ISB applicants - Ask GyanOne!!

Hi,

I'm planning to apply to ISB in fall 2020 (for admission in fall 2021).
Please evaluate my profile and let me know the areas I could improve upon. Thanks in advance.

GMAT - 750

Graduation - B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar; CGPA 6.99

International Experience - Research internship at ISCTE Business School (Portugal) in tourism management; research published in the no. 1 tourism management journal

Work Experience -
4 years (at the time of joining in fall 2021) as software test engineer in Capgemini;
rated 'outstanding' in 3 out of 3 performance reviews;
automated tests that reduced execution time by 75% thus enabling faster product go-live;
led testing on the critical admin module as part of the biggest product release (cloud migration), reported 100+ bugs, zero leakage to production.

POR - Sports secretary of the student council; represented a student body of 950+ students

Extra curricular - State level high jump player; Gold medal at the state level in Taekwondo; Institute 'Award for outstanding performance in outdoor sports'

Why MBA -
learn the fundamentals of business for my long term goal of running my own business;
transition to a business oriented career such as consulting;
learn from a network of diverse peers

Hi aditya01512

Thanks for posting. Here is our review:
- Overall, with a GMAT of 750, an IIT tag (though new IIT, but it still counts), solid ECA, and even some international experience, you have an excellent chance.
- On the flip side, your work in software testing is a negative for you. Not saying that it is not great work (it certainly would be), but that MBA admissions committees would tend to look at it as highly technical work. Two things for you to do here - ensure that your contribution to the school is clearly seen, and have crystal clear career goals.
- The path to consulting from a testing background will not be easy. You need to review what you can realistically reach. The long-term goal should also be looked at in more detail. For example, why not entrepreneurship right away?
- Please go through this article on someone who made it to Kellogg with a testing background and this series on Indian IT Male MBA applicants

Hope this helps. Feel free to come back with more queries as needed.

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Hi stuggle

Nice profile there, and should stand you in good stead for ISB applications. The GMAT of 700 should be fine for ISB given your profile. ECA, acads, work are all good. Work experience is a bit staggered, and the storyline along the goals will need to be refined a bit. Other than that, with a good app, you should have a strong chance. Ensure that you start working on your app earlier for R1 this year as competition for next year (2021 intake) is expected to be extra intense for ISB.

Class 10th - 89.2%
Class 12th - 79.2%

BCom Honours with specialisation in Finance and Investment - One of the Top 3 Colleges in India (Christ University : CGP-8.63/10

GMAT - Yet to take
Work Ex - Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions - 1 year
Magma Fincorp- Summer Finance Intern, 1 month , 2018

Responsibiliy - Process Associate

Worked as a part of the Invoice Processing team under the Accounts Payable department.

Presently preparing for the GMAT exam


Certifications/Achievements :-

Completed CISI, UK -Level 1
Won the Spot Award at work in December, 2019
Completed a course on Blockchain and Bitcoin
Completed a course on Improvement in Global Health from Harvard University


Extra Curicular :-

Part of theatre team in college- won 3rd place in an intra collegiate fest
Volunteered for 30 hours at an NGO where i taught students
Various Academic Certificates - School/College

My Questions:-

How will you rate my profile for ISB?
Target GMAT Score?
Advantage of doing 1 yr MBA in India as opposed to 2 yr formal education outside?

ISB application deadlines for 2020-21 (tentative; will update here if changed):
Round 1: Sep 15, 2020
Round 2: Dec 1, 2020
Round 3: Jan 1, 2021

Hi soniabindra

Thank you for posting and welcome to the GyanOne thread. Here is our assessment:
- Overall, you have a strong profile. Christ is well known for your program, and Robert Bosch is top, global employer too. You have good ECAs, and your work as a process associate itself has an operations/business flavor to it, which is a plus.
- You should target a GMAT score of anything 680 and over (of course, the higher the better). You will be in contention with anything over 680.
- The 1 year MBA will reduce your opportunity cost. It will also reduce your absolute costs if you pursue it in India. Going abroad, though, is not ruled out - the best of global education is still very attractive, but the decision to go abroad v/s stay in India is a personal one. If you have global ambitions, absolutely pursue them.

Hope this helps. Feel free to come back with more queries as needed.

It would be great if you could evaluate my profile.

Nationality : Indian
Gender : Male
Age:27
Education
10th - 94%
12th - 90% (Science Stream)
BTech - 7.1 GPA (Passed out from NIT Calicut - Civil Engineering)
PGD Advanced Construction Management - 8.4 CPI (Passed out from NICMAR, Pune)

GMAT - 760 (Q50 V42) (First attempt - 12th June 2020)

Work Experiece
1. Worked for a leading Infrastructure company (HCC Ltd) as Planning In Charge of a 374 Cr Infra project in Madhya Pradesh, India. Worked for 40 months and got a promotion in between.
2. Joined GenBiotec Pvt Ltd (a Pharma Company) as the Group Strategy Manager. Joined in March 2020.

Extra Curricular Activities
1. Captained the basketball team (during my final year) of my School and colleges (BTech and PG)
2. Member of football, badminton and table tennis teams during my PG.
3. Founding member of the All India Basketball Tournament held at NIT Calicut (Ragam Tournament)
4. Organized a public hearing at Badgaon, a village in MP (attended by likes of Asst Collector) for educating the public on importance of irrigation projects and getting their feedback.

Hey,

Please evaluate my profile for ISB:

Age: 27 yr

GMAT Score: 750 [Quant:51 , Verbal:40]

Educational Qualifications:

Graduation: Completed B.E in ECE from JIIT,Noida in 2015 with 65%.
H.S.C: secured 80.2% from Science stream from CBSE Board in 2010.
S.S.C: secured 88.40% from CBSE Board in 2008.
I had to take a drop of 1 yr for a reattempt at the competitive exams like AIEEE, JEE so I had joined college from 2011.

Work Experience:
Working for 4.1 yrs (currently) primarily in Healthcare consulting/analytics firms.
So I have been a part of 3 firms , SmartAnalyst, WNS and Axtria (current). All work was in healthcare. In Smartanalyst , my work was majorly in healthcare related consulting projects. In WNS, more like statistical and business analysis.And in Axtria my work is a mixture of hardcore analytics and consulting. All three of them involved interacting with US onshore/client based interaction .

Extra Curricular:
Won two major Astronomy quizzes in school and got to visit two different National Astrophysics Labs in India namely in Kodaikanal and Nanital. Also delivered presentations and talked to a lot of different scientists . To-date ,still I have a good passion for astronomy.
Took part in lot of badminton and tennis tournaments at college level.
Volunteered for an Anti-Drugs and Anti-Ragging Campaign in college run by the group “Leaders for Tomorrow” across Delhi/NCR.
Participated and completed Airtel Delhi 5k marathon (2019)
Currently an active member of my current company's internal club and we regularly host/organize different events for our employees with a headcount of 1200+ folks.

Long term Goals:
Being in consulting for long time , I hope to remain in this field particularly a mix of analytics + consulting with aim being working for big players like MBB.

Please evaluate my profile as I hope to apply for R1 this year.

GMAT SCORE 720+ IS ALWAYS A SAFE SCORE

Please state an appropriate reply. Thanks

Hi everyone,

I'm 19 from India, Male
I am in my second year persuing BBA from NMIMS (one of the top colleges for BBA in India )

*My academics are as follows:*

10th - 9.2/10cgpa
12th - 90.2 percent
1st year college - 3.54/4cgpa


*Work ex/internships:*

Interned at Pristile Products Pvt.Ltd. Where I worked on launching a new skincare brand, this involved content creation, digital marketing, making ad campaigns, engaging with target group, making a social media calendar and working on social media marketing
(The brand will launch soon)

*Extra curriculars:*

•Organised many school events and fests
•Was a part of organising a cultural fest in college
•Western Vocal Nationals
•Theatre
•Football

*Positions of responsibility:*

•Senior member of VAAYU (Performing Arts Committee) at NMIMS.

• Head of Stage Play event at VAAYU fest’19 (NMIMS)

• Senior member of the Performing Arts Society at Delhi Public School R.K. Puram.

•Senior member of Expressions Theatre Club at Delhi Public School R.K. Puram.

• Overall in-charge of Theatron’18- Inter School Theatre Competition.

•Overall in-charge of Echoes’18- Inter School Performing Arts Competition.

•HOD of PR and Marketing in college

*Awards and achievements*
•Academic:
°Blue tie for for 6 consecutive years of academic excellence(award given by school) (2013-2018)

° Certificate for completing Google's digital marketing course and passing the exam

•Extra curricular
°Awarded gold medal for excellence in western Vocal(an award given by school in the final year) (2018)
°Awarded red tie for excellence in theatre ( an award given by school-2018)
°Awarded the second podium in DPS-Nationals western Vocal choir competition
°Awarded red tie for excellence in western Vocal (award by school-2016)



*Projects undertaken*

•Social and Cause Related Marketing and Marketing Mix of Nestle (Marketing)

- >Studied about Social and Cause Related Marketing and researched on Marketing Mix strategies used by Nestle and how it promotes its products.
• Economics of Pollution (Macro Economics)
-> Researched on relevance of pollution in macroeconomics as well as the review and literature of the same.

• Interview and analysis on body language (Effective Communication)
->Took interviews of two participants, Assistant Brand Manager (Digital Marketing) of P&G and the Marketing Head (western region of Mumbai) of Indraprastha Fibers and Trade.
->Developed case studies on the basis of the interviews and analysis was made on their personality types as well as non-verbal cues observed during the interview.

• Visit to Unify Facility Management Pvt.Ltd. (Principles of Marketing)
-> Interviewed the Managing Director at Unify Facility Management Pvt.Ltd.
-> Developed a report on the way functions of management are followed at Unify.

*Other*

Basic knowledge of MS Excel

Underwent training for Marketing on Facebook and Instagram


Haven't given GMAT yet, planning on giving it in a month or so, expecting 720 (getting around 730 in mocks)

I am planning to apply for ISB YLP next year which has to be done in the prefinal / final year of undergrad as you may know

Q) How does my profile look?
Q) What can I do to add more value to it?

Thank you

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Hello,
I request GyanOne to please evaluate my profile.
25-year-old Indian male.

GMAT Score – 700(Q49,V36)

Educational Qualifications:
Undergrad: - 7.5 CGPA in IT, Manipal Institute of Technology
12th: 94% in AP State Board
10th: 84% in ICSE

Work Experience:
1year 3 months (currently employed here) in EXL Services as a Blockchain + Fullstack Developer
- Currently working with a USA based Insurance client.
- Won the Star Performer award within just 6 months of joining.
- Have completed 10 experimental projects.
- Currently working on a $100 million project.
- I have organised many events for the team

1 year 7 months in Reliance Industries Limited as a Blockchain Developer

Internship – 6 months Internship with PwC as a Cyber Security Analyst(worked with a Dutch client)
- Got the 'Most Efficient Performer' Award

Extra Curricular:
- Top Writer on Quora with 23 million+ views and 10,000+ followers/
- I have developed a website for writing cricket blogs in which 3 full-time writers are working.
- I have mentored over 50 people in writing blogs. I have also judged two writing competitions.
- Got the third prize in company-wide Table Tennis doubles competition.

Post MBA Goal:
I want to get into IT Consulting.

Hi AnirudhGMAT

- All looks good here in terms of the GMAT, work experience, and ECA.
- GPA is slightly low in your undergrad, but your PGDip makes up, and you have a good GPA there
- The slight part of concern in your profile is your move from infra to biotech. The two sectors are completely unrelated. While the planning/strategy part can be common there, we would need to go into more depth on your profile to assess this part. Please shed more light on what your goals (after ISB) are.
- This year, ISB has an entire essay on leadership, so will need to look at those aspects in your profile as well.

Overall, certainly in with a good chance, but certain aspects to be taken care of.

Hope this helps. Feel free to come back with more queries as needed.

Hi abell78989

Congratulations on your 750 score. That definitely puts you in good contention at ISB. On your profile:
- Your work in analytics consulting and healthcare advisory is great. It is a niche area to be in, and that itself gives you some diversity in your profile.
- Your GPA is lowish, but your GMAT more than makes up for that.
- Good number of extra curricular activities on your profile, but most of them are activities (that still count). For this year's application, the buzzword is leadership. the last point that you have listed here seems interesting, but look at more leadership aspects on what you have done. That will be very important. Do also see the ISB essay analysis we have posted in the forum and will shortly post on this thread too.
- MBB is feasible for you as a goal, but define your goal as more than that.
- You can begin working on your ISB app now. The portal is open (today onwards).

Hope this helps. Feel free to come back with more queries as needed.

Hi avichalchopra

Looks really good overall. The YLP stage 1 process is usually about your ECA, leadership potential, and thinking ability, and the GMAT does not come into the picture till later. So focus on that stage first (deadline will be in March 2021). As of now, focus on getting good experience through internships, taking the GMAT and getting a good score (if you can, so that is out of the way), and maintaining your GPA.

Hi avichalchopra

Looks really good overall. The YLP stage 1 process is usually about your ECA, leadership potential, and thinking ability, and the GMAT does not come into the picture till later. So focus on that stage first (deadline will be in March 2021). As of now, focus on getting good experience through internships, taking the GMAT and getting a good score (if you can, so that is out of the way), and maintaining your GPA.