First off, thank you so much for reading my post. I recently took my second GMat attempt, and my score jumped from a 660 (Q48, V34) to 710 (Q48, V39).
I really want to apply for INSEAD and Kellogg since they are top notch 1 year MBA programs. I would really appreciate it if some of you can read my profile and background and advice me If I have a fair chance at these universities.
I am an Indian Male, 28 years old. Did my B.E in electronics and communication from local university in south India.
Work experience:
- 3 years at a global tech company as Senior AI engineer, Incharge of designing, and implenting end-to-end automated AI pipelines for fraud detection and moderation. I have led teams of 4-5 people.
I live and work in Tokyo, Japan. I can speak conversational Japanese, Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil.
- Before my stint at the big tech company, I worked for an up and coming startup working on self driving cars for one year.Becuase of this, I have learnt to appreciate the company cultures and difference in both startups as well as big companies.
Extra curriculars:
- I volunteer for a global suicide hotline on the weekends, I have been doing this for about 1 year, (underwent a 2 month intensive training), spoken to 100s of suicidal people and deescalated the situations.
- During the pandemic, When I was stuck in quarentine in India and couldnt go back to Japan due to border closures, I started a facebook group to share information, personally reached out to embassesies, and fecilitated many people to reunite with their seperated families between India and Japan, the group still has 1000 plus people and active to this day. I coodinated with a few amazing volunteers who helped me with helping people in need.
Extra-curreculars:
- I do olympic style recurve archery, and a member of the Japan national archery association.
- I love culture and travel and have travelled all the prefectures of Japan.
As you can see, I have an interest in public service, The main reason I want to do an MBA is because I want to gain connections, learn how to start a profitable sustainable business which can use my knowledge in AI for social causes.
I am mainly aiming for 1 year MBA programs but I at the moment, I am struggling with making a list of colleges which would accept me and suit my goals. I am also looking at Cambridge Judge school of business as well as oxford said business school. Maybe HEC paris?
One more thing I am worried about is my low IR score of 3 in my 710 GMAT. Will that have a huge impact?
I would really appreciate any advice. thank you so much for your time.
15 Jan 2023, 04:17 
