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Hello, Please review my profile for ISB PGP program.

Personal and Academic Details
Background - Male, 24(age), Indian
Education- B.Tech graduate from a Tier-3 college
UG CGPA - 9.08
12th - 96%
10th CGPA - 9.8
GMAT - not yet taken
Experience - 18 months

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Started my career in a software company. Work was not challenging enough and my technical expertise was in a different technology. Worked there for 9 months. Currently Working in a different company in the role which i like. Working in a project like many other IT professionals out there. Apart from project I mentored 30 employees in enhancing heir technical skills in the first month of joining this company. And also took the initiative for (kind of) creating a environment in one of the area of my technical expertise by which the company can deliver quality outcomes to different clients. Our initiative became big and a lot of experienced professionals are also pulled into this to make it a reality soon.

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During my undergrad participated in telangana startup yatra in which students pitch their start up ideas to Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC). Out of number of ideas selected from throughout the state 100 ideas were selected. My idea is one of the finalists of this. Failed to receive funding for different reasons.

I have been a part of a restaurant (not mine). Been part of deciding the menu, ambience and other thing before opening. After opening promoted the restaurant in different platforms. Restaurant is really doing great and is competing with other restaurants which are in the same space and which are really popular from many years. Managed the hotel management graduates working in the restaurant. Been incharge of hospitality. And will be a part of its expansion. I am doing it for myself to learn new things and to come out from my comfort zone.

Also organized few events and workshops during my UG days.

I always wanted to learn new languages. I started with spanish and currently learning the same.

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Consulting

I don't have a great profile or a unique one. What should i do to improve my profile to increase my chances of getting into ISB.

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Hi sai1704,

First,Give GMAT exam. Try to score well. Around 730. This will increase your chances of intake. Your overall profile looks good.

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Hi sai1704 , hope you are doing well.

You have good academics and CGPA that show academic inclination even though you may not come from a tier 1 college. A stellar GMAT score (730+) would perfectly sum up your motivation for doing MBA from a tier 1 college such as ISB to further your career progression.
You seem to be a go-getter and a hustler because of the initiatives you took at work and outside of it in trying your hand at entrepreneurship (even if it was only as a participant in innovation cell or supporting someone else's venture). You must draw insights from all these experiences in your essays to showcase leadership capability and growth mindset. You are also young compared to the average ISB student, and therefore, think about how you could demonstrate conscientious planning with regards to your career decisions by connecting your post MBA goals with your work experience.

I would advise you to reconsider your post-MBA goal of consulting as it has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. Think about what you would like to do 10-15 years from now, and what are the skills that you need to learn to get yourself closer to your long-term goals. List down a number of alternative career paths in the short term that would help you to learn those skills (consulting being one of those). Talk to ISB students and alumni to understand how candidates get shortlisted for consulting interviews and what are the odds that you would get an invite for the same (ask what factors come into play).

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Hi, sai1704,

Thank you for your post!

First, I would like to say that you have a good overall CGPA at each academic level and have a decent amount of relevant work experience. Coming to your profile, since you haven’t taken your GMAT yet, I would like to highlight that a score of 720-740+ would definitely increase your chances at the school as your profile is decent in terms of WE, GPA!

Regarding your ECAs, I can see that you are willing to take risks and diversify your experience; that’s the essence schools look for in a candidate’s extracurriculars. Moreover, by now, you would have definitely grasped some key aspects of entrepreneurship by helping run a new restaurant. All you need to do is highlight the relevant insights from these experiences in your school essays to help showcase your character as a leader, growth mindset, capability, and the ability to be different from the general queue.

All in all, I would say you have an overall decent profile, try to make your post-MBA goal more collinear with your work experience, for which if you like, you could refer to our article, How to bring collinearity in your post-MBA goals? This would most certainly help provide insights about collinearity in post-MBA goals. At last, I would say, try to connect dots and form a network interlinking your goals, ECA, experience to draft mesmerizing essays. That’s all about your profile; if you want a more detailed analysis of your profile regarding ISBPGP, feel free to book a free session with us at your convenience.

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Hi,
Request a profile evaluation for me. I need to understand whether my profile is competitive enough and which colleges should I be targetting.

Target Colleges - ISB (PGP),IIM - A (PGPX), INSEAD, HEC Paris , Oxford and any other 1 year MBA Programs

Male, Indian, Age- 31
Academics
Class X - 89.4%
Class XII ( Science) - 89.6%
B.Arch IIT Roorkee - 7.067/10 cgpa. Batch Topper was 8.9, I think.

GMAT - 740 ( Q50 V40)

Work Experience - 108 months

Not sure where to bucket this, but I had quit my corporate job to work in the waste management sector. I am a Swachtha Saarthi Fellow '22 under the aegis of the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor of India for our waste management work in Sikkim.

FOUNDER & CEO, VOYAGE Gangtok, Sikkim (March’18 – to date)
• Turnkey solution advisory to Gangtok Military Station for Zero Waste Management.

• Established 2 tons per day Dry Waste Collection and Processing Centre in association with Gangtok Municipal Corporation.

• Awarded most innovative business model across North East in NERES 1.0 Business Plan competition
• Product designing and Marketing support for tribal bamboo artisans; providing additional secured income of ~Rs 10 Lakhs per annum to bottom of pyramid workers
• Installed small-scale Paper Recycling Plant; raised micro entrepreneur, selling products to clients like various Govt Department/local businesses/general public

FOUNDING TRUSTEE, PANY FOUNDATION NGO Gangtok, Sikkim (March’18 – to date)
• Supporting 100+ bottom of pyramid ragpickers and their families with ration during Covid-19 lockdowns.
• Conducting half yearly Health & Vaccination Camps for ragpickers at Gangtok landfill since 2018
• Community engagement via clean-ups and workshops;
• Active YouTube channel/media channels to spread awareness about waste; >10,000 cumulative viewers on social media

SENIOR OPERATIONS MANAGER, SAAHAS ZERO WASTE Bangalore (May’17 – Dec’17)
• Restructured and optimised logistics network, leading to operational savings of 13% per month
• Increase Client Waste Pickup reliability by 125%
• Recommended steps to increase efficiencies of units; increase of dry waste processing rates by 5%;
• Established processes to streamline consumables procurement and supply; ensured zero shortage at units; identified savings of nearly Rs 5 Lakh per month via vendor reacquisition

BUSINESS ANALYST, ZS ASSOCIATES Pune (Nov’14 – Nov’16)
• Segmented key customer accounts across the entire health care ecosystem to serve as the foundation for developing a portfolio-wide, account-based go-to-market strategy.
• Designed optimal resource allocation plans based on brand strategy for multiple sales forces leveraging segmentation and promotion response techniques for the planning of a new product launch

STRATEGIC CONSULTING EXECUTIVE, JONES LANG LASALLE ( JLL ) Hyderabad (Aug ’13-Oct’14)
• Performed valuation studies for Real Estate Developers and Government Bodies.

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
• Advanced Excel, SQL, SAS, GHG Warm Modeller
• LEED Green Associate - USGBC
• IRCA Certified ISO 14001 Lead Auditor - BSI

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Competent Leader and Active Member at Toastmasters Club International 2016 to date
Coordinator - CHAOS ( online gaming festival of IIT Roorkee - which is also my hobby. Raised sponsorship from Alienware and conducted a 3 day gaming event)
Member, Literary Section, IIT Roorkee 2008-2012
Member, Himalayan Explorers Club, IIT Roorkee 2008-2012

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Hi everyone,

Request a profile evaluation for me. I need to understand whether my profile is competitive enough and which colleges should I be targetting.

Target Colleges - ISB (PGP),IIM - A (PGP),IIM-C(PGP), INSEAD, HEC Paris , LBS and any other 1 year MBA Programs

Male, Indian, Age 25

Good Morning! Hope everyone are doing well and are safe.Congratulations to everyone who have received the admits.

I'm looking to apply to ISB pgp this year. I gave my GMAT exam last week and received a score of 640(Q50 V27). Im thinking to retake GMAT and looking to get around 720.

Please let me know my chances if i apply to ISB in coming july - Round1.

Following are the details of my profile summary.

Xth - 9.7 CGPA
XIIth- 93.7%
UG CGPA: 7.67
Official GMAT1- 640
Work exp: 4yrs(48 months)

Graduation: University College of Engineering, Osmania University - Computer science -2018

Work Exp: Software Engineer in a Product development team, with 4 yrs overall experience(when i apply to ISB later this year) from Oracle since 2018.
I hv been a part of and lead few Corporate Social Responsibility activities with many NGO's as part of Oracle CSR activity.

LOR- Good LOR from my manager.

Post MBA roles- Product management/General management.

I would like to hear some tips on how to improve my profile and other things related so as to fit into ISB pgp program.

Thanks already!

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Hi TargetttGMAT720 , hope you are doing well. I consider ISB, IIMs a better match as your profile seems closer to the average profile at these schools. Improvement on GMAT is a must since you belong to the overrepresented pool (Indian male techie / IT). Focus on highlighting your career progression over the years, leadership skills, and ability to resolve conflicts through multiple examples in the essays. Think through your post MBA goals and be conscientious so that your goals make sense for your career trajectory. Try to bring out the uniqueness in your profile as much as you can. Interact with a lot of alums to drive insights into the essays around why you are the right fit for your target school. Also try to understand the Post MBA opportunities and how you could leverage your experience to easily attain your short term goals after MBA.

If you wish to seek professional guidance on putting forth an impressive application do reach out

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Please evaluate my profile.
Target School: ISB Hyderabad

Demographics – 36 Indian Male
Work experience – 14 years+ at a Navratna Steel PSU

GMAT:760(Q50, V44)

EDUCATION
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pusa - 10th (2001), 88.8%
DAV JVM Shyamali, Ranchi- 12th (2003), 66.8%
BIT Sindri - B.Sc. Engineering - Metallurgical Engineering (2003-2007), 70.22%(Distinction)

Technologies
• Steelmaking
• Continuous Casting of Liquid Steel
• Secondary Metallurgy (Ladle Heating Furnace, IR-UT, Argon Rinsing)
• Quality Maintenance

Job Functions
• Production logistics planning and implementation
• Workforce management
• Overseeing individual casting machine operations
• Arcing, Blowing and Rinsing of liquid steel
• Catering to CCM requirements of temperature and maintaining the grade standards.

Achievements in Job
• Implemented Ferro-Alloy optimization in secondary refining process which resulted in huge savings per ton of liquid steel.
• Reduced Aluminium consumption per ton of liquid steel in secondary refining processes, which resulted in huge savings for company and also reduced casting problems arising due to excessive alumina deposition.
• Introduced the idea for automated ferro alloy dispenser car in ladle furnace, eliminating the crude manual method.
• Introduced the concept of gauge supplementation for argon purging systems in IR-UT and Ladle Furnace, which resulted in savings in terms of Argon gas used for the secondary refining processes.
• Implemented an online lance changing system which saves time between Argon and Oxygen lance changes.
• Handling the role of Shift Co-Ordinator of SMS and planning day to day production related activities of SMS
• Was a part of the teams which won the award for Dream Team in Patni Computer Systems Ltd. in 2008 and 2009.

Trainings/courses undertaken
• Attended a 2 day CSI National Conference EPIC 2020.
• Attended a 3 day Refresher course on “Ladle metallurgy and Refractories” at IIT- Powai.
• Attended a 2 day “Technology Awareness Programme” on “Steel Making Technology” organized by RDCIS-SAIL, Ranchi.
• 3 weeks Industrial training undertaken at Ushamartin Tatisilwai, Wire & ropes limited, Ranchi under the guidance of Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Head of the Quality Assurance Department and Mr. Abhay Kumar Sinha, Deputy Manager of the HRD at Ushamartin, Tatisilwai (Ranchi). The training consisted of the study of failures in the products (wire and wire-ropes).
• One month training on “Mineral processing” at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, under the guidance of Mr. K.K. Bhattacharya, Head, Mineral processing division.
• One-day industrial tour undertaken at Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Bokaro
• One-day industrial tour undertaken at Bharat Refractories Limited (BRL), Bhandaridah, Bokaro (Jharkhand).

Other Academic and Extra-curricular activities

• Stood first in my school and was 4th in Patna zone of Kendriya Vidyalaya in 10th board examination held in 2001.
• Completed engineering course with distinction.
• Participated in 6th National Children Science Congress.
• Participated in Regional Level Badminton Championship-1999, organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Patna Region.
• Participated in XII Youth Parliament competition organized by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India.
• Held the post of Attorney General in Gandhi Rachnatamak Samiti, a club in my college, B.I.T. Sindri. Organized and hosted the flagship cultural program of the club, KISLAY-2004, 2005 and 2006 successfully, on behalf of the club. Also hosted quiz shows and Hard-Talks in these programs. Conducted Harness-2004 and 2005, a mock test series for students appearing for CAT and other MBA examinations, successfully on behalf of my club.
• Was a member of athletics team at my school, D.A.V. Shyamali, Ranchi. Also held the post of office holder of the Department for Students’ Welfare.
• Participated in MODEX-2006, organized by my college, B.I.T. Sindri and received a certificate of appreciation for my innovative model in the field of energy conservation. Also, presented a technical paper on ICICI at Technical Paper Presentation, organized by my college and received a certificate for my performance.
• Was elected leader of RAMAN House for two consecutive years at my school, Kendriya Vidyalaya, RAU, Pusa.
• Fluent in Hindi, English and Telugu.

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Please evaluate my profile.
Target School: ISB Hyderabad

Demographics – 36 Indian Male
Work experience – 14 years+ at a Navratna Steel PSU

GMAT:760(Q50, V44)

EDUCATION
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pusa - 10th (2001), 88.8%
DAV JVM Shyamali, Ranchi- 12th (2003), 66.8%
BIT Sindri - B.Sc. Engineering - Metallurgical Engineering (2003-2007), 70.22%(Distinction)
SCDL, Pune - PGDBA (Operations)(2013), 75.24% (Distinction)

Technologies
• Steelmaking
• Continuous Casting of Liquid Steel
• Secondary Metallurgy (Ladle Heating Furnace, IR-UT, Argon Rinsing)
• Quality Maintenance

Job Functions
• Production logistics planning and implementation
• Workforce management
• Overseeing individual casting machine operations
• Arcing, Blowing and Rinsing of liquid steel
• Catering to CCM requirements of temperature and maintaining the grade standards.

Achievements in Job
• Implemented Ferro-Alloy optimization in secondary refining process which resulted in huge savings per ton of liquid steel.
• Reduced Aluminium consumption per ton of liquid steel in secondary refining processes, which resulted in huge savings for company and also reduced casting problems arising due to excessive alumina deposition.
• Introduced the idea for automated ferro alloy dispenser car in ladle furnace, eliminating the crude manual method.
• Introduced the concept of gauge supplementation for argon purging systems in IR-UT and Ladle Furnace, which resulted in savings in terms of Argon gas used for the secondary refining processes.
• Implemented an online lance changing system which saves time between Argon and Oxygen lance changes.
• Handling the role of Shift Co-Ordinator of SMS and planning day to day production related activities of SMS
• Was a part of the teams which won the award for Dream Team in Patni Computer Systems Ltd. in 2008 and 2009.

Trainings/courses undertaken
• Attended a 2 day CSI National Conference EPIC 2020.
• Attended a 3 day Refresher course on “Ladle metallurgy and Refractories” at IIT- Powai.
• Attended a 2 day “Technology Awareness Programme” on “Steel Making Technology” organized by RDCIS-SAIL, Ranchi.
• 3 weeks Industrial training undertaken at Ushamartin Tatisilwai, Wire & ropes limited, Ranchi under the guidance of Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Head of the Quality Assurance Department and Mr. Abhay Kumar Sinha, Deputy Manager of the HRD at Ushamartin, Tatisilwai (Ranchi). The training consisted of the study of failures in the products (wire and wire-ropes).
• One month training on “Mineral processing” at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, under the guidance of Mr. K.K. Bhattacharya, Head, Mineral processing division.
• One-day industrial tour undertaken at Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Bokaro
• One-day industrial tour undertaken at Bharat Refractories Limited (BRL), Bhandaridah, Bokaro (Jharkhand).

Other Academic and Extra-curricular activities

• Stood first in my school and was 4th in Patna zone of Kendriya Vidyalaya in 10th board
• examination held in 2001.
• Completed PGDBA-Operations with distinction, while working in shifts at the same time.
• Completed engineering course with distinction.
• Participated in 6th National Children Science Congress.
• Participated in Regional Level Badminton Championship-1999, organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Patna Region.
• Participated in XII Youth Parliament competition organized by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India.
• Held the post of Attorney General in Gandhi Rachnatamak Samiti, a club in my college, B.I.T. Sindri. Organized and hosted the flagship cultural program of the club, KISLAY-2004, 2005 and 2006 successfully, on behalf of the club. Also hosted quiz shows and Hard-Talks in these programs. Conducted Harness-2004 and 2005, a mock test series for students appearing for CAT and other MBA examinations, successfully on behalf of my club.
• Was a member of athletics team at my school, D.A.V. Shyamali, Ranchi. Also held the post of office holder of the Department for Students’ Welfare.
• Participated in MODEX-2006, organized by my college, B.I.T. Sindri and received a certificate of appreciation for my innovative model in the field of energy conservation. Also, presented a technical paper on ICICI at Technical Paper Presentation, organized by my college and received a certificate for my performance.
• Was elected leader of RAMAN House for two consecutive years at my school, Kendriya Vidyalaya, RAU, Pusa.
• Fluent in Hindi, English and Telugu.

Hi NavneetKumar7 , hope you are doing well. You have a stellar GMAT score so congrats on that! You also have a lot of years of experience in the operations and process design domain, and therefore, it becomes critical that you show clarity of thought on your objective behind doing the PGP/MBA at this point in your career. I encourage you to also consider the IIMs and XLRI as good alternatives to ISB. You must have a strong narrative around your year-on-year career progression, leadership skills, and business impact generated by you throughout your career. You seem to have a strong technical aptitude but in your application, you must also show your business acumen by quantifying the impact of your work. ECs are somewhat dated, therefore you must think deeper about any prolonged association in social impact domain, sports, hobbies etc.
Cannot emphasize enough that you must catch up with alums, potential recruiters or the school officials to know about the post MBA opportunities for an applicant like you who has a lot of experience in industrial process design.

If you wish to seek professional guidance on your application strategy do reach out.

Best wishes

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Hi, TargetttGMAT720,

Thank you for your post!

First, I would like to say that you have a good overall CGPA at each academic level and have a decent amount of relevant work experience. Since you are planning to retake your GMAT, I would suggest that you aim for a score of 725-740+ that would definitely increase your chances at the school as your profile is decent in terms of work experience, GPA!

Regarding your ECAs, I would like you to add some brief information regarding your experience in Volunteering work, if possible, to use them as examples of leadership, the impact created and showcase yourself as someone willing to diversify your experience rather than just marking them as part of your company’s CSR; all that add up to the very essence schools look for in a candidate’s extracurriculars. Moreover, add more detail about your work role, successful ventures, critical projects, and any professional accolades earned. Finally, highlight the relevant insights from your work experiences in your school essays to help characterize yourself as someone with a growth mindset, a capable leader, and the ability to be different from the general queue.

All in all, I would say you have an overall decent profile, try to make your post-MBA goal more specific by adding details about why do you want to pursue product management? How is it collinear with your past experience, and why do you think it’s a good fit for you? If you like, you could refer to our article, MBA in Product Management, this would most certainly help provide insights about a career in product management post-MBA. So, at last, I would say, try to connect dots and form a network interlinking your goals, ECA, experience to draft mesmerizing essays. That’s all about your profile; if you’d like to get a more detailed analysis of your profile regarding ISBPGP, feel free to book a free session with us at your convenience.

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Target School: ISB Hyderabad

Demographics – 36 Indian Male
Work experience – 14 years+ at a Navratna Steel PSU

GMAT:760(Q50, V44)

EDUCATION
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pusa - 10th (2001), 88.8%
DAV JVM Shyamali, Ranchi- 12th (2003), 66.8%
BIT Sindri - B.Sc. Engineering - Metallurgical Engineering (2003-2007), 70.22%(Distinction)
SCDL, Pune - PGDBA (Operations)(2013), 75.24% (Distinction)

Technologies
• Steelmaking
• Continuous Casting of Liquid Steel
• Secondary Metallurgy (Ladle Heating Furnace, IR-UT, Argon Rinsing)
• Quality Maintenance

Job Functions
• Production logistics planning and implementation
• Workforce management
• Overseeing individual casting machine operations
• Arcing, Blowing and Rinsing of liquid steel
• Catering to CCM requirements of temperature and maintaining the grade standards.

Achievements in Job
• Implemented Ferro-Alloy optimization in secondary refining process which resulted in huge savings per ton of liquid steel.
• Reduced Aluminium consumption per ton of liquid steel in secondary refining processes, which resulted in huge savings for company and also reduced casting problems arising due to excessive alumina deposition.
• Introduced the idea for automated ferro alloy dispenser car in ladle furnace, eliminating the crude manual method.
• Introduced the concept of gauge supplementation for argon purging systems in IR-UT and Ladle Furnace, which resulted in savings in terms of Argon gas used for the secondary refining processes.
• Implemented an online lance changing system which saves time between Argon and Oxygen lance changes.
• Handling the role of Shift Co-Ordinator of SMS and planning day to day production related activities of SMS
• Was a part of the teams which won the award for Dream Team in Patni Computer Systems Ltd. in 2008 and 2009.

Trainings/courses undertaken
• Attended a 2 day CSI National Conference EPIC 2020.
• Attended a 3 day Refresher course on “Ladle metallurgy and Refractories” at IIT- Powai.
• Attended a 2 day “Technology Awareness Programme” on “Steel Making Technology” organized by RDCIS-SAIL, Ranchi.
• 3 weeks Industrial training undertaken at Ushamartin Tatisilwai, Wire & ropes limited, Ranchi under the guidance of Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Head of the Quality Assurance Department and Mr. Abhay Kumar Sinha, Deputy Manager of the HRD at Ushamartin, Tatisilwai (Ranchi). The training consisted of the study of failures in the products (wire and wire-ropes).
• One month training on “Mineral processing” at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, under the guidance of Mr. K.K. Bhattacharya, Head, Mineral processing division.
• One-day industrial tour undertaken at Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Bokaro
• One-day industrial tour undertaken at Bharat Refractories Limited (BRL), Bhandaridah, Bokaro (Jharkhand).

Other Academic and Extra-curricular activities

• Stood first in my school and was 4th in Patna zone of Kendriya Vidyalaya in 10th board
• examination held in 2001.
• Completed PGDBA-Operations with distinction, while working in shifts at the same time.
• Completed engineering course with distinction.
• Participated in 6th National Children Science Congress.
• Participated in Regional Level Badminton Championship-1999, organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Patna Region.
• Participated in XII Youth Parliament competition organized by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India.
• Held the post of Attorney General in Gandhi Rachnatamak Samiti, a club in my college, B.I.T. Sindri. Organized and hosted the flagship cultural program of the club, KISLAY-2004, 2005 and 2006 successfully, on behalf of the club. Also hosted quiz shows and Hard-Talks in these programs. Conducted Harness-2004 and 2005, a mock test series for students appearing for CAT and other MBA examinations, successfully on behalf of my club.
• Was a member of athletics team at my school, D.A.V. Shyamali, Ranchi. Also held the post of office holder of the Department for Students’ Welfare.
• Participated in MODEX-2006, organized by my college, B.I.T. Sindri and received a certificate of appreciation for my innovative model in the field of energy conservation. Also, presented a technical paper on ICICI at Technical Paper Presentation, organized by my college and received a certificate for my performance.
• Was elected leader of RAMAN House for two consecutive years at my school, Kendriya Vidyalaya, RAU, Pusa.
• Fluent in Hindi, English and Telugu.

Hello NavneetKumar7,

Hope this finds you well.

You have a stellar profile and GMAT score. However, your experience is definitely way higher than the average at ISB. Hence, a lot will depend on how well we portray your achievements till date as well as your need for a managerial education at this point in your career. Needless to say, you must consider other Indian schools such as IIM A, IIM B, IIM C as they are generally a bit more open to those with slightly higher years of experience.

Should you feel the need for a detailed discussion, please feel free to reach out to us.

All the best!

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Hello sai1704,

Thanks for writing in.

For now, just focus on getting a good decent GMAT score - upwards of 720 (the higher the better) and on performing at work - on current projects and on garnering new ones (that will help you add talking points to your profile).

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Hey everyone, can you please help me evaluate my profile and chances for ISB PGP 2023 ! Also, please do help me with a target for GMAT score and what all could I do to improve my overall profile !

10th - CGPA 7/10
12th - 70%

Graduation - BBA 2016-19, CGPA 2.26/4

Work experience - Working in a Real Estate Developing Company since 2 years 10 months as a Marketing Executive

Hello Agrim07,

The details shared by you are not enough for us to evaluate your profile and we, therefore, request you to share the same. Having said that, you must focus on targeting a score upwards of 720 to have a competitive chance (especially since you have a low GPA and a higher GMAT score will compensate for the same to some extent).

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Hey everyone, can you please help me evaluate my profile and chances for ISB PGP 2023 . Also, please do help me with a target for GMAT score and what all could I do to improve my overall profile !

10th - CGPA 9.4/10
12th - 75%

Graduation - BSC in Nautical Science 2012-15,
70% marks

Working in a shipping company from last 5 years as a Third officer .My work role is to navigate the ship and operations of cargo.

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Hello Snehsagar220994,

ISB values differentiated work experience and your tenure with a shipping company is bound to help in that regard. Of course, a lot depends on your skills and achievements at work as well as how they tie up with your future goals; needless to say, the same will need to be well-represented through your essays.

You must target a score upwards of 710 on the GMAT; the higher the better.

All the best!

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Hi,

I am planning to appear for GMAT Exam this year if not next. if anyone would evaluate and suggest pointers regarding improving my profile and the score required to get a call for ISB, would be really helpful

Academic qualifications
10th- 9.5/10
Intermediate-96.2 percent
Btech-8/10 from NIT
Gate- 91 rank
MTECH- 8.8/10 from IIT.

Work Experience
Working as an assistant manger in a PSU Company for 3 years now.

Extra curriculars
Held different positions in the college fests and as well in the department

Was the captain of badminton team of the department and finsihed 2nd twice.

This an overview of my profile, would be really thankful if someone suggests anything to build it or tell me the required score in the GMAT to get a call and hopefully get an admit.

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I don’t know why I’m getting notifications from this thread every time someone posts. I have unfollowed it, yet I get notifications. No idea somehow.

To answer your question -

Everyone will say to aim 720+
But the score depends on a lot of factors like diversity of your profile and gender as well.

If you feel your experience is rare and doesn’t belong to over represented category like Indian General Engineer IT. Then even 690/700 will work.

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Great profile .. If your target is executive program for IIMs, you can easily get in with this profile and a 700+ gmat score

If your target is good colleges in US with scholarship program your target should be 740+
without scholarship 720+ would be great

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Just want to give heads up, head over to this link https://gmatclub.com/forum/welcome-to-a ... 04-40.html and post your query. They will give a good idea, they help PSU guys to make the shift to private/corporate.

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Please evaluate my profile. Need answers to the following questions:
1. Is the GMAT/GRE is looked at section wise or the whole score is considered?
2. How many academic and professional recommendations are needed?

Target School: ISB Hyderabad

Demographics: Indian, Male, 25 years

Academic Background:
10th:9.6
12th:91.2
UG: B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from GGSIPU, CGPA:8.04 (First Division)

Test Scores:
GRE: 321 (164Q, 157V)
GMAT: Planning to take in the next 3 months

Activities in Undergrad:
- Event Management head at an entrepreneurial society at the college. Organized 10 events with a total of more than 3000 participants.
- Lead a team of 6 members to the finals of a national level hackathon 2018
- Research Intern at leading central university (NIRF top 10 overall, Top 10 for research output) under the Dean of computer science department for a duration of more than 1 year. Published 4+ research papers in International Springer conferences and 2 Research papers in Journals. The domain was use Artificial Intelligence in Disaster Management and Disaster Risk Reduction. This role overlapped with my full time work too. Managed both things simultaneously.

Work Experience:
- 3 years at Consulting (Big 4).
- Joined as an analyst. Promoted twice. Promoted from Analyst to Consultant in less than 2.5 years.
- Worked for large banking clientele (Top 50 bank worldwide) for implementing intelligent automation solutions.
- Worked across more than 10 projects, delivering more than 100 FTE benefits across different verticals like Lending Services, KYC, Banking Ops.
- Tech Lead at Strategic solution working group, responsible for proposing and researching new tech and Banking areas for automation.
- Directly interacted with and managed stakeholders form UK, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
- Responsible for design and development of automation solutions saving more than 5000 hours each month.
- Built a model for detecting shell companies and duplicate vendors, removing execution bottleneck and bringing down execution time from 36 hours to 3 hours.
- Implemented Ontology mapping to bring massive amounts of data in different formats into a unified format and developed a mechanism to query this data. The solution was used in a propriety Data Pipelining tool being developed at my parent firm.
- Led development of a platform to facilitate touchless access to office facilities during COVID restrictions for more than 60,000 employees at my parent firm.
- Developed Attrition Forecasting model at my parent firm for Human Resource Department saving more than 500 hours of manual analysis required every month.
- Designed conversational agent at my parent firm for regulatory independence compliance, resulting in a 70% reduction of front office mail queries for the Financial Markets.

Training & Certifications
- Different Udemy Certifications in programming tools.
- Trained more than 15 employees on different automation platforms.

Awards
- Awarded the Quarterly SPOT award 4 times for exceptional client service.
- Awarded the Consulting's Kudos award 2 times.
- Awarded Badge in intelligent automation and AI.

Social Service:
- Served and Led Food Delivery initiatives during COVID at district level. The NGO is well known.
- Took sessions on Industrial Applications of Computer Science for students of 11th and 12th at a CBSE school.

Career Goal:
- Consultant at MBB. Want to work in banking/government clientele, consulting them on digital transformation and disruption.