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Hi rakshit21,

You have got a great profile. Your stats are amazing with a great GMAT score. For your work ex, as you said you have clear career progressions and achievements. Also, I can clearly see leadership and international experiences too. Your ECs are in a range of areas and are amazing. Your goal makes sense but I would advise you to make them truly yours. Give it a shape distinct from the herd and unique to you. Also, you have recently switched jobs to learn more about sales and marketing, so it would work great for you if you relate your goals to this function.

With this profile, I suggest you look for some other great schools, too, in Europe like HEC Paris and Said, as these are quite a match to your profile. If you’d like, we are happy to hop on a call sometimes this week to discuss some good schools and your chances in further detail. 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,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
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Hii

I finished my GMAT today, unfortunately I could not hit the target of 720. I have scored in the range of 700-720 on official mocks.

I took the GMAT at the test center and scored 690 (Q49, V35)

Now to meet the dead line of 20th September I think I should focus on profile. Retaking the GMAT is little tough with my job now. Please advise.

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Unfortunately ended up with 690 (Q49, V35)

Please advise.

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Hi,

I am a female computer engineer with 9,9,9 academics across 10th, 12th and undergrad. I have a work experience of 4 years and am aspiring to apply to ISB R1. I did apply to ISB last year with a GRE score of 317 however was not invited for an interview. This year i wanted to appear for GMAT but scored only 650 (Q47 V32 IR6 ). Should i retake GMAT( can’t find slots unfortunately and online gmat is only single attempt)? Or must i focus on my application?

Hi pg03,

On the surface, your profile looks decent. Your acads are good and 4 years of work experience seem enough. But unfortunately, your GMAT is not very competitive. Now how many computer engineers would be applying with the same work ex and acads but better gmat. So, quality matters more than the quantity. How are you unique? What would you bring new to the ISB community? Focus on getting a robust, unique story. Also, you have applied earlier, so you do have to present the evidence of your improvements since you applied last. So, to better evaluate and guide you, I need more details of your profile. Alternatively, you are welcome to hop on a call with us to brainstorm your chances together.
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,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Email: shantanu@mbaandbeyond.com
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Hey,


Kindly evaluate my profile for ISB. Thanks

Male - 28 Years
Work Ex - 5 years in Insurance Analytics/Risk Management (Catastrophe Modeling with Willis Towers Watson (soon to be Aon))
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering from VIT University, Vellore - 7.42/10
10th - 82.46%
12th - 70.47%
GMAT - yet to take


Extracurricular - Volunteered with Make a Difference for 11 months in Vellore
Received the SBI Youth for India Fellowship

Hello buzzkill667,
You have a very good profile, though and a score of 700+ will make it competitive. For your EC,do you have anything that you have consistently pursued, and not just a thing in the past?

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Hi buzzkill667

Please provide some more insight on ECA/leadership. Other than that, your profile looks competent. You may want to target R1 and then see if you can get the GMAT done by Oct-end.
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Volunteered with Make A Difference, an organisation working with underprivileged children helping them improve their English language skills. Taught English to a class of 20 students belonging in the 7th grade along with a co-teacher. Regular classes were conducted on weekends and children were assessed at regular intervals thereby tracking their progress.
Placement Activity conducted once every month for each child which included life skills training, career awareness workshops and workplace simulations thereby helping the child to discover his/her area of interest.

Also interned with Larsen & Toubro
Internship Experience
• Developed master production schedules for sonar sphere fabrication and installation. Schedules were used for timeline compression and fast tracking.
• Monitored inventory management system to coordinate procurement of raw materials for hull fabrication to ensure minimal stock-out rates during fast-tracking program.

Hi Buzzkill,

On the surface, your profile looks competent. Your ECs and internship experience seem interesting. Since your 12th score is on a lower side, I will advise targeting a GMAT of 710+ (ISB do stress on 12th scores). So, overall you have a fair shot and it all boils down to presenting a unique and well-connected story. Also, I would like to know your post-MBA goals as this is one important factor in shortlisting school and demonstrate your fit to a school. You are welcome to hop on a call with us to brainstorm your chances together.
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,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Email: shantanu@mbaandbeyond.com
Linkedin

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Hi,
Please evaluate my profile and advise me on how much score should I be targeting for ISB batch of 21-22
Personal profile: Ms Mimansa Gupta, 27 years (Work Ex: 4 yrs, 4mnths)

Academic background :

10th from ICSE, India : 88%
12th from ISC, PCM & Economics: 86%
Kanpur University B.A. (Functional English and Economics) : from 2011 to 2014 (56%) (Severely low marks in 2nd year due to personal issues)
PGDM (Marketing): From 2014-2016 GPA (6.2)(FORE School of Management)
Stanford Binet Test Score: 135

Professional background:
Asahi India Glass Limited: Manager Marketing, 1.5 years (Current)
Working in the capacity of Marketing head for 3 division of Exports, Interiors and Glass Solutions.
Majorly Responsible to develop marketing strategy, preparation of Market budget, Branding, Marketing communication and sales promotional activities. Additionally I also look after the Business strategy, production planning and product management for Interiors team. I have had 2 Product launches in the past 1.5 years
Dish TV: Lead Manager- Marketing, 1 year
 Leading Revenue Generation Strategies and Product Management for a Subscriber Base of 25 million
 Responsible for 515 Cr Annual Revenue (FY 2018-2019) from Base Pack and Add On Categories
 Ensured positive and growing Net Upgrades for the first time with AOP Ach>200%
 Achievement of all deliverables and KRAs in the form of Net Upgrades, Active Customer Base, Add-On sales and Revenue. AOP Ach >100%
 Revamped all processes and Product Campaigns for D2h in the merged Dish TV- Videocon D2h entity. Increased Process output by 15% in Q2
 Designed complete Brand communication plan for all New Events and Offers like FIFA, IPL, Maha Upgrade Offer etc.
 Proficient in developing and implementing need based strategies/schemes/products to enhance Customer ARPU
 Re-engineered customer segmentation to increase Product acceptance, Renewals and driving revenue per user
 Regular Business and market analysis for keeping abreast with market and industry trends, competition schemes and products
 Recognized for 11.6 lakh sales in IPL’2018 and 11.09 lakh in FIFA- Highest Ever in DishTv-D2h

Tata Teleservices: Deputy Manager- Marketing, 1 year, 9 mnths
 Maintained the usage of customers while managing Revenue and controlling Decay
 Campaign Management – Identified, designed and modified new as well as ongoing campaigns
 Managed Revenue inflow through Customised product services, Usage via Product mix, Customer life cycle management and Trade marketing
 Led Product penetration, Marketing communication, Channel marketing at optimum cost
 Designed new products as per market scenario and customer demand while maintaining competitive edge and ensuring profitability: Gold Segment
 Devised Go to Market Strategy for new product portfolio and tracked customer behaviour regularly for new opportunities
 Product Launch- Worked proactively with multiple teams for product creation, financials and brand activities for new products
 Awarded in TTSL for maintaining Top position in the country for three consecutive months in Customised Product Penetration
 Rewarded for achieving the best Campaign efficacy in the country for Q1’2017 in TTSL
 Designed Major Campaigns on Channel Management and Usage drop which were replicated all over India.
 Awarded at TTSL for being the only state to achieve Customer Decay target for Q3’2017.

Extra- Curricular:
School: I was the School basketball team captain for 4 years starting in class 9th.Selected in State level and nationals for all 4 years.
School Gold medallist in Long jump and Shotput for two years
Took part in various throwball, badminton, debate, dance and choir activities in inter school level.
Graduation: Took part in Debate and Badminton in College tournaments
Post Graduation: Creative head and sponsorship coordinator for the Cultural Events organization team and also a part of the Marketing Club
Took part in Basketball and Badminton tournaments
Hobbies: Reading, Sketching/painting with Oil pastel, cooking and Swimming
Reason for 2nd MBA: I want to move to Consulting from Marketing and want a larger exposure from a premium institute

Hi,
Please evaluate my profile and advise me on how much score should I be targeting for ISB batch of 21-22
Personal profile: Ms Mimansa Gupta, 27 years (Work Ex: 4 yrs, 4mnths)

Academic background :

10th from ICSE, India : 88%
12th from ISC, PCM & Economics: 86%
Kanpur University B.A. (Functional English and Economics) : from 2011 to 2014 (56%) (Severely low marks in 2nd year due to personal issues)
PGDM (Marketing): From 2014-2016 GPA (6.2)(FORE School of Management)
Stanford Binet Test Score: 135

Professional background:
Asahi India Glass Limited: Manager Marketing, 1.5 years (Current)
Working in the capacity of Marketing head for 3 division of Exports, Interiors and Glass Solutions.
Majorly Responsible to develop marketing strategy, preparation of Market budget, Branding, Marketing communication and sales promotional activities. Additionally I also look after the Business strategy, production planning and product management for Interiors team. I have had 2 Product launches in the past 1.5 years
Dish TV: Lead Manager- Marketing, 1 year
 Leading Revenue Generation Strategies and Product Management for a Subscriber Base of 25 million
 Responsible for 515 Cr Annual Revenue (FY 2018-2019) from Base Pack and Add On Categories
 Ensured positive and growing Net Upgrades for the first time with AOP Ach>200%
 Achievement of all deliverables and KRAs in the form of Net Upgrades, Active Customer Base, Add-On sales and Revenue. AOP Ach >100%
 Revamped all processes and Product Campaigns for D2h in the merged Dish TV- Videocon D2h entity. Increased Process output by 15% in Q2
 Designed complete Brand communication plan for all New Events and Offers like FIFA, IPL, Maha Upgrade Offer etc.
 Proficient in developing and implementing need based strategies/schemes/products to enhance Customer ARPU
 Re-engineered customer segmentation to increase Product acceptance, Renewals and driving revenue per user
 Regular Business and market analysis for keeping abreast with market and industry trends, competition schemes and products
 Recognized for 11.6 lakh sales in IPL’2018 and 11.09 lakh in FIFA- Highest Ever in DishTv-D2h

Tata Teleservices: Deputy Manager- Marketing, 1 year, 9 mnths
 Maintained the usage of customers while managing Revenue and controlling Decay
 Campaign Management – Identified, designed and modified new as well as ongoing campaigns
 Managed Revenue inflow through Customised product services, Usage via Product mix, Customer life cycle management and Trade marketing
 Led Product penetration, Marketing communication, Channel marketing at optimum cost
 Designed new products as per market scenario and customer demand while maintaining competitive edge and ensuring profitability: Gold Segment
 Devised Go to Market Strategy for new product portfolio and tracked customer behaviour regularly for new opportunities
 Product Launch- Worked proactively with multiple teams for product creation, financials and brand activities for new products
 Awarded in TTSL for maintaining Top position in the country for three consecutive months in Customised Product Penetration
 Rewarded for achieving the best Campaign efficacy in the country for Q1’2017 in TTSL
 Designed Major Campaigns on Channel Management and Usage drop which were replicated all over India.
 Awarded at TTSL for being the only state to achieve Customer Decay target for Q3’2017.

Extra- Curricular:
School: I was the School basketball team captain for 4 years starting in class 9th.Selected in State level and nationals for all 4 years.
School Gold medallist in Long jump and Shotput for two years
Took part in various throwball, badminton, debate, dance and choir activities in inter school level.
Graduation: Took part in Debate and Badminton in College tournaments
Post Graduation: Creative head and sponsorship coordinator for the Cultural Events organization team and also a part of the Marketing Club
Took part in Basketball and Badminton tournaments
Hobbies: Reading, Sketching/painting with Oil pastel, cooking and Swimming
Reason for 2nd MBA: I want to move to Consulting from Marketing and want a larger exposure from a premium institute

Hi Experts

Hope you are doing well.

Kindly evaluate my ISB profile (re-applicant) -

(I didn't receive an interview call in R3 last time, my GMAT was 670 (Q49, V33) with a similar profile below and a bit less work ex in the same company. An advantage this time is that I got promoted after my last R3 application. Got a recent GRE score of 322)


24 yo male, Indian, GRE: 322 (Q162 V160) (thinking of re-taking GRE but not very confident of a 326+ score)


Educational Qualification:

- B.Tech from Delhi Technological University (formerly DCE): Overall% = 79.64 (or CGPA- 8.7)
-12th: 94.8%
-10th: CGPA 10


Work Ex.:

BCG (2 years and 2 months - presently working):

- Research Analyst -

-Worked on long-term case-engagements with top Indian conglomerates
-Created expertise on topics such as Automotive and Logistics and worked on cases on topics of my interest (EdTech, Quantum Computing)
-Developed internal tools used at BCG on a global level
-Handled topic experts' workflow systems in their absence
-Collaborated with global case teams on research workstreams to deliver valuable insights
-Connected with global topic nodes to build and enable sustainable workflow for the team
-Specialized and developed expertise in topics of alignment


Current extra-curricular:

-Have a dance YouTube channel with 6500+ subscribers and 340k+ total views (planning to create Covid-19 awareness related dance videos)
-Have a dance Instagram page with 12k+ followers
-Took dance workout sessions for global BCG team during the Covid-19 times to spread fitness and energy during the chaotic times
-Led the new joiner training sessions
-Have been taking Physics (11th,12th) and Science (8th to 10th) tuition classes on weekends for 6 years (thought of starting my own EdTech startup when Covid-19 chaos started but ended up not doing so)
-Have choreographed BCG's dance performances at various events
-Won a table tennis tournament at the workplace
-Came third in the BCG's annual global investing (stocks) competition


Extra-curriculars college and school:

-DTU placement coordinator
-DTU dance society head
-Hospitality Team head, Sports Fest of DTU
-Head Boy of the school
-School dance team captain
-Part of the school Table Tennis team
-Received A1 prize (award for academic excellence) – prize for A1 in all subjects, for consecutively 12 years in school
-On the spot painting competition Gold medal (school)
-12th National Science Olympiad: Achieved School rank: 01 ; State rank : 100; National Rank : 1244 (school)
-S.P.A.C.E Achieved Amateur Astronomer Level 02,on successful completion of module ACS02 I(S.P.A.C.E) (school)


Other interests:

-Love trading in stocks
-Write articles on Physics
-An avid reader of science non-fiction (Quantum and particle physics)
-Play the guitar
-Like to sketch


Short-term goal:

Move into strategy consulting role post MBA (preferably in the field of technology to get expertise in tech fields such as EdTech)


Long-term goal:

Start an EdTech start-up of my own

Hello Experts, I would like to introduce myself as RAJA KASHYAP KOTA , a petroleum engineer working with Schlumberger India on OIL AND GAS RIGS at Thar Desert Rajasthan. I work in extreme weather conditions to explore and produce oil.

Masters in Petroleum exploration -85%
overall experience - 4 years

Reason for MBA: to be part of the non carbon sector which the oil and gas industry is shifting into, by bringing my experience in it in operational units, disaster management of oil spills and various hazards of oil industry.

Interests: I deliver lectures to engineering students on oil and gas industry concepts for final year and 3rd year petroleum engineering students as a guest lecturer.

GMAT SCORE-720.

ALSO would like to know how unique is my profile and my reasoning for MBA. PLEASE DO EVALUATE AND SUGGEST . THANK YOU

Hello Rajakashyap,

Each year, there are a few engineers from the petroleum industry to apply to ISB. You will have to make your profile unique through your story in the essays. I am sure you will hafe a lot of imoact and leadership stories to discuss from your work. Your GMAT is good for ISB.

For your post-MBA goal, you may want to talk about what skills will you gain at ISB that will help you accomplish your goal, and also why is it not feasible for you to do it without an MBA.
In all, you have a very competitive profile. Hope this helps.



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Hello experts,
Appreciate if you could evaluate my profile for PGP program at ISB:

1. 10th/12th/UG - 10/92.2/8.66 UG from NSIT CS (Merit scholarship for all 4 years)
2. Currently 3.5 yrs Senior Software Engineer - Amazon (Got promoted after 1.5 years)
3. GRE 325 (Q170/V155) TOEFL 113
4. Achievements - Various awards in Amazon for performance and innovation, 3 publications in international conference/journal in the field of Machine Learning, President of Computer Society of college, Organized tech fests, Represented college in ICPC coding competition regionals 2014-2015, KVPY 2012 scholar
5. Hobbies - Playing guitar, travelling, Football and basketball (school team), cars
6. Volunteering - Worked as part of non-profit for COVID awareness recently, Rotaract Club of college

Post-MBA goal:-
A product manager at global tech companies like Google, Amazon, etc.

Few questions:-
1) What should I highlight in personal qualities?
2) Is my GRE score good enough? Also does the score matter at the time of placements?
3) Which round should I target and what are my chances with current scores?
4) What should I put for the long term goal?
5) Would submitting my TOEFL score strengthen my application?

Hi Experts,

Need an evaluation of my profile.

Acads :

1. UG - Electronics and communication engineering, SRM University - 8.9 CGPA
2. 12th - CBSE - PCM - 89%
3. 10th - CBSE - 10 CGPA

Work Ex. :

1. Novartis (Aug'19-Current) - Work on commercial strategy analysis for field force and insights gathering
2. ZS Associates (May'18-Aug'19) - Worked on incentives and compensation analysis as well as sales forecasting

Achievements :

1. Won sony corporate photography contest certificate of excellence - exhibited photo in top 60 photographs on National level
2. Awarded workplace level recognitions
3. Presided as a judge for UNHRC at Harvard Model United Nations held at Beijing, China
4. Won several (15+) national and international level model united nation conferences
5. Won runner's up for Paper presentation competition on Pulse revolution in India

Initiative and volunteering :

1. eVidyaloka initiative, as a part of Novartis CSR initiative - Teaching volunteer
2. Organiser of events at college fests
3. Member of Novartis Reader's club
4. Member of Novartis fun at work initiative

Hobbies :

1. Reading fiction
2. Travelling
3. Painting - recently started using Oil Pastels
4. Researching about international politics especially refugee laws and crisis

I am yet to give GMAT (scheduled in late september) and was wondering what will be the optimum score to get an invite for interview. Also, what factors could I strongly leverage as per my profile as compared to the rest of them.

Thanks in advance!

Hi EricCartman95,
You tick all the boxes. Go ahead and apply! Regarding your questions,
1. At least for the first essay, you need to highlight one quality for which you can give professional and personal examples. Would like to know more about the projects / initiatives you've led to advise on that

2. Yes, GRE is good enough. It doesn't matter for your PM aspirations

3. R1 (strongly advise you to), pretty good chances

4. Depends on what you want to do Product Head roles or entrepreneurship are good paths to pursue

5. Not much

All the best!
-
Manan
Co-founder, S4G; ISB Class of 2013
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Hi Kharevabs,

Good blend of interesting work-ex and extra curricular activities. In addition to the experience and your analytical skills, do highlight how you'd be able to contribute to the class through your photography (there's a photography club at ISB) and your knack of winning MUNs which would help in the number of case competitions the school participates in. Would love to discuss your hobby #4 at leisure but this would make for an interesting interview conversation.
Regarding GMAT, there is no 'optimum' score. Higher the better and a good score never hurts, trust me However, aim for a 710+ at least.

Cheers,
Manan
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Hi MimansaGupta,

Your overall profile looks great. Your stats were decent up to 12th but after this, they are not very great. So, I would say, for ISB, target around 710 GMAT. Your work-experience seems amazing. I can see leadership and some really big impacts of yours in the organizations you've been part of. Also, you do have career achievements which some good b schools do stress. Your ECs too look great. A career switch seems relevant for a second MBA, just the premise of this switch should be relevant and substantiative. Also, I see a lack of international exposure in your profile, so to fill this gap, you should also be targeting some great schools out of India. If you’d like, we are happy to hop on a call sometimes this week to discuss some good schools and your chances in further detail.
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,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Email: shantanu@mbaandbeyond.com
Linkedin

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