Hi
Aringo,
I've visited your site and found your Admission Chance calculator very helpful. Please tell me what are my chances given my background and goals.
BackgroundI belong to the most over represented demographic - Indian/29/M/IT.
My grades for my Indian bachelors are horrible and are my weakest point in my application. I transferred credits to a Canadian University as it was a chance at a better life in a western country and I made the best of it. I studied hard, got good grades, got a good internship and built a decent career afterwards.
Work Exp
Total 4.5 years at Matriculation + 1 year internship at a mobile phone maker3 Years at a Global Systems Integration Company (2 promotions in 2 years) in their Business Consulting Arm:
Implemented a regulatory report for the bank's mutual fund line of business (1.1 million customers - 51 billion AUM)
Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Transformation, Performance Calculation, Report Composition and Delivery to the client.
Promoted to team lead incharge of post M&A IT Advisory. Perform gap analysis and design road maps of how technology platforms will be integrated after the bank has aquired smaller firms.
1.5 Years at a Software Product Company (1 promotion in 1.5 years) Joined right out of school as a QA Analyst and was promoted to the position of a Client Analyst within a year. Worked with large banks and made sure that the product being implemented was of high quality.
1 Year co-op at a mobile device company as a Project Management AssociateWorked as a Project Coordinator/Scrum Master on internal projects
Extra - CurricularsVolunteer within the PR team of the local chapter of United Nations Assocination. Help write press releases, coordinate invitations to reporters and bloggers. Manage twitter account during charity events.
In the past - Project Coordinator at a Cultural Organization that organized an annual cultural event. I joined in their 2nd year and helped create their brand identity including their logo and their "theme".
Co-founder and technical lead of a company that sells printed t-shirts online. As of now it operates only in India and is not wildly profitable. We do it more as a hobby and less as a business at this point. Handle online marketing include SEM, FB advertising, design and maintainance of the website, ideate new designs for the t-shirts.
Education and CourseworkSmall Public University in British Columbia - Bachelors of Computer Information Systems - 3.66/4.0
Mumbai University - Bachelors of Computer Science - 78 percentile.
Certificate in Business Analysis from the University of Toronto
Currently preparing for an industry standard business analysis certificate (CBAP or CCBA)
CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management for PMI)
GMATGMAT - Not yet taken - Due in 2 weeks.. Latest Veritas GMAT was a 710 (Q50,V37) so I am expecting around 720-730 on the actual test. I am trying to work on verbal as there is only so much I can do in quant.
MBA GoalsOption 1. Pivot from consulting into product management at a FANG company or a fintech company.
Option 2. Go back into consulting but doing more high profile strategy work
SchoolsTarget: Ross, Johnson, Tepper
Reach: Stern, Haas