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roykabir772
Joined: 30 Apr 2017
Last visit: 05 Aug 2021
Posts: 126
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 39
Location: India
Schools: Owen '22 (WL) Rotman '22 Merage '22 (A$) Jones '22 (WA$) Schulich "22 (A$) Carlson '22 (A$) Fisher '22 (A$) Foster '22 (D) Simon '22 (WL) Mendoza '22 (WA)
GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V39
GPA: 3.75
Schools: Owen '22 (WL) Rotman '22 Merage '22 (A$) Jones '22 (WA$) Schulich "22 (A$) Carlson '22 (A$) Fisher '22 (A$) Foster '22 (D) Simon '22 (WL) Mendoza '22 (WA)
GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V39
Posts: 126
Kudos:
22
24 Mar 2018, 11:45
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Hey guys,
Apologies if I am posting in the wrong forum.
I am targeting US B-schools and ISB (India) for 2019 intake. Can you guys please evaluate my profile and share your comments? Please be as blatant as possible.
Can you guys suggest a few schools that I should apply to? Stretch, achievable and safe ones.
Profile summary
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Age: 27
Nationality - Indian
Academics:
Class X - 86%
Class XII - 89%
GMAT - 700 (Q47, V39)
Undergrad GPA: 8.1/10, Computer Science and Engineer
Work Experience - Currently, I've 4 years of work experience in IT. I have played the role of an Application Developer, Tester and Functional Consultant. I have worked in Banking (Credit Cards),
Retail (Apparel) and Energy & Resources (Steel) domain and have gathered relevant business knowledge of the same. I have taken up a few strategic roles during this tenure and received awards for
the same.
Extra curricular activities:
1) During college, I was the member of the core group, which successfully managed to pull the sponsors for our college Annual Fest. Although, it sounds pretty odd, our college did not have any
initiatives for fests etc. until we pitched in and showed the management that why an "Off-week" is required.
2) Member of the college and school soccer teams. Won a few tournaments.
3) College Representative of the Training and Placement Office. Interacted with company representatives during recruitments.
4) School representative for inter-school fests.
5) Member of my company's community club.
Career Goals - I had initially joined the company to gain experience to get into a proper MBA/MS(management) program abroad. And now I think it is time to work towards that. I have not fixed on any particular destination as such but i am slightly biased towards US b-schools and ISB. I found management/strategy counsulting specialisation somewhat to my liking after reading about it. I'd definitely like to make a transition from my current role in a service based industry into a full-fledged consulting/strategy role. I haven't decided on the industry, but I see myself involved in a consultant role. I agree that during the course of one's MBA, the focus can shift, but if everything goes as per the plan, this is where I see myself after 5 years. We, as IT professionals, definitely do informal consulting, but our clients always takes it with a pinch of salt. This is one restriction I want to break.
Please let me know in case any additional information is required from my end.
Apologies if I am posting in the wrong forum.
I am targeting US B-schools and ISB (India) for 2019 intake. Can you guys please evaluate my profile and share your comments? Please be as blatant as possible.
Can you guys suggest a few schools that I should apply to? Stretch, achievable and safe ones.
Profile summary
-------------------------------------------------------
Age: 27
Nationality - Indian
Academics:
Class X - 86%
Class XII - 89%
GMAT - 700 (Q47, V39)
Undergrad GPA: 8.1/10, Computer Science and Engineer
Work Experience - Currently, I've 4 years of work experience in IT. I have played the role of an Application Developer, Tester and Functional Consultant. I have worked in Banking (Credit Cards),
Retail (Apparel) and Energy & Resources (Steel) domain and have gathered relevant business knowledge of the same. I have taken up a few strategic roles during this tenure and received awards for
the same.
Extra curricular activities:
1) During college, I was the member of the core group, which successfully managed to pull the sponsors for our college Annual Fest. Although, it sounds pretty odd, our college did not have any
initiatives for fests etc. until we pitched in and showed the management that why an "Off-week" is required.
2) Member of the college and school soccer teams. Won a few tournaments.
3) College Representative of the Training and Placement Office. Interacted with company representatives during recruitments.
4) School representative for inter-school fests.
5) Member of my company's community club.
Career Goals - I had initially joined the company to gain experience to get into a proper MBA/MS(management) program abroad. And now I think it is time to work towards that. I have not fixed on any particular destination as such but i am slightly biased towards US b-schools and ISB. I found management/strategy counsulting specialisation somewhat to my liking after reading about it. I'd definitely like to make a transition from my current role in a service based industry into a full-fledged consulting/strategy role. I haven't decided on the industry, but I see myself involved in a consultant role. I agree that during the course of one's MBA, the focus can shift, but if everything goes as per the plan, this is where I see myself after 5 years. We, as IT professionals, definitely do informal consulting, but our clients always takes it with a pinch of salt. This is one restriction I want to break.
Please let me know in case any additional information is required from my end.
24 Mar 2018, 19:37
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Hi roykabir772,
thank you very much for sharing your profile.
As I'm sure you're aware of, you come from an over-represented background, and the India-IT applicant pool is extremely competitive.
Any school you might apply to will receive lots of candidates with your same profile.
So in order to gain admission, it will come down to finding ways to set you apart from the rest of applicants in your pool.
Your 700 GMAT will not help you do so. If possible, I would recommend you to retake it and target +730.
The best chance you have is by having outstanding resume, LoRs and essays with amazing stories.
I would recommend you as well to give it more thought to your career goals as right now they're sort of vague. This is includes your desired location immediately post-MBA. This will help you to narrow down the list of target schools.
I hope this helps.
Good luck!
Alex
thank you very much for sharing your profile.
As I'm sure you're aware of, you come from an over-represented background, and the India-IT applicant pool is extremely competitive.
Any school you might apply to will receive lots of candidates with your same profile.
So in order to gain admission, it will come down to finding ways to set you apart from the rest of applicants in your pool.
Your 700 GMAT will not help you do so. If possible, I would recommend you to retake it and target +730.
The best chance you have is by having outstanding resume, LoRs and essays with amazing stories.
I would recommend you as well to give it more thought to your career goals as right now they're sort of vague. This is includes your desired location immediately post-MBA. This will help you to narrow down the list of target schools.
I hope this helps.
Good luck!
Alex
roykabir772
Joined: 30 Apr 2017
Last visit: 05 Aug 2021
Posts: 126
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 39
Location: India
Schools: Owen '22 (WL) Rotman '22 Merage '22 (A$) Jones '22 (WA$) Schulich "22 (A$) Carlson '22 (A$) Fisher '22 (A$) Foster '22 (D) Simon '22 (WL) Mendoza '22 (WA)
GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V39
GPA: 3.75
Schools: Owen '22 (WL) Rotman '22 Merage '22 (A$) Jones '22 (WA$) Schulich "22 (A$) Carlson '22 (A$) Fisher '22 (A$) Foster '22 (D) Simon '22 (WL) Mendoza '22 (WA)
GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V39
Posts: 126
Kudos:
22
25 Mar 2018, 05:11
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Hi alexruizlee,
Thanks for your quick response.
I appeared for GMAT twice and scored 700 both times. Once Q47 and V39 and once Q49 and V37. I have plans to appear one more time but right now I was thinking of applying to a few colleges in the early rounds. Post MBA my desired location is US only.
Appreciate your help.
Cheers,
Kabir
Thanks for your quick response.
I appeared for GMAT twice and scored 700 both times. Once Q47 and V39 and once Q49 and V37. I have plans to appear one more time but right now I was thinking of applying to a few colleges in the early rounds. Post MBA my desired location is US only.
Appreciate your help.
Cheers,
Kabir
You're correct indeed. I was just trying to push my quant score to get a 720-730 overall. In the meantime, I lost the verbal touch. Anyway, I haven't been preparing for gmat for the last one month. Earlier, I took veritas and GMAT prep mocks and my scores hovered around 680-710.
