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You should certainly target scoring 700+ to increase your chances for selection. E-Gmat's verbal course had helped me in logically thinking about the verbal sections and score well. Perhaps you can look into that.
A high score combined with a unique experience such as yours should put you in a good place for consideration.

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Hi Aspirants,

If anyone interested in having mock interviews pls DM me

As Being part of group( Admitted & Alums ) for ISB, IIM A, IIM B , IIM C and NUS , we can help you with mock interviews and queries

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Hello lowkeyanon , what part of Verbal are you currently finding the most challenging? A solid contingency plan to ace the problem areas in Verbal can help you achieve the desired score faster.
As for the other aspects of your profile, you can surely differentiate yourself from the large pool, given your strong manufacturing, analytics and supply chain design experience. A solid display of passion for your chosen field of work and rational reasoning explaining your career trajectory can set you up as a meticulous and thoughtful character. Thoroughly evaluated Post-MBA goals that resonate with your past work experience will further strengthen your case for ISB.

For ECs, I recommend that you think deeper and analyze whether you have missed to consider certain mundane/ unobvious/ subtle initiatives you may have taken through the years (certain diversity initiatives at work, for example. raised voice against gender parity, voiced strong opinion for women employment in the manufacturing facilities, provided financial or moral support to someone in need, taught the underprivileged kids, organized diversity talks or off-site activities for better collaboration among teams and so on).

If you are looking for a consultant who can motivate you and help you realize your potential for top B Schools, we could get on a call and discuss how to best pitch your case.

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Hello, I am new to this....

Gave my first GMAT mock and scored 640, planning to prepare 2-3 weeks and apply for ISB in 2nd cycle(before 31st Jan) confident of scoring 700+
(Any suggestions to ace verbal? that's my weaker area)

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10th - 86
12th - 84
Btech Production Engg- 7.5/10 CGPA
All MH state univ.

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6months with a manufacturing gaint in their Mumbai plant
Work ex-
2yrs - Data analyst, Management consulting firm specialising in SC (warehouse, logistics design.. Operational inputs.. exposure to multiple sectors)
10+months - Propreitor at a family owned manufacturing workshop, I am looking over it right now.

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Was a part of college tech team(20-25memebers) for 3yrs and participated in 7 national level competitions, though no laurels but experience was good.
Captained the same team during last year of engg.

I am unaware if my profile is worthy of getting a call, please help.

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Hello KSRiya, as you have not specifically mentioned the nature of company you work for, I am assuming from the role description that you belong to the over-represented Banking/ Healthcare IT sector. (Please correct me if this is not the case)
I strongly recommend you target 720+ to stay competitive in every aspect of your profile. Work experience does not seem to be the highlight from what you have mentioned, however, you must delve deeper into examples from your professional life where you demonstrated leadership skills, resolved conflicts within teams, expedited projects with your stakeholder management skills and contributed strongly to your team's progress. Thoroughly evaluated Post-MBA goals that resonate with your career trajectory so far will strengthen your case for ISB.

Your ECs are decent.

If you are looking for a consultant who can motivate you through the application process and really bring out the leadership "transferables" for B-School essays, then we should get on a call to discuss further.

Best wishes

KSRiya

Hi Guys!

I am very new to everything related to application in isb. I plan to apply for ISB pgp this year. Request for a profile evaluation please.

Age
26 (Female)

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Yet to take

Education
B.Tech( Delhi Technological University) (65.3%)
Class XII (CBSE) - 86%
Class X (CBSE) - 10 cgpa

Work Experience
Technology analyst with 3 years techno-functional experience in banking sector.

Technology analyst (~3 years)
Handled independent components in banking software which involved software development for creation of contract, advice, bills and many other small batches for back end development.
Worked on many POC as base project for new healthcare clients.

Achievements:
* Awarded two tags of Rising star in team in 2021 .
* Promoted twice in one year 2021.
* Obtained oracle certification in cloud infrastructure - Technology architect and foundation certification (2020-2021) .
*Trained freshers in the technology of work.
* Published paper on 4th industrial revolution (2019)
* Attended ICWES event in Delhi in 2019 as a volunteer for paper on Industrial Revolution.
* Was chief organizer for IEEE in troika (Technical fest for DTU) in year 2016.
*Managed promotional events, site visits and webiste content for IEEE- PES (DTU) in 2015
* Won 3rd position in Arena ( DTU Sports Fest) in basketball (2015)
* Volunteered at various events for NGOs connected to DTU.
* Won highest score in subject award in 12th standard.
*Awarded with scholarship in 10th standard for 10 cgpa.
*Won Hindi Extempore in Oman in Indian Embassy, Muscat ,Oman.(2011)
*Won many art, poetry, music and science competition on school level.

There are 1 paper, 2 academic projects and 3 internships completed during BTech which also would be added to the profile.

Concerns:
1. The above profile is a very brief summary. Please let me know for the above profile how much score in GMAT could give me a safe chance for ISB admission with a decent interview ?
2. Any suggestions/areas of improvement on my overall candidature.Any extra curricular or club activities would be needed to be picked?
3. My goal is to shift from technical to functional side and gain knowledge in finance. Is ISB a good choice for my goals?
4.Which round should i apply in?

Any help will be highly appreciated. Thankyou!

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Hello KSRiya,

Thanks for writing in.

You should target a score upwards of 720 to have a good shot. That said, no score is 'enough' and a lot will depend on how well you portray your story and strengths through the application essays. The following video may help:

https://www.expertsglobal.com/how-to-wr ... plications

Needless to say, try and apply in the first round provided you have the desired GMAT score.

All the best!

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Hi Guys

Please evaluate my profile.
Target School :ISB Hyderabad

10th:93.1%
12th:86.2%
Engineering: 72%( International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar)
GMAT:670(Q49,V33)

EDUCATION
Delhi Public School, Bhilai -10th and 12th
International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India May 2017
Bachelor of Technology(B.Tech) – Computer Science & Engineering
Secured rank in mid 1500s in Odisha JEE Entrance exam

WORK EXPERIENCE
Dell Technologies, Karnataka, India Jul 2017 – Present

Senior Analyst/Software Developer 2 – Sales Order Pipeline ,Enterprise Business Intelligence
Oct 2019 – Present.
• Took the ownership to learn a new technology and worked in collaboration with support team to fix the orphan ongoing issues including incorrect population of exchange rate affecting the revenue directly
• Handled several enhancements, problem fixes, Data Quality issues across various Big Data Platforms | Educated or clarified multiple business users on the data and process to help them understand the concept of negative revenue in Sales
• Developed knowledge base by creating around 50+ documents from support experience thereby reducing around 200+ production defects and around 500+ recurring failures.
• Enabled automated deployment for the team across multiple environments| Educated the team on the same and currently frequency of deployments has increased from once a month to almost every alternate day | Reducing the 100+ man hours involved every time
• Conceptualized 15+ agile techniques to enhance Quotes process thereby improving the performance and reducing the manual efforts by 50+ man hours during weekends per month and 100+ man hours during quarter end.
• Led a team of 5 to deliver end to end solution which leveraged live Orders data using streaming solutions and latest technology available in the market with 100% clean deployment. The solution is being used by 20+ business analytics teams and around 10000+ users for their reporting purposes. Thereby reducing the gap in reporting. The most appreciated effort was making the audit logging table to process millions of records in near real time from transactional systems | Trained external members and business stakeholders as part of Knowledge Transfer.
• Been a Sales and Orders champion during one of the Database failures | Led and represented the teams and worked along with the platform teams to repair the DB and make the data available to around 9000+ users across multiple workspaces.
• Currently working in devising a solution to parse real time dynamic Jsons (using Scala, Spark and Kafka) from transactional systems which captures an order’s line and populate it in various Big Data platforms to cater 10000+ users with Order’s lifeline Data.
• Worked closely with platform team and business stakeholders to improve various process, remove unwanted objects thereby reducing 50TB space in the database | Provided recommendations on improving the availability of reports and the stability of the production environments.
• Currently I am also playing the role of a backup team lead and a backup program manager
• Have Interviewed various candidates for various positions and for various teams across the organization | Led CSR efforts for the team and have participated in various CSR events in my tenure in Dell

Software Developer 1 – Core/Orders Dev Team, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Nov 2018 – Sep 2019
• Took the stretch assignment of designing a Tableau dashboard for real time monitoring of 54+ transactional systems in a one single view | Produced 10+ reports which bolstered decision making of leadership team.
• Innovated a process to produce automated alerts for all the critical jobs and regular status mails for the leadership team using shell scripting which resulted in quicker and more efficient fixes leading to an improvement in the response time of critical errors by 80%
• In the FY 2019-2020 Independently achieved 100% resolution of 500 business critical incidents across multiple Big Data Platforms impacting multiple business critical reporting and
• In the absence of the key SME delivered a project single handedly from end to end with 100% success rate and communicate the business with regular updates. This project helped to resolve the corrupt Dell Customers database and fixed 10+ business reports.
• Developed a Dashboard for VP sales in a day’s time to track the performance of each sales representative sorted by managers. Bolstered decision making for the sales team and plan out ways to groom the lower performing sales rep.
• Worked tirelessly with platform team for multiple database migrations, cleanup activities, functional upgrades to improve the current system as much as possible | Reduced around 40TB + space and increased the throughput of data by 45% through such activities

Analyst – L3 Support Team, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Jul 2017 – Oct 2018
• Joined the highest level of support in the org as the first fresher and got the opportunity to dig in production defects and problems in the 1st few months itself | Resolved a record number of 15 critical incidents in a week resolving 1000+ daily failures.
• Independently achieved 100% resolution of 500 business critical incidents across multiple Big Data Platforms impacting multiple business critical reporting
• Liaised with cross functional teams to expedite data migration of 15+ datasets in 9 months.
• Collaborated with other areas of support (infrastructure, source systems, business support etc.) to resolve high impact events in a timely manner, to provide recommendations on improving the availability of reports and the stability of the production environments | Collaborated with outside departments to implement system-wide improvements.
• First point of contact for customer escalations and actively communicate on the progress. Learn the priorities from the customer and business impact related to RUN failures.
• Went beyond regular work and fixed a critical sales opportunity issue where revenue of $84824284.700 and 1017 deals were missing by working and coordinating closely with business stakeholders, managers, sales VPs, Sales & IT support teams.
• Participated and organized a number of CSR event in and off campus where we have helped a number of NGOs, orphans and Old Age homes in and around Bangalore ,India

OTHER ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
• Achieved Vice president’s award for outstanding performance in a quarter at Dell.
• Have been awarded with multiple cash and non-cash awards at my tenure in dell amounting to a total around 15+ awards in my entire tenure
• Received Scholar badge and a scholar blazer for exemplary performance at school for 6 consecutive years.
• Won awards for drawing and painting at school, state, and national level.
• Participated and represented Sierra Leone in IIIT -Mun. Around 100+ delegates participated
• Won a number of coding competitions at IIIT Bhubaneswar
• Stood 1st position in National level Essay writing competition.
• Secured 85% marks in Annual all India GK Test in the year 2006
• Won multiple Cricket and Football competitions at School and College.
• Handled the position of hospitality head and sponsorship head in the annual tech cult fest Advaita in my college | Led a team of 20 folks to take care of all the hospitality work during the 4 days of the fest and brought in a sponsorship of around 2.5 lakhs for the fest
• Organized the cultural and Technical fest (Advaita ‘16) in IIIT Bhubaneswar.
• Organized various technical competitions at college
• Achieved certification from H.P on Network Management & Security
• Completed Industrial based training from Bhilai Steel Plant, S.A.I.L
• Organized a Blood donation camp in college where 200 + students donated blood.
• Owns the photography account (shutter_venom) in instagram
• Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi, Oriya.

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Please evaluate my profile.
Target School :ISB Hyderabad

10th:93.1%
12th:86.2%
Engineering: 72%( International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar)
GMAT:670(Q49,V33)

EDUCATION
Delhi Public School, Bhilai -10th and 12th
International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India May 2017
Bachelor of Technology(B.Tech) – Computer Science & Engineering
Secured rank in mid 1500s in Odisha JEE Entrance exam

WORK EXPERIENCE
Dell Technologies, Karnataka, India Jul 2017 – Present

Senior Analyst/Software Developer 2 – Sales Order Pipeline ,Enterprise Business Intelligence
Oct 2019 – Present.
• Took the ownership to learn a new technology and worked in collaboration with support team to fix the orphan ongoing issues including incorrect population of exchange rate affecting the revenue directly
• Handled several enhancements, problem fixes, Data Quality issues across various Big Data Platforms | Educated or clarified multiple business users on the data and process to help them understand the concept of negative revenue in Sales
• Developed knowledge base by creating around 50+ documents from support experience thereby reducing around 200+ production defects and around 500+ recurring failures.
• Enabled automated deployment for the team across multiple environments| Educated the team on the same and currently frequency of deployments has increased from once a month to almost every alternate day | Reducing the 100+ man hours involved every time
• Conceptualized 15+ agile techniques to enhance Quotes process thereby improving the performance and reducing the manual efforts by 50+ man hours during weekends per month and 100+ man hours during quarter end.
• Led a team of 5 to deliver end to end solution which leveraged live Orders data using streaming solutions and latest technology available in the market with 100% clean deployment. The solution is being used by 20+ business analytics teams and around 10000+ users for their reporting purposes. Thereby reducing the gap in reporting. The most appreciated effort was making the audit logging table to process millions of records in near real time from transactional systems | Trained external members and business stakeholders as part of Knowledge Transfer.
• Been a Sales and Orders champion during one of the Database failures | Led and represented the teams and worked along with the platform teams to repair the DB and make the data available to around 9000+ users across multiple workspaces.
• Currently working in devising a solution to parse real time dynamic Jsons (using Scala, Spark and Kafka) from transactional systems which captures an order’s line and populate it in various Big Data platforms to cater 10000+ users with Order’s lifeline Data.
• Worked closely with platform team and business stakeholders to improve various process, remove unwanted objects thereby reducing 50TB space in the database | Provided recommendations on improving the availability of reports and the stability of the production environments.
• Currently I am also playing the role of a backup team lead and a backup program manager
• Have Interviewed various candidates for various positions and for various teams across the organization | Led CSR efforts for the team and have participated in various CSR events in my tenure in Dell

Software Developer 1 – Core/Orders Dev Team, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Nov 2018 – Sep 2019
• Took the stretch assignment of designing a Tableau dashboard for real time monitoring of 54+ transactional systems in a one single view | Produced 10+ reports which bolstered decision making of leadership team.
• Innovated a process to produce automated alerts for all the critical jobs and regular status mails for the leadership team using shell scripting which resulted in quicker and more efficient fixes leading to an improvement in the response time of critical errors by 80%
• In the FY 2019-2020 Independently achieved 100% resolution of 500 business critical incidents across multiple Big Data Platforms impacting multiple business critical reporting and
• In the absence of the key SME delivered a project single handedly from end to end with 100% success rate and communicate the business with regular updates. This project helped to resolve the corrupt Dell Customers database and fixed 10+ business reports.
• Developed a Dashboard for VP sales in a day’s time to track the performance of each sales representative sorted by managers. Bolstered decision making for the sales team and plan out ways to groom the lower performing sales rep.
• Worked tirelessly with platform team for multiple database migrations, cleanup activities, functional upgrades to improve the current system as much as possible | Reduced around 40TB + space and increased the throughput of data by 45% through such activities

Analyst – L3 Support Team, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Jul 2017 – Oct 2018
• Joined the highest level of support in the org as the first fresher and got the opportunity to dig in production defects and problems in the 1st few months itself | Resolved a record number of 15 critical incidents in a week resolving 1000+ daily failures.
• Independently achieved 100% resolution of 500 business critical incidents across multiple Big Data Platforms impacting multiple business critical reporting
• Liaised with cross functional teams to expedite data migration of 15+ datasets in 9 months.
• Collaborated with other areas of support (infrastructure, source systems, business support etc.) to resolve high impact events in a timely manner, to provide recommendations on improving the availability of reports and the stability of the production environments | Collaborated with outside departments to implement system-wide improvements.
• First point of contact for customer escalations and actively communicate on the progress. Learn the priorities from the customer and business impact related to RUN failures.
• Went beyond regular work and fixed a critical sales opportunity issue where revenue of $84824284.700 and 1017 deals were missing by working and coordinating closely with business stakeholders, managers, sales VPs, Sales & IT support teams.
• Participated and organized a number of CSR event in and off campus where we have helped a number of NGOs, orphans and Old Age homes in and around Bangalore ,India

OTHER ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
• Achieved Vice president’s award for outstanding performance in a quarter at Dell.
• Have been awarded with multiple cash and non-cash awards at my tenure in dell amounting to a total around 15+ awards in my entire tenure
• Received Scholar badge and a scholar blazer for exemplary performance at school for 6 consecutive years.
• Won awards for drawing and painting at school, state, and national level.
• Participated and represented Sierra Leone in IIIT -Mun. Around 100+ delegates participated
• Won a number of coding competitions at IIIT Bhubaneswar
• Stood 1st position in National level Essay writing competition.
• Secured 85% marks in Annual all India GK Test in the year 2006
• Won multiple Cricket and Football competitions at School and College.
• Handled the position of hospitality head and sponsorship head in the annual tech cult fest Advaita in my college | Led a team of 20 folks to take care of all the hospitality work during the 4 days of the fest and brought in a sponsorship of around 2.5 lakhs for the fest
• Organized the cultural and Technical fest (Advaita ‘16) in IIIT Bhubaneswar.
• Organized various technical competitions at college
• Achieved certification from H.P on Network Management & Security
• Completed Industrial based training from Bhilai Steel Plant, S.A.I.L
• Organized a Blood donation camp in college where 200 + students donated blood.
• Owns the photography account (shutter_venom) in instagram
• Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi, Oriya.

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biorevanth

Hi All,

I am a master degree holder in Biotechnology from a UK University, followed by co-founding a start up company in hyderabad, in 2010. Since then, I have served my company in the capacity of Head/Director - Operations. The company is a CRO (Clinical Research Organisation), which basically provides various services for Pharmaceutical & Biotech Companies. Now I decided to pursue my long term goal of doing an MBA in ISB. I am currently ready to take my GMAT very shortly. But I am not sure if my entrepreneur profile suits the program and if yes, what is the GMAT score I must target? My academics are :
SSC - 86%
+2 - 86%
B.Tech - 70%
In total, I have around 5 years of experience in Operational and Business Development acitvities at my company. Any evaluation would be very much appreciated.

Hey biorevanth,

Your profile helps you stand out and can be a very interesting profile for ISB to consider if you portray it well. More importantly though, what is your goal and how does MBA from ISB fit into it? You will need to be very clear about your motivation for pursuing ISB. A simple statement such a pursuing long-term goals might not work out.

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sonasur

Hi,

Please evaluate my profile...

GMAT score: 640 (Q49,V28)

Academics:
Btech (Electrical Engg) from NIT. CGPA of 8.78/10
10th : 83.8 %
12th: 82.4%

Age 29, Female.
Working exp: 6 years Working in PSU (Maharatna Company)

Target Colleges: ISB, IIMs, MDI (for supply chain management)

Thanks

Hi Sonasur,

You'll have to work on improving the GMAT score to have a chance at ISB. It would also help to highlight some of the unique aspects about your profile/work-experience. It could also be voluntary work/hobbies you're passionate about. That might help you stand out. Otherwise it might be tough for you to get through.

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Hi ,

Please evaluate my chances for ISB 2022 round 3 applications.

Xth - 10 CGPA
XII th - 89 percent
UG - BTECH computer science and engineering - 7.7CGPA/10
GMAT -700 ( Q-49, V-36)
Work experience - 2 years of work ex as a software engineer in a well known Computer Networks Company.

Applying for the round 3 applications for ISB.

Hello akkisuper,

Apologies for the delayed response but we hope this finds you in time still..

You haven't shared the details pertaining to your achievements at work and what your career goals are. The GMAT is definitely a tad lower than the average of the ISB class. However, we are not sure if a retake at this point is feasible for you. Therefore, focus on putting forth a set of essays that articulate your strengths and future goals in a compelling manner.

All the best!

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Hello Dementer,

Hope this finds you well.

While your profile has its own strengths, your GMAT needs improvement if you wish to have a good chance in Round 3.

All the best!

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Hello,

Request you all to kindly Evaluate my Profile for ISB'23 Round 3 application and what should be the safe GMAT score for a Likely interview call.(Also advice if I shall apply for the same or go for 1st Cycle of PGP'24)

Academics

10th - 93
12th - 91
UG (BBA-Fin)-80
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-WorkEx-25 months in Deloitte as Tax Consultant
Got Performance Linked Award
Initiated a new process at work that reduced the Chargeable hours by 15% for the client.
-Career Goal: Want to work in Corporate Finance/Financial Consulting Domain having done courses for Equity Research, Report Writing and Python for Finance Profesionals.
-Working for A renowned NGO for 2 years and have raised 20k+ through fundraising events
- Written 2 Research Papers concerning Finance domain using advanced statistics tools and methods.

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Hello notanmfeapplicant

You have a pretty balanced profile (Acads, Work Ex, Extracurriculars) and good part is you have also started early.
GRE or GMAT does not matter as long as you are getting a good score. Your target score mentioned below will put you in a strong position.
Career goals is something I'd recommend you do a bit more research on whether it is a realistic feasible goal (especially IB) from ISB.
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Hi, please evaluate my profile!

Age: 22F, 24-25 at the time of applying

GMAT - in the range of 710-730, considering giving the GRE instead since its easier for me?

Undergrad Information - private uni in Mumbai. CGPA: 3.1/4, dual degree program with MBA in Tech Management and BTech in IT. MBA specialisation in finance and minor in business analytics.
12th - 74.6% (HSC)
10th - 85.6% (ICSE)

Work experience and leadership: 2 months web dev in digital payments, 4 months data analytics at a national digital payment solutions provider, 2 years of WE as a cybersecurity consultant at one of the Big4s, hope to make it to asst manager before I apply to Isb

Community and others: 60+ MUNs participated as a delegate, delegation lead, executive board member and organized. 5+ leadership roles at MUN organization in and outside of college. Projects include financial analysis and valuation of US retailer, comparative analysis of options pricing methods and technical indicator analysis. Proficient in Python, SQL, Excel, Tableau and PowerBI. Have certifications such as Google Data Analytics, Wharton Business Analytics, ISB Financial Markets, CFA Investments Foundation, considering giving the L1 too!

Post MBA goals: move into corporate finance at big tech (think FAANG) or IB, my backup is strategy consulting at MBB depending on if I like the consulting lifestyle. I want to ultimately make CFO/partner.

Why another MBA? - my current one is specialised and played to what I loved the most (Tech) and due to COVID, I could not derive the full value of my MBA (ala networking/case comps), another MBA gives me the opportunity to pivot to finance/strat consulting, I have corporate exposure to back up my career interest as opposed to going in doe-eyed into the job I am now.

What do you think? Is there anyway in which I can build my profile further?

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Hello akkisuper

Limited information to completely assess your profile.
Past scores are decent, but the GMAT looks on the lower side especially considering the IT background.
Cannot comment on Work experience except that the work ex is on the lower side, no qualitative mention of company, career growth or achievements.
Also, cannot assess the clarity on career goals or whether you can compensate for your IT background through other areas of diversity or extracurricular.

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Hello lowkeyanon

ISB will evaluate your profile on Academics, Work Ex, Diversity and Career Goals
Academics need to be supported with a 710+ (above the avg. of the school's score is recommended)
Work ex is on the lower side, the transitions need to be justified with conscious decision making, career progress and achoevemnts need to be highlighted and the move from proprietorship to B-School just 10 months into it needs to be clarified.
Diversity can come from Extracurriculars, which in your case seem dated and impact needs to be seen. Is there anything in the recent past?
Career goals is missing and cannot be evaluated.

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24Male
10th - 86
12th - 84
Btech Production Engg- 7.5/10 CGPA
All MH state univ.

Gave my first GMAT mock and scored 640, planning to devote a month and apply for ISB in 2nd cycle(before 31st Jan) confident of scoring 700+

Internship-
6months with a manufacturing gaint in their Mumbai plant
Work ex-
2yrs - Data analyst, Management consulting firm specialising in SC (warehouse, logistics design.. Operational inputs.. exposure to multiple sectors)
10+months - Propreitor at a family owned manufacturing workshop, I am looking over it right now.

Extras-
Was a part of college tech team(20-25memebers) for 3yrs and participated in 7 national level competitions, though no laurels but experience was good.
Captained the same team during last year of engg.

I am unaware of how profiles are evaluated or if mine is worthy of getting a call, please help.

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Hello gouram

Past scores are decent and try to score in the upper band of your GRE target as it will help you stand out in the large and competitive pool of IT applicants that you belong to.
Very little info to judge work ex, try to focus more on the qualitative aspects in the essays- career progress, accomplishments, business impact more than technical skills.
Extracurricular or any other aspects that can add diversity and help you stand out are missing.
On career goals, not sure how are you planning to make the transition from software to marketing- be prepared to show what existing skills and experience you have to make this switch successful.

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Hi,
Please review my profile and give insights how to work on essays and frame them. Please assist me with the application
10th grade - 78.83 %
12th grade - 91.4%
Undergrad - Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering, inderprastha University Delhi, 7.8/10 CGPA (2 summer internships at DRDO)
Work ex - Working as Software engineer with Accenture for last 2 years. Lead for support role in an Application and part of Service management team
Exp GRE - 325-330
Future goals - Marketing manager role

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Hello KSRiya

Work profile and extracurricular are strong and can even add some brownie points on diversity.
For GMAT, I'd recommend a 700+ that will put you in a strong position.
On career goals, I'll suggest you to be more specific- what role and companies are you targeting post MBA, what are your long term goals, what is your personal motivation behind these goals.
Lastly, I would say apply in R1 as you have enough time for the same.

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Hello Dementer

The extracurricular list is interesting, but the GMAT score is low for a software profile, I'll recommend you take it up to 710 or more if possible.
What are your career goals, they will be a major deciding factor in the success of the application.

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Hello Ayush057

Profile is quite strong and work ex can even help you in diversity.
In your case, even a 680 can help you get in, but don't let that stop you from scoring higher. A 700+ will have you in a strong position.
Not sure if you have already applied, if not, my recommendation, looking at your work ex is to apply in R1 in 2022.

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Hello Ayush057,

Thanks for your query.

You definitely have a strong profile as well as clarity in so far as your goals are concerned.

Having said that, you must definitely apply with a score of 710 and above. On a separate note, applying in Round 1, next year, is an option you must absolutely explore. It will allow you more time for everything - building your profile, working on essays, as well as applying with a good GMAT score.

All the best!