for a discussion.

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Arvind (Founder, admitStreet)
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