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Hi Reena,
Your profile definitely looks interesting and your education and work experience as a medical professional would appeal to the ISB Adcom who look for diversity in class. What you need to establish in your application is why MBA is the next logical step for your career and how you want to utilize your learning post MBA.

Your post MBA goal of a startup is interesting but you need to substantiate why MBA would be necessary to pursue the idea. Your GMAT score and academics are decent and you need to write your unique story highlighting your leadership skills and achievements.

We would advice you to get started on your essays as quickly as possible for ISB round 1.

You can connect with us at beyondtheGMAT@gmail.com for a detailed profile evaluation and to get insights into other potential B-Schools for your profile.

Best of luck!
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Hi. Kindly evaluate my profile for ISB 2019-2020 executive MBA class intake:

Name- Anugya Srivastava
Gender- Female
GMAT 1 Score (28th October, 2017)- 660 (Q47/V34)
GMAT 2 Score (31st July, 2018)- 660 (Q47/V34)

Unfortunately, both scores are exactly same.

My academics is as follows:
Class 10th- 92%
Class 12th- 95%
College (H.B.T.I., Kanpur)- 86% (Chemical Engineering)

I have work experience of 4years 11 months:
2013-2017- Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Pvt. Ltd, an oil and gas company
2017- 2018, June- Air Products and Chemicals Inc., an industrial gas company
I also have international exposure of 6 months in Frankfurt, Germany and site experience of commissioning a Fatty Alcohol Godrej Plant in Gujarat.

Currently I am not working due to personal reasons but plan on doing some course on data science, if it will help build my application.

Extra curricular activities:

1. Member of IICHE (Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers)
2. Affiliate at society of Women Engineers (SWE)
3. Actively participated in social programmes in the company and well appreciated for the same.
4. Actively participated in many competitions in the company and awarded for the same.
4. Hobbies are painting, travelling and doing Yoga.

Please evaluate my profile and let me know whether it is good enough to apply in Round 1 of this year or should I re-take the exam and apply in Round 2.

Please also let me know if I can apply to other good colleges in India with this score.

Hi

Kindly evaluate my profile.

This is daljeet
Indian male 31yr

Graduate in ayurvedic medicine and surgery.
6 year of work ex both in clinical and management role.

Presently working as senior medical coordinator intensive care unit of a multi super specialty hospital.
Excellent growth as compare to peers.

Gmat prepration in progress.

Extracircular.


State level badminton player during school
Holds sports grade certificate from dept of sports govt of punjab.
Prade commander of school unit during prade organised by local adminstration on the eve of independence day and republic day

Best athlete of college
Member of extracircular committee of college
Organised various events like annual function,alum meet ,sports meet etc as part of commitee

Post college

Organising various blood donation camps with the help of volunteers .

Part of organising commitee which organised a regional language tv channel show.

Attended various free medical camps as volunteer .

Part of volunteer group which helping needy people financially for various purpose,my work mostly related to varify medical cases .

Post mba goal
Entreprenaurism

How mba will help
Worked with two mlm companies which failed .
Learned some lessons and came to know that i lacks basic bussines skills.
Mba will help me to gain that knowledge.

Kindly evaluate my profile and give your valuable suggessions.

Regards

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Hello Anugya1990

Based on the info give, I'd recommend a GMAT retake and push it to 700+.
The fact that you are not currently working might hurt your chances if the break is too long and not used productively towards your career growth.
The nature of your work experience, career progress, achievements is not evident in the information given. So virtually impossible to comment on that.
Past academic scores and Extracurricular look decent, but you will need to build a strong narrative involving Work Ex, Diversity, Academics and Career goals after ISB. You can read here on what will make a strong application.
Also, not sure what your career goals are- your chances are dependent on the fit of your goals with your past skills and ISB. Get started on your research on career goals here.
Some other schools that offer a similar program are IIMA (PGPX), IIMB (EPGP), IIMC (PGPeX) etc. But the above feedback will stand for all of these schools.

Best
Varun Sharma
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GMAT Score Predictor
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Hi,

I am working in GroupM, it is the largest media firm in the world. My work profile is Consumer Insights and content. Have been working here for the past 2.5 years. Have done post graduate course in communication management from Symbiosis, Pune. I am also a Mechanical engineer from Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka. Worked for year after that with Hero Motocorp. In total I have 3.5 years of work ex. Have won a lot of business school case study competitions. Have been the placement cell head as well at Symbiosis. My GMAT score is 620. Should I apply to ISB with this? considering my profile is not of a regular IT guy but from a media background.

Thanks,
Suheil Mohan

Thanks for the feedback.
I would also like to inform you that I had got a call from ISB last year with the same score, but could not make it in the interview. Also I was working then, so you are right in saying that I need to re-take the exam to increase my chances this time. Thanks again!

hello suheilmohan

I'd recommend a retake and target a 680+ to have a decent shot at ISB.
Your background is certainly different, but don't rest on this laurel alone.
A profile is made up of Acads+WorkEx+Extracurricular+Career Goals. Read here what makes a strong profile.
Not sure about your career goals and extracurricular here. (college level ECA do not carry much weight unless something stellar).
Also, work related info is very transactional and role based. Nothing on achievements or career progression, which may show some strengths in your profile.
The only thing that can compensate for a low GMAT is 'quality' in your profile, whihc you haven't mentioned much around. So in that case retake the GMAT and push the score up to 680 at least.

Best
Varun Sharma
+919137133507
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Hi Suheil! You certainly have an interesting profile and with over 3 years of experience, there is no reason to wait for another year. 620 isn't going to help, but anything around 700 will give you a decent shot at ISB.

All the Best!
ISBmantra / Admit Square Consulting
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Hi abhijitmohanty,

You have a fine overall profile and with the kind of time you have before you apply, we are confident you will be able to build this up. We would strongly recommend that you keep performing in your existing role to have as many achievements as possible as they will serve as good talking points in your essays.

Having said the above, the GMAT will be crucial and we suggest that you prepare for it and get it out of the way Aim upwards of a 730 as GMAT expectations will anyway be higher from you (as an Indian IT Male ). A high GMAT score, together with a set fo well-drafted essays (in which, the career goals move in sync) will give you a very strong chance at making it to ISB!

All the best!
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Hi Everyone,
Please review my profile :-
I am a Banking professional with 4 years of Work Experience in Punjab National Bank.
I joined PNB as an in 2014 as an Officer and got promoted to Manager in 2017. Now i am heading a urban branch with business exposure of around Rs 50 crores.
Being a branch head, I deal with all customers. I work on Credit portfolio(loans and advances), routing new business for the branch and manage team of 5 members.

For hobbies, I have a passion for cooking(experience 10 years). Besides this, i maintain good health with the help of yoga and ayurveda and can actually talk on all these for a pretty long time.

I am also trying to get involved with an NGO to add more to my profile.

My academics are as follows :-

10th : 77%
12th : 69.6 %
B.Tech (ECE) - Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar : 6.8 CGPA
I graduated in June 2012 and joined Bank in july 2014. Will this gap have an impact on my profile ?

Extra-curriculars : I have some certifications on stock markets from National Stock exchange and trying to get some more on same.

I am planning to get done with GMAT by January 2019 and work on application and essays for the rest of the year. Targeting R1 - ISB.

My post MBA Goals are to get into financial markets(stocks) field as a market analyst.

Please give feedback. Thanks in advance

Hello evreryone

Please evaluate my profile and let me know how much score do I need in GMAT to get in ISB?

Female,Indian

Educational Background -

B-Tech (E&C) - 75% (UPTU)
M- Tech (Thermal Power) - 85% (NPTI - Delhi)

Professional Background -

Thermal Power Professional l Total experience of 7 years l Work as an EA to Chairman - Business Strategy l Served as Whole Time Director in 2 companies worth INR10,000 Crs (May'2014 to June'2018)

Thank you!

Hello holyghost91

Overall a strong profile wit decent acads, work ex and extracurricular activities. You can read here on what factors to highlight in your essays.
The 2 year gap can be compensated if you can show what you were doing in those 2 years.
Since you are planning to apply next year you will have more than enough time to work on your application. I recommend spend the next one year working on and building all parts of your profile including work ex and extracurricular activities to increase your chances of admission. Do not wait till Jan but start early, it will help you immensely.
Target a 700+ in GMAT and you should have a decent shot at ISB.

Best
Varun Sharma
+919137133507
MBAkarma.com
GMAT Score Predictor
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Hello Daaku05

The 'stats' of your profile are pretty strong. Will help further if you can mention some qualitative details as well such as career progress and achievements at work and extracurricular activities. Read here to know what makes a complete profile.
Also missing are your career goals and why you need an MBA from ISB. This narrative will be critical to predicting your chances. You can read here on career goals after ISB.
Target a 700+ and present realistic career goals and you have a fighting chance at ISB.
Should you have further questions, let me know.

Best
Varun Sharma
+919137133507
MBAkarma.com
GMAT Score Predictor
info@mbakarma.com



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I am looking to apply to ISB this year. What are my chances?
10th : 93.45%
12th : 84.33% (Top 1% in State)
B.Tech from VJTI : 8.2/10
GRE : 322
Work ex : 32months by Mar'19
Currently, working as Technology Analyst at Barclays
Achievements : Had started own venture in final year of graduation. Were incubated at Zone Startups. Had annual revenue of 3lacs

Work achievements :
Pitched 2 business ideas at Barclays, not part of the assigned project. Developed the MVP. Currently in implementation phase.

Extra-Curricular :
Was part of College Football team.
Organised two events, where 80 people participated for Water cup ( led by Aamir Khan's Paani foundation) to fight drought.

Short-term goal : Product Management
Long term goal : Entrepreneurship

*Reapplicant : Had applied in EEO last year via GMAT score (650)

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Hi,
I got a low GMAT score twice (550/560), but have a good work+ international experience+academics
Also, I am confident about my essays.
Nationality: Indian
Target EMBA programs: IIM's & ISB
Total Work Exp: 9.2 years
International Work Exp: 4.5 years
Industry: Oil & Gas
Function: ERP Professional

I there any hope for me? Please share your feedback.Thanks in advance!!

Hi. Please review my profile.

Name: Hardik Gandhi

Class 10th: 91.50%
Class 12th: 90.25%
Engineering: 8.75 CGPA ( MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology)

Worked as a Business Analyst in Accenture for 1.5 years. I quit my job after that to start my journey as an entrepreneur or rather an edupreneur. I started a Coaching Institute in Bangalore to teach students for various entrance exams like CET, JEE Mains, SAT and other competitive exams.Some of my students are studying in top colleges in India and Abroad. I am basically a Math teacher who has tried to add use of technology to Education. After running my institute successfully for a few years i entered into the online education segment with another startup and launched an android app for the same. Tried a lot to get funding for the same but didn't succeed yet. There is traction on the app but i am not able to scale it due to lack of funds. So currently i am running both, classroom teaching as well as the online segment. I also teach underprivileged children because that is something which makes me happy. I have roughly 6.5 years of work ex of which 1.5 yrs was professional and rest as an entrepreneur.

I will be taking GMAT in OCT . Target Score : 720-750

Please evaluate my profile for ISB and IIM's.

Thanks.

Hi all,

Request you to please evaluate my profile for admission at ISB Hyderabad.

I am an IT engineer, working in production support profile for banking domain.
Job responsibilities include managing a shift of around 10 people responsible for production.
Job responsibilities require a mix of technical and managerial skills required for ITIL Change management profile.

High school- 89.6%(ICSE)
12th SCIENCE - 75.0%(ISC)
B.tech Information Technology - 7.50 CGPA from BPUT University
Work ex -9 years experience in IT, No onsite experience


Extracurricular
1) Water painting
2) National Finalist in Bournvita Quiz winner held at school level
3) Yoga, marathon

Merged - please continue the discussion here for profile evals.
P.S. For your target schools that will automatically disqualify you; they are unlikely to even review your application since the average is around 700. No dice. You can wait until you can possibly do an EMBA (possibly without GMAT).

Good Luck!
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Hello,
My details are as follows :

10th - 80% (From State Board)
12th - 81% (From State Board)
B.E. in Mechanical Engg. - 73%
No gap in academics or in job.

11+ years of work experience (7 months in Steel Manufacturing, rest in Power Plant Equipment Manufacturing Industry.
I have a wide exposure in Power Plant Industry starting from construction to BoP Engineering/ Proposal etc.
Extracurricular - Photography (Have won local newspaper award, published in magazine, Canon edge photograph of the month, 5 photographs selected in top 100 in Center For Civil Society Exhibition etc.), writing short stories/ prose (took part in TOI Write India Competition), Cooking (took part in Masterchef India recipe contest and won goodies), Running (Took part in 11km Marathon last year)

GMAT Score - 640 (Q47, V32, IR6, AWA 5.5). I am not happy with this score and I believe I can do better. I am planning to attempt again in another month.

Please let me know whether the above is good enough for ISB. Also, if I get a better GMAT Score before interviews would they consider that?

Regards
Rakesh