MiM Profile Evaluations [Master Thread]: Post all Profiles Here

Hi,

Looking for profile evaluation. Thanks

Background and nationality:
22, Male, Indian

Undergrad Information:
- B.Tech in EE - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa - 8.68/10 CGPA
- Awarded with "Best Outgoing Student - Technical"

GMAT/GRE: Target 730+

Work experience and leadership:

- Associated with initiating various clubs, projects and was senior student representative of career development centre in institute.
- Led a small team to design and develop platform for the institute.
- 1 year of work experience as a Software Engineer (on-going) at an automation/supply chain startup. Worked (in a team of 2) on product from ground to up and
also worked on multiple client projects (moderately sized teams) for big companies like Unilever and PepsiCo and one international project.

Community and others:
- I tried my hands on with a short initiative to build a platform for visually challenged kids, connected with a local school but eventually it did not work out.

Post Master goals:
- Looking to grow in field which is mix of technical and business. [Product Management, Solutions Engineer or something along these lines]

Target Schools:
- UBC Sauder, Schulich and Ivey.

Hi All,

Background: 22, Male, Indian

Education: B.Tech degree from NIT Trichy, one of the top 10 engineering institutes in India, with majors in CS and a minor degree from Management Studies.
My CGPA is 8.89 (out of 10), which maybe equivalent to UK First Class.

GMAT: 720

Work experience:

1)VISA Inc (Software Engineering Internship)
->Received 'Trade Secret' status for the work done and a cash prize worth 500$.
->Impressed the leader-ship team and bagged pre-placement offer with the company.

2)Currently working as SW Engineer with Visa.
-> Works in a high-paced engineering team with a lot of responsibilities and collaboration.
-> Have received recognition from the leader-ship team for the excellent work.

Extra-curricular activities:

1. At College:
a. Member of a R&D Technical Club in my college. Created and mentored multiple projects and conducted workshops for the first and second year students as part of the technical club.
b. Head of Marketing Team of a national level Tech Symposium. Led and properly managed a team of 20 students. We are responsible for promoting symposium, gathering sponsors, contacting corporate
companies, and establishing partnerships with them.
c. Helped and Tutored students on engineering entrance exam related questions.

2. Post-College:
a. Active volunteer for a NGO to teach soft skills to under-privileged students.

Achievements:
1. Have won multiple Aptitude-based competitions in various technical festivals, by competing against 250-300 students across various colleges.
2. Have received a "Trade Secret" recognition for my project during my internship, one of the 10 out of 120 interns to receive that award.
3. Bagged multiple merit-based scholarships during my college and continued to received them during my entire course of 4 four years.

Post-Master Goals:
1. Long-Term: Have my own hedge fund.
2. Short-Term: To learn more about the financial world and the technicalities and practices involved in it. Have a deep knowledge and to acquire experience about businesses in multiple domains.

LORs:
-> Can manage a great professional LOR and a decent academic LOR.

Target schools: LBS, HEC, LSE.

My Questions:
1) How to improve my extra-curriculars sections, considering the time i have for R1 application cycle.
2) Will an average academic LOR impact my application even if I have a good professional LOR?
3) Is it a good choice to mention my hobbies such as being an amateur crypto-trader, a newbie keyboard-player etc, either in my resume or in my applications?

Thank you in advance.

Hey ShubhhJain!

I would like to begin your profile evaluation with your academic background. An expected GPA of 9.5/10 is excellent which will help differentiate you from the crowd as it showcases a string of academic prowess. As far as the GMAT goes, a score of 650 is a bit on the lower end with respect to the programs you are targeting. That said, I would suggest you retake the exam in order to broaden your options and target higher-ranked schools. You should aim for a minimum GMAT score of 700, which should be sufficient for all three programmes. As for IELTS, it is an English proficiency test that can be prioritised last because schools are rather flexible in this regard.

Coming on to your practical experiences, you have a good amount of work experience encompassing leadership roles. However, you lack big brands in your work experience and you should be cognizant of the fact that you will be competing with applicants hailing from top brands such as EY, Deloitte, KPMG, etc. To overshadow this, you need to provide a compelling reason demonstrating how you have utilised these opportunities, how you have gone beyond the role and any kind of impact created, to showcase an equally competitive profile.

As for the extracurricular activities, the schools are more interested in profiles that have created an impact rather than just participation. Here you need to highlight your extracurricular fronts and achievements that would help enhance your application. So make sure to include any volunteer work or association with an NGO. Explain what you did for the college's cultural festival, including how you dealt with problems, planned events, raised funding, and so on. To further boost your profile, you can also include any certification courses you have completed to portray a growth oriented mindset.

Based on the information that you have provided, here are the schools that you can target:

For the MIM program - since most schools have a work ex bar limit of 2 years for an MIM program, french schools will be receptive to 2.5 years of work experience post graduation. That said, do drop in an email at the school to confirm your eligibility for an MIM program.

Schools under the dream category with 50% chances of acceptance: HEC, LBS, LSE, INSEAD
Competitive Category with 70% chances: ESSEC, ESCP

For the MIF program
Under Dream Category: Vanderbilt, HEC, LBS, Michigan
Under Competitive Category: USC Marshall, Essec, ESCP, FSFM, Imperial

For the Business Analytics program
Under Dream Category: MIT, UT Austin, USC Marshall, Columbia University
Under Competitive Category: Imperial College London, ESSEC, ESCP Europe

All things considered, in order to increase your chances of getting admitted to these school, you would need to ensure that you have a very strong application that highlights your strengths and overshadows your weaknesses. You need to showcase your journey, what makes you different from your peers, and how you are a great value addition to the school.

Therefore, in lieu of that, I would recommend you to check out our flagship ALL-IN-ONE service, which has helped 3500+ applicants get into their dream schools. You would also be entitled to end-to-end consulting combined with unlimited edits on your application documents. Not only this, you’d be consulted by a B-school alumnus who’d be helping you directly with your application process, right from finalising the right schools and submitting an impactful application to the school to preparing you for the interview and bagging scholarships!

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Hi akhil1000,

First and foremost, I would like to address your concerns regarding your dilemma of whether you should go for a masters in management or a masters in finance. To put it simply, this decision would solely depend on the kind of goals you have set for yourself. In other words, if you are keen on building a career in the field of finance, then opting for a MIF program would be the right fit but since it is a specialised program, your career choices would be heavily narrowed down to the field of finance. On the other hand, if you want all sorts of career opportunities open for you then a MIM program is the best choice for you as it will holistically develop your managerial abilities.

Moving on to evaluating your academic background, you need to understand that while your grades do pose a negative aspect to your profile, you can offset this by showcasing a balanced and holistic profile by giving proper reasoning for the same. In addition to this, you can also focus on other important aspects of your profile such as a good amount of extracurriculars, internships and most importantly a good GMAT score. Talking about your GMAT score, you need to focus on getting a strong GMAT score which will overshadow your low GPA in a way vouching for your academic capabilities (700+ should do the job in this case).

Now, while your practical experience seems pretty decent with experiences in big companies, you also need to be cognizant of the fact that you will be facing competition from candidates who hail from equally big companies, especially the big four firms such as KPMG, EY, Deloitte and PwC, therefore, it becomes imperative that you differentiate yourself by drawing attention to the kind of projects you worked on, the impacts created and your major takeaways from the same.

Furthermore, you also need to focus on bridging to light the varied extracurricular activities undertaken as most top B-schools are looking for a holistically developed profile. Thus, to groom your profile, you can highlight the positions of responsibility you undertook in your undergraduate years as part of any clubs or societies. You can also mention any volunteering work in order to showcase how you are a socially responsible individual. Lastly, you can mention any certifications or courses you have undertaken such as CFA or Coursera courses to highlight your learning curve.

Coming on to the schools that you can be targeting, given the low GPA you possess, I would recommend targeting European B-schools that tend to be flexible with the GPA requirements.

All things considered, you need to focus on crafting a really strong application as it draws attention to the stronger aspects of your profile. Your application is basically what can differentiate you by highlighting your strengths and overshadowing your weaknesses (which in your case is your low GPA). You also need to showcase your journey and how you are a great value addition to the school. Additionally, it also carries a 30% impact on your admission prospects which is why I would urge you to pay more attention to the same.

That said, if you are contemplating on how to draft an impactful application or you want gain more insights regarding how to further groom your profile for an optimum result as well as the choice of B-schools that you can target, you can Book a Free 20 minute counselling session with one of our consultant by tapping the link below:

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Hi Prasad2799,

First and foremost, I would like to address your dilemma regarding the choice of masters program. To make it clear, you are not eligible for a masters in management program since you have already exceeded the upper limit for work experience required for a MIM program (2 years). This leaves you with only one choice which is an MBA program whereby you are fulfilling the minimum work experience criteria. However, most of the MBA programs enroll candidates who hold at least 3-4 years of work experience, which is why it is best that you target UK, Germany, Singapore and Canada based B-schools, since they are much more receptive and flexible with the work experience requirement.

Now to begin with your profile evaluation, I’d say you definitely have a well-groomed profile with minor hiccups. Most importantly, your GMAT score of 760 and your GPA of 9.7 both are on the higher end of the graph which showcases your academic prowess and hence allows you to target most of the top-notch B-schools.

Coming to your work experience, you have mentioned that you have been working as a Finance Associate in the Largest Infrastructure Company of India for 2.5 years now along with managing two national projects under the direct supervision of the PM office. This profile definitely adds a good brand value to your profile which makes you stand at par with the other competitors. That said, since your total years of work experience is on the lower end, it is imperative that you overshadow this shortcoming by drawing attention to the intensity and quality of your work experience by highlighting the kind of projects you spearheaded, the impacts you created and your major takeaways. Moreover, since you have got experience in the managerial front, and MBA is a managerial degree, it is imperative that you highlight this aspect to extract as many brownie points as possible.

Moving on to the extracurriculars, which is equally important as it helps showcase a holistically developed profile which is what the schools are looking for. In this respect, you have a solid portfolio with diverse extracurricular activities under your belt. That is to say, your endeavour as a host for many undergraduate events as well as your involvement in the sports can be used to showcase your teamwork capabilities and leadership potential. Meanwhile, your consistent association with a charitable organization showcases your social and empathetic skills. Lastly, you have attained various certifications including the CFA level 1 which goes to showcase your academic prowess as well as your constant thirst for learning.

Speaking of the schools that you can target:
Under the dream category (where you have 40-50% chance of acceptance), you can look at Rotman, WHU, LBS and NUS.
Under the Competitive category (where you have a 60-70% chance of acceptance), you can consider B-schools such as; Warwick, Cass, Ivey and Schulich.

All things considered, you definitely need to pitch in a well-groomed profile which can be achieved through your application (comprising your resume, LORs, and Essays) as it helps differentiate you from the other applicants by highlighting your strengths and overshadowing your weaknesses such as your duration of work experience. Additionally, it also carries a 30% impact on your admission prospects which is why I would urge you to pay more attention to the same.

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Hello NithishKumar,

Your profile looks great to apply to the MIM programs. Your work with VISA and ECs you have a lot to tell.

1. It would be good to showcase some interest in finance to improve your profile - especially when your post MIM goal is to go for a finance centric role.

2. if you can good recommendations from work or your professors. Especially if you had a mentor who worked with you on projects that got you appreciation, it would help.

From the academic front - if you can get the guide who worked with you on academic projects. In such cases they will have a lot to talk about.

3. It will be good to showcase hobbies if you are pursuing it and they are not a short term interest.

Hope this helps.
Shree

Hi! I am an engineering undergraduate from TIET, doing BTech in CSE, I want to get into a good university, I am aiming for HEC Montreal, but I have no work experience, I want to get into MSc International Business, I have the required GPA, can you tell me what sort of profile is required for acceptance? Can someone review my current profile and let me know how I can polish it to get an admit? Please

skaur4be18 - We would need a little more information to evaluate your profile.

The Admission committee will evaluate your profile with these parameters

1. Your Academic potential - to make sure you can finish the course successfully. In your case your GMAT/GRE score and GPA will be important.

2. Any project work or internships during your graduation - This experience can be used to showcase your leadership qualities and the exposure you have across departments.

3. Examples that can show teamwork

4. Any clarity on why International Business interests you?

5. Extra Curricular or any diversity that you would like to showcase.

All these will be important to evaluate your profile and assess your fitment to the program. If you could share more details it will help.

Regards,
Shree

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CrackVerbalShree can you help me out too?

PROFILE EVALUATION- (MIM September 2022 Intake) for HEC, Essex, LBS
Education:
96% Topper at high school. (Scholarship recipient)
College- Khalsa College, Delhi University, Economics Honours (2022) GPA-7.4/10.

GMAT: Expecting around 750
Internship Experience:
1. Social Media Marketing Manager at an Ed Tech
 Mentored and delegated a team of 7 people, globally, and devised a cross-channel Content calendar.
 Organised a Language-Learning Challenge and leveraged Instagram features like reels, custom- filters to develop brand awareness with 200+ international participants. Developed robust automated reporting in google sheets on KPIs for executive leadership, saving 10 hours of weekly manual work.
2. Sales and Marketing Intern at a payment platform service
 Escalated traffic on Linkedin and Instagram by 45% by designing compelling carousels and videos.
 : Capitalised 100+ communities that needed escrow to identify potential use-cases.
 Collaboration: Secured 5 B2B partnership deals with multiple invoice and mortgage companies.
Event Management: Organized and moderated 10+ engaging webinars, Email campaigns with a 36% click-thru rate.
3. Digital Marketing Intern at an event management company
 Business Strategy: Performed extensive research and assisted the CEO in an educational venture.
 Web Analytics: Monitored traffic metrics and derived actionable inferences for the 'Moonshot Growth Project' which increased the reach exponentially by 60%.

Extracurricular Activities and Awards :
 Scholarships: School topper, Scored 99/ 100 in Business Studies, 5000 rupees worth of scholarship.
 Honours: “The Most Creative Idea”- Art of Living, UNESCO
 Deming Award: Solved the problem of Unhealthy Lifestyle amongst students using Quality Control tools like fishbone diagrams, pareto analysis, check sheet etc. and tangibly impacted 60% of the target group.
 Sponsorship: Head of Ecotryst, Raised 90,000 rupees worth of capital for college society’s fund.
 Impact Advisory: Consulted Aspirants India Initiative and Aashman Foundation to optimise social media presence.
 Leadership: Led student council and took charge of events organised in the school campus, CCA School, India.
 Outreach: Coached 250+ underprivileged children in India to supplement fundamental learning gaps at CRY India.
 Public Speaking: Bestowed as the “Best orator of the year” and won numerous international level debate championships.
 Team Spirit: Directed an award-winning documentary, “Maverick” at International Youth film-making festival 2019.
 Creativity: Won the “Best Advertisement” award for 2 consecutive years at the literary fest.
 Management: Headed the Organisation committee for “The Godfather”, an inter-college event with 1000+ participants.
 Youth Advocacy: Represented India in Student Parliament at 20th International Convention on SQC, Sri Lanka.
 Delegate at HPAIR 2021: HPAIR By Harvard 2021, Delegate
 Bright Network Internship: Created a case study project about marketing an automobile company in a new city using myriad tools, Marketing and Operations virtual Internship, in association with London Business School.
Skills and Competencies :
 Tools and Technologies: Microsoft Office Suite, SEO, CMS, SMM, Keywords, Python, Mailchimp, Yoast, Hubspot
 Additional Courses:
 Business Innovation by HEC
 Google Analytics Individual Qualification (Advanced)
 CMS Hubspot

Thanking in anticipation!!

Hello joro2020,

Thank you for reaching out. A few questions

1. Are you applying as an international applicant or a domestic applicant?
2. Would like to know more about your internship too. What kind of project did you work on?
3. Clarity on post MIM goals if there is something that you have in mind.

On a high level, profile looks good. There is a lot more that we need to know to comment more in detail.

You can PM me if you would like to discuss further with more details.

rgds,
Shree

hey
harshvardhan here
nationality- indian
age- 22 at the time of joining
I'm pursuing my B.tech from one of the top 10 university in my country
Cgpa 7.49
i have a gmat of 720(Q50, V38)
my targeted schools are HEC paris, Essec, ESCP
as far as my experience is concerned i've done a lot of internships in marketing and sales at renowned companies as well as startups and have also done an research internship
i also have my own startup which is in it's initial phase and we are hiring people to get more recognition as well as clients currently we have 10 full time employees and 15 interns under me and we are putting a lot of effort to expand our business and we are generating revenue and think we can do better in future
as for co curriculars i've founded our own club and i'm managing around 40 people in that and am a part of various clubs in my college technical as well as non technical, i've also presented a research paper which will soon get published.
as for my extra curriculars i've worked with different NGOs and are currently working with Human fir Human and are helping them to get funds for their latest campaign which is to provide concentrators in rural area in this covid scenario.
I'm also a part of Enactus ISB
please let me know what are my chances in the mentioned schools

Hi there,

I am an average student from INDIA and i'll try and apply for SKEMA or AUDENTIA in France in the Grande Ecole program,
I have a 4.0 GPA in my undergrad according to the scale that mba.com has on their site.
I have done my undergrad in Agriculture .
I have no work experience but have a lot of extracurricular activities such as MUNs, debate certificates and sport certificates.
I gave the GMAT the week before and got a 630 ( hoping to improve this in the coming month).

what are my chances of getting into these schools? and can you suggest some good schools for MIM in EUROPE where i could get into with this score(obviously will improve )

Please evaluate my profile for top 20 MiM programs!

Background and nationality: 22F Indian

Undergrad Information: BTech in IT from private uni in Mumbai, MBA in Tech Management with a finance major and business intelligence and analytics minor - CGPA - prolly 3.0 out of 4 at graduation

GMAT/GRE - haven't taken in yet but confident I can score bw 700-750

Work experience and leadership - 2 months web dev internship at a startup, 4 months internship at a payment solutions provider doing BI. On campus leadership - 1 year as an HOD and USG at MUN, served as a vertical lead for 2 other MUNs, led the college contingent to winning delegation awards at MUNs in my city including at IITB, participated and abjudicated at over 60 MUNs, played basketball for the college team for the first couple of years and all throughout school

Community and others - None but I think the MUN part should work?

Anything else? - google data analytics, wharton business analytics, isb financial markets, uni of melbourne corpfin essentials, vba for creative problem solving specialisations, bloomberg market concepts, cfa investment foundation, have had virtual internships with PwC, Deloitte, Citi, JPM from InsideSherpa too

Skills - C++, Python, SQL, Excel, PowerBI, some amount of Tableau and learning R rn

My endgame is wanting to settle in whichever country I do my Masters in (anywhere else but India works), kind of preferential towards 2 year MiM programs. Like I said, I’d love to recruit to MBB consulting, BigTech or global markets divisions of investment banks.

What are my chances? Is there anything I can do to uplift my profile?

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Hi wittyquizzer,

First and foremost, your overall profile definitely comes under a stellar category. Speaking of your CGPA of 7.54 from one of the top tier engineering colleges in the country surely works in your favour as schools tend to favour candidates hailing from tier 1 schools of every country. Furthermore, your GMAT score of 760 is pretty excellent and it most certainly allows you to target most of the top-notch B-schools across the globe. Additionally, you have also presented two papers in Conferences which again is a really impressive feat showcasing the clarity of concept and level of expertise under your belt. As a result, these achievements cumulatively vouche for your strong academic prowess.

Talking about your professional experience, you have a few months of experience in the consulting domain along with internship experience in the technical domain from IIT and IISc. Although these experiences are decent enough, you still need to elaborate on various aspects of your work experiences since you will be facing competition from other applicants who will be hailing from big brands such as KPMG, Deloitte, PwC and EY. That said, you need to ensure that you draw attention to the kind of projects you undertook, the skills you honed and the kind of knowledge you were able to gain throughout your work experience. Along with this, you can also mention why you chose this company so as to justify the lack of big brand names under your profile, if any.

Here you have mentioned only surface level details about your extracurricular activities. When it comes to writing about your extracurricular activities, you should always focus on highlighting how you went above and beyond in your endeavors to develop yourself holistically and how you will be a great value addition to the school. To give you a brief idea of how to go about with this, you can maybe talk about the teams you led in the literary and technical club as mentioned by you to showcase your leadership, teamwork, organizational and other soft skills. In addition to this, you should take up any volunteering activity or CSR activity at your company to showcase your socially empathetic traits which is something very much valued by these B-schools. Having said that, you have already undertaken the CFA and the FRM certifications which further proves your academic excellence and constant drive to upskill yourself.

Speaking of the schools that you are aiming for, HEC and LBS fall under the dream category (where you have 50% chance of acceptance) while ESSEC falls under the Competitive category (where you have 60-70% chance of acceptance). However, in order to hedge your bets wisely, I would suggest that in addition to these schools, you can also consider LSE and INSEAD in the dream category and ESCP, ESADE and FSFM in the Competitive category.

All things considered, you definitely possess a well-groomed profile which you can further elevate through your application (comprising your resume, LORs, and Essays) as it helps differentiate you from the other applicants by highlighting your strengths and overshadowing your weaknesses. Additionally, it also carries a 30% impact on your admission prospects which is why I would urge you to pay more attention to the same.

That said, if you are on the fence on how to draft an impactful application, you can check out our All-in-one service which is a complete end to end consulting process aimed at providing personalised application suggestions, unlimited edits and expert consultants who would constantly be there to help you throughout your application journey! This end to end consulting service also encompasses assistance for scholarship essays, loans, visas and most importantly the interview preparation.

We have helped 5000+ applicants get into the top B-schools with a 95% success rate. So what are you waiting for? Just click on the link below to find out how you could boost your chances of acceptance by at least 3X!

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Hey Sauvik!

I would like to start your profile evaluation with your academic background. To start with, you have obtained decent grades during your undergrads, however, what you lack here is a big brand name during your undergraduate in order to satisfy the criterion of HEC Paris and St. Gallen picking students from tier 1 colleges themselves. Having said that, by showcasing a well-groomed profile you can easily overshadow this shortcoming.

Moving on to the extracurricular activities, this could be an opportunity for you to showcase varied skills under your belt. Extracurricular involvement is vital in strengthening your application and business schools are always looking for all-rounder profiles. Here you have good experiences which definitely work in your favour. You have worked for an NGO that highlights how much you value social causes. Additionally, you have certification courses in multiple domains that exhibit a strong interest in developing an overall holistic profile. Moreover, you should add on any position of responsibilities that you held while being associated with any club or association during your undergraduate.

Coming to your internships, you haven’t provided any information in this regard. That said, keep in mind that top business schools often prefer applicants having previously worked with well-reputed organisations. You should be cognizant of the fact that you will be competing with applicants who have completed internships with top-notch firms like EY, Deloitte, KPMG and so. Since you are aiming for a MIM program, I recommend that you bag an internship, preferably in the relevant field, before you apply for this program.

As for the GMAT score, I suggest taking your preparation up a notch and aim for a minimum score of 690 or higher. Considering the schools that you have mentioned, a minimum score of 710 is recommended to stand good chances of acceptance at HEC or St. Gallon.

Based on the information you've provided, here's a breakdown of the schools that you can target

St. Gallen will fall under the Ultra Dream Category with a 30% chance of acceptance
Under the Dream Category with 40% chances of acceptance - HEC Paris and LBS
Upper Competitive Category with 50 to 60% of chances - ESCP, ESSEC, IE

All things considered, in order to increase your chances of getting admitted to these schools, you would need to ensure that you have a very strong application that highlights your strengths and overshadows your weaknesses. You need to showcase your journey, what makes you different from your peers, and how you are a great value addition to the school.

Therefore, in lieu of that, I would recommend you to check out our flagship ALL-IN-ONE service, which has helped 5000+ applicants get into their dream schools. You would also be entitled to end-to-end consulting combined with unlimited edits on your application documents. Not only this, you’d be consulted by a B-school alumnus who’d be helping you directly with your application process, right from finalising the right schools and submitting an impactful application to the school to preparing you for the interview and bagging scholarships!

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Hey casparng!

Beginning the evaluation with your academic background, your GPA during your undergraduate is undoubtedly a bit on the lower end, however, most of the top-notch schools based in Europe tend to be flexible with the GPA requirements. So it should not be of much concern to you. That said, you have an excellent GMAT score that draws attention to your strong academic prowess and can easily overshadow your low GPA. Additionally, you can always provide proper reasoning for low grades.

Speaking of the same, you can always mention extracurricular involvement to justify your performance on the academic front. Extracurriculars play a huge role in highlighting the overall holistic profile of an individual across various fields. Here you have a good set of extracurricular roles under your belt. You have described numerous activities where you have held positions of responsibility which demonstrates your ability to lead and work in a team. You can also highlight how you contributed to benefit the group during a project. Moreover, certification courses in Business Analytics and Product Management add value to your profile by bringing to light your drive to upskill yourself. Additionally, to present a well-groomed profile you should go forward with community services and obtain some leadership experience during the same.

Coming to your work experiences, you do have a decent amount of relevant experience. Working as a high school teacher demonstrates that you have a strong understanding of the subjects you taught, which is going to paint you as an invaluable asset to the school. In addition, a 6-month internship with a reputable company such as IBM sets you at par with your competition who have previously worked with big brands like EY, Deloitte, KPMG etc. Having said that, it becomes imperative that you discuss your contributions while working for the above-mentioned organisations to stand out from the crowd. Here you should emphasise the type of project you worked on, any impacts that you had, and how you went above and beyond to assist the organisation in attaining its goals.

Coming on the schools that you can target, here is a breakdown of your chances based on the information you have provided

Under the Dream Category with 40% chances of acceptance - HEC LBS and INSEAD
Under the Competitive Category with 50 to 60% chances of acceptance - ESCP, ESSEC, Imperial, FSFM, Cass

All things considered, in order to increase your chances of getting admitted to these schools, you would need to ensure that you have a very strong application that highlights your strengths and overshadows your weaknesses. You need to showcase your journey, what makes you different from your peers, and how you are a great value addition to the school.

Therefore, in lieu of that, I would recommend you to check out our flagship ALL-IN-ONE service, which has helped 3500+ applicants get into their dream schools. You would also be entitled to end-to-end consulting combined with unlimited edits on your application documents. Not only this, you’d be consulted by a B-school alumnus who’d be helping you directly with your application process, right from finalising the right schools and submitting an impactful application to the school to preparing you for the interview and bagging scholarships!

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