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Hi. Please review my profile.

Age : 27
Gender : Female

Scores :
Class X - 90%
Class XII - 96.25%
Bcom (H) - 82%
GMAT - 710

Qualifications :
Bcom (H) from SRCC
Chartered Accountant
CFA Level 3 candidate

Work Experience : Total 3.5 years post Chartered Accountancy (6.5 years if articleship period is counted as a work-ex)
1 year : Grant Thornton (Audit)
1 year : EY (M&A Tax)
1.5 years : Investment Banking (Infra Sector) (Designation - Analyst)

Co-Curricular : Diverse, mostly surrounding public speaking. But no expertise per se.
Won ‘High Commendation Award’ in Shri Ram Model United Nations – A platform for discussing and debating on Global Issues
Won 3rd Prize in Turn Coat Competition (a competition of debating on different views) at LEXICON (The Literary and language extravaganza)
Got an opportunity to be the ‘Master of Ceremonies’ of multiple events at Grant Thornton
Represented SRCC in "Clash of the Titans - Inter College Alumni Debate Competition" organised by Old School's Association of Hindu College

Would really appreciate if someone can evaluate my profile. This would give me good head-start for my applications

Thanks.

Hi Mehakpreet,

You have got a good profile. Kellogg is a great school and at the same time a tough catch. Let me evaluate your profile with respect to the four major qualities Kellogg looks for:

1. Collaborative leadership
2. Diversity: Not just limited to work experience but also the diversity of thought and perspective
3. Problem Solvers/Initiators
4. Globally aware citizens

I can see 3 & 4 in your profile. You are a debater and it does require you to exhibit a problem-solving attitude and an aware citizen (globally and regionally). Also, working in Big 4 companies makes you acquainted with global companies and thus helps broaden your perspective and gives a global outlook to your life aspirations as well. So, I believe you can definitely bring 2,3 & 4 in your personality. I do not have many details of your work experience with respect to your impact and leadership positions but try to exhibit all the four qualities through your work and personality. The most important is to bring the diversity of perspective which comes through your background and experiences and truly makes your profile unique. Also, I need to understand your post-MBA goals to determine your fit for Kellogg.

If you'd like, we are happy to hop on a call with you to discuss your profile at length and help shortlist the best schools that fit your goals and aspirations. Feel free to book our calendar as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Kashish Garg,
Community Manager, MBA and Beyond

On behalf of,
Shantanu Sharma, Linkedin
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Testimonials
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Would request a brief evaluation of my profile.
Male - 27 years, Chartered Accountant
Education:
Xth - 95.4%
XIIth - 96.4%
B.Com (Hons) - 86.7% - CGPA – 4 (Shri Ram College of Commerce – No.1 Undergraduate Business College in India)
Chartered Accountant - All India Rank - 23 at Final level and Rank - 14 at Intermediate Level

CA Articleship experience (mandatory training period of 3 years for Indian Chartered Accountants):
PwC (one of the Big4) – Risk & Assurance Division
3 years with PwC in Assurance Division and having exposure to clients from multiple industries. Led a team of 4 members on an assignment in last 3 months of Articleship and also handled a client engagement independently. .
In terms of international exposure, worked with UK team on an assignment for 2 months for a client based in India.

Post Qualification experience: 3.5 years – Bharti Airtel (one of the biggest telecom companies in the world)
Got placed with Airtel as a part of its Young Leader’s Program (Rotational Leadership Program for MBA graduates from top B schools (IIM’s) in India) and was the only Chartered Accountant in the batch.
Year 1: Completed projects and multiple functional stints involving Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance etc. as part of the Leadership program and also did an international stint in Zambia (Africa) for 2 months. Had few monetary savings contribution during the year.
Year 2 : Became SME(Subject Matter expert) - Internal Controls and Governance for the organization in Corporate Financial Reporting Function. Major responsibilities included Risk Identification, Control Environment Maintenance and mitigation of gaps for Company’s Finance Processes. Also Worked as a part of team involved in a Merger integration project and contributed to a monetary savings of INR 70 Mn on the project.
Year 3 : Became Commercial Manager at the Organization’s regional office in Mumbai and is currently placed in this role. The role includes financial modelling and business analysis along with extensive stakeholder management. This role also involves commercial feasibility analysis of Capex Proposals and multiple offerings to Business Customers. Overseeing a market which contributes approx. INR 40000 Mn to the company’s revenue.

Extra-Curricular activities:
1. Co-Founded a society during graduation and successfully organized events with an average footfall of 200+
2. Sports Captain for the school during secondary school education and member of Football, Chess & Athletics Team
Social Work:
1. Served as a Teacher in the Company’s Foundation Schools for underprivileged children.
2. Regular Contributor to the UNICEF Fund
3. Participated in CSR events organized by PwC

GMAT Online - 710 (Q48 V38 IR6)

Post MBA goal:
Short Term: TMT Strategy/Consulting
Long term: Career in Sports Management/Entertainment/

Target admission - July 2021

Would request someone to please provide a brief evaluation of my profile:

Female, Indian, 27 years
Education:
Xth - 87%
XIIth - 96%
B.Com - 65%
CFA Level 3 candidate (completed 2 levels with more than 90 percentile)
Chartered Accountant – completed all levels in first attempt
Total work experience – 4 years post qualification, 7 years including articleship
o 1 year with Diageo India in Finance Controllership role
o Youngest resource responsible for driving efficiencies across the biggest cost category ~ $ 0.6 Bn
o Optimized raw materials and packing materials procurement processes resulting in modest financial savings

• 3 years with KPMG India in Risk consulting domain
o Conducted majority of the projects as a team leader and worked for many Fortune 500 clients. Delivered significant financial savings as a result of the process-based reviews conducted.
o Received an exceptional promotion.
• 1 year with Credit Suisse as an Intern in Product Control division (CA Articleship)
• 2 years with Haribhakti & Co. (Top 10 Indian CA firm) as an Intern in risk consulting (CA Articleship)

Extra-Curricular activities:
Volunteered for 2.5 years as a teacher and career mentor at Make A Difference organization
Created internship opportunity for five less fortunate students at a leading e-commerce company
Recruited academic support volunteers at Make A Difference (a non-profit)


GMAT Online - 720 (Q50 V38 IR7)

Post MBA goal:
Short Term: Strategy/Consulting
Long term: Financial Strategy Consulting
Target schools – Ross, Stern, Kellogg, CBS, Darden, Booth, Yale, Duke, Cornell

Hi Nitikamehta1993,

Your profile is competitive. All the schools that you've mentioned are great for your post-MBA goals. You can consider INSEAD, LBS and HEC as well.

Your academic potential is clearly demonstrated by your endeavours. As for Kellogg, it looks for the following qualities in the applicants:

1. Collaborative leadership
2. Diversity: Not just limited to work experience but also the diversity of thought and perspective
3. Problem Solvers/Initiators
4. Globally aware citizens

I can see 1&3 in your profile. I believe, with right examples, you can showcase the global outlook you must have gained working in some big brands. Overall, I see many great things in your profile, for example, mentorship at the non-profit organization, your leadership role where you led your team in many different projects. But, a factor that can bring uniqueness in your profile, especially when you belong to a competitive pool, is Diversity. How your experiences and perspectives are different and how can you contribute to a school's community. So, make sure you bring out suitable examples to demonstrate your different, unique personality and thought-process.

I would like to know more about your post-MBA goals because right now, they are painting a vague picture to me. For shortlisting the right schools, make sure to understand each school well and consider those schools which not only are a fit for your goals but also for your values and beliefs because ten years down the road, you will understand the importance of the latter in shaping you. If you'd like, we are happy to hop on a call with you to discuss your profile at length and help you shortlist schools. Feel free to book a free session with us as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Kashish Garg,
Community Manager, MBA and Beyond

On behalf of,
Shantanu Sharma, Linkedin
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Testimonials
Email: shantanu@mbaandbeyond.com
What s app: +65-97158525


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Hello everyone,

A brief background about me, I am a Chartered Accountant from India working with Walmart India Private Limited as a Manager, Business Finance (Category Finance) responsible for entire P&L set of General Merchandise, Electronics, IT and Office Supplied portfolio (25% share of India business). Here, I’ve led multiple projects across the board, cultivating leadership and stakeholder management and skills, industry understanding, and 360-degree view of solutions. Working with category-merchants regularly, I've built an understanding of product assortment, new product decisions, pricing structure of varied industries, inventory management, vendor selection and negotiation strategies.

Building on the Category management experience that I've had working alongside Merchants, I want to propel my career full-fledged towards Category / Product Management / Growth strategy.

Post MBA, I want to work in mentioned roles at Walmart E-commerce leveraging my Walmart knowledge and cultural immersion to develop new products/brands, manage, and scale existing portfolio. This will help me grasp tech firms’ outlook towards expanding categories; how they innovate, ideate development opportunities, and bring them to market. I’ll also master product supply chain and end-to-end lifecycle. Leveraging this, in the long term, as India or Southeast Asia Head/Director of Growth in this firm, I’ll enable my firm to innovate and establish win-win partnerships with local businesses, the lifeblood of Indian economy.

Undergrad study and GPA – Bachelor of Commerce, Delhi University, GPA 4.0/4.0
GMAT – 710, Q48, V38, AWA-6, IR-8
English Test – Waiver, as my schooling and undergrad education was 100% taught in English.

Work Experience:
· 4 years at Walmart India Private Limited
· Prior to Walmart, I worked full-time for 3 years at Sahni Natarajan and Bahl Chartered Accountants, Delhi as an Articled Assistant to complete the mandatory three-year CA training. Here I was responsible for performing risk based assessment of indispensable business processes. These assignments were piloted towards adding value to client’s business by identifying operational process and control related gaps and giving recommendations to remediate the same. I led multiple teams of 4-6 members on 12 assignments across varied industries ranging from telecom (Aircel) to manufacturing (Maruti Suzuki, Pepsico India).

Extracurriculars:

Work aside, I am an avid sports lover-cricket, football, tennis I play them all- I am state level cricket player and was high school sports and cricket team captain, leading my team to victories in several inter-school and district matches. Though I do not pursue sports professionally, I have carried forward this passion into Walmart, Organizing two ‘Formula Fun’ sports meet (Nov’17, Nov’18) - 5 events, 145-150 associates; coordinated with sports facility in Gurugram, arranged neutral referees and refreshments during matches. I also formed a group of cricket lovers and organized matches with other corporate teams in Gurugram.

I am an active volunteer at Zomato Feeding India responsible for identifying 'hunger spots' -underserved areas in the city needing sustained help- reaching out to and securing regular food, clothes and other essential supply from nearby localities, restaurants, voluntary donors etc. and distributing to the needy.

Can you help evaluate the profile and help me understand my chances for getting an admit in Kellogg.

Apart from Kellogg, I am looking at MIT, UCLA, Yale, Tuck, Ross, Darden and Duke.

Thanks,
Swastik

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Hi,

Name - Bharat Sethia
Nationality and Age - Indian and 20

Class X - 10/10 CGPA

Class XII - Commerce with Mathematics - 95.6% (Aggregate of 5) and 84.17% (Aggregate of 6). I fell sick for one of the additional exams and therefore, I couldn't appear for the same. I intend to explain it in my application as well.

Undergraduate Education - Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University (3rd year student) - GPA 8.14/10 (aggregate of 4 semesters)

GMAT - 750 (Q50 V41 IR6 AWA5)

Work Experience - 1 Finance Internship with PwC India for 2 months, wherein I worked on automation of Finance function and on various projects to understand revenue models and collection cycles.

Extracurriculars and leadership - Head of Content Development for the Model UN society and Event Head for the Economics Society. Member of Poetry society and Intra-college sports tournament winner. Heavily involved in debating.

Community Experience - Volunteer Experience with CRY for 8 months, Research Intern with Privileged for Underprivileged, Volunteer Experience with Aastha Prayas

Post MBA goals - Work in the field of finance (investment bank preferably). I also intend to get a professional qualification (CFA).


Other information - I intend to apply to only the deferred MBA programs of the elite colleges, including Kellogg Future Leaders program.

Hey there,

Beginning your evaluation with your academic background, your grades in your most recent degree, your masters, is pretty competitive and should allow you to target most B-schools worldwide. In addition to this, the fact that you have studied from all the top colleges in India, gives a major boost to your profile as schools tend to pick out applicants from the top schools of each country. You can complement this further by talking about projects, assignments undertaken, and also the experiences gained.

In addition to this, another significant aspect that schools focus on is extracurricular activities as they are looking for a holistically developed profile. Hence, it is essential to shed some light on the endeavours taken up at any clubs, associations, sports, fest, or events you managed or participated in during your undergraduate. Volunteering initiatives, certifications, or internships undertaken during the course of your study would also count towards your extracurricular initiatives.

Moving to your professional front, you hold 3.5 years of work experience in Investment Banking which is pretty impressive, but it does fall short since an MBA programme requires an experience of 4 to 5 years. Also, since most of your competitors will be from the Big 4 firms, you need to stand at par with the competitors by leveraging the learnings from your previous roles. Make sure you explain and highlight the major projects of your work and how these experiences helped develop and further groom your skills and knowledge. Highlight why you chose these particular organisations and job profiles, how you have gone beyond the role, any initiatives you took, and any kind of impacts created.

Coming to your GRE, 330 is pretty competitive and opens the door to all the top business schools in the world.
Talking about your school choices, Kellogg, Haas, Ross, Anderson, Tepper all come under the competitive category where your chances of acceptance will be around 70%. While you have chosen a good set of competitive schools, you can also look for few dream schools.
Here are some schools in the dream category that you can be looking at:
US: NYU, Duke, Michigan, Columbia
SINGAPORE: INSEAD
EUROPE: LBS, HEC Paris
AUSTRALIA: UNSW Sydney, University of Melbourne

Lastly, while you have a good profile, you need to be aware that you will be facing competition from equally good or even better profiles, which is why, you need to complement your profile with a strong application that includes essays, letter of recommendation, statement of purpose, and resume that highlights all your strong suits, gives reasoning for the weaknesses and displays how you’d be a good addition to the cohort. As a matter of fact, your application can boost your chances of acceptance by 3x!

All things considered, If you want to know more about how you can showcase a strong profile with lesser work experience and meet the deadlines right on time, I would suggest you to BOOK A FREE CONSULTING SESSION with one of our consultants who can help you chalk out a winning strategy to bagging an admit from all your target schools. The link is added below:

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Nationality- Indian Male
Age- 26
GMAT- 720 (V37 Q50 IR 3)
Undergraduate Information-
B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering
GPA:7.3/10 From one of the top 7 IITs (Graduated on May 2016)

Work Experience:
Currently working as an Associate in a Global Financial Services firm (started as an analyst in 2016)
- acting as a tech lead for a group of 3-4 employees overseeing 3 different products
- working on an automation platform that reduced 300 x 8 man-hours per day
- architected a few services & products for better automation across the firm

Extracurriculars:
- Founded an open-source organization that develops the intelligent administrative tools leveraging vast experiences of system/product administrators
- active participation in multiple community works

Target schools for 2021 intake: Haas, Sloan, Yale, Booth, kellogg

Post MBA goals: Short term - work as a project manager (or a technical lead) to gain some experience & Long term - build an organization that build products that increase work efficiency by utilizing developers' experiences (Concentration: Technology, Entrepreneurship)

Confused between option 1:- re-attempt GMAT to improve my score and apply for R3 and
option 2:- apply in R2

Please evaluate my profile and suggest whether I should retake GMAT. Also, feel free to suggest target schools based on my profile.

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Hello, I would love a reply to candidacy for the Kellogg Evening/Weekend MBA.

Undergrad GPA: 3.93 (English)
Grad GPA: 3.5 (Commerce)
GMAT: TBD (~720 on practice tests: 46 Q/44 V), working to improve the score
Work Experience: Amazon, 2.5 years, Business Manager, Media;
Capital One, 3 years, Sr. Product/Process Manager, Marketing and Acquisition Technology;
Current: Mid-Sized Non-Profit/Financial Services Company, 2.5 years, Director, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Automation and Client Experience Innovation
Personal Background: First generation college student, LGBTQ+ candidate
Target Career: Consulting for Customer Experience Innovation and Customer Strategy
Recommendations: Current manager (Chief Marketing Officer) and former Chief Information and Innovation Office who has now moved to Facebook

Hi DaenerysTargaryen,

First and foremost, you have already completed both your undergraduate and graduate degrees with equally good Grades which showcases your academic prowess. Moreover, your mock GMAT score is also very promising and is exactly what you should be targeting as it will open the gates for most top-notch B-schools for you.

Coming on to your work experience, you have worked at big companies like Amazon and also mid-sized firms which showcases your diverse experience and also a holistic growth when it comes to your professional experiences. Most importantly, you have an extensive amount of work experience of about 7-8 years which you can use to differentiate yourself by highlighting the kind of projects you spearheaded, the responsibilities you undertook, the impacts created and the skills you gained from the same. These aspects of your work experience is vital to showcase when it comes to an MBA program.

In addition to this, you can also throw in a few extracurriculars like NGOs, volunteering works, certifications or any CSR activities you were involved in your company to showcase your constant thirst for knowledge and upskilling yourself.

Coming on to your recommendations, you should keep one thing in mind that your recommender should always be someone who has closely witnessed your endeavours in action. This is important to abide by because a recommendation is basically all about posing the right examples to legitimize the claim for strengths proposed.

Speaking of your chances of getting accepted into Kellogg, it comes under the dream category wherein your chances of acceptance would be around 50-60%. However, you can boost your chances of acceptance by presenting a very strong application that will help you differentiate from the application pool. Your application would highlight your profile USP’s and overshadow any particular weaknesses in your profile. Moreover, you need to ensure that your LORs and Resume, equally depict the strengths of your profile.

That said, in addition to this, you should always hedge your bets wisely by targeting a good mix of dream, competitive, and safe schools. If you wish to gain in-depth insights into the schools you should be targeting according to your profile, you can take up our Free Profile Evaluation service, the link of which is given below:

https://www.mim-essay.com/profile-evaluation

Hope this helped!

Hi JaswanthReddy,

I've evaluated your profile for Yale and will be happy to do the same for Kellogg as well. Your GMAT score of 720 hovers around the median class GMAT score of 727. Talking about your acads, they are very slightly weak. Your essays will play a crucial role now as they will have an extra responsibility to support your Verbal.

Please try to understand that b-schools not only look at quantitative aspects, but for qualitative aspects too. So even when you get back later with a higher score, say 740 or 750, you’ll have to careful draft your application to make sure it stands out. You may go forward and apply in this round. I can give a more appropriate answer once I know more about you and your full story.

Your professional experience looks fine. You’ll have to make sure to showcase it such a way that it looks progressive. You must bring out instances highlighting that you’ve performed better than your peers in the past. Or you can showcase any scenario where you handled a leadership role in a very able and dexterous way.

Talking about your open-source organization, I insist more information with respect to the size, scale and diversity of the members in it. I see you’ve not mentioned your hobbies and interests as well.

Hobbies and interests bring out qualitative values in the applicants which adcoms are on lookout for. It can be as simple as cooking or complex as any obscure art.

As you are eyeing different colleges, make sure to tailor your application and essays for each school separately. Different b-schools acknowledge different qualitative values and specifically bringing them out in your profile works wonders. For instance, Kellogg looks for scholastic ability, personal character, motivation, leadership ability, interpersonal skills, career performance and management potential.

Don’t hesitate to book an appointment for a free consultation. We can talk about your application strategy and understanding of your target schools.

Regards,
Shantanu Sharma
Shantanu Sharma, Linkedin
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Testimonials
Email: shantanu@mbaandbeyond.com
What s app: +65-97158525




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Nationality- Indian Female
Age- 23
GMAT- 700 (V35 Q49 IR7)
Undergraduate Information-
B.A. (Hons.) Business Economics from a top college of University of Delhi (Central University in India)
GPA:8.4/10 (Graduated in May 2019)

Work Experience:
Currently working as an Analyst in KPMG for 2 years now
- Single handedly completed a risk review for a big client's marketing function alongside leading a team of 3.
- Won 2 awards in two years for excellence at work
- Due for promotion in March

Extracurriculars:
- Department representative in college's students union
- Student Ambassador for inter-college competition
- Core team member of undergrad placecom
- active participation in multiple community works

Target schools for 2022 intake: Anderson, Sloan, Yale, NYU Stern, Kellogg, INSEAD

Post MBA goals: Short term - work as a consultant (or Finance profile) to gain some experience & Long term - build a consulting firm so as to make consulting reasonable for small businesses as well

Confused between option 1:- re-attempt GMAT to improve my score and apply for R1 applications and
option 2:- Wait out further and improve my profile

Please evaluate my profile and suggest whether I should retake GMAT. Also, feel free to suggest target schools based on my profile.

Thanks in advance!

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Hello NiharikaAgrawall,
You should definitely retake GMAT if you can. With the schools you are targeting, it will help you immensely to have a higher GMAT score.
You have some strong elements in your profile going for you (female candidate from a non-traditional background, a brand name you are working for).
Though I am missing specific details of your work-ex, it will further help you to be able to show career progression both in terms of responsibilities and promotions. “Active participation in multiple community works” sounds interesting and details of your work will help in better evaluation of your profile.
If you will have 4 years of work-ex at matriculation with your intended target year, it can be worth your while to apply.
You can also look at Fuqua to apply.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for the evaluation. Applied for this year's R2 and I received an interview invite.

Hi all,

Recently submitted a round 2 app for Kellogg's 1Y program. GMAT is on the lower end (670), but have good work exp (2 years IB, 4 years PE with promo to VP) and education (BBA Accounting 3.4, MS Finance 3.7 from, good, large school in TX). Wondering if anyone has any insight into if Kellogg's 1Y program has different weighting / standards for GMAT score than 2Y program? Not looking to make a wholesale career change, and think I have good work exp, so hoping these things maybe offset my low quant score. Have read mixed things on Kellogg's 1Y program having slightly lower standards (at least for GMAT), but would love any insight here.

Thanks.

Based only on anecdotal evidence, the gmat ranges seem similar. I have been in touch with a few R1 admits as well as current students and they seem to have their gmat scores hover in between the 680-7xx mark.
If I am not wrong, Kellogg’s reported median and range are blended across their programs.
Happy to be corrected if my understanding is off.



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