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7 years
India
2026
Female
Score: Plan to take the GMAT
GPA: 7.8
Pre-MBA industry: Other
Post-MBA industry: Consulting
ESSEC
Global MBA
Global MBA
AcceptedMar 6, 26
Scholarship25%
1 month ago
14 Mar 2026 10:03
5 months ago
19 Nov 2025 10:11
2018 engineering graduate from NIT, Silchar in computer science.
College activities:
1. Elected member students union body.
2. Elected member of a student-led society.
3. Organized multiple events and activities in the college, handling budget, ideation, execution.
Post MBA goal: Get back into consulting from entrepreneurship as I feel saturated in my current job role. I believe some exposure from an institutional education (MBA) and experience (internship/post MBA job in a consulting role) would help me right now to achieve my desired growth before I can scale our business venture.
Work experience:
3 years at Big4 Audit and Advisory in an analytics role, 1 year at an e-Commerce unicorn as a business associate and 3 years in family business venture as a manager.
Planning to take LORs from my previous manager at Big4 and one of the partners from our business venture.
High impact projects:
1. Big4 company: Worked with multiple cross functional teams from US, Europe and Singapore to deliver guided risk assessment reports using analytical tools for clients with revenue of $20 bn, thereby increasing efficiency and saving client hours by ~60%.
2. e-Commerce company: Project owner of daily food delivery planning activities for the top 15 cities with the highest order volume in India, where I strategized, co-ordinated with city teams and zonal heads, cross- functional teams, and conducted root cause analysis to improve accuracy by ~2 percentage points DoD for about a million orders per day.
3. Family healthcare business venture: Co-founded a startup in north-eastern India to make healthcare services accessible to last-mile communities by conducting market research, competition analysis, ideating and implementing marketing strategies, capacity building and streamlining business operations to increase customer acquisition by 60% and improve efficiency by 40%.
Extra curricular experiences in job roles:
1. Acted as a buddy in Big4 for 3 new hires.
2. Selected as a part of editorial team in Big4, creating and publishing fortnightly emails for the Advisory service line.
3. Led wellness activities online during Covid pandemic for the team.
4. In-charge of gifting, conducting fun activities remotely for team members to foster engagement and relationship building.
College activities:
1. Elected member students union body.
2. Elected member of a student-led society.
3. Organized multiple events and activities in the college, handling budget, ideation, execution.
Post MBA goal: Get back into consulting from entrepreneurship as I feel saturated in my current job role. I believe some exposure from an institutional education (MBA) and experience (internship/post MBA job in a consulting role) would help me right now to achieve my desired growth before I can scale our business venture.
Work experience:
3 years at Big4 Audit and Advisory in an analytics role, 1 year at an e-Commerce unicorn as a business associate and 3 years in family business venture as a manager.
Planning to take LORs from my previous manager at Big4 and one of the partners from our business venture.
High impact projects:
1. Big4 company: Worked with multiple cross functional teams from US, Europe and Singapore to deliver guided risk assessment reports using analytical tools for clients with revenue of $20 bn, thereby increasing efficiency and saving client hours by ~60%.
2. e-Commerce company: Project owner of daily food delivery planning activities for the top 15 cities with the highest order volume in India, where I strategized, co-ordinated with city teams and zonal heads, cross- functional teams, and conducted root cause analysis to improve accuracy by ~2 percentage points DoD for about a million orders per day.
3. Family healthcare business venture: Co-founded a startup in north-eastern India to make healthcare services accessible to last-mile communities by conducting market research, competition analysis, ideating and implementing marketing strategies, capacity building and streamlining business operations to increase customer acquisition by 60% and improve efficiency by 40%.
Extra curricular experiences in job roles:
1. Acted as a buddy in Big4 for 3 new hires.
2. Selected as a part of editorial team in Big4, creating and publishing fortnightly emails for the Advisory service line.
3. Led wellness activities online during Covid pandemic for the team.
4. In-charge of gifting, conducting fun activities remotely for team members to foster engagement and relationship building.
Priyanka here from ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, you actually have a very well-rounded profile for European MBAs. 7 years of experience across Big4 analytics, a high-impact role at a major e-commerce unicorn, and solid entrepreneurial exposure in your family healthcare venture all show strong leadership and breadth.
AdComs at Your target schools will appreciate your mix of social impact, business building, and cross-functional work. LBS is possible too, but will depend on a strong GMAT. Your extracurricular leadership in college + mentoring + wellness work at Big4 add depth, and your post-MBA goal of returning to consulting looks realistic. Just make sure you clearly show why you need the MBA now after entrepreneurship, and nail the GMAT to stay competitive.
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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Check out this success story of one of our applicants: Ms Project Manager (Family Business), with 8 years of experience and a Low GPA, got into INSEAD.
About the schools:
HEC Paris can be a good fit. It values entrepreneurship, analytics, and international experience. HEC’s class and employment reports show good hiring in consulting and entrepreneurship outcomes, and their admitted class typical scores are competitive, but they value leadership and post-MBA clarity.
LBS can also be a good fit target/ stretch depending on the score. LBS places graduates into consulting and tech; your international/analytics background helps, but LBS is selective. Clear consulting return plan + strong letters and a good GMAT will make you competitive.
IESE, good fit. It explicitly lists a wide accepted GMAT range and focuses on leadership and management skills, your entrepreneurial experience, and Big4 analytics are a good fit. IESE notes that consulting hiring slowed in some cycles, so frame your consulting intent with a clear fit and timing.
ESADE & ESSEC can be good fits. Both have entrepreneurship and consulting pathways, and both report relatively broad GMAT ranges. Your mix of hands-on entrepreneurship + cross-functional corporate experience can be attractive here.
Bottom line, your geography + background strongly suit European programs, you should position yourself as someone who has both client/analytics rigor (Big4) and real operating/entrepreneurial ownership (family venture), with a clear, time-bound plan to re-enter consulting post-MBA to scale your leadership before re-entering entrepreneurship later.
Strengths you must highlight: Diverse work experience, Big4 analytics + e-commerce ops + entrepreneur = rare cross-functional combo. Scale & metrics, you already have quantified impact (40% efficiency gain, 1M orders/day ops improvements, 60% customer acquisition). These would be nice for essays/LORs. Leadership evidence, elected college roles, managing budgets & events, and team engagement initiatives at work. Good narrative potential, you can credibly say: “I built operational muscle as an entrepreneur, realized gaps in strategy/consulting frameworks, and will use my MBA to return to consulting to scale up those skills.”
Weaknesses/risks: GMAT unknown yet. Do you have a mock score? Possible recommender conflict, partner from family venture: admissions committees are wary of family recommender bias. If the partner is a true independent senior leader who can credibly assess your impact, that’s fine; otherwise, prefer a non-family recommender (Big4 partner, e-commerce supervisor, senior client). You will need to explicitly explain the pivot back to consulting. Admissions will ask: “Why leave entrepreneurship to do consulting, and why now?” You must articulate a clear, credible learning plan (classes, clubs, internships) and the timeframe (return to consulting right after MBA, then scale ops/strategy). Demonstrable leadership outside the family context will be important, strengthening evidence of leading teams/projects that are not family business dependent.
Take the GMAT and target a good score. Aim for a GMAT FE score of 675+ if you want top LBS/HEC competitiveness + scholarship leverage. A 635-665 GMAT FE can still be fine for IESE/ESADE/ESSEC, but may make LBS/HEC slightly harder.
Polish your consulting return story. Build a 1-page narrative: (a) what you learned as founder/manager, (b) specific skill gaps (strategy, frameworks, stakeholder leadership), (c) how the MBA + internship will bridge them, (d) 2 concrete consulting roles/firms you target post-MBA and why. Use school-specific hooks (courses, profs, clubs).
Create a high-impact initiative. Within a family venture or freelance initiative, lead a measurable project (new revenue stream, partnership, digital rollout) showing end-to-end ownership. Admissions love sustained ownership (≥6 months).
Strengthen quant & leadership examples for essays and LORs. Add non-family external proof of leadership. Volunteer role, board/advisory stint, or formal mentoring at Big4 (beyond being a buddy) that shows responsibility & independent leadership.
Question for you to reflect upon: Post-MBA, do you have preferred consulting firms (Big Three, Big Four advisory, boutique)? Any geographic preference (UK/Europe/India)?
Avoid relying heavily on a family recommender if a strong non-family alternative exists; committees discount family letters.
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. Feel free to reach out to us.
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