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I knew my undeegrad scores were weak and that is why I put additional effort in GMAT to score high. What should I do now to have a shot at it.

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I knew my undeegrad scores were weak and that is why I put additional effort in GMAT to score high. What should I do now to have a shot at it.

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May I know which college/university you did your undergrad from? If its a top 10 or top 15 college in India, it shouldn't be a big problem.

I think you still have a decent chance of getting in. You just need to write convincing essays. Spend some time on your essays and on getting good recommendations and that should get you an interview call.

Also, I would suggest you apply early. Try to apply by round 2, or by round 3 at the most. I heard there are only going to be 4 rounds this year and most of the candidates will be selected early.

It was a private college affiliated to north Maharashtra university.

Your profile is impressive and I see no issues with it really. As you do come from an overrepresented applicant group, however, you would need to bring out extremely well thought out essays in order to maximize your chances of admission. Assuming that is not an issue (and if it is, don’t be scared of getting professional help!) I see you as a very promising candidate for Said!

Good luck!

Hi guys!

Would love if you could quickly evaluate my profile regarding if it is a potential fit at SAID (if not - which Euro schools would be within the range):

Current age:
28 (age at applying approx. 29)
Work experience:
- Senior Consultant Big 4 (Strategy - FS/Retail) - expecting to be promoted within the next year to Manager - currently leading teams consisting of junior consultants etc
- Digital Strategy at a leading CEE bank and several other gigs a non-major companies (product management, ...)
- Total approx. work experience at time of application ~6 years

Education:
B.A (GPA 2.9) and M.A (GPA 3.5) in Business Management at a European Non-Elite school
including a brief summer university in China

Other:
University lector at a (non-elite) college for digital business models & advisor to a startup
Various Certifications (Prince2, ...)
Regular speaker at finance conferences (regarding Innovation, ...)
Participation in Oxford Said "Fintech Programme"

Race/nationality: White / Austrian
Sex: M
GMAT Score: 680 (I should probably pump those numbers)

Goal of MBA: Work in Strategy Consulting, specifically (hopefully) MBB
Target Schools: INSEAD maybe some other options like Said
Essentially, looking for a realistic perspective wether my high-level profile gives me a shot at INSEAD / OXBRIDGE

Very strong profile! Prepare well for the interview and really understand what sets the School apart.

GMAT: 750 (49Q 44V) 8 IR 6 AWA

GPA: 3.1 Mechanical Engineering at Top 10 Engineering School

Work Experience: 1 year Mechanical Engineer -> 2 years Technical Project Manager (All New Product Development Group at fortune 100 company)

Additional:

• Co-Authored Academic Paper in Advanced Materials Journal that has been cited more than 60 times.
• Competed in underwater robotics, rocketry, and solar car engineering design competitions during highschool.
• Multiple top 3 finishes at Formula SAE design competition in college.
• Member of executive council/Head of legislation committee within student engineers council; represented interests of over 10,000 engineers to Dean of engineering college.





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I intend to apply in R2 for the MBA class of 2019 (2018 intake). Would appreciate an evaluation of my profile.

WE : Will complete 6 years by the time I start school ( September 2018)

Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
GMAT: 730 (Q50, V39, IR 6)

International exposure: Have never had the opportunity to work abroad, but have worked in cross functional teams throughout.

Education: Post Graduate Diplioma in Banking (CGPA 8/10)
Bachelor of Technology: (CGPA 6.1/10)

Professional Experience:
> 3 years at ICICI Bank (India's leading Private sector bank) as a Corporate Credit Risk Analyst. Here I was involved in various processes over the 3 years. (Risk monitoring, Governance, QA, Regulatory, Reporting to Senior Management etc)
> 2 years at Barclays India. Areas of work include Compliance, Risk Assessment, and Project Management

Both the roles above involved liaising with cross functional teams in London, Singapore, Canada, U.S., Bahrain etc.

Extra- Curricular:
Have been involved in CSR(Corporate social responsibility) activities. Active participant in educating underpriviliged kids (among other activities) at various company-empanelled NGOs. Have also been involved in local social work organised within the residential community.

Active participant in sports throughout my school years. University captain of the football team along with being chief sports coordinator.

My biggest fear is that my overall academic record is rather weak and I would like to know what I could do to overshadow this. Is the steady improvement after graduation enough? Does the 730 in GMAT help? I have also recently completed an Executive Education course from Judge Business School, Cambridge - sponsored by my company.

Would love to hear some views. Thanks in advance.

Hello,

I would like to request your help in my profile evaluation and help me in knowing chances of getting into my target B schools.
Here is a brief snapshot of my background & experience:

I am an Indian male currently working in a top multi-national Indian mobile technology solutions company in India. I am working as an inside consultant and international business development manager for a range of technology products in in South East Asia, India & Europe. I was chosen for the international sales leadership program in my company last year, which is a program aimed at developing emerging leaders.
My main job responsibilities include leading sales, marketing & developing business strategies in assigned territories.
Prior to this, I worked at Tech Mahindra and Mtree Software as a business analyst working with multiple clients from US.

I have travelled extensively in Europe & Asia for trainings, conferences, network development, sales & business meetings.

I currently have 7 and half years of work experience.

Business venture:
I have always had an interest in e-commerce ventures and cars. We started a e-commerce venture looking to solve the problem of fragmented aftermarket in cars segment in India. So what we started off as a part-time engagement has now been turned into a small business since 1 year. We have registered 200+ partners on board and have more than 50 transactions daily on our website. I do this as a part time activity with some support from my friend, who is also a business partner.

Social responsibilities:
I started a small community program with my wife where we serve food to poor people every night. We call this program as “Roti Bank” where more than 30 families prepare some extra food and wheat pancake(Roti) daily and we serve it free of cost to more than 50 people daily. In last 6 months, we have increased our community from 2 families to 30 families and plan to make it to 100 by end of next year.
I am also a volunteer for one of India's leading NGO- Teach for India. Here I am responsible for working with the full time teachers to develop curriculum, activites etc, for students from low income background.

GMAT:740 (Q51, V40)

Education:

Bachelor of Engineering- Computer Science Engineering (No GPA, 71%)
Jss Academy of Technical Education (Within the Top private engineering colleges in India)

Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Sales & Marketing(GPA - 5.7)
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow(Among top 5 post graduate colleges in management education in India)

Grade 12 :81%
Grade 10: 87%

Post Graduate Diploma Experience
During my post graduate diploma, my focus was completely on international marketing and sales. I took electives which included Cross-cultural communications, effective communication skills, international marketing, B2B marketing etc. Considering my prior experience, education and keen interest in international business, I was handpicked by Mahindra group for leading the international sales in their Mobile Technology division. Having worked in international sales for almost 5 years, I have gained valuable insights how different markets work.

Post International MBA goals :
Strategy consulting for International market entry .
Considering my background, current experience and passion for international projects, I am keen on pursuing a career in strategy consulting for International Market Entry post my MBA. I have good exposure of market knowledge gathering and holding discussions with people from executive level to CXO level. With MBA degree, I aim to gain knowledge of Strategy management and core finance concepts like corporate finance, transfer pricing etc. MBA will also help me in knowledge sharing sessions with students from different countries and I will be able to gain more insights on how business works and how people think in different parts of the world. My experience within the international sales and marketing has given me a lot of knowledge & ideas that will be helpful in framing business strategies around international market entries in different situations and scenarios.

Target schools :
INSEAD, London Business School, MIT, Wharton, Cornell , Ross, SAID, Judge

Can you help me with your views whether these schools are best aligned for the kind of work i am looking for post MBA. And also whether my profile would be considered as a good fit in SAID business school.

Hi
Could anyone one evaluate my profile
Indian Male 31 have 6+ year of experience in public sector unit in India
Engineer gpa 8.44 gmat 730
4+ year in operations and responsible for power plant operations.
Later promoted and given the leadership role to lead electronics section at our Bauxite Mining unit.
Here 2+ year in General Management role.
won 2 awards "Sarjan" for improving plant performance.
gave solutions to many longstanding problems.
But no International Experience
Am I competitive enough for oxford.
my post mba goal is to work as operations consultant in energy sector.

Hi...pls evaluate my profile. Thanks in advance.

Nationality- Indian
Gender- Male
Undergrad- B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering with 76.2% from National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur (Got admitted to this college by being in top 1%ile of the entrance examination)
GMAT- 650 ( Q-49, V-28, IR-4 AWA 5)

Post MBA Goals: I wish to have a career in Strategy Management after my MBA.

Further reasons for doing MBA is as follows :-

a. Better MBA experience - Diversity, pedagogy, international exposure .
b. Better Career Opportunities after MBA
c. Change in work location

Work Exp :
I have a total experience of 65 months with Siemens Limited
Key Highlights of Work exp:
• I am part of the project management team,which handles EPC(Engineering Procurement Construction) Projects with Government customer.
• My job involves handling services and supply of a project along with correspondence with vendors and customer.
• My job involves problem solving on a daily basis with respect to the issues on my project sites.
• I have experience of working with international vendors for example Siemens Germany,which is my parent company and also vendors from China, Netherlands.
• I am leading a team of 8 people, which includes 3 people at office and 5 at project site.
• I have spent 2 years at various project sites,which includes isolated places in the country,far away from any city and have led a team of 40-45 workers.
• My profile involves forecasting and planning of revenues and collections for my project and also resource management.
• I am a certified quality manager in projects.
Awards and Recognition:
• Received 'Star Puraskar' award for closing the project both technically as well as commercially.
Extra-Curricular Activities:
• FOOTBALL
 I was the Captain of my college football team which won the INTER NIT Football Tournament held at NIT Rourkela.
I was part of the team that was the finalist in the Football Tournament held at ISM Dhanbad.
I was part of the team that was the finalist in the Football Tournament held at IIT kharagpur.
I was the team leader of my branch,which won the annual athletics championship held in our college.
I was part of the college Athletics Team
I was the college 200 Meter running champion for 2 consecutive years.

• Organizer

I was in the core committee of the team that organized the annual athletics tournament held in our college for 3 consecutive years.
I was part of the team that organized the annual techno management fest
I was part of the team that organized the annual cultural fest.

Hello,
I would like to seek an evaluation of my profile for applying to Oxford Said Business School

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
Job Role: Digital Marketing

Education:
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from a state funded university in India
Graduated with GPA: 9.3 on a scale of 10 and a gold medal for securing the first rank in the batch

GMAT:
Total Score: 720 (Q 49, V 40, IR 8)

Work Experience:
36 months of Marketing experience in a multinational corporation in the manufacturing industry (manufacturers of building materials), of which 12 months is in a managerial role (1 direct reportee). Some of the activities that I have done are:
- Planning and executing digital marketing campaigns
- Social media management
- Content generation
- Driving engagement on social media and mobile applications
- Analyzing digital campaigns
- Identifying market trends and insights
- Working with creative agencies
- Marketing communications
- Segment development activities
- Developing sales argumentaries

Extra-curricular activities/Community service experience:
Headed three clubs during undergrad college. Was involved in literary events and community service during undergrad.

Post MBA:
Management Consulting (ideally – MBB)

Hi all,

I have a GMAT 730 and consider apply for Said. The issue is my IELTS is 7.5 with Speaking and Writing are only 6.5. Said requires that no band score lower than 7.

Can I still apply for Said? How strict about this? Can I update IELTS score after the deadline?

Hi Everyone. I would like to request profile evaluation for Said Business School.

Background and nationality: Pakistan
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Triple international excellence award winner

Undergrad Information
Bachelors in Business & IT (Australia)

GMAT: 640. Attempting again. Aiming 690+

Work experience and leadership
One of the rare breed of women in Pakistan’s partiarchical society to land top positions in finance and development sector. My grandfather walked 16 miles for education. My parents invested the money for my wedding into my education and I broke into male dominated industries.

BOARD of INVESTMENT
-Managed FDI fund for government of Pakistan for US $49.6 Billion
- Worked on 48 investment treaties of Pakistan with other countries

FIRST WOMEN BANK
-Successfuly steered a commercial bank from losses into profits in 3 quarters
-Managed country’s oldest Microfinance portfolio

NGO for women
At peak of my career, left my job to help 14 Million people in Pakistan affected by floods. In a year raised US $100,000 to save 10,000 lives and send 300 children to school. Started Microfinance advisory for women and represented Pakistan on 17 international conferences including UN.

After donor fatigue and diminishing support for NGO took corporate jobs to support NGO.

MARKET HEAD- ACCA
Handpicked as youngest woman market head for global body of professional accountants.

-Grew business by 500%
Expanded business to 6 new locations
Started new office

WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Started a council for women to increase number of women in labor, workforce, business, CEO and board positions.
-Trained 5,300 women across Pakistan

-Advised Saudi Government to increase number of women in workforce

-Advised Ministry of Commerce, Pakistan Government to make trade policy gender inclusive

Total experience: 10 years.

Community and others:
Active member of Rotrary, Lions and other social clubs. Through my NGO we have save 10,000 lives, put 300 children to school and helped over 15,000 poorest women start businesses.

Post MBA goals
To work with a consulting firm on social impact that would help global giants as Nestle, Pepsi and GSK become socially responsible, earn profits with purpose and give back to community.

Anything else?

Awarded business leader by Australia High Commmsion

Won women super achiever award by Women information network

Conferred International Outstanding Woman Award by Asia Pacific HRM Congress.

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Hello,

I plan on applying to Oxford/Cambridge and was looking for some honest feedback on my chances. Could you please asses my profile and let me know of the potential strengths and weaknesses of my profile?

Basic bio:
- Nationality: Indian
- Gender: Male
- Age: 28

Academic Details (commerce/business administration):
- Grad: BBA (in Finance) - rough calculation of GPA using the WES scale 3.42
- Post Grad: PGDM (in Finance) from a top-15 school in India - rough calculation of GPA using WES scale 3.37
- GMAT: 720 (Q47 V42 IR5 AWA4)

Work experience:
- 3 years with the big 4. I worked with the Risk Advisory Services team in India. I did process risk assessment for several organizational processes for clients across several industries. I also worked with the senior management in Business Development activities for the India operations of the team.

- 3 years (post-PGDM experience) with the Indian arm of a US-based Hedge Fund in the Financial Operations team. I work as a part of the team that serves as a nodal point for internal and external stakeholders.

- While I have managed a couple of small teams for various tasks, I dont have any significant management experience.

International experience:
- In addition to dealing with stakeholders from all over the globe on a daily bases and working as a part of a team spread across various geographies, I also worked at the US office for a period of 4 months.

Extra-Curricular Activities :
- I have been actively involved in sports at school, college and corporate level.
- During my undergrad, I was a part of the strategy club, where I participated and organized in a few management fests.
- During my postgrad, I was a part of the committee dealing with student exchange programmes.
- I have been involved with the CSR groups in both the organizations.

Post-MBA plans:
- I plan on leveraging my risk advisory/consulting and financial operations experience in landing a strategy consulting job

Reason for (second) MBA:
- Looking for diverse global exposure, and the associated learning that comes with living and operating in an global environment
- Need for a more case-based approach to academics to leverage my knowledge
- Greater opportunities in terms of global mobility

Any inputs on my profile and chances will be helpful. Also, do you think I need to retake the GMAT? Will the individual sectional scores be problematic?

Thanks

Hi. Would love a profile review. Will apply to Said next year (4 years WE at matriculation, age 25) so wondering what I can do to strengthen my application, and make me competitive for scholarships.

Background and nationality: Citizen of a South East Asian (SEA) country. Ethnicity is mixed: SEAn and East Asian.

Undergrad Information: Top 2 university in my country, does not rank well globally. Majored in a quantitative business course. GPA converts to slightly below 3.65

GMAT: Yet to take. Practice CATs hover above 700.

Work experience and leadership: 2 years (as of right now) in a middle market bank working in Equity Research as a covering associate. Very client-facing. Also informally work in a diversified family business that's considered medium-sized in my country. Eight digit annual revenues in USD.

Extra-Curricular Activities: Have gone to business trips to other Asian countries. Constantly in contact with international buy-side clients across the globe.

Community and others: Had strong leadership roles in a charity-based UG org. Semi-active after as a consultant to the org.

Post MBA goals: I will run the medium-sized family business one day, and an MBA would help with the network, learning, and reputation. Will join it right after MBA.

Anything else? Took summer courses in top unis in UK and an Asian country.