Hi
rohitdesh893,
Thanks for reaching out.
Your work experience sounds very strong. I like that you're at an MNC, had a chance to work on a project abroad, and have been promoted. It is important to show a mix of technical and interpersonal/collaboration skills, and it sounds like you'll have examples to support both areas. 36 months at matriculation is within range, but it is a bit below the average. I would consider whether applying this cycle is best, and whether waiting another cycle might improve your chances (e.g., getting another promotion or lead role). Outside work, you could use the time to add extracurricular involvement or even take some supplemental courses. I do think that is worth considering, as the GPA seems to be the main challenge in your profile. You have an excellent GRE score which should help a lot, but having more time away from the GPA might be helpful and give you time to take a few supplemental courses (to show you can do well in a course setting and on a standardized test). You can find more on this topic at:
https://www.mbamission.com/blog/2018/06 ... l-courses/Otherwise, it seems that most of your extracurriculars were in the past, so that could be an area to improve. By the way, I would be fine with mentioning a failed startup, especially if you learned key lessons from it, it accounts for something like a lower GPA, and/or it relates to your future interests/goals.
With your current stats, I think the lower half of the T25 schools is doable, but I worry about schools above that, where your GPA will be more of a concern. Hope that helps!
Kate
rohitdesh893 wrote:
Hi,
I'm interested in doing an MBA. Kindly review my profile. Sharing a snapshot of the same below.
Bio: Indian, M, 24yo
Undergrad: Comp Sci from top 5 colleges in India(IIT)
Undergrad GPA: 5.6, It is on the lower side bur from a very prestigious college.
GRE: 329(Q166 V163)
Current Role: Project manager
Current Sector: Finance & Investments
Work experience: Worked in a MNC for 2 years where I worked abroad a project of 3 months duration. Got a promotion from a junior level to a Cloud lead. I worked with cross functional teams in India and US heavily- going to show teamwork and adaptability.
Post this, I Moved into an equity Research firm as a Project lead. Currently working as Project lead since 5 months. I currently lead multiple projects standing as a common ground between the investments team and the tech side.
Total work experience: 36 months by the time of Joining.
Short term goals: Move into an investment firm and work on Portfolio research in the equity markets(Sell side).
Long term goals: Move into a Private equity firm/Hedge fund in the buy side.
Extras:
Worked as a volunteer for differently abled
National level chess player
Lead departments in national level Fests.
Worked on an incognito startup(Failed)(Not sure if I should mention this)
Referees: Manager and colleague
Target Schools (R2): Any of the top 25 in US
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21 Sep 2020, 03:21
