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19 Jun 2025, 21:02
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Hi everyone,
I’d truly appreciate a reality check and any feedback you can share on my MBA profile. I'm trying to gauge how competitive I am for my target schools and whether I’m articulating my goals clearly. Here’s a detailed overview:
Demographics
Senior Software Engineer
Amagi Media Labs (Indian media-tech unicorn)
Timeline
- I am planning to apply next year, after I have cleared my CFA L2 and received another promotion to SDE-3. This is when I'll have 4 years of work exp.
Any thoughts on how I can strengthen my pitch or set realistic expectations for these schools would mean a lot.
Thanks in advance!
I’d truly appreciate a reality check and any feedback you can share on my MBA profile. I'm trying to gauge how competitive I am for my target schools and whether I’m articulating my goals clearly. Here’s a detailed overview:
Demographics
- Nationality: Indian
- Gender: Male
- Age: 24
- Undergrad: B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, NIT Karnataka (Top 15 in India)
- GPA: 7.34/10 (roughly top 50% of class; not stellar but from a rigorous school)
- ACM Club (Treasurer): Managed club finance, budgets, and projects. Developed several fintech-related tools, which sparked my interest in the domain.
- Entrepreneurship Cell (Core Team): Organized college-wide startup events, hosted guest speakers, and contributed to building the college's external brand.
Senior Software Engineer
Amagi Media Labs (Indian media-tech unicorn)
- Experience: ~3 years by Fall 2025; will be SDE-3 by May 2026.
- Received multiple awards for my work.
- Work in a 4-person core backend team critical to Amagi’s ad-tech platform.
- Mentored 2 junior engineers (informally, not direct reports).
- Been on a single, high-impact product since joining; contributions are meaningful and measurable.
- Expect strong Letters of Recommendation from leadership.
- Built and maintained a personal fintech side project (~1200 users live).
- Cleared CFA Level 1; currently registered for CFA Level 2 (Nov 2025) to deepen my finance foundation.
- Long-term interest in asset management and fintech product strategy.
- GMAT Classic: 700 (Q46, V41)
- Not planning to retake — this reflects my best performance across mocks.
- Short-Term: Join a fintech company (Plaid, Stripe, Chime, etc.) in a Product Management or Strategy role.
- Long-Term: Transition into leadership in global fintech, with flexibility to return to India later.
- The goal is to sit at the intersection of finance and technology, leveraging my software background while pivoting toward financial strategy.
- Primary: CMU Tepper, Ross, Darden, Fuqua
- Secondary: Cornell Johnson, Yale SOM
- Others I’m Considering: Foster, Goizueta
- GPA is a red flag — though the rigour of NITK may offset it somewhat, I was hoping my CFA credentials will balance it out, since the CFA is a very demanding course.
- Lack of formal leadership experience (no direct reports yet, though I’ve mentored and driven key backend decisions).
- Is my fintech positioning and CFA progression enough to justify a pivot from SWE to product/strategy in fintech?
Timeline
- I am planning to apply next year, after I have cleared my CFA L2 and received another promotion to SDE-3. This is when I'll have 4 years of work exp.
Any thoughts on how I can strengthen my pitch or set realistic expectations for these schools would mean a lot.
Thanks in advance!
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19 Jun 2025, 21:45
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Hi, I have shared a quick summary of my thoughts on your request in your DM. Happy to help!
06 Sep 2025, 01:40
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-As of now this profile may face challenges for admits to US T20 MBAs. A 700 GMAT with Q46, a 7.34 GPA, limited formal leadership, and an unproven SWE to product pivot place you below the bar at Ross, Darden, Fuqua, and Tepper; Yale is out of range. Would highly recommend you increase this to at least 665 FE (720+ classic edition). You may also consider switching to the GRE.
-If you will not retake the GMAT, upgrade academics with HBS CORe or MBA Math plus one graded university course in finance or statistics with an A, and pass CFA Level II before submission to offset the GPA and quant signal.
-Earn SDE-3 and formal scope. If possible, lead a cross-functional launch, own a KPI, and report hard outcomes such as revenue, users, latency, and cost savings with stakeholder quotes. These will add to your profile.
-With these upgrades, Tepper, Ross, Darden, and Fuqua become more realistic though still not sure shots, Johnson and Goizueta are safer, and Yale remains a reach. Apply after SDE-3 and a CFA Level II pass for the best shot.
-If you will not retake the GMAT, upgrade academics with HBS CORe or MBA Math plus one graded university course in finance or statistics with an A, and pass CFA Level II before submission to offset the GPA and quant signal.
-Earn SDE-3 and formal scope. If possible, lead a cross-functional launch, own a KPI, and report hard outcomes such as revenue, users, latency, and cost savings with stakeholder quotes. These will add to your profile.
-With these upgrades, Tepper, Ross, Darden, and Fuqua become more realistic though still not sure shots, Johnson and Goizueta are safer, and Yale remains a reach. Apply after SDE-3 and a CFA Level II pass for the best shot.
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