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Hi!
Looking to hear some critical feedback on my profile.

Academics:
Bachelors in Design, from a Tier 1 Fashion College in India (7.5 CGPA)
12th - 85%

GMAT: 615. Retaking the GMAT in 2 days, hoping for score improvement.
(Planning apply for R1, otherwise R2)

Work Ex: 5 years 10 months

Currently working with Boston Consulting Group, as a designer in the BCG Design Studios.
(Been a year here)
Pivoted from Core Textiles towards Graphics and Marketing/Strategic Design oriented work.
Been handling varied case work across industries and contributing to multiple Public Sector projects as well.

Before this, I was working with Welspun (a Fortune 500 Conglomerate) designated as an Assistant Manager in the Home Textiles Design Team. (3 years 7 months) Catered to the Exports business, managed key retail accounts for Europe, Middle East and Australia. Successfully fostered signicant business growth, for varied retailers. (Have quantifiable data to back the same)

Have had no leadership experience, but mentored the summer and winter batch of interns for the graduation projects, at my previous firm.

Extra-curriculars (in college):
1. Held a leadership position in the College Student Council. Executed multiple fests and events, also managed a crew of over 40 student body members.
2. Parallely, co-founded 2 startups. One in the fin-tech space - failed after 3 years of ideation and MVP deployment due to a lack of resources and relevance.
Other was an online blogging platform for closed communities, the amalgamation of Medium & Facebook Groups. (Both of them were incubated in IIT Delhi)
3. Worked on a social project, which aimed at spreading awareness about sanitational hygiene for women in urban slums of India. Designed board games which were circulated in schools as a part of their learning module.

Post MBA goals:
Short term : work in a strategic marketing role, merging my creative skillset and putting my retail industry experience to use.
Long term : turn entrepreneurial

Target Schools - INSEAD, LBS, HEC Paris, Kellogg MMM (Design Innovation)
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It’s hard to be critical when you have a great profile - your diverse experience will make you stand out and BCG will give you credibility. You will be very employable post-MBA. School list is great! GMAT needs to be closer to 645... but if you can put forward an interesting application, they will give you some latitude. About leadership - you’ve had it in college - good; talk about leading the interns, heading projects/presentations/client facing... this will help in this area. Make sure to connect with the luxury goods student group at the programs and highlight in your essays
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I am still researching my target schools, although I have my eye on Duke & Darden. Can you let me know how I can leverage my profile to ensure an admit, considering my experience. I am targeting a 650+ GMAT FE score. I am open to other school options as well. Also I had 1 gap year, medical reasons, spent solely in studying and freelancing.
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You have a great background - marketing has so many transferrable skills, make sure you hit the highlights of data analysis, decision making, internal/external clients and digital. Duke and Darden will be great. What is your post grad goal? that can help with determining additional schools
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