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Hi
My profile : age-32 yrs,male
Education : B.Tech from a top private college with cgpa 8.5/10
10th -92% with distinction certificate from cbse for scoring 100% in maths
12th -84%
Maths Olympiad (conducted by National board of higher mathematics,department of atomic energy) ranker
Work ex- total 9.5 yrs
Last 8.5 yrs at a steel industry psu RINL
Nature of work- shift in charge, project commissioning, contract management, training of new employees
Gmat score : 700 q49 v36 IR 4 AWA 4
Chances at ISB?
Pls enlighten me.

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Hi Experts,
Please evaluate my profile and suggest improvements if any.

Demographics: Indian, Female, 23

Education:
Undergraduate GPA - 6.87/10 ( Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering) from Tier-2 University
12th - 97.4%
10th - 9.8/10 CGPA
GMAT: 760 (Q49/V47)

Work experience: Total of 17 months as of now
1) Systems Engineer at an MNC (10 months)
2) Project Manager at a Startup (7 months)

I started as a Systems Engineer at an MNC. The work was monotonous.
So, I started looking for a role where I can have a hands-on pre-MBA-related experience.

I had three months of a gap during the shift. During which I collaborated with the local weavers and started an online platform to sell handmade clothing materials made by them.

Later on, I joined a Startup that works on Computer Vision Technology, where I was the first employee to start working with the founders. Being here, I got a chance to take part in every activity and decision-making. For instance, hiring the team, building customized projects for potential clients, marketing, and managing the team members. Now we're a team of 21 members, and my role includes Project Management and Team Building.

Extracurricular activities:
1) Team Lead for a club named Corporate-Relations for college Tech-fest, where we organized specific events every year.
2) Member of National Social Service at College.
3) Member of Maths Club at College
4) Participated in Start-up weekend, organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell at college.
5) Working with a team named "Helping Hands", based out of my home town to provide covid related assistance to the needy people in our surroundings.
6) Initiated an online platform to sell handmade clothing materials, made by the local weavers around my hometown.
7) Initiated a Covid-Helpline to assist the patients and connect them directly with donors/ medical suppliers.

Post-MBA goals: Looking to work in Marketing and Business Development related roles.

Is my profile good enough for ISB?
Please suggest how else I can work on to improve my profile.

Hi ISBeacon MBAkarma MBAandBeyond CrackVerbalShree ,
Kindly review my profile.

10th grade: 94.18%, school topper
12th grade: 87.33%, won a national scholarship for securing Top 1%ile rank in higher secondary exam

Undergrad: Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, Mumbai University, 7.76/10 CGPA (First Class with Distinction), led design & then operations for college's FSAE team (student formula race-car construction & competition).

Extra-curricular: worked as Project Manager with AIESEC (ISB non-profit partner) in 2016 to improve vocabulary & social skills of 700+ underprivileged children. Then headed the Business Development department of 16+ for the local chapter in 2017 to raise record funds through events & partnerships. Created a board of advisors with prominent national business leaders. We won local & national awards for overall performance. We adopted a village & raised funds for the primary & secondary school education of 17 underprivileged children. I became a city-based TEDx licensee & lead a team of 12+ for planning & executing a local TEDx event at 97% profitability & 9/10 NPS with 0 detractors.

Work ex: Assistant channel marketing manager at Godrej & Boyce. Responsible for retail sales & profit growth (both in double-digit CAGR since last 4 years) as well as channel mgmt in the non-urban domestic market (annual turnover Rs 145 Crs). Manages business development, primary & secondary network development & sales force effectiveness in focussed semi-urban & rural Indian towns. Handles MIS & sales reporting at all levels of stakeholders (from channel partners to the CEO) as well as fin mgmt & accountability of B2C trade budget. Handles systems development, process automation & sales forecasting for B2C dept. Trains, reviews & develops sales team members. Granted the best performance rating for the last 2 years.

Exp GMAT - 710-720, looking to do CFA Levels 1 & 2 within a year.

Future goals: VC in consumer tech, fintech.

Overall, very decent and distinct profile crazyphoton7289. You've not mentioned anything about your "goals". Make sure that the goals draw on your rich experience of almost a decade.

p.s. With your experience hope you are also applying to IIM executive programs.
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Regards,
Ashish.

V47! Holy cow!

Assuming you are applying to EEO Raven78. Overall very decent. Your undergrad academic performance is not great, but your GMAT makes a statement, to compensate that!

Make sure your essay do justice to your rich profile.
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Regards,
Ashish.

Hello crazyphoton7289

Let us start with what works in your favor- PSU experience (makes you diverse), Decent past academic record (that indicates you should be targeting a higher score, will significantly improve your chances, but that is not the be all end all).
Moving on to the missing info- no mention of Career progression and achievements at work, Extracurricular activities, or career goals (this is the most important piece of admissions puzzle).
As seen from the info presented, definite potential, but the blanks need to be filled (or presented in essays) well.

You may want to read here on what factors work in a profile and here to add to your research on career goals.

Best
Varun Sharma
+918452954888 (https://gmatclub.com/chat)
MBAkarma.com
info@mbakarma.com

Hello mandeep2295

Profile looks good, work ex, extracurricular will really help you stand out.
Past scores and GMAT (make 710+ a reality) will help complete the package.
Are you planning to apply this year (looking at your CFA and GMAT timelines, not clear on this).
Only questionable things is how are you planning to transition from current role/experience to a VC role. If you can present that convincingly, you have decent shot.

Best
Varun
MBAkarma.com

Hello Raven78

All aspects check the boxes.
As an early stage applicant, one thing you should focus on is showcasing conscious thought behind each career decision (for instance, if you wanted to gain relevant pre-MBA experience, why do you want to apply 10 months into a new challenge and not a few years later having gained more experience).

Best
Varun
MBAkarma.com

Hi mandeep2295,

Thank you for sharing your profile. To begin with the stats, your undergrad GPA is good, and if you can achieve 720 in the GMAT, your prospects will be enhanced. CFA certifications will help improve your profile significantly. On the work front, your work experience demonstrates leadership and impact. You have some well-known names in your cv, which is definitely a benefit, and it should suggest that you have worked on large projects that should be presented. You will need to present instances when you were in a leadership role; this will bring leadership attributes to your profile. Your ECs are amazing and one-of-a-kind. Adopting a village, in particular, will spark an intriguing conversation between you and the adcoms. You ECs should add diversity to your profile since ISB values diversity in individual profiles. Overall you have a good profile. Make sure you link the dots between your prior work experience and post-mba goals and how ISB will help you achieve your goals. If you’d like, we are happy to hop on a call with you to discuss your profile in length and further chances to ISB. Feel free to book a free session with us as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Neha Hadke
Profile Analyst & Community Manager, MBA and Beyond
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Email: neha@mbaandbeyond.com

Hello All,

Can someone please evaluate my profile as well :-

GMAT Score : 760
Btech from KIIT University
Btech in Computer Science with CGPA : 8.42
12th : 68% (Odisha CHSE board)
10th : 77% (ICSE)

Work Ex : 3 years in Novartis Healthcare Private Limited

Hey nanoname!

To begin with, I would like to mention that you have a pretty well groomed profile here. Academically, you have consistently achieved excellent marks throughout your school life. That said, a strong CGPA score of 9.2 during your undergraduate studies showcases your academic prowess that will work in your favour while applying for this program.

Coming to your professional experience, you have 4 years of work experience which sets you comfortable to target the ISB MBA program. Moreover, even during your work experience, you have been proactive in extracurricular activities. Your individual achievements such as winning multiple hackathons and developing a digital product demonstrate entrepreneurial characteristics of your personality. This could work in your favour as top business schools are actively looking for individuals with a diverse range of abilities. Here, you have an ample amount of work experience and have associated yourself with reputable brands, primarily in the tech industry, that said you should be cognizant of the fact that you will be competing with applicants with similar backgrounds, hailing from other big brands. Thus it becomes imperative that you boil down your story focusing on major projects worked on, how you went above and beyond, any initiatives you took, and impacts created to showcase an equally competitive profile and even stand out from the crowd.

As for your extracurricular activities, you have quite a few quantifiable impacts on your profile. In addition to this, to showcase a holistic developed profile, you can take on volunteering work by joining an NGO for social causes, which can be impressive value additions highlighting the socially empathetic aspect of your personality. Additionally, you can also take on certification courses to demonstrate that you are consistently upskilling yourself and further groom your profile.

As for the GMAT score, 720 is ideally what you should be targeting, while keeping in mind - the higher the better!

Based on the information that you have provided, as for the school that you are targeting, ISB definitely falls under the dream category with a 40 - 50% chance of getting admitted to this school.

All things considered, in order to increase your chances of getting admitted to this school, you would need to ensure that you have a very strong application that highlights your strengths and overshadows your weaknesses. You need to showcase your journey, what makes you different from your peers, and how you are a great value addition to the school.

Therefore, in lieu of that, I would recommend you to check out our flagship ALL-IN-ONE service, which has helped 5000+ applicants get into their dream schools. You would also be entitled to end-to-end consulting combined with unlimited edits on your application documents. Not only this, you’d be consulted by a B-school alumnus who’d be helping you directly with your application process, right from finalising the right schools and submitting an impactful application to the school to preparing you for the interview and bagging scholarships!

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Hope this helped!

Hey,

GMAT score is great. Experience sweet spot for ISB. It will mostly depend on the essays now. Except for 12th marks, nothing in your profile seems like an impediment.

Wish you luck.

bests,

Arpit

Hi,
Please review my profile.

24/Female Indian.

10th Marks: 88% (ICSE)
12th Marks: 83.5% (HSC) - NM college of commerce and economics

Undergraduate - Bachelors of Accounting and Finance from NM college of Commerce and Economics ( 4.7 GPA/5 )
CFA Level 1 cleared
Work Experience - 42 months
Work Experience -
a) 9 Months in International Taxation (Ernst & Young)
b) 3 months as a Wealth Manager in a mid-size firm
c) 6 months in Investor Relationship (Ernst & Young)
d) 24 months as a Product Marketing Associate (2 Promotions at Media.Net)

Ex-curricular -
a) Head of a Management college festival in undergrad college.
b) Head of Rotaract Club of College
c) Committee Member of college festival and Rotaract Club
d) 2 years of experience in an NGO

Awards:
Won a Spotlight Award for exceptional client service at Ernst & Young

Current Score: 660.
Giving an attempt again, expecting an increase of 10-20 points


Was detected with health issues which led to a break in the initial years of my professional journey.
Is there a realistic chance to get into ISB? What can I do to improve? Any other analysis or suggestions?

Hi experts,

Please review my profile for ISB PGP intake of 2022, Class of 2023. I'll be applying in Round 1.

Age - 25 years as of August 2021, Male, Indian

Academic details -
GMAT Score - 730 ( Q49 V41 IR 6 AWA 5 )
Undergrad Degree - CGPA - 8.35/10, First Division, Bachelor in Engineering, Computer Science from BITS Pilani, India, 2019
Class 12 - 93% (CBSE) 2014
Class 10 - 94.28% (ICSE) 2012

Professional Experience -

1. 26 months as of August 2021 as a software engineer in a FAANG company in India since graduation.
2. Have received a promotion and have been the top performer in my team for both years.
3. Part of the core feature crew that developed a new product which was released with massive success worldwide, currently having more than 2 Million monthly active users.
4. All 4 of my projects in company hackathons in these 2 years have been selected for release into the market. Targeted major customer pain points in these projects.
5. Mentored a new hire higher in designation than me in a project. Also mentored many new joinees.
5. Actively led the task of improving the current experience of the product of my team, which led to a significant increase in the usage and surpassed the organizational commitments
6. Had also interned at a startup while in college, where I singlehandedly developed many new features.

Extra-Curricular Activities

1. Have participated in the dramatics club in my college, and performed in various acts and shows
2. Was a member of the fest security team and the fest arts department in college
3. Participated and was a runner-up in a technical competition in college's tech fest. One of the few teams from my college that was able to get our prototype for the event working successfully.
4. Hobbies include playing badminton, basketball, and sketching.

Volunteering activities

1. Participated in my company's CSR activities, which involved teaching underprivileged children.
2. Conducted and led informal get-together sessions in my team during WFH to increase involvement and inclusion during the covid-19 pandemic.

Short Term and Long term goals

- Short term - I want to move into product management where I am a part of the decision-making process.
- Long term - Ascend to a senior level managerial role where I oversee and manage a portfolio of products designed to be easy to use and be highly efficient at the same time.

Please evaluate my profile and let me know if I need to work on/improve anything.
Also, any tips/advice while filling the application/writing essays would be highly appreciated !

Thanks
jodieFoster2358

Hey Atul789!

Beginning your evaluation with academics, your undergraduate score of 70% is a bit on the average front. However, for the MBA program at ISB, more emphasis is laid on the kind of work experience and the GMAT score. Having said that, you can easily overshadow your undergrad GPA by demonstrating your prowess during your professional job experience and with a strong GMAT score of 720+.

As far as your work experience goes, you have a decent amount of experience of almost four years that sets you comfortable to target the MBA program. Moreover, you are associated with a good brand name since you worked for IBM, one of the globally recognised brands. However, you should be mindful that you will be competing with applicants with similar backgrounds, hailing from other bigger brands. Therefore, in order to stand out from the crowd, it becomes imperative that you emphasise your professional experience and focus on major projects completed. Moreover, to further groom your profile, you should mention how you went above and beyond your role and any impacts created during these experiences.

Moving forward, participation in extracurriculars play an important role in strengthening your application. Here you have mentioned several endeavours on the extracurricular front. However, those achievements date back to your high school and undergraduate years. Given that it has been more than four years since you graduated, I recommend that you talk about your recent accomplishments. On this note, the IBM Manager’s Choice Award for two consecutive years demonstrates your commitment to your job. Furthermore, you have also completed several certification courses which highlights your constant thirst for learning and growing. In addition to this, you can take on volunteer work by joining an NGO or take part in any CSR initiatives carried out by your organisation. It would be beneficial to list all of your recent accomplishments to showcase varied skills under your belt and demonstrate a well-groomed profile.

Coming towards the school that you are targeting, based on the information that you have provided, ISB will fall under the dream category with a 40 to 50% chance of getting admitted to this school.

All things considered, in order to increase your chances of getting admitted to this school, you would need to ensure that you have a very strong application that highlights your strengths and overshadows your weaknesses. You need to showcase your journey, what makes you different from your peers, and how you are a great value addition to the school.

Therefore, in lieu of that, I would recommend you to check out our flagship ALL-IN-ONE service, which has helped 5000+ applicants get into their dream schools. You would also be entitled to end-to-end consulting combined with unlimited edits on your application documents. Not only this, you’d be consulted by a B-school alumnus who’d be helping you directly with your application process, right from finalising the right schools and submitting an impactful application to the school to preparing you for the interview and bagging scholarships!

Link to our All-In-One Solution-

https://www.mim-essay.com/mim-all-in-one


Hope this helped!

Hello lubnaali

Apart from GMAT and organization name, many details that are required for a complete evaluation are missing.
ISB will evaluate your candidature on

1) Academic potential- this checks the box with decent graduation scores and a strong GMAT score. Will help you considering the comp science background.
2) Work experience- No mention of nature of work or achievements makes it difficult to give any feedback here.
3) Diversity- Based on your graduation, I assume you are working in a role related to Computers/IT. This would require you to bring out qualities that can help you stand out within this large and competitive pool of applicants. Extracurricular activities can be of some help here, but again no mention of the same.
4) Clarity on Career Goals- most important piece of the admissions puzzle, ISB will assess fit based on how clear and realistic your goals are. Profile evaluation is incomplete without this info.

You may want to read here on what factors work in a profile and here to add to your research on career goals.

Best
Varun Sharma
MBAkarma.com
info@mbakarma.com

Hello sbhutta

The break in the work experience should not hamper your chances as it was some time back (you can always show how you bounced back) and if there is a genuine reason or strong story behind it. Not sure how the math tallies up though, you have already worked for close to 4 years at 24, and you say there is a gap in the initial 'years'. I hope you are counting work ex after graduation, as that is what ISB will count.
Moving on to other areas- work ex has recently started showing some consistency, make sure you show conscious decision making behind each key career move. Work ex is unique and can help you stand out if presented well.
Acads is not a strong area with the current GMAT, a minimum 680 is recommended, though looking at your past scores, I feel a 700+ will show consistency and will do wonders for your profile.
Most of the extracurriculars seem dated (school/university activities do not add much weight unless it is something stellar), however, the award or the NGO experience could help if you have good stories that show impact.
Another thing you must work on to improve your profile is to develop a post MBA career goals narrative that is both clear and realistic. Due to missing info, no comments here.

Best
Varun
MBAkarma.com