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Hi everyone,

Looking forward to reading your thoughts!

Applying to:
• Harvard | Stanford GSB | Wharton

Profile:
• 24 year old Indian male.
• Top Engineering college (and consistently top 10 globally in overall rankings) in the UK (integrated masters: Bachelors + Masters in 4 years. This is common in the UK). Masters in Economics & Finance at Oxford/Cambridge.
• Top 20% of my class at Engineering school (First Class Honours - equivalent to 3.8+ GPA)
• GMAT 750 (Q50V41)
• Summer internships: 1 in the technology division of an American bank; 1 on the the trading floor of a bulge bracket investment bank. Both in London.
• Will be joining Bain London office as a pre-MBA hire. (SO WILL APPLY TO HSW IN 2-3 YEARS)

Extracurriculars:
• Took a year off before starting work at Bain London to go climb some of the highest mountains across the Himalayas and Andes (not trekking - actual climbing from bottom to the top). Here, I climbed with and met strangers from all over the world (America, Canada, Nepal, UK, Argentina, Brazil). I was trained by the Indian Army Mountaineering team for a month long course at Asia's #1 mountaineering institute where I received an 'A' grade (top of my class). Also, one of the youngest Indian's to climb the highest mountain outside Asia and was selected as the youngest member of a joint Indian-Canadian expedition to Mt. Everest until I got injured during training prior to the climb and had to pull out.

• Recently co-founded a social venture which provides a platform to pair students looking for help with jobs/college admissions with mentors in universities/jobs they want in exchange for donations to charity. Have raised $20,000 for mental health & education charities.

• Additionally, I mentored 15+ URM college applicants from Europe, India, & the US for undergraduate college admissions & internships in finance/consulting. Over 90% of them received offers to top 5 UK universities, & their top-choice internships.

• Board member (youngest) of a non-profit that offers free STEM education to 100,000+ young people that were denied access to education due to war, poverty, disability or gender.

Awards & Honours:
• Won 3-4 "Young leader" type awards. One of them was for being in the top 100 future leaders from British universities (100 out of 1000+ nominations UK wide); Another was Top 100 future UK leaders out of 7000+ nominations from over 150 UK colleges.

Post-MBA goal: Return to Bain for 2 years then move into VC analysing investments in the EdTech space in India.

Other factors: I've applied twice for the 2+2/Stanford Deferred programs unsuccessfully (no interviews). Once in my final year of undergrad, once right after that during my 1-year masters. Will this go against me in 2-3 years when I apply as a regular applicant?

Thank you for your time.

I wish to apply for the Stanford-Dhirubhau Ambani Fellowship for MBA. I haven't attempted GMAT yet and I'm aiming for a shot at it by August 2019.

Profile:
Indian Female, 22

Academic Background:
Class 10- 10 CGPA (~95%)
Class 12- 92%
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Botany- 8.811 CGPA (on a scale of 10), Ramjas College, University of Delhi
Master of Science in Biotechnology (Currently pursuing; to graduate in May 2020)- 9 CGPA (First Year) (on a scale of 9), South Asian University (set up by SAARC)

Extracurriculars:
I've been an active participant in debates, drawing and painting competitions, essay writing competitions and MUNs at school and college level. I've won several competitions at both school, college and district levels.
I've good ranks and consistently scored First Division in various national Olympiads.
I've actively taken part in sports at both school and college level and won several team sports events, namely Volleyball, Cricket and Table Tennis.
I've been a winner at the MP National Science Congress.
I had been a member of the Literary Society of my college.
I've also actively contributed towards the designing of the logo of the Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, South Asian University and have volunteered in the Designing Team for the Abstracts Book for the South Asian Biotechnology Conference, 2019.
Some of the awards I've received are:
-Best Student Award, Ramjas College, University of Delhi
-Batch Topper, Botany, Ramjas College, University of Delhi
-Winner, MP National Science Congress, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
-State Topper, National Science Olympiad

Apart from this, I've contributed articles for various magazines such as the college hostel magazine, Chadamama, Berlin ArtParasites and The Scribbled Stories. I've also exhibited my artworks at the college's cultural fest and also curated the art exhibition.

Work Experience: None

Career Goals:
I'm looking forward to a career in advertising and marketing post MBA.
I also look forward to investing the knowledge, experience and networking I gain from my MBA degree in trying to bring about reforms in public education in my country. Public schools in India are sadly not able to deliver what is expected out of them. I firmly believe we not only need efficient educators and enthusiastic people on boards, we also need managers. We need people with a vision, with tremendous leadership skills who are able to deliver, to steer the ship of public education towards the land it has been seeking since a long time. And I want to be a part of that change, a part of the revolution I dream of in the public education system. I acknowledge the fact that I've been privileged enough to receive education from the top colleges of the country and I wish to give back to the society with my MBA degree by contributing towards the improvement of the education sector.

I'd be grateful if you evaluate my profile and leave a comment. Thank you!

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Thanks for reaching out,

Whilst your GMAT score doesn't quite reach the average for Harvard, Stanford and MIT, but it is possible that with the other aspects of your application, you may still have a chance. You would have to have exceptional essays, recommendations, resume and interviews.

For a more accurate evaulation you can also checkout our free MBA chances estimation calculator. We also have other great free admission tools on our website https://aringo.com/. I highly suggest that you check them out.

Here at ARINGO, we specialize in MBA applicants with GMAT scores of 720 and lower. In the past, we have had clients with GMAT scores around the 600 mark get accepted to these three schools.

For any more help, do not hesitate to reach out!

Georgia

30, male, Indian.
Graduation: Mechanical Engineering graduate. GPA - 6.5
School: X - 82, XII - 84
GMAT: target 720, Nov
Work experience: Full time - 9.5 years

Began my first startup(media production & artist management) right out of college (during final year, 2010). Incorporated from a proprietorship to a Pvt Ltd firm in 2015, and acquired a enterprise ISP provider in 2015. Positive exit from the ISP firm in sale to telecom arm of ADAG (Anil Dirubhai Ambani Group) in 2016. The parent media firm is currently a vendor to firms such as Allianz and a partner to a state govt. tourism ministry.

I started a NGO in 2016, focussed on child education and women welfare. Have conducted multiple medical camps, sponsored a dozen students in partnership with corporate CSR tie-ups, and conduct quarterly camps to collect study materials for children at orphanages.

Since Nov 2016, I have also been consulting with a niche/boutique management consulting firm, working on fundraising (investments, working capital) and sales strategy for startups and organisations.


I wish to get into media/finance post my MBA.

I wish to know how my profile stands w.r.t evaluation for Stanford GSB

Thanks for reaching out,

It is difficult to evaluate your profile without a GMAT score. However, if you are set on Stanford, the average GMAT for their MBA program is usually around 740. Other schools with fantastic finance options are Harvard, Chicago Booth and Wharton. All whose average GMAT scores are around 10 points lower than Stanford's. However, in the past we have helped applicants with GMAT scores of 620 get into Stanford, so GMAT score is not the most important if the rest of your application is outstanding.

If it is the media field that you are interested in, I would highly suggest applying to NYU Stern. Stern offers an MBA specialization in Entertainment, Media and Technology.

Your work experience is impressive and will definitely help enhance your application.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any more questions,

Georgia

Thanks for the profile evaluation.

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Hello!

I was born in South America (Venezuela)
Graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) as a Mechanical Engineering Technology
I have traveled abroad in school to Manchester, UK volunteering at nonprofit that helps homeless people (JustLife).
GMAT: 720
GPA: 3.51
Currently work for Honeywell Intelligrated as a Mechanical Engineering Specialist in the Sortation Engineering team.
Travel across the country and Mexico for work to assess material handling equipment for Amazon, Walmart, Soriana Tiendas, and many other customers.
Also, volunteered installing solar systems for a non profit organization in Haiti.
Started my own real estate business managing a four unit building.
Post MBA goal starting my own material handling company.

Thanks for the profile evaluation.

ugasra I'm very optimistic!! interesting stuff, relatively underrepresented, I have a client from Paraguay at GSB right now with good but less impressive credentials. Do you have an interesting story for the main essay? If you are female even better. From what I see so far, go for it.

23 years old Black African Immigrant, Army Reserves Serviceman (Transportation Corps)
College: Small, private engineering college; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
GPA: 3.6 (Major GPA 3.8) | College years: Aug 2013- Dec 2017
Major and Minor: Computational Mathematics Major, Aerospace Engineering minor

GMAT: 760

Pertinent Info:

Enlisted in Military Accessions Vital to National Interests (MAVNI) Program for international students. Ship date was delayed 1 week before I was supposed to ship due to Secretary of Defense concerns about the program, and GPA suffered the following semester (penultimate semester ) due to anxiety and other challenges as a result of the sudden delay (lowest only time ever below a 3.2), recovered with a 4.0 in final semester with 21 credits.

Job Experience/Internships:

1) Co-Founded an IT solutions company in home country

2) Interned in Propulsion engineering group of Delta Air Lines (1 year co-op) (Delta for 4 months, school for 4 months on and off between Aug 2015 and April 2017).

3) Interned in Technology Division (Trade Processing) at Goldman Sachs in NY (3 mos): May-Aug 2017

4) 1 year in Securities Division Engineering (Listed Derivates) at Goldman Sachs in NY: April 2018 - May 2019

5) Currently Quantitative Analyst at Fin-tech startup in NY (portfolio and risk optimization for banks and institutional investors)

Why MBA?

I want to start a fin-tech company in my home country, a country plagued with many grassroots issues. I really want to be successful, so I want to learn as much as I can, and gain the skills and credibility I need to succeed from B-School. I also love that I'll be able to leverage an extensive alumni network

Leadership/Research/Awards

1) Research Assistant - Conducted research on mathematical models and how they are taught to new engineering students

2) Founded local chapter of Engineers Without Borders, served as president raised over $30,000 in funding

3) Student Tutor

4) Served in Student Government as a Representative for the College of Engineering and other roles.

5) Worked on various projects and held other leadership roles on campus

6) Lots of awards including Army Certificate of Achievement for Distinguished Leadership (only one per platoon training class of 30-60 people), American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace (AIAA) Iridium Scholar

7) Ranked top 25% of analysts in GS analyst class (End of Year Review - Ranking is graded Q1 (top 25%), Q2...Q4)

Positioning

Initially started off studying aerospace engineering as I loved planes and this guided my college choice. I realized even though I love planes, I also love fin-tech and the impact in can especially in my home country, this is what guided my pivot to change majors/career path.

Target Schools: Stanford (Hennessy-Knight Scholar), Harvard HBS - SEAS ( Dual MBA/MS), UChicago Booth, Columbia

Plan to apply in about a year.

Just took my GMAT today and considering if I should retake given I'm targeting GSB/HBS. I know it's on the border of even having a shot but I'm hoping that with strong resume/recs I'll still have a decent shot. Additionally, most of my firm went to either GSB/HBS and I'm fortunate enough to be able to get some pretty stellar recs from well known alumni of both schools (trustee/advisor board members). Am I dreaming or should I retake and target a 740+?

Background and nationality: Asian-American

Undergrad Information: NYU/3.8 (Cum Laude)

GMAT: 700 (Q44/V42)

Work experience and leadership:
- Vice President at well-known venture capital firm; promoted early from associate to senior associate then to VP
- Have led a few of my own investments that have done well and take board seats on companies
- Before that, 1 year management consulting and 1 year PM at startup which was acquired

Community service and awards:
- Executive/Board member of a thousands+ member non-profit
- Forbes 30 under 30

How did you get selected for Forbes 30 under 30? I am wondering what the criteria are, and how they found you. Thanks for any information.

Thanks in advance for the profile review! I'm targeting to apply this fall.

Background and nationality:
US Citizen, 29, M, SE Asian

Undergrad Information:
Top 10 Public School
Bachelors in Business

GMAT:
700 (Working towards 720)

Work experience and leadership:
- 4 years in a leadership program (finance/strategy/sales/operations) at top tech company (FANG); 3 promotions
- 1 year in corporate strategy at another top tech company (FANG) before switching divisions
- 1.5 year in business operations/analytics at a startup division within FANG; 1 promotion + managing direct reports

Community and others:
- Served on nonprofit board during first 4 years of my career
- Led company employee resource groups
- Startup ideas with buddies
- Captain of video game team for internal tournaments

Post MBA goals:
Entrepreneurship in SE Asia - MBA is to build out my network, leadership skill, and knowledge of other functions. Hoping to meet other like-minded individuals and seed funding!

Anything else?
First generation American hoping to use talents in tech to accelerate the growth in SE Asia with leadership skills gained from GSB!

Hello,

Age:
22 (Plan to apply in 3-4 years)

Ethnicity:
Korean-American

Academics:
Top 10 U.S. University (not known for engineering)
Majored in Mechanical Engineering and Minored in Finance

GMAT:
740 (2nd attempt; thinking about retaking the GMAT again to achieve a score of 750+ due to my demographic)

Experience:
100% in the aerospace industry (internships)

Current Job:
Engineer at Fortune 100 Aerospace Engineering Firm

Intended Post-MBA Career:
Management consulting (MBB), using my experiences in the engineering industry (both small and large firms) to help clients with problems unique to the intersection of business and engineering.

Thanks in advance.

Hi SimbaJSK,

Thank you for your post. The data points you provided are so minimal that it's difficult for me to evaluate your profile adequately. That said, here are a few tips:

As you pointed out, due to your demographic, an increased GMAT score will work in your favor. How are your academics? What is your GPA?

As to your professional experience, in the next 3-4 years (before applying) be mindful of having adequate leadership experience (receiving promotions will work in your favor). Sometimes, one's leadership is not reflected in the job title, so be innovative with your involvements.

I do not see any mention of community engagement, so you might also want to look for opportunities to get involved.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

Hi,

Please evaluate my profile -

Indian
10th - 93%,
12th - 86%,
B.Tech (Chemical Engg, 2015, Tier 1 NIT) - 6.3/10
GMAT - Yet to take

College Extras -
- Head of the E-Cell (helped support a couple of startups which have gone on to do extremely well)
- Started a couple of college bodies
- Started a couple of revenue generating startups
- Organising commitee for various bodies at fests (Such as TEDx, INK talks, business and literary events)
- Volunteered for MAD

Work Ex -
- First Digital Marketer at a real estate startup, ran their digital marketing ops for a few months (Handled a team + a couple of agencies).
- First Product Manager at a series A funded healthtech startup.
- Co-Founder at a Ed-Tech startup serving 1500 kids and 100 teachers

Extras -
- Leadership team in the Bangalore chapter of a org related to exponential tech.
- Part of a team which finished among the top 40 teams globally for a competition to build a self-learning app in English and African languages.

Aim - Build a career in exponential tech.

Any chance at all?

Hi Experts!

I'd like to kindly request you for your feedback on my candidacy. Here goes.

Background:
Indian Male
Age 27
GMAT 720 (Q50, V38)
Industry: Consulting (Front end consulting role in one of the largest HR Consulting organizations in the world, typically held by Tier-1 MBA professionals)

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from IIT Delhi (CGPA – 7.0)

Work Experience: Total 4+ years (in india)
Worked for over 2 years in a social sector consulting startup and 1 year in an election campaign strategy firm (a SuperPAC). Working in the strategic HR consulting for last 1 year. Worked in diverse geographies (as a student and a working professional) from rural India to Europe

Extra curriculars – Won international competitions and worked on two international projects in Europe. Worked as Coordinator in various campus festivals and a student association club.

Post MBA Goal – Startup in the Indian vernacular entertainment segment

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