Hi Tushar,
First of all any reason of only targeting Nanyang Business school ?
Your profile seems decent for the school and with some small modifications and improvements you stand a decent chance.
GMAT yes, it plays a bigger role in schools in singapore (both NUS and NTU) as traditionally they know Indians have really high GMAT and one of my
friend few years back was actually asked this questions "why is your GMAT low, Indians usually have very high GMAT" (PS : he had 670 if I remember correctly)
You would be at the lower end of the spectrum in terms of WE and also GPA, hence you really need to dig out some other stuff in your profile. The band stuff and concerts is good and different. Social service, I am not sure to what extent and level you have done that.
Apart from that you would need to have some significant achievements at your work or other facets of life.
Do you have any significant achievements in other activities like music and stuff ?
Not clear about the impact of your internships, but please judge them based on result and implications.
CFA can be good add-on but currently you are just a candidate for it, so not sure if that would create any impact.
Applying in early rounds is always an advantage in any school ! so Round 1 would be better.
Again, Nanyang is traditionally a technology university and I think for Finance, its better to choose NUS if you are looking for Singapore as an option.
However, both the schools are really competitive as they get a huge number of applications from India.
Please let me know if you have more questions !
Cheers !
Dhiraj
tushar1190 wrote:
Hi Guys,
I'd appreciate it if someone could assess my profile and answer a few queries:-
Male
Age - 25
Nationality - Indian
I just took the GMAT for the first time on 7 - Oct - 2015 and scored 700 (Q-47 V-39)
My Acads are as follows:-
B-Tech - Electronics and Communications - Manipal Institute of Technology:- CGPA - 7.84/10
CBSE XII Grade - 88%
CBSE X Grade - 92%
My work experience is as follows, it will be 3 years by the time i start my MBA assuming i start it mid-next year
I am a Quality Engineer at a division of Standard and Poors (a financial services firm). However, my role is fairly differentiated from regular Quality Assurance Roles.
I have gained significant domain knowledge of the working of global capital markets, specifically the buy side. My projects have involved design critique, testing, results interpretation and maintenance of Portfolio Management Solutions.
I have also mentored people here. Also, our work culture entails working with very diverse individuals and cultures across the world and need good communication skills with strong emphasis on articulating information deferentially based on the kind of stakeholders who are its intended consumers. These stakeholders include everything from product team individuals, business analysts, developers and financial engineers.
Prior to this I had two internships:-
- One at a public sector firm designing a network centric solution for a radar system
- One at an automation and control firm designing and testing a control system
I am also a candidate in the Chartered financial Analyst (CFA) program - level 1 in december - and believe that this certification will compliment my MBA - finance.
My Co-curricular's include
- Bassist and co-founder of several bands
- independently organized several concerts - including setting memorandums of understanding with co-organizers, acquiring sponsors, funds and headlining and associated performers
- Voluntary services organisation - Social Service
My goal is to acquire some quality education and exposure by pursuing an MBA Finance. My current role keeps gives me quality exposure to the buy side aspect of the capital markets but limited exposure overall. Also, my job title and function does not entail a very client facing role, i believe that the MBA will help me accomplish both of these and much more.
On the basis of all these postulates, could someone please evaluate my profile and advise areas of improvement needed? Including if the GMAT Score is enough (do i need to retake) and what other areas could this profile be improved upon?
Also, i wanted to ask, how much of a difference is there in applying in round 1 and round 2? Are the chances of getting in different for these two?
Thanks in advance!
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Updated on: 14 Oct 2023, 08:56
