Hello Varun @oneMBAcoach,
I am looking for a 2019 intake. I am having my CFA level 2 exams on 23rd this month, and then I wont be in town for 15 days. I will be back on 11th July.
However, after 11th July I am fully into profile building and I am Interested in discussing this further.
I am worried about the deadlines as schools haven't been shortlisted yet and GMAT score is a bit on lower side. I am planning to reappear GMAT but it seems I wont be able to give it before 25th August. Having said this, though I know that I might be able to score 40+ more atleast, but at the same time I am concerned what if things dont work out again, in such a case I would be in a state where R1 dates would have already commenced of most b schools. So I am curious if this profile will be suitable for good b school then atleast am having a back up with me.
I am in a dilemma what to do. What would you suggest?
Thanks,
Sumit
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oneMBAcoach,
Thank you for your revert. To give a brief about achievements and extra curricular, please find below details:
1. In terms of achievements when I was working with Deloitte in stat audit, there was a situation wherein I was junior most member of the team and my senior fell sick during the assignment, the senior manager under whom i was working was all tensed as to how this assignment will move forward, I had taken the stand and managed to finish the assignment very effectively and on timely basis without the senior. The senior manager was so impressed that he spoke about this incident to every person in my office.
Good to know. Go deeper into the story to flesh out what positive business impact happened due to thisSecondly, while working on one of the assignments I was working on cash accounts and while digging in more details I was able to find a fraud, which was happening since years and the company had no idea. The amount of fraud happened to be in few Crore rupees.
This can be a story worth exploring for your essays.2. In my previous job I had given few advice in taxation because of which company was able to save around 1 crore in tax with simple change in accounting entry. Further, I had assisted in getting a debt of 25 crores which was again largest debt the company had ever taken, this was a team effort but my computer skills made it efficient enough to finish the assignment in timely manner for which our team was appreciated by the management.
Same comment as above. This can be a story worth exploring for your essays.
To conclude on the work front, you are highlighting your technical expertise. However it would be better idea to showcase the business impact your technical expertise brought in.In terms of diversification of my work:
1. I have worked with Deloitte for three years where in I have catered clients from various industries for example: Asset management company, Insurance, NBFCs, etc. I understand all the process and best practice which are essential for a company to work smoothly.
2. While working in valuation and advisory services, I have valued a lot of start up companies and so I understand what all factors are essential for a company to get funding and which factors leads to failure.
3. While working in automobile company I had more focus on its finance department and so I understand importance of capital budgeting, costing, cost-benefit analysis while introducing a new product, impact of taxation, etc. [As I have prepared all these for the company]
In terms of academics:
I have scored:
78.92% in 10th
80.1% in 12th grade
67% in B.com ( the percentage is less as i was pursuing CA simultaneously
and I cleared CA when pass percent was merely 5% all over India.
Below avg acads in Grad. I would advise consider re-taking the GMAT. However will need to understand what sort of timelines have you set yourself.Extra-curicular:
1. I have volunterred for Make a Difference as a teacher for one year, I had to discontinue it as my next job included more of travelling so I couldnt continue thereafter
I dont know how relevant would be below things:
2. I am learning Kick-boxing since 1.5 years
3. I have made a short film on life of CA students which got more than 150k views
Interesting, but what transferable skills have you gained that will make you a better business leader.I feel that my background in working with various industry makes my profile unique to be able to understand different business scenarios.
this is a strength that can be fleshed deeper to bring out in your written applications.Hope this helps! Let me know if something else would be needed for you to evaluate my profile.
The profile still needs to highlight some spikes. Also with your GMAT, lesser years of experience and the achievements that you have mentioned 25-50 will have to be considered. That said, it is a big pool and the process needs a deeper more personal understanding of you as an individual to zero in on the right set of schools.Thanks,
Sumit
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02 Jun 2018, 21:42
