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Hi, please evaluate my profile:

Background and nationality: Filipino

Undergrad Information: Economics from Top 2 University in the Phils. GPA = 2.95

GMAT: 740

Work experience and leadership:
3 years of work experience with a Big 4 in Toronto.
- Worked as part of the infrastructure advisory team
- Advised public and private entities on developing infrastructure projects (public-private partnership, project finance, infrastructure finance)
- Started as a senior associate before being promoted to manager

2.5 years of WE in a government agency in the Philippines
- Work is focus on developing infrastructure projects (public-private partnership)
- Basically, work involved serving as a consultant of other government agencies (local, government corporations, national agencies) re: developing infrastructure projects

~2 years of Big 4 WE in the Philippines
- International tax; not related to current job

Community and others: volunteer for an ngo dedicated to building houses for the poor, sports: basketball, cycling

Post MBA goals:
Ultimate goal is to enter private equity with a focus on infrastructure investment. Might go first to investment banking project finance first after MBA

Anything else?
CFA Charterholder

Background and nationality: Indian, Female

Undergrad Information:
One of the top 20 universities in India
Electronics and Communication major
Awarded Distinction (Top 20%)
a LOT of extra-curricular activities: delegate at seminars, participated in debate and inter-college competitions, Woman athletic champion for 3 consecutive years (which also lead heading the college sports events every year), participated in Olympiads, lead numerous annual and quarterly college events, conducted study groups and community service groups, designed and developed 4 technology related projects

GMAT:
Yet to take the exam

Work experience and leadership: (high-level description)
5 years in one of the top IT companies in India
Project leader for 3 different projects
Handled major projects and added value to them along with bagging a couple of awards
Have been working particularly with product based projects since 3 years (as I am interested in Product management) Coached teams on various occasions

Community and others:
Member in a couple of leadership communities
Volunteer in 2 non-profit organization with regular involvement
Part of an NGO which spreads awareness on about the need of trees

Post MBA goals:
Product Manager in one of the top Technology companies

Anything else? :
Team captain of the National Kho-Kho (a tag game) team
Taught algebra in high school and still conduct online sessions for interested students
Interest in spoken languages(can speak 6 Indian languages and presently learning Spanish)
In free time I like to draw cartoons (a self taught cartoonist per se) or spend time gardening

Hi, and thanks for writing! Great to see that you have progressive work experience in two countries - admissions committees highly value international exposure. While your GPA is on the lower side, I'm hoping your solid GMAT, and your CFA Designation, will help offset it. In any case, you'll want to address your undergraduate performance in the application's optional essay in a way that shows ownership and responsibility, while highlighting any extenuating circumstances or hardships you faced.

Your career goals are logical given your background and experience - in Stern Essay 1, be sure to explain a.) the motivation behind your goals - what is the potential you see for infrastructure investment? and b.) how will you gain the skills/knowledge/experience you need for these goals at Stern?

I'm glad to see that you volunteer and are involved with sports - Stern and other top schools value extracurricular participation. Be sure to highlight some of these in the Pick 6 essay!

Hope these tips help - best of luck!

Name/username: squidzekid
Age : 25
Country/Location : USA
Under-Graduate GPA: 3.87
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 690
Total Work Experience : 48
Pre-MBA Industry : Financial Services
Target industry post-MBA: Technology
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Manager and Mentor
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Lead a nonprofit
Why Stern? : Specialized Tech MBA (curriculum, experiential learning) and location
Which Round did you apply in? : 2
Status of your application? (A or WL) : A
Short-Term Goal : Become a Product Manager
Long-Term Goal : Start a Financial Wellness company
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : No

Age : 24
Country/Location : USA
Under-Graduate GPA: 3.12
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 660
Total Work Experience : 32
Pre-MBA Industry : Tech Marketing
Target industry post-MBA: Marketing
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Manager and non profit manager
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Volunteer at nonprofit
Why Stern? : Specialized Tech MBA (curriculum, experiential learning) and location
Which Round did you apply in? : 2
Status of your application? (A or WL) : A
Short-Term Goal : Become a Product Marketing Manager
Long-Term Goal : Become CMO of a tech company in silicon valley
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : no

Hi,

Please help in evaluating my profile :

Age : 25 years (Female)

Education :
Chartered Accountant (India)
CFA (Level II cleared) (90th percentile)
Bachelor of Commerce from NM College, Mumbai (Grade A)
Std XII (87%)
Std X (92%)

Work Experience:

3 years of internship with Deloitte as an Internal Audit Consultant
6 months with Future Group as a Business Innovator
2 years of work ex with Kotak Investments as a Credit/ Monitoring Analyst (Current)

Extra Currics :

Associated with a Rotaract club for a year
Represented school and college in district level throwball championships,
Dance (as a hobby)

GMAT - yet to attempt (ongoing prep)

THANKS!

Age : 29
Country/Location : India
Under-Graduate GPA: 3.12
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 724
Total Work Experience : 104
Pre-MBA Industry : Fintech
Target industry post-MBA: Fintech
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Manager and non profit manager
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Volunteer at nonprofit
Why Stern? : Specialized Tech MBA (curriculum, experiential learning) and location
Which Round did you apply in? : 2
Status of your application? (A or WL) : A
Short-Term Goal : Become a Fintech Consultant
Long-Term Goal : Become CFO of a Fintech company
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : no

Hey, There!
Background and nationality
My name is Vinay, and I'm from Bangalore, India. I would be applying for my MBA request some input on my selection of universities. I've added the details of my profile as briefly as I could. My shortlist of colleges is given at the bottom of the comment. I'm also wondering if I should apply to universities, some advice from you.

GRE
- 330 (V-157; Q-170; AWA- 3)


Undergraduate

Completed my Bachelors of Business Administration from Alliance University, Bangalore in Finance with an aggregate of 81.5% ( First Class with Distinction) Top 5% of the class. With a GPA of 3.3/4.


Work Experience
Four of Years work-ex, with the deep domain of equity research and valuation.
-Equity Research Analyst at Sarthak Returns ( June 5th, 2017 – Date ) – Sarthak Returns a Stock Market Advisory Company based in Bangalore. Responsibilities here include
- Technical Analysis, Fundamental Analysis, Equity Research, Proprietary trading, Handling client's accounts, Blog writing.Was Handling a team of 3 people directly reporting.
- I had three promotions in the last four years
- I Handle four people, teams, where they report to me directly.
- I handle and manage clients directly.


Certifications

NSE Academy's Certified Investment Analyst Champion (NCIAC) & NCMP Level 3
NISM-Series-VIII: Equity Derivatives Certification Examination
NISM-Series-X-A: Investment Adviser (Level 1) Certification Examination
NISM-Series-X-B: Investment Adviser (Level 2) Certification Examination
NISM Series-XV: Research Analyst Certification Examination


Extra-Curricular Activities:

• Volunteer with Youth for Seva ( July 1st, 2016 – September 30th, 2016 ), a Non-Governmental Organisation. The work involved teaching Spoken English and Basic Computer Skills to Primary and Middle School children. This continues till date in a Part-time effect, with overall service time over **Five Hundred Hours**.
• Organised “Mock Stock,” a stock market simulator, in an inter-college event.
•Co-Founded a start-up in the college days - Started with the platform-based company for travel (Air and Bus) with Hotel booking. What improved it based on blind spots; I started renting out textbooks. That rented out students' old books and paid them a share of the earnings, thereby enabling students to make money off books they do not need.
•Co-Founded a niche-based stock research firm meanwhile I was working as an equity research analyst. The firm employs 15 people directly reporting. The firm name is Valuenomics Research
• Have pursued Young Leadership program from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; the program was for the one-year duration with blend learning from both online and offline.


Post MBA goals
Short Term
Work for Asset Management Company

Long Term
Become Fund Manager in Asset Management Company


Hobbies
I am reading Books, Playing badminton, Networking with people who aren't like me at all.

Please evaluate my profile; I'd love to hear your thoughts about my profile?

**UNIVERSITY SHORTLIST**

**Ambitious**
- NYU – MBA
- Cornell -MBA
- Ross- MBA
- Duke -MBA
- ISB - MBA

**Conservative**
- Simon -MBA

Profile Evaluation for MBA 2022 Intake-
GMAT: 760
Duolingo: 145
Undergrad: 9.7 CGPA in Bachelor of Commerce.
University: Lovely Professional University, Punjab
12th Grade: 92%
Work Experience: 2.5 yrs as Finance Associate in Largest Infrastructure Company of India- Promoted Twice in the period currently leading a team and managing finance of Two National Projects in India under the direct control of PM Office.
3 MOnths as a Process analyst intern in Telecom Company.
EC's - Hosted many events in Undergrad, District level Hockey Player won prizes in Undergrad, Been a part of Charitable organization for the past 5 years.
Certifications: CFA Level 1, CPMP and Online MOOC's over Analytics and Data Science.
My concern is the reputation of my undergrad university.
Hope for the Comments.
Also, Please let me know if pursuing MBA in India or in Abroad is correct for my profile.

Hi I'm looking for a profile evaluation for the full-time 2 year MBA at Stern starting next year (2022)
Below are details of my profile

Demographic
Indian | Male | Age 25

GMAT
710 (Q49 V39 | IR 6 | AWA 6)

Academics
Under-Graduation: 75.74% (First Division) | Bachelors in Commerce (Honours), Delhi University
12th Grade: 96.75% | Commerce Stream
10th Grade: 9.6 CGPA

Post MBA Goals
Short Term: Marketing & Communication Impact Consulting
Long Term: Set-up my own design and communication consulting organisation

Target Recruiters
IDEO, Dalberg, Bridgespan Group, Ogilvy, Dentsu, Unilever, Frog Design (other similar recruiters, open to your recommendations as well)

Work Experience
Function: Marketing
Tenure: 3.5 years
Industries: Hospitality, Consumer Products & Services, Social Impact
Specialisations: Advertising, Strategy | Additional Exposure: Business Development, General Management

Tenure Details:
July'21 | Tentative Engagement with Malaria No More, India (This is yet to be finalised, but in the pipeline; I'm in the last phase of recruitement and have received a somewhat positive response)
/ Digital Marketing and Communication on their Nation-wide Malaria prevention awareness, treatment, and management Social Behaviour Change Communciation Campaign

December'20-Present | Self-Employed
/ Co-founded social media and website based e-commerce fashion brand 'aurai by dt' (hair accessories) - engaged with an NGO building livelihood of impoverished women through skill building in stiching and tailoring
/ Freelance digital advertising, content strategy, and design solutions consultant to small scale consumer product & service brands

April'20-October'20 | Vihara Innovation Network
/ Marketing and Business Development Associate

June'19-March'20 | Vizara Technologies Pvt. Ltd
November'19-February'20 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi
/ Project Associate - International Heritage Symposium and Exhibition 2020

March'18-May'19 | Templatolio Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
/ Client Servicing Associate
/ Client Servicing Analyst

Co-curricular Development
Social Development:
June'20-Present | Rotary International
/ Member of Rotary Club of Delhi South Metropolitan. Taken active participation in monthly virtual meetings and assisted with operational and design solutions for those meetings

January'21-April'21 | Sofia Smart Centre
/ Engaged with this skill development NGO that enables impoverished women through skillbuilding to generate livelihood (for my hair accessories venture)

June'11 | Music Basti
/ Volunteered at the NGO focused on the holistic development of underprivileged children to bolster their personalities through the medium of music

Cultural Development:
September'14-May'17 | Music Society Member, Under-Graduation
/ Performed as member of the society at college annual fest

July'15 | Summer School, London School Of Economics (LSE)
/ Attended Summer School from London School of Economics (LSE) inManagerial Accounting and received 'A' Grade in the assessment examination

April'09-March'14 | Lead Guitarist-School Band, High-School
/ Participated in and won a few music competitions where I represented my school with my band
/ Performed on the opening day of the International PASH (Partners forthe future) German Leaders' youth camp; organised by the DPS Society in association with the Goethe Institute at Max Meuller Bhavan

February'09-January'12 | Rockschool Guitar Examinations
/ Cleared up till grade 4 guitar examinations with distinction; certified by Trinity School of Music, London

July'10-August'10 | Artek - The International Children's Festival, Ukraine
/ Represented India at this UN initiative, held in Ukraine. The festival encouraged cultural interaction and mutual dialogue betweenchildren from a vast variety of countries

Curricular Accomplishments
May'17 | Under-Graduation
/ Passed my undergraduate degree with First-Division

May'14 | Secondary Education
/ Ranked 10th in my high school, in a batch of approximately 1500 people, in the 12th grade CBSE Board Examination
/ Received a Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit for 7 consecutive years (2006–2014) of academic excellence - from my high school, D.P.S. R.K. Puram

Hobbies/Leisure
Watching sports-Cricket, F1, Tennis, Baseball / Electronic Music Production / YouTube Learning / Streaming Platforms / Traveling /Reading

Thanks for your help

Background and nationality:
27M | Indian Citizen

Undergrad Information:
BA Finance - 3.6
Small liberal Arts School in IL
Study Abroad x2 

GMAT:
680. I haven't prepared yet but I have only 2 months to prep, so not confident of scoring above 680-700.

Work experience and leadership:
6 years of work experience with an edtech startup in the USA ( $75MM funding).
3 Different roles including managing a team of 5 for 2.5 years. joined early and have played an integral role in scaling a particular function of the org.

Community and others:
Chess | Volunteer my time to help teach chess to school kids

Post MBA goals
Get into Product Management. ideally at FAANG but not a deal breaker. Interested to work at series C/D funded startups as well.

Anything else?:
looking specifically at 2 Tech MBA programs (1 year) .NYU STERN and Cornell Johnson.Are there any other programs I should be aware of?

Hi All,

I am targeting NYU Stern Tech MBA (Andre Koo). Please review my profile

Background: Indian, Male, 27

-10th - 80.46%
-12th - 80.67%
-Bachelors of Engineering (Electronics & Communications) - Four year aggregate of 55% with some arrears which I cleared off during college itself
- GMAT 710(Q49,V38), Will be retaking soon to improve score to 740+

Work experience: Total 6.4 years

3.5 years --> Boutique cyber security consulting startup in India

- New team with only 3 people. I along with my manager setup their security operations center from scratch. Grew the team from 3 members to 85 members in 3.5 years bringing in 15+ major clients amounting total revenue of more than 1 million $
- Formed and led their new 24/7 team which was part of their security operations center. Carried out and led more than 20 projects with the team.
- Carried out some short term international engagements in middle east
- Received excellence award for 2 consecutive years (Among total 400 employees)
- Received 3 promotions in 3 years
- Started as an intern, left as an specialist

1.8 years --> Big4 Consulting firm in India

- Started as consultant, led the Cyber transformation project for their biggest insurance client.
- Led a team of 4 consultants onsite
- Among >1% to receive early promotion
- Received an award for the project I led
- Left the organization Senior Consultant

1.1 years --> One of the biggest investment banks in the world --> this is my current role

- Working with global team of highly technical individuals performing advanced cyber operations
- Among first 2 people from India, selected to be part of the elite team (rest of the team is in UK and Poland)
- Leading specialized cyber projects concerning critical swiss bank operations

Other than above experience, I co-founded a software development company and ran it for around 3 years part-time with my co-founder. At the end of 3 years, the revenue of the company was around 35000 USD (25 lakh INR)

Extra-Curriculars
- Worked with local NGO for 1 year helping several people on mental illness
- Was Vice-President for student council in undergrad college
- Have more than 10 global technical certifications in fields like cloud computing, cyber security etc.
- Being from poor family, I had worked in 10+ unique odd jobs (e.g. house-help, car washing, guitarist) --> Primary reason for my low GPA
- Certified Diet and Nutrition Professional

Post-MBA goals: I would like to move into Product Management role in top tech companies with long term goal of venturing out as tech entrepreneur in edtech space

Work experience - Will be completing 4 years work experience with McKinsey and Company as a data scientist.
Undergraduation - Completed my undergraduation from one of the top engineering colleges (Delhi Technological University) in India in Mathematics and Computing Engineering.
School - Got 10 CGPA in 10th and 97% in 12th boards CBSE
GMAT - Got 700 in GMAT (Q49, V36, IR4, AWA4).
Others - Have been involved in various social and co-curricular activities such as National level Horse riding, State level Air Rifle Shooting, Command level football, etc

Is aiming for NYU Stern ambitious, realistic or sureshot?

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Hi all,

Request to evaluate my profile for the college.
Mentioned below are my details.
Would be great if expecting an admit from NYU Stern would be relaistic or stretch.

Personal Details: 25 M (Indian)

Academic:

GRE- 336 ( Q-170, V-166)
B.E. (Electrical Engineering) from IIT Delhi (Top Engineering College in India) - 7.7/10
WE - 4 years at the time of intake

Professional:

Worked 1.5 years straight out of college at Samsung R&D
- Worked as a software engineer to develop bluetooth systems.
- Picked up cross-functional tasks to work with teams across engineering, vendors and project managers

Working for the past 2 years at Goldman Sachs Bengaluru office as a software analyst
- Worked with multiple stakeholders across divisons to remediate operational risks of electronic trading systems.

Extra-curriculars:

- Was part of University field hockey and dance teams which won several competitions
- Also held leadership position in Dance club
- Was a manager at a student run NGO, handling a 3-tier team of 40+ volunteers across colleges in Delhi.

Hi,
Would appreciate your support for profile evaluation-
.
Nationality- Indian
GMAT- 770(Q-51:V-42/ IR-8)
Work Ex - 52months (day of enrollment)
International work ex - 29 months
Industry- oil and gas , epc sector
Position- procurement engineer
Currently spearheading edtech business venture of the company in middle east market.
Certification- SAP MM, SIX SIGNA GREEN BELT, BLACK BELT, PMP(PDU CERTIFICATE ONLY, EXAM IN DEC 2021)
work exp in countries such as nigeria, saudi arabia, dubai etc...
Post mba career - consulting (operations/scm)
Long term- to head scm /operations division with amazon or walmart ...
Extra curricular- avg (motorcycle tours,
Community service- not much but have helped indian expat community to get repatriate from saudi to india in the midst of covid ..so there is one interesting instance....
Helped save my boss's life when he was having a heart attack...so
Not the usual ngo kinda exp bt yes do have some ... community impact examples..

Target school-
Top 10

Good essays-7/10
LOR- all good as have some interesting stories and have led multiple projects for big clients like aramco , sabic etc...
UG- mechanical engineering , 6.93/10 cgpa - avg University (top 30% in the class)

Looking forward to hearing from you...
Cheers

BR
Sk

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