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Yes I would say that you look competitive from the information given! However not sure about the quality of your work experience in terms of teamwork leadership and problem-solving. With regards to the recommendations I would really strongly recommend that you get those from people who have observed you demonstrating the qualities that business schools are seeking IE team work problem solving and Leadership. Do not secure them from people who are in high up places who don't know you well and have not observed you modeling those qualities. The most important thing to keep in mind when doing your applications is that they are hoping to get to know you. So you have to show them who you are and the recommenders have to know you well to do the same.

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Hi All,

Thank you for keeping this group active and responsive. I am writing for a profile evaluation as well.

Background and nationality: Indian Male (28 years old)

Undergrad Information:
- Graduated from Delhi University in 2010 in B.A. (Hons) Business Economics discipline with Corporate Finance and Economics as majors.

GMAT:
- Current GMAT 670 (Q 46 V36)
- I have already taken an appointment for a test in June. I am trying to pull my score 730+

Work experience and leadership: Total work experience of 80 months bifurcated as below:
- 52 Months (Manager, Boutique Investment Bank in New Delhi). Managed to close 4 deals with ticket size between USD 12 - 45 Million. All cross border deals. Currently managing at of 3 (IB teams are really tight). Got promoted twice in 4 years and most recently in 15 months. The clients in 3 deals were listed companies in US and Brazil with revenue more than USD 1 Billion. While working on projects I also generate revenue for my company. Last year I generated EUR 120,000

- 17 months (Analyst, Corporate Finance (KPMG). Was a part of valuations team for KPMG supporting US and UK clients

- 11 months (Research Analyst, AON). was a part of the consulting operations team which conducted research on various industries

Community and others:
- Was a part of the a rock band at one of previous employers. We raised some donation money via our performances for underprivileged kids
- Part of Rotary club in India and organized various blood donation drives
- Volunteer at a local NGO called society for prevention of cruelty against animals near my house
- Organized multiple CSR activities at past employers

Post MBA goals:

- Short term: work as an associate at a big bulge IB firm with sector (automotive) or geography (emerging markets) focus
- Long term: move towards buy side in a PE or VC firm or work in corporate strategy profile at big conglomerate

Anything else?: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the institute in Virginia, USA

I know my GMAT is a little low in comparison to Asian (especially to Indian) average, I am working towards improving that right now, but I would appreciate your feedback on rest of my profile.

Thanks in advance.

Best,
VDC

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Vijay,
I'm not an MBA application consultant, but I've been through the process over the past few years, so I picked up a thing or two.
Your professional experience is elite enough, perhaps toward the top end of the spectrum. Congrats on that. Present the best form of yourself via the resume, long and short term goals and especially through the recommendations and you'll nail that part of it.
670 is not bad for Fuqua... Keep in mind that Fuqua goes well beyond the GMAT hype. They really want to know the true you. Take the opportunity to bring that out in the 25 random things. You are more than a 670 or 730. It may be competitive for Indian applicants, but at the end of the day, you are who you are. If you're passionate, goal oriented, personable, confident, smart and sharp (and all those I mentioned are the difficult ones to nail, you either have it or you don't) with a decent GMAT score, Anywhere from schools ranked 3-20 will be lucky to have you. I can't comment on the top 2-3, that's another psychology.... That said,though, take a another dabble in the GMAT, but not at the expense of developing your story, formulating your goals and thinking deeply about this next step in your life.
Good luck!

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Hi Wan915 thank you very much for your feedback on my profile, I really Appreciate it. I'm writing my test on June 27, I guess I'll have just enough to write my app for early admit round.

The reason for gmat is that I don't want to leave any loophole in my application from a wholistic point of vew.

Best,
VDC

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I would really love to attend Duke, but I'm wondering if I can build a competitive application with my GMAT Score, 710 (44Q/42V). I've taken the GMAT 3 times, and I always score 42 or 44 on both sections, so my highest in both would be 44Q and 44V (not together). I can score around 46Q on some practice tests, but I'm not sure I could improve my quant without a tutor.

I've included some various stats that might help below. Could anyone speak to my competitiveness as a candidate? My goal is to career advance within consulting, specifically in Strategy & Analytics.

I have a CPA license (inactive), and have 5 years of work experience in various functions of the Big 4:

KPMG: Risk Analytics (tracing data points for large banks), 2 yrs
Deloitte: Internal Corporate Development (creating business cases and facilitating internal Deloitte M&A activity), 2 yrs
Deloitte: S&O, M&A Consulting (operational due diligence, merger integration), 1yr

I'm definitely not qualified to evaluate your profile but we have some similarities so I thought I would chime in. I've taken the GMAT several times and my highest was a 700 (46Q 40V) but my combined highest would be a 49Q and 40V so like you I was unable to get my highest Quant and Verbal on the same exam and I wasn't sure it would be competitive. I also have my CPA license and public accounting experience (tax side).

Even with my lacking GMAT I was invited to interview R1 at Fuqua. Now you didn't list your undergrad school/gpa, any extra circulars/volunteer work, or leadership experience so I think it would be hard for anyone to fully evaluate your profile but based on my profile I don't think your GMAT would stop you from being able to build a competitive application. Also if I remember correctly the median GMAT at Duke is 698 (or right around there) so you are above the median.

Hi,

Request the experts to evaluate the profile for Fuqua R2, 2019 intake.

Nationality: Indian
Undergrad: B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering
University: College of Engineering, Pune(GPA 7.55/10) - a top 20 college in India
GMAT: 720(Q50 V38)
Work experience: 39 months, Morgan Advanced Materials
6 months - Key Account Manager responsible for capital goods sales in India and Middle East Asia and manage the lead management and product development dashboard for Asia
18 months - Applications Engineer, Marketing(India and Middle East Asia) to conduct product trials and derive value proposition for 4 product segments in India and Middle East Asia.
12 months - Applications Engineer, India. Host exhibition booths for the organisation at trade fairs all over the country. Shortlist customers for product trials and generate sales worth 1 million USD. Selected for the Global Graduate Leadership Program of the organisation.

Extra curriculars:
1) Volunteer at an English and Math teaching NGO called Pune Learns for 18 months
2) Bronze Medallist at an all Asian Club Rowing championship(Mem's Coxless Fours)
3) Silver Medallist at an all India National Dragon Boat Racing championship
4) Group Guiness World Record holder for the most people solving the Rubik's cube simultaneously.

Short term goal:Join a consulting company to develop insight about various industries and hone my customer centricity.

Long term goal: Establish a school in India for the underprivileged.

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