monkinaferrari
Hello,
Kindly evaluate my profile for ISB
Age - 28 Yr
GMAT Score: 640 Q48 V30
Educational Qualifications:10th: 73.33 %
12th: 82% (Biology)
Graduation: 6.54/10 CGPA (Bachelor of Pharmacy from Rajeev Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal)
Work Experience:
June 2016- Present
Entrepreneurship : Co- Founded 3 Brands in Healthcare and Skincare Niche (Ecommerce)
Extra Curricular:
- Self-Taught Guitarist and Keyboard Player
- Founding Member of Two NGOs
- Won College Level Chess Competition in 2012
- Won College Level Debate Competition in 2014
- Founding Member Student Activity Centre in College
- Secretary of Entrepreneurship and Bootstrapping Club in college 2013-2016
Hands-On Experience:
Amazon Brand Management and Ads
Facebook Ads
Google Ads
Cross Channel Marketing
SEO
Packaging & Designing
Hobbies:
Reading
Meditation
Sports
Reason for MBA:
Career Transformation from Startup to Corporate World
Thank You
HI,
Incidentally, we worked with an applicant (successfully) last year who had a very similar profile as yours. entrepreneur and ecommerce in skincare products, so I will try to add a few things from my past experience as well as what I gather from your profile:
1. academics- A low GPA plus low GMAT are potential challenges. The adcom often cuts some slack if one component is low, but the other one is high. In your case, as both are low, you will need to get the GMAT score up as the GPA is sealed and stamped now.
2. Work experience- I'd like to once confirm that you are running a single venture and launched all the 3 brands for that venture? That should be alright. Basically, it will matter that you have depth in your work experience ( as opposed to doing many disparate things in different directions). New products also show a growth in business, which will point towards your capability as cofounder. To this point, it will be important to demonstrate your business acumen, achievements (company growth, quantified impact) and leadership (team, vendor, client management, partnership building with ecommerce websites, other brands).
3. ECAs- While most of them are old, I am curious to know more about the two NGOs you have founded. The quantum of work you have done for these and the level of impact you have achieved will be more important than just the fact that you launched two NGOs. I would advice you to talk about these as your launched ventures if you have some impact to show.
4. The goals sound alright. The goals essay needs to be tight- it would be vital to tell how far you have come in your professional journey, what have you achieved, what have been the hindrances, where do you wish to go from here and why??
5. Recommendations- these should be solid. Your recommender will help to validate what you tell in the application, so get someone who can give a fair opinion about you.