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Sure this looks better. Make sure this is articulated well in the second essay (that's the only way to convince ISB panel:)).

Hi everyone can someone please evaluate my profile:
Gre score:165 quant + 156 verbal=321
10 cbse :10 cgpa
12 cbse:93%
Gate Rank 2017:280
Work ex till march 2020:2 years and 7 months
Btech:GBPUAT Pantnagar 8.538/10 CGPA
Working in NTPC ltd as Assistant Manager
Awards:
1.Vice Chancellor's Gold Medal
2.TCS Best student award(Gold Medal and 10000 Rs)
3.Scored Highest Marks in Midterm and Final term assessment in
NTPC (Due Gold Medal to be given in September 2019)
4.Recipient of Amul Vidyashree Award for outstanding
performance in C.B.S.E examinations 2011
5.Certificate of Excellence for the year 2011-2012 (Class XI)
6.Awarded Merit Scholarship
(given to top three C.G.P.A holders ) for the academic sessions
2013-2014,2014-2015 and 2015-2016.

Extracurricular:
1. Certificate of Achievement Supply Chain Analytics (MITx)
2. Certificate of Achievement Supply Chain Fundamentals (MITx)
3.Supply Chain principles (Georgia Institute of Technology)
4. X series professional Certificate of Achievement in Microsoft Excel for the Data Analyst (Microsoft)
5.Professional Certificate in Six Sigma and Lean: Quantitative Tools for quality and Productivity(Technische
Universitat Munchen)
6.Lean Six Sigma KPMG (Green Belt)
7.Certificate in The hidden value -Lean in manufacturing and
services (BCG)
8.Certificate in DO Your Venture: Entrepreneurship For Everyone(IIM B)
9.Certificate in Welcome to Game Theory (University of Tokyo)
10.Certificate in People Management for Entrepreneurs(IIM B)
11.Certificate in Competitive Strategy(Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München)
12.Certificate in Business Communication(Rochester Institute of Technology)
13.Certificate in Data-driven Decision Making(PwC)
14.Certificate in Introduction to Project Management(University of Adelaide)
15.Certificate Of Achievement in Introduction to Operations Management-I (IIM Bangalore)
16.Certificate Of Excellence in Auto Queria(Automobile Quiz) organized by SAE India (2014 and 2015)
17.Captain of University Table Tennis Team (2014-2015)
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18.Certification Of Participation in Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA, 2014
19.Certificate Of Participation in ShellIdeas 360
20.Treasurer of Mech Chap (Branch Chapter Of Mechanical Engine
21.Safest Employee award in NTPC Lara for 2019
22.Member of Ngo Astitva for 4 years in college

Hi everyone can someone please evaluate my profile:
Gre score:165 quant + 156 verbal=321
10 cbse :10 cgpa
12 cbse:93%
Gate Rank 2017:280
Work ex till march 2020:2 years and 7 months
Btech:GBPUAT Pantnagar 8.538/10 CGPA
Working in NTPC ltd as Assistant Manager
Awards:
1.Vice Chancellor's Gold Medal
2.TCS Best student award(Gold Medal and 10000 Rs)
3.Scored Highest Marks in Midterm and Final term assessment in
NTPC (Due Gold Medal to be given in September 2019)
4.Recipient of Amul Vidyashree Award for outstanding
performance in C.B.S.E examinations 2011
5.Certificate of Excellence for the year 2011-2012 (Class XI)
6.Awarded Merit Scholarship
(given to top three C.G.P.A holders ) for the academic sessions
2013-2014,2014-2015 and 2015-2016.

Extracurricular:
1. Certificate of Achievement Supply Chain Analytics (MITx)
2. Certificate of Achievement Supply Chain Fundamentals (MITx)
3.Supply Chain principles (Georgia Institute of Technology)
4. X series professional Certificate of Achievement in Microsoft Excel for the Data Analyst (Microsoft)
5.Professional Certificate in Six Sigma and Lean: Quantitative Tools for quality and Productivity(Technische
Universitat Munchen)
6.Lean Six Sigma KPMG (Green Belt)
7.Certificate in The hidden value -Lean in manufacturing and
services (BCG)
8.Certificate in DO Your Venture: Entrepreneurship For Everyone(IIM B)
9.Certificate in Welcome to Game Theory (University of Tokyo)
10.Certificate in People Management for Entrepreneurs(IIM B)
11.Certificate in Competitive Strategy(Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München)
12.Certificate in Business Communication(Rochester Institute of Technology)
13.Certificate in Data-driven Decision Making(PwC)
14.Certificate in Introduction to Project Management(University of Adelaide)
15.Certificate Of Achievement in Introduction to Operations Management-I (IIM Bangalore)
16.Certificate Of Excellence in Auto Queria(Automobile Quiz) organized by SAE India (2014 and 2015)
17.Captain of University Table Tennis Team (2014-2015)
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18.Certification Of Participation in Virtual BAJA SAEINDIA, 2014
19.Certificate Of Participation in ShellIdeas 360
20.Treasurer of Mech Chap (Branch Chapter Of Mechanical Engine
21.Safest Employee award in NTPC Lara for 2019
22.Member of Ngo Astitva for 4 years in college

Hi rajshreesweta, would urge you to consider re-attempting GRE, to push that score by at least 3-4 points.

Your experience is slightly on the lower side and while rest of your profile seems very good, why let few GRE marks come between you and your aspirations?

Hi,

I am an Indian Army officer with 20 years experience in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and 42 years of age. Also lead an army unit with more than 1000 personnel under me. International exposure of 14 months in a United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Africa. My GMAT score is 680 (Q 47, V 35). Please evaluate my profile. Should I aim for 700+ and attempt again?

Hi ajayps77

Although you have way more experience than the ISB average (in fact, 4 times as much), your unique background and accomplishments mean that you could well be among those 5-10 exceptional people that ISB takes in irrespective of the quantity of work experience, because the quality of work experience far supersedes it. A 680 may work very well for you. Your key goal will be to show an Army to civilian life transition, and what role an MBA would help you achieve.

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

Hi just took my exam today...650 Q48,V33 IR-5.
13+ Years experience in steel PSU. Age 35.
Xth 73.5%
XII 80%
B tech from JNTU Hyderabad 63.5%
Have been part of biking expeditions (self organised)
Trekking by YHAI (life member)
Had a stint at a start-up ...had to wrap up after ayear of struggle..
Active as faculty for technical subjects both at work and outside..
Please evaluate my profile
Target schools...ISB, IIMA,B,C,I...
GMAT1- 620...

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Hi spkumar

This score may not be enough for ISB. You are also on the higher side of work-ex for IIMB/C. IIMA would need a higher score (680+). The rest of your profile seems ok from what you have described, but as the UG score is somewhat lower a higher GMAT for that and other reasons would be helpful.

Hi Ajay, you don't need to reappear in GMAT.

The reason is that your USP is your experience.

ISB may still reject your candidature, if it concludes that your experience is already so much that a MBA might not add any significant value to your profile.

Or

ISB may be extremely willing to have you in the batch, since you have demonstrated leadership experience.

In either case, 20 additional points on GMAT are not going to be of much value towards your candidature.

Do work on your essays around Operations Management. You have a very strong Operations background and ISB offers Operations as a specialization as well.

Hello,

Please provide your feedback on my profile for ISB.

GMAT Score: 710 Q-50 V-36 IR-7 AWA-4

Education Qualifications:
UG - 81.04%
12th - 95.6%
10th - 93.5%

Work experience:
Started working as Associate Consultant from Jul 2016 - Till Mar 2017
Associate Project Manager (current role) at Microsoft since Apr 2017

Achievements: (All at Work)
1. Won a team award for better performance
2. Led a campaign representing my domain
3. Led an initiative and successfully deployed it to wider forum


Please let me know your thoughts.

Hi Muralidhar

Pending an evaluation of your ECA, looks pretty good. All set for an R1 app.

Hi Murlidhar,

your work experience sounds good, but do provide some more details. Are you in a business/client facing role? tell a little more about your work experience. What do you want to do after mBA? What have you done outside of work?

Hi,
Please evaluate my profile for ISB
Age: 26 years
Gender: Female
GMAT: 690
Work Experience( Total): Full time: 3.5 years( 1 year in India 2 years in US)
1 year--> Working as a Programmer Analyst in India
July 2017-Present --> Working as a Software Developer and Architect at Shift4 Payments, Las Vegas NV

Part time : 2 years( US- Working as a Graduate Assistant)

Education: MS in Computer Science (UNLV) (3.6 GPA)
BTech Computer Science ( WBUT, India) (8.7/10 GPA)
Class XII - CBSE(91 %)
Class X - CBSE (88.2%)

Currently I am based in Las Vegas US and am working for a product development company for payments and security.

Achievements
- Coordinator of Indian Students Association
- Supporting NGOs for conservation of forests

Hi sneha061192

- Your academics (the Master's in the US helps as well) are quite good, and even though you will be considered an IT applicant, digital payments is a good area to be in.
- A 690 could well work in your case but you will need to explain why you need an Indian MBA now, and what you plan to achieve post MBA.
- The part-time experience will not count in the total experience for ISB (as ISB considers only post-qualification experience).
- The ECA will need a closer look. From what you've described, this does not seem a strong plank. Please provide more details here if possible.

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

Hi,
Please evaluate my profile for ISB

Age: 33 years
Gender: Male
GMAT: 640 (Q48,V29,IR6)

Work Experience( Total): Full time: 11 years
1) 1 year as a Process Associate at Genpact.
2) 5.5 years as a Probationary Officer at State Bank of India(left the bank as a Deputy Manager)
3) 3 years experience in handling family business.
4) 2.5 years working for my own company (in the travel and tourism industry) (Most Recent)


Education: Bachelor of Commerce (Lucknow University) (4 -CGPA)
Class XII - ICSE (77.40 %)
Class X - ICSE (77.00%)

ECA - 1) Sports Team at the School and University Level.
2) Involved in assisting the Forest Department for a variety of activities such as census,awareness camps.
3) Best Trainee Award at SBI.

Hi there!

I am looking to apply in the R1 applications for 2020 intakes. Would love to get a profile evaluation from experts in the forum.

Age: 25 yr

GMAT Score: Scheduled for 31st August(expecting 720+ based on mocks score analysis)

Educational Qualifications:

Graduation: Completed B.Tech in Information Technology from VIT University, Vellore in 2017 with 8.4 CGPA.
H.S.C: secured 80.8% in Science stream from CBSE Board in 2012.
S.S.C: secured 9.4 CGPA from CBSE Board in 2010.
Pursuing M.A. Economics from the Indira Gandhi National Open University

Work Experience:
1) Chief Technology Officer at AM Legal Attorneys(June 2019 to current): Involved in bagging high name clients in AM Legal's consulting/Legal practices. I led the setting up of the startup consulting practice under 'The Startup Samurai' banner, which has gone onto bag several assignments in marketing, angel investments and advisory domains.

2) Business Technology Analyst at Deloitte Consulting(January 2017 to August 2017 as full time Business Technology Intern and then from August 2017 to June 2019 as Full Time Hire): Worked with major Fortune 500 clients from Consumer and Industrial Products vertical in consulting domain. Handled large volumes of data for the clients , wrote complex business logic and database queries. Some of the domains I worked on include data analytics, data warehousing, data conversions and other deliverables such as reports, dashboards and Interfaces. I have received constant praise from the client and have been awarded client awards by every client team I have worked with.

3) Co-Founder at Inlitho(January 2016 to April 2017): Started a profitable print aggregation model based startup in college which went onto doing a 6 figure revenue within a month of inception with an initial investment of just 10000.

Extra Curricular:
1) Part time volunteer with NGO working with parentless children in District Ambala in Haryana for the past 12 years. During this period I have worked on arranging funds, conducting classes on computers and other subjects such as Maths for primary school students. To be provided a full time trustee position in the trust in lieu of my work.

2) Volunteer and speaker at Institute for Industrial Development, Delhi( a part of govt. of India's MSME): I have conducted sessions on the Printing Industry, How to bag venture capital and Startups Leaders: How to follow in their path etc. at the Incubation division of IID.

3) State Level Under 19 Cricket Player: Won 3 major tournaments across Punjab state tournaments. Also winner of Deloitte Sports Tournaments and other corporate tournaments.

More about me: As my dad was in a transferable job I got the opportunity to live across a number of cities in India. This has made me good at making new friends and meeting new people. I love to debate on varied topics and love to write poetry. I am also an avid reader of biographies and auto biographies.
My ultimate life goal is to be a successful entrepreneur.

Any suggestions on what kind of things I can focus on in my essay would also be really helpful.

Thanks for all your help.

Hi Harshit,
Thanks for sharing your profile.
I am an ISB alum, C014 and have been assisting applicants in their admission journeys since.
Below is my take on your profile:
GMAT: Assuming you will manage 720, it will be very competitive
Academics : Average (not sure how M.A Economics from IGNOU fits into the rest of your profile)
Work Experience: Diverse
Extra curricular: Average
While for most of the elements you will get a hygiene check, the admission committee would be most interested in knowing your story – essentially the different career moves you have made in the past – your rationale behind them and how ISB fits into your goals.
You will need to justify how you decided to make a move from being a BTA in Deloitte to the CTO of a legal firm when you do not have a prior background in Law. Also, after just spending only 2-3 months in the firm at a management position, what has motivated you to do a MBA.
Short and Long term career goals post MBA needs to be absolutely clear and logical in your mind and you will need to present in the essays and rest of the application how your past when complemented with PGP from ISB will catapult you towards those goals.
A logical flow of events in the form of a story is a must to draft an impressionable application.
Please feel free to get in touch with me at arijit.biswas@crackadmission.com and/or +arijit_biswas89 (Skype) in case you want a detailed discussion or need professional assistance.
Cheers
Arijit