prj2304 wrote:
Hi all,
I'm in the midst of preparing applications for INSEAD, HEC, LBS, Imperial College, Warwick Business School, King's College and University of Edinburgh Business School, and would love a profile evaluation.
Here are details about me:
Personal background: Indian, grew up in Turkey, 23 years old.
Background + university: BSc Business Administration with concentrations in Strategic and I.T. Management from Babson College. I graduated in 2019 with a 3.0 cumulative GPA. I attended an international exchange program at HEC for 1 semester in 2017. Other languages I speak French, Turkish, Hindi, and Marathi. I have some background in web design and development.
Work experience: Business Development Internship in Istanbul, Turkey at an MNC (2 months); Brand Management Internship in Mumbai, India at a MNC (2 months); Social Media Intern at a start-up in Paris, France (3 months); Marketing Strategy Internship at a PR consultancy in Boston, USA (2 months); Student Management Consultant Project in Babson College, USA (4 months); Digital Marketing Manager at a non-profit startup in Boston, USA (1 year).
Community: Worked on campus at the undergraduate career center and helped out students with their resumes/cover letters. Part-time work at the on-campus mailroom. Part of the business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi. Did digital marketing of a South-Asian organization. Part of an on-campus consulting association and a group leader for a consulting team.
Goals: I want to eventually enter the marketing-strategy space or the management consulting space. The degrees I'm looking at are MiMs, MSc Strategic Marketing and MSc International Marketing and similar fields.
Universities: INSEAD, HEC, ESSEC, LBS, Imperial College, Warwick Business School, King's College, and University of Edinburgh Business School
Do I have any chances of getting into those universities? I am very anxious about my undergrad GPA not meeting the requirements for the unis mentioned above. Should I look at different programs? I would appreciate any and all feedback/advice/help.
Thank you in advance
Hey
prj2304!
To commence your profile evaluation, I would say that your academic background is pretty competitive. Your GPA of 3.0 not only displays your academic prowess but also opens a lot of opportunities and doors to top b-schools. The brand name of Babson further aids in strengthening your profile as top schools across the world tend to favour candidates from top schools of each country.
You haven’t given any details of your GMAT score, however, I’d still like to advise you to get a score of at least 710 in your GMAT to comfortably target schools such as HEC.
Moving on to your work experience, you have in total 2+ years of work experience in varied roles and positions which embellish your profile with a varied and exhaustive range of skill sets. You also have several good brand names in your profile spanning over a range of countries which further add in the element of international exposure to your profile, a trait well revered by the top B-schools across the world. Even though you have a decent quality of work experience in your profile, you should be mindful of the fact that you’d be competing against candidates hailing from similar competitive backgrounds, hence you should utilize your application to draw attention towards the quality of your work experience - the kind of projects you have undertaken, the impact you created and your career progression with major learning takeaways.
Further, on the note of extracurriculars, you must be cognizant of the fact that schools seek applicants having a holistic profile. Hence, accounting for the same, it is great to see that you have undertaken several extracurricular activities throughout college. Your active involvement in college campus activities highlights your proactive attitude and excellent communication skills while leading the consulting group displays your leadership abilities. Here, I would like you to dig deep into your experience and also highlight instances of volunteering work and add in some certifications pertaining to the field of management to further build upon your profile on this front.
Given your school choices, INSEAD, HEC and LBS fall into the dream category and hence your chances of acceptance into their program are going to be 50%. On the other hand, ESSEC and Imperial are considered as upper competitive schools and therefore you stand a 60% chance of acceptance into the program. The rest of the schools fall under the competitive category and you would have 70% chances of making it into their program.
One important factor to be mindful of here is that Imperial Business School is quite stringent on its GPA requirements, so the best way forward for you would be to firstly check your eligibility with the school before investing your time and efforts into applying there.
Another aspect that you should be acquainted with while applying to B-schools is the importance of a strong application. Since you wish to apply to some of the most competitive schools in the world, you’d be facing competition from a highly saturated and holistically developed competitor pool. Hence, a strong application would not only allow you to highlight your strength but also boost your chances of acceptance by 3x.
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31 Jan 2020, 15:05
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