Hi, Please help with a quick
profile reviewI am a 27 year old Indian Female. I completed my Engineering and have almost 5 years of experience. I started working as a coder at Accenture, and now I work with one of the Big 4s, in Mergers and Acquisitions, advising Investors and Private Equity firms in India, Middle East and South East Asia on their investments and helping conglomerates in these geographies on post merger Integrations and transformation synergies. This has been a huge career climb, for me, personally. I have worked with and as:
1. One of the biggest e-commerce firm in India as a business consultant advising the firm on how to close some of the loopholes
2. A coder at Accenture (German Telecom client)
3. An American consulting firm with its offices in India - Advising clients in India, Germany, North America and Japan on their tech transformation and go-to-market strategy
4. Big 4 - M&A consulting - Strategy (explained above)
5. A short stint in B2C sales
My post MBA goals are : To work with Private Equity / VCs, and become an investor / PE founder, in the next 5-7 Years.
My undergrads are average from an average college, and I have a GMAT of 690. My job Is demanding and requires a lot of travel, I might improve this score.
My extra curricular include working with 3 startups on their launch and expansion strategy, winning in a national level event in my college (SAE BAJA), led and organised cultural events in college fest, was an active participant in the international student exchange program at school for 2 years, stints in scriptwriting and direction, crossfit.
10th - 82%
12th - 75%
B.Tech - 62%
Posted from my mobile deviceYou seem to have a solid background ATRIKHA. Make sure you're able to articulate your transition from tech side to M&A consulting. Short-term goal of moving to buy side and eventually launching buys side fund of your own also seems plausible and realistic. Since ISB is one-year program and doesn't have internship, make sure to explain how you already know key people on buy side and now need well rounded MBA education fo formal training and finally move to the dark side
If you can inprove your GMAT to 720+, it will definately make your case stronger. This is one of the biggest variables in your control now (can't go back and change your undergrad). The extra curriculars are good, but make sure you just don't list stuff you probably did just one or two times. Strong extra curriculars show demonstrated involvement over a period of time and having too many extra curriculars just creates noise. WIsh you the very best