HrithuOlickel wrote:
Hi, Thank you for the opportunity for a profile evaluation.
Demographics :
Female, 26 years, Non - IT, Indian
Will be first in my family studying in the US
Education and Scores :
1. Under-grad : 9.05 GPA : B.Tech ( graduated with Honors) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum ( Top 1 in Kerala state, Tier 3 in India )
Awarded : Prof. V K Savithri Endowment Award - Best outgoing Female student in EEE 2019
R S Varier Memorial Endowment - Top 3 in final year of EEE 2019
2. High School : 12th Standard : 91.4% CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Thrissur, Kerala - Top scorer in English in school
10 th Standdard : 10/10 GPA
Certification and courses :
1. Introduction to Marketing, UPenn Wharton, Coursera
2. Product Management, Transforming opportunities into great products, Stanford Center of Professional Development
GMAT : 720 ( 39V 48 Q ) on third attempt ( 690, 710 )
TOEFL : 113 ( expired ) - need to retake
Publications :
1. Redox flow battery based transmission system for increasing renewable energy utilisation and electric vehicle adoption :
IEEE Explore + Best Paper : IEMRE 2021, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India
Work Experience :
1. Product Manager at MarTech SaaS startup ( joined as 8th employee ) : 1.5 years to present ( Took from seed funding to Series A funding)
2. Project Manager at ABB ( Fortune 500 ) - 2 years : Won trailblazer award for customer impact and achieving revenue target during COVID-19, Managed 16 projects (portfolio worth : 4.4MUSD) including complete ABB MV drives project portfolio for ArcelorMittal Nippon steel India, Resolved (hostile) customer site issue of over 2 years releasing $26000, Completed over 10 customer acceptance tests with zero rejections with
avg-20 hours conflict resolution time, Restructured service cost flow framework preventing overspending &
un-authorized service visits leading to cost reductions of ~10%/project, Established service handover framework in collaboration with service team
reducing overall project team involvement later ~ 15hrs/project.
3.Design Assistant Intern - ANERT - Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology : Designed Solar rooftop Renewable energy systems of various sizing ( 1 month ) : Worked out primary resource study for Solar - Wind hybrid Microgrid at Ponmudi, Trivandrum
4. IoT Developer - Perfomatix - Founded the department - Developed 15 sensor array plan for detailed office automation systems ( 2 months )
5. Intern - AMMINI Solar LTD - Learning methods of Mass production, Quality control & circuit development of products utilising Solar Energy. ( 1 Month)
6. Industrial Training - SABARIGIRI HYDRO POWER PLANT, MOOZHIYAR - Training on hydel generation, pumped storage, HV Transmission ( 1 week )
Co-curriculars :
1. Chief Operating Officer at SWIM ( Save Wetland International Movement ) Non-govt operative: Working towards establishing RAMSAR protected wetland sites in India with the state govt of Kerala
2. Volunteer - HOPE ( Helping Outstanding Pupil in Education ) - Scholarship and mentorship schemes for low income students showing academical excellence.
3. Volunteer - Electrical Inspection, Repair and Cleanup & Rehabilitation - 100 year Flood, Kerala 2018.
In College :
1. Executive Member : EDC - Entrepreneurship Development Cell, College of Engineering Trivandrum ( 1 year )
2. LINK Representative : IEEE Kerala Section : Campus Liaison for IEEE Kerala Section, handling communication for over 10 IEEE societies on campus ( 1 Year )
3. Founding Vice Chair - IEEE Power & Energy Society, College of Engineering, Trivandrum ( 1 year )
4. Ideator and Event Head - Ideated and led the first VR maze solving event in India. Developed video streaming quasi-VR system for the event.
5. Co - Convenor - DISHA ( fresher's week ) - Coordinated over 70+ competitions for fresher's week, Anchor for Disha Concluding night celebrations
Hobbies
State level - Chess player
Swimming, Avid Reader and watercolorist
I was hoping to pursue a sales &/ marketing or entrepreneurship MBA and hope to either start my own or work with a startup on graduation. Do I stand a chance at any of the top 10's ( Stanford, Harvard, Kellogg, Tuck, LSB etc)?
What would be the correct schools for me? In the US and outside the US ( Australia or Asia that has comparable value in the job market )?
Other Note :
I was preparing for my MBA and taking my GMAT in June 2021, when my father passed away suddenly due to COVID. I however, managed to change my job ( with a 3x salary improvement from project to product management ) in the next 4 months and returned and took my GMAT the next year. Should I mention the same in my essay to show grit and desire for the MBA?
Thank you again for reviewing the above.
HrithuOlickel,
There is a good balance between ECAs and the work experience. and there are leadership responsibilities both at work and outside. That makes for a good profile.
A well executed application, with super strong resume, essays and recommendations will obviously increase your chances of admits. As you are still some distance from writing these, i will focus on what you can do to improve your profile:
1. I am sure you will not like to read this, but another GMAT attempt with an eye for 740+ score will be very helpful. You have time over the next 3-4 months to retake, so consider this seriously.
2. Your goals are scattered and need considerable research. Frankly you don't need an MBA to work at a startup. They will gladly hire you even now. the other thing is,, if you want to work at a well funded startup it may be a different thing, but an early stage startup may not be able to afford your post MBA salary expectation. In either case, a startup may not be willing to sponsor your H1B visa. So doing an MBA to get into a startup doesn't sound convincing.
3. Regarding your dad (sorry to know) - you may want to talk about him depending upon how your applications develop and if you find the context to mention about him.
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19 Feb 2023, 05:10
