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Hi Guys,

Kindly evaluate my profile. Thank you for your time.

Nationality- Indian
Gender- Male
Age - 26
XIIth- 74
Grad- BBA LLB (Symbiosis Law School)- GPA 2.8/4

GMAT- 670( Taking it again with an aim of 730)


Work Exp :
Currently working in the Social Sector as Project Manager. Have worked with India's top philanthropic initiative in the past and have advised various Member of Parliaments. I have led multiple development projects and have raised funds for them close to 10 crores. I was promoted to Chief of staff in a year of a Member of Parliament during my previous job.
I have also worked as a Lawyer and have appeared before the High Court and Supreme Court of India.

Post MBA Goals:
1- To start my own social advisory firm and drive development in rural parts of India.

Extra-Curricular Activities
• Participated in various Moot Court Competitions during my Law School.

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Some questions which I have - 1) Would that GMAT score be enough?
2) Overall evaluation of my profile?
3) Things which I could work upon in the next 1 year to make it stronger?


Thanks again

Hi all,

I'm just discovering the forum..and it's great to see many people dedicating time and efforts here.
Would like to have your thoughts/view on my profile for INSEAD, especially on weak points, areas to improve etc.

Chinese female, 30, applying for R2 Jan 2020.
GMAT: 760 (Q50 V42, IR8)
GPA: ?like 3-3.5… (~13.5/20)

Education:
Engineering Degree (Msc equivalent), Computer Science, from a top 10 French Engineering school.
(went from 0 to native level French and personally, i identify myself more French than of any other nationality..)
1y academic exchange in Japan, 1m exchange in Sweden.

Work experience: Technology in Finance/Fintech/Investment 7+ years
2.5y HK: French investment bank. Trading platform user support, training, later focused on Infra/Tech related project management with multiple teams typically in France and APAC.
1y Japan: Sell-side major financial management platform. Implement the platform to clients (large Japanese financial institutes), user training and support.
(Honestly wasn't a great experience, major reason was to get back to Japan while previous company couldn't offer transfer, though they did offer a team leader position back in France which i turned down..)
4+y Japan: Fintech branch with a US asset management company (No1 ww in assets managed..), main product is a complex front-to-back portfolio/investment management platform.
Started in client service, support JP banks, pensions, investment, insurance etc on technicals + financial modelling of the platform, client training, pre-sales pitches, implementation projects. Especially on the last work with multiple cross-regional internal / external teams. Helped mentor/expand the team before moving to below.
Promoted to client account manager/analytical (portfolio risk modelling, investment process analysis) expert. - Only female + non-JP native account manager in the division.
Much more focus towards business development/industry analysis/relationship management etc. Frequently define/oversee/monitor the execution of projects with cross-regional teams (usually 4, 5 teams involved like client HQ, client branches, client's consulting team, my company's production teams, modelling teams, client support etc). Recently led the main coverage client to renew contract.(multi mm$/y)

+ CFA charterholder since 2018.

Goal/Career:
(still a bit vague..)
Initially focus on engineering / analytics (financial modelling) but later became interested in general management and business strategy. Seen many corporate cultural / social issues in current work and with Japan’s financial industry in general, want to make an impact in higher level in the firm/industry to change and ‘open up’. Normally stick to finance/fintec industry given my background but open to other sectors.
ST: MBB, focus on fintec/investment sector, with preference in EU.
LT: corporate strategy / business dev of global firms, into Europe or APAC for ex.

Languages: Chinese (native), French(native/fluent), Japanese (fluent) and English (fluent).

Ex-curriculum:
One-year part-time work (during univ exchange) in a Japanese e-com start-up as programmer, great atmosphere and learning of culture (one reason of why i wanted to go back to Japan later..)
Not much voluntary experience, other than join company’s charity run + cycling + trekking.
Passionate in endurance sports, cycling (up to 2 week’s cycling tour etc), mountain trekking (Kilimanjaro etc), skiiing, organise sport tour/trip with friends almost every year.

Appreciate your time reading through and giving quality feedback.

26, male, Indian Sikh.
Business economics graduate from Delhi University (first division). I've derived that my GPA is 3.7 (kindly correct if wrong)
GMAT: 740 (Q51, V39, IR8, AWA6)
Work experience:
Full time 2.5 years, freelance 1.5 years.

I freelanced with a production studio as a cinematographer and a video editor for 6 months. They hired me full-time and promoted me to the post of senior producer because I was good at dealing with clients. This lasted for 6 months too.
Then I left for Mumbai to assist in ads and films to learn more. I was freelancing as well. I was the assistant cinematographer in Kapil Sharma's "Firangi". Was part of many short films as well.

Then I joined my family business of medicine exports. It involved handling purchase and negotiating rates and payment terms. Soon I started travelling to Imphal to manage a pharmacy as it's conflict struck area and hiring someone local was tough.
Additionally, I became a mutual fund distributor in Jan last year. I have a sizeable AUM under me. I am also a stock trader. I still freelance as a cinematographer.

In college I used to make short films on social causes. I'd write, shoot, direct and edit myself. The topics ranged from communal differences, eve teasing to organ donation. I screened the organ donation movie in my college and about 50 viewers pledged their organs after the screening.
I also won numerous awards in -
Street theatre
Best photographer
Best cinematography
Best short film (director)

I wish to get into financial consulting post MBA.

What is the deal breaker here? I've been told that my work ex won't count since I've mostly worked for myself or my family (albeit full time).

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Hi. It will be interesting to confirm if my profile is competitive for INSEAD.

Female, Lebanese, Swedish, 29
GMAT 640 (Q44 V34 IR7)
Education: top engineering school 3.6/4.0 (honor's list) Civil Engineering - math heavy. Placed in top10%. Won several awards when it comes to publications. Won a full scholarship to study MSc abroad in Sweden.

WE: 6 years - Lead structural engineer at an international firm (~40000 employees) in Sweden. Work closely with teams both in India and Romania. Several micropromotions to become lead structural engineer. 2 internships one in hungary.

I've made improvements in several aspects mostly focus on work across offices, efficiency and automation. My involvement with sales brought recently brought us a 700 thousand euro contract.

Extras: I am involved in the union, work as a union representattive on my spare time. I have also been involved with student groups aimeed to create technical exchanges between sweden and the rest of the world. Involved in working with the red cross sometimes.

I know Arbaic, Swedish, English and French. French is a little less proficient than English.
Post MBA:
Amassed a lot of technical experience in industrial building, on the short term would like to move into real estate development to learn the financial aspect of the real estate business and get into the affordable housing market, social impact on the long run.

I would appreciate if somebody can comment my profile and thank you in advance!