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31 Jul 2019, 10:45
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Hi,
Can you please go through the below and provide me your valuable inputs? Specific questions I have are listed at the bottom.
Bio: 1994 born, Indian, Male
GMAT: 770 (Q 50 / V 46)
Intend to apply 2020 R1 for 2021 intake.
Education: Top 20 (By govt rankings) Indian School (non-IIT) GPA 8.11/10 Electrical and Electronics Engineering (no official figure on rank. The gold medalist had 9.84/10 GPA). Grappled through a serious medical condition during college. (Note - Got selected for ISB Young Leaders Program but I dropped out)
Full time work Ex - Total 4+ years (at the time of applying in Sep 2020)
1. 2.9 years in a Consulting division of a Big 4 Accounting firm. Worked with Fortune 500 clients in insurance and hospital industry. Mostly on Cost Optimization, business Process Restructuring and Project Management consulting assignments. Worked at Office of the Managing Director for a year. 4 awards. Few months of international client facing experience in US (had to come back due to immigration issues).
2. 1.5 years in top tier non-profit (think Gates/Dell/Clinton Foundation) where I work with national govt on a high impact project in digital transformation & leveraging AI/ML for public health systems.
Part time work ex (pro bono):
1. Worked with a Member of Parliament (Upper house) to create a strategy to make Bangalore a tourist hub.
2. Worked as remote volunteer with a national award winning documentary film maker for his new project around families residing along borders of India
Extra curricular:
School
Ambassador for a top tier international education NGO. Co-founded its school chapter. Taught English, Math to 30 children for 2 years.
Undergrad
1. Organizer (1/15, led Revenue Dept) of one of the largest college cultural festivals in the country. Led team of 80 to generate revenues of 65K USD+ and footfall of 30,000+
2. Volunteer with top tier national education NGO for 3 years in various roles - Teacher, fundraiser, career counselor, Mentor
3. Social Entrepreneurship venture with Enactus to create livelihood for 6 widows in rural India. Raised 6K USD as funds from Walmart, KPMG. Led 50 member team.
4. Co-founded a college club which was a collab between the college and an MNC. Led 40+ member team
5. Participated and won in 15+ debate tournaments (MUNs)
After undergrad
1. Ambassador for alumni association of college and created the social media presence - generating 20K+ engagement in 6 months.
2. Participated in education related CSR activities at Big 4 firm
3. Completed Certificate course in public policy (Young Leaders for Active Citizenship). Studied under Harvard MPA/Oxford MPP educated mentors.
4. Rejoined the national NGO in (2) above as a Mentor for youth (18+ years of age)
Target Schools: H/S/W/MIT/Insead/Booth
Post MBA Goal - Consulting. Helping governments leverage tech to improve public health and education.
Added Info - Applied in 2018 with a hurried application (think 4 schools in 1 month) to H/S/W/Sloan. This was when I was still at big 4 consulting. Bad Decision. I know. But that ship has sailed.
Thank you for taking time out to go through my profile. The questions I have are -
Questions-
1. I have a non-IIT undergrad and not-so-stellar GPA. How do I optimize this aspect for H/S/W? the GMAT is one way. But what else can I do?
2. I have never had direct reportees during professional life. Even in my current role I am directly working with the leadership of the Ministry of Health. I have guided technical/ops teams but its not direct reporting. How do I showcase leadership?
3. Re-applicant. I applied 2018 December. I will again apply 2020 September. What is the potential impact?
4. Are the target schools realistic?
5. What else can I do to improve my profile?
Intend to apply in 2020
Can you please go through the below and provide me your valuable inputs? Specific questions I have are listed at the bottom.
Bio: 1994 born, Indian, Male
GMAT: 770 (Q 50 / V 46)
Intend to apply 2020 R1 for 2021 intake.
Education: Top 20 (By govt rankings) Indian School (non-IIT) GPA 8.11/10 Electrical and Electronics Engineering (no official figure on rank. The gold medalist had 9.84/10 GPA). Grappled through a serious medical condition during college. (Note - Got selected for ISB Young Leaders Program but I dropped out)
Full time work Ex - Total 4+ years (at the time of applying in Sep 2020)
1. 2.9 years in a Consulting division of a Big 4 Accounting firm. Worked with Fortune 500 clients in insurance and hospital industry. Mostly on Cost Optimization, business Process Restructuring and Project Management consulting assignments. Worked at Office of the Managing Director for a year. 4 awards. Few months of international client facing experience in US (had to come back due to immigration issues).
2. 1.5 years in top tier non-profit (think Gates/Dell/Clinton Foundation) where I work with national govt on a high impact project in digital transformation & leveraging AI/ML for public health systems.
Part time work ex (pro bono):
1. Worked with a Member of Parliament (Upper house) to create a strategy to make Bangalore a tourist hub.
2. Worked as remote volunteer with a national award winning documentary film maker for his new project around families residing along borders of India
Extra curricular:
School
Ambassador for a top tier international education NGO. Co-founded its school chapter. Taught English, Math to 30 children for 2 years.
Undergrad
1. Organizer (1/15, led Revenue Dept) of one of the largest college cultural festivals in the country. Led team of 80 to generate revenues of 65K USD+ and footfall of 30,000+
2. Volunteer with top tier national education NGO for 3 years in various roles - Teacher, fundraiser, career counselor, Mentor
3. Social Entrepreneurship venture with Enactus to create livelihood for 6 widows in rural India. Raised 6K USD as funds from Walmart, KPMG. Led 50 member team.
4. Co-founded a college club which was a collab between the college and an MNC. Led 40+ member team
5. Participated and won in 15+ debate tournaments (MUNs)
After undergrad
1. Ambassador for alumni association of college and created the social media presence - generating 20K+ engagement in 6 months.
2. Participated in education related CSR activities at Big 4 firm
3. Completed Certificate course in public policy (Young Leaders for Active Citizenship). Studied under Harvard MPA/Oxford MPP educated mentors.
4. Rejoined the national NGO in (2) above as a Mentor for youth (18+ years of age)
Target Schools: H/S/W/MIT/Insead/Booth
Post MBA Goal - Consulting. Helping governments leverage tech to improve public health and education.
Added Info - Applied in 2018 with a hurried application (think 4 schools in 1 month) to H/S/W/Sloan. This was when I was still at big 4 consulting. Bad Decision. I know. But that ship has sailed.
Thank you for taking time out to go through my profile. The questions I have are -
Questions-
1. I have a non-IIT undergrad and not-so-stellar GPA. How do I optimize this aspect for H/S/W? the GMAT is one way. But what else can I do?
2. I have never had direct reportees during professional life. Even in my current role I am directly working with the leadership of the Ministry of Health. I have guided technical/ops teams but its not direct reporting. How do I showcase leadership?
3. Re-applicant. I applied 2018 December. I will again apply 2020 September. What is the potential impact?
4. Are the target schools realistic?
5. What else can I do to improve my profile?
Intend to apply in 2020
31 Jul 2019, 21:44
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hello, I am happy to answer your questions. Please see below!
1. Your GMAT is excellent and it does make up for a “not so stellar” GPA. If you want, you may still want to illustrate to the schools that you have the academic ability to succeed in the classroom, by showcasing your quant ability in your resume, your recommenders could do the same in their recommendations, or you could even take a supplemental course such as stats or calculus.
2. Even without direct reportees, you can certainly showcase leadership by discussing the times you have taken the initiative on projects and when you have made an impact on them. You can also discuss when you have trained or mentored others.
3. You will not be at a disadvantage having applied before, as long as you illustrate how your application has improved. That will be crucial.
4. You have chosen the top schools in the world, and while you do have a chance at some of these schools, they are extremely competitive, and each school simply does not have the room to admit all the world's qualified applicants. For that reason, I suggest apply to several schools, including reach, target and safety.
5. You can improve your profile by having specific and realistic goals, and making it clear why you need an MBA, and why you need one from each specific school. Additionally, make sure that you have demonstrated leadership at work and outside of work, to show you are capable of being a leader. You will need strong recommendations supporting this as well.
Good luck!
1. Your GMAT is excellent and it does make up for a “not so stellar” GPA. If you want, you may still want to illustrate to the schools that you have the academic ability to succeed in the classroom, by showcasing your quant ability in your resume, your recommenders could do the same in their recommendations, or you could even take a supplemental course such as stats or calculus.
2. Even without direct reportees, you can certainly showcase leadership by discussing the times you have taken the initiative on projects and when you have made an impact on them. You can also discuss when you have trained or mentored others.
3. You will not be at a disadvantage having applied before, as long as you illustrate how your application has improved. That will be crucial.
4. You have chosen the top schools in the world, and while you do have a chance at some of these schools, they are extremely competitive, and each school simply does not have the room to admit all the world's qualified applicants. For that reason, I suggest apply to several schools, including reach, target and safety.
5. You can improve your profile by having specific and realistic goals, and making it clear why you need an MBA, and why you need one from each specific school. Additionally, make sure that you have demonstrated leadership at work and outside of work, to show you are capable of being a leader. You will need strong recommendations supporting this as well.
Good luck!
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