rajatvermaenator wrote:
Hi Everyone,
can you please evaluate my profile for Duke? It seems a bit of a stretch to even think about it , but its my dream and i am a very hopeful person.
Native: Indian , Male , 32
Back ground: Merchant Navy, started my career in 2009 at the rank of Trainee Marine Engineer, appeared for promotional exam conducted by DG shipping india , became 4 th engineer and now serving as 3rd
Engineer promoted based on the sailing experience, VLCC oil Tankers.
Current employer: wallem shipmanagement hongkong
International experience: 15 countries atleast; USA, china, Vietnam, Venezuela, Ukraine, Kuwait, Iraq, UAE, Southafrica,
Singapore, Turkey, south Korea, Indonesia, Netherlands,Egypt
Sailing experience: 5 years aprrox( our contractual sailing period lasts for 6+-1 months per year , so from 2009 to
2018 in 10 years we get sailing experience exactly half of it )
Academics: B.tech marine engineering (MIT,pune) 62%( ~2.3 gpa)
12th( CBSE,KV) 76%, topper in Math with 96 in school
10th (CBSE, KV) 75%, math 90/100, science 89/100, english 78/100
GMAT 710 (V39, Q49)
Extra curricular: Guitar player, performed on few stage shows
Worked with NGo back in 2011, In 2012 i reactivated my mothers dormant NGO and have been
contributing ever since
Hiker,Trekker(went on solo expedition to himalayas, mostly to places untouched by human
presence)
Working out to summit the Everest.
college Volleyball and Badminton Player.
MBA: Supply chain demand and logistics,
future goals: i want to enter in the procurement sector for Multinationals shipping and Non shipping sector. Also
i want to establish a regular logistic route to supply products available to every other part of world in
to remote places in countires such as,indonesia,india(north-
north east), and Some places in Africa and south america.
Thank you!
Hi,
You should definitely apply a dream college (you will never know unless you try). If you'd really wish to go to Fuqua, apply in the early decision deadline. If you get an admit it will all be over for you by mid October, and I thinks that's the beauty of Fuqua's early decision deadline.
You'd be among the older applicants at business school, and Fuqua is a good choice there. I would also encourage you to consider some programs that specialize in supply chain management- Carey, MSU Broad, Purdue being among the most famous ones. your GMAT is just about ok. If you can retake, then it would be great, especially if you are applying to other higher ranked programs.
In your work experience, you must show your leadership ability, initiative taking and achievements and impact. I am aware that a shipping job requires one to think on one's feet, take quick decision and handle pressure situations. These should help you come up with some interesting experiences. It will be nice if you show that you keep yourself gainfully employed for the time when you are not sailing. One of our past applicants for example, managed his coffee plantation during his cooling off days, thus learning to run a business. In your case, it could be substantial work done for the NGO you revived - just giving some ideas here.
Reach out if you'd like to discuss your profile in more details.