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Profile Evaluation - ISB Intake - 2025 24 Jun 2024, 00:45
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Hey all,

I am looking for a profile evaluation for the ISB FT MBA program - 2025 Intake.

Nationality:
Indian

Academics:
B.Tech Civil Engineering - 6.6 GPA, NIT Karnataka, Mangalore
12th - 86% (Dubai)
10th - 89% (Dubai)

Work Ex: 3yrs
Working in my family business (small sized, interiors & construction, valuation ~ 30mil AED) based in UAE. I have handled various verticals across the company.
a. Business improvement: Introduced ERP system, improving efficiency 
b. HR: Introduced KPIs and performance tracking
c. Sales & Marketing: Implemented SEO methods, getting pages ranked on Google. Cold-message prospective clients on Linkedin and brought in enquiries over 20mil AED.
d. Planning Engineer: Part of the planning and execution of 36mil AED & 2mil AED project for airport & prominent mega projects in KSA.
e. CSR: Held events as part of CSR initiatives.

I have further numbers to back the above work ex.

GMAT: Yet to take, targetting 645 in FE

Extra-curriculars (in college):
1. Held leadership posistions in 2 big clubs in campus. Implemeneted various new ideas and led teams over 100 members.

Post MBA goals:
1. LDP roles in Consumer Goods, Automotive & other industries.
2. Product management
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Request to please provide an honest feedback on the above and how can I increases my chances for an admit. I am aware of the low-gpa and will be trying to mitigate that with the GMAT.
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Profile Evaluation - ISB Intake - 2025 24 Jun 2024, 00:52
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­Everything looking good, except your GPA. This article would be of interest to you.

Also, if you do make it to the interview, you are likely to be asked why you do not want to opt for MFAB.
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Hey all,

I am looking for a profile evaluation for the ISB FT MBA program - 2025 Intake.

Nationality:
Indian

Academics:
B.Tech Civil Engineering - 6.6 GPA, NIT Karnataka, Mangalore
12th - 86% (Dubai)
10th - 89% (Dubai)

Work Ex: 3yrs
Working in my family business (small sized, interiors & construction, valuation ~ 30mil AED) based in UAE. I have handled various verticals across the company.
a. Business improvement: Introduced ERP system, improving efficiency 
b. HR: Introduced KPIs and performance tracking
c. Sales & Marketing: Implemented SEO methods, getting pages ranked on Google. Cold-message prospective clients on Linkedin and brought in enquiries over 20mil AED.
d. Planning Engineer: Part of the planning and execution of 36mil AED & 2mil AED project for airport & prominent mega projects in KSA.
e. CSR: Held events as part of CSR initiatives.

I have further numbers to back the above work ex.

GMAT: Yet to take, targetting 645 in FE

Extra-curriculars (in college):
1. Held leadership posistions in 2 big clubs in campus. Implemeneted various new ideas and led teams over 100 members.

Post MBA goals:
1. LDP roles in Consumer Goods, Automotive & other industries.
2. Product management
­
Request to please provide an honest feedback on the above and how can I increases my chances for an admit. I am aware of the low-gpa and will be trying to mitigate that with the GMAT.
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­Hello amith7798,

Thanks for sharing the details with us.

You have a rich profile in so far as the extent of your work goes.

Your chances at ISB would largely depend on how well you are able to showcase the shift from your existing profile to the goals you are talking about and how the need for PGP comes in. Thus, the narrative in your essays needs to be compelling.

In addition to the above, our suggestion would be that you aim for a score higher than what you are currently looking at. This will not only help you stand out but also help combat your low GPA further.

Hope this helps.

All the best!
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Hey all,

I am looking for a profile evaluation for the ISB FT MBA program - 2025 Intake.

Nationality:
Indian

Academics:
B.Tech Civil Engineering - 6.6 GPA, NIT Karnataka, Mangalore
12th - 86% (Dubai)
10th - 89% (Dubai)

Work Ex: 3yrs
Working in my family business (small sized, interiors & construction, valuation ~ 30mil AED) based in UAE. I have handled various verticals across the company.
a. Business improvement: Introduced ERP system, improving efficiency 
b. HR: Introduced KPIs and performance tracking
c. Sales & Marketing: Implemented SEO methods, getting pages ranked on Google. Cold-message prospective clients on Linkedin and brought in enquiries over 20mil AED.
d. Planning Engineer: Part of the planning and execution of 36mil AED & 2mil AED project for airport & prominent mega projects in KSA.
e. CSR: Held events as part of CSR initiatives.

I have further numbers to back the above work ex.

GMAT: Yet to take, targetting 645 in FE

Extra-curriculars (in college):
1. Held leadership posistions in 2 big clubs in campus. Implemeneted various new ideas and led teams over 100 members.

Post MBA goals:
1. LDP roles in Consumer Goods, Automotive & other industries.
2. Product management
­
Request to please provide an honest feedback on the above and how can I increases my chances for an admit. I am aware of the low-gpa and will be trying to mitigate that with the GMAT.
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­Hi! Your work experience is pretty good and you can certainly build stories around entrepreneurship and leadership. However, your work experience is slightly lower than the average work ex for ISB. But if you can articulate your stories well in the essays and interviews, plus if you can justify how MBA will help you get LDP roles or Product Management then you can build a solid case for ISB from work experience standpoint. Now, there will be three issues that you will have to think through and evaluate

1) With no tech background and no prior PM (or related roles) experience, it will be difficult to get a direct transition. So you should ideally target companies that you would want to work with (in a PM role) and then focus on getting an entry in those companies in any roles (sales/BD/marketing etc. since you have prior experience in these domains) and then internally navigate to PM role after sometime.

2) PM roles and LDP roles are drastically different, so you will have to zero in on one and then use it for your essays and interviews. This is one of the major dealbreakers and an area where lot of aspirants miss on the admit.

3) You will need a much higher GMAT score (675~685+) for 2 reasons (a) to cover your average undergrads acads and (b) to make your profile standout coz your work experience will be lower than the average.

Now, to overcome you average acads and to build your case for PM roles you should take a couple of PM related certifications and then try to highlight that you have desired knowledge in the domain and you have genuine interest in the domain.

We have 40+ mentors from ISB on our platform IvyCrackers and few of them are on ISB admissions interview panel. You can book a complimentary 30-mins call with us and one of the interview panelists will evaluate your profile in detail. In this call, we will delve deep into your profile, help you build an overall strategy for your ISB application, and answer any questions you have about ISB. ­