Current Student
Joined: 09 Jun 2020
Posts: 108
Given Kudos: 202
Location: India
Concentration: Technology, Marketing
GRE 1: Q170 V158
GRE 2: Q166 V155
GPA: 3.83
WE:Information Technology (Transportation)
Profile Evaluation
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03 Jan 2021, 02:57
Hello,
Would love it if you can look at my profile and provide some guidance on the schools that may be categorized as Ambitious, Average, and Below Average in getting an admit for my profile as well as help pursuing my goals.
Nationality: Indian
Age: 25
GRE: 328 (Q170, V158, AWA3)
Have taken GRE specifically for MBA purpose as I was performing better than GMAT. (Planning to retake GRE to improve AWA as it seems too low)
Undergraduation:
• Coming from a low economical background. I could not afford top tier colleges and had to go with the best viable college.
• Completed Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science from one of the Top 100 Universities in India.
• Secured 9.23 GPA of 10 (First Distinction and 2nd Rank of the Class).
• Awarded with University's highest student honor "Chairman's Gold Medal", which is awarded to only one individual from the whole university every graduation year.
• Awarded with "Best Outgoing Student" from School of Computing in my university.
• Received scholarship and award for Academic Excellence during every year of Undergrad.
Work experience and leadership:
• 4+ Years of Experience in one of the reputed and global top tier Automotive OEM.
• Promoted to Senior Research Engineer in a short span of 3 years for outstanding performance with multiple promotions in between.
• Received the Best Employee award.
• Responsible for Development & Research of new features for the Connected Car module.
• Worked closely with international clients from Hyundai, Kia, Genesis, MnSoft, Vodafone and other automotive vendors located across various centers globally. Also, travelled internationally for Business purpose.
• Played a crucial role in vehicle audits and development of many cars from Hyundai, Kia and Genesis which clocked huge sales and currently occupy a wide market share respectively in the segment.
• Interacted with end-customers and dealers to train them of new features, manage defects and receive feedback.
• Self-developed and initiated many projects of various POC's and SW Tools which are currently adopted by our organisation and are further developed with high importance.
Launched and Co-founded 4 Startups:
• 3 Startups failed and 1 was sold.
• First startup was in hospitality and leisure segment. Eventually failed just months after the launch due to very low financial support (merely an initial investment of < $500) and technical support.
• Second was related to Celebrity Management, Film media and marketing. Initially was successful and had rapid growth, but was forced to exit due to blockage of page/communication channel in one of the social media platform.
• Third, it belonged to Event management segment and was extremely successful too. Received accolades from the Embassy of Afghanistan, India and many other organisations. However, financial distress and lack of interest by other co-founders forced us to exit.
• Fourth startup was in Apparel and Clothing segment, mostly focussed on tier-2 and tier-3 cities in India. We sold it to one of our client for a profit as some of other members lacked further interest in its growth.
• Currently brainstorming an idea related to Career and Hiring.
Extracurriculars:
• Worked actively in Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre of my college as a Head for Technical Team as well as Creative and Designing Team and many other positions. Currently playing the role of mentor.
• Currently mentoring few juniors of my college for technical excellence and career guidance. Also attending the Board of Studies meetings related to School of Computing of my college in an alumni category.
• Attended the Photography course in Osmania University. Some of my clicks are published in National Geographic Traveller Magazine, few other magazines and digital portals too.
• Actively Volunteered for National Service Scheme (Clean and Green Campaigns, Pulse Polio drive, blood donations camps and other special camps in India).
• Hosted most of our intra and inter-university events (Departmental Fests, Cultural Fests, Technical Fests, Project Expos etc.)
Hobbies: Travel, Photography, Coin Collection.
Post MBA goals:
• Short Term: Product Management in a Tech Company.
• Long Term: Launch my startup or restart my failed startups with required alterations.
Languages: English, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Korean (Read-Only)
The STEM designation for the course is a very important factor for me as that would extend my OPT and ease out the financial burden.
Current Target Schools (still researching): Ross, Haas, Anderson, Scheller, Foster, Kenen-Flager, Tepper
Open to suggestions. Looking forward to hear back.