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Hi Guys,

It will be great if you can evaluate my profile for LBS Full Time MBA. The profile is as follows:

Background and nationality: Indian, Male, 27
Undergrad Information: Bachelors in Computer Science, University of Delhi - GPA will be between 3.0 and 3.2
GMAT: 710 (QA 48, VA 38, IR 6)
Work experience and leadership: 60 months, primarily in Risk Consulting divided as following:
26 months in a Big4 - profile revolved around advising clients on managing their regulatory aspects of risks
34 months in a leading risk consulting firm - profile advises clients on various aspects to manage most risks, including selling insurance
Community and others - Actively involved with an NGO teaching basic English and Mathematics to under privileged kids in India; other normal things (including being part of a astronomy club, inter college football etc.)
Post MBA goals: Strategy Consulting - MBBs or tier two Consulting firms

Your help is much appreciated.

Hi All,
Would appreciate a profile evaluation. Targeting R1 next year.

Background and nationality: Indian Female

Undergrad Information: B.Tech - ECE. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University(MSIT). CGPA: 8.9(one of the toppers of my stream)

GMAT: 760

Work experience and leadership : 4.5 years at present in a techno-functional role. Working as a Senior Software Engineer in Infosys Ltd serving domestic and international banks. Have worked with private, public sector and international banks, all at client site. Currently heading all clients in Africa and Sri Lanka region (about 2 years of international work ex). Regarded as a domain expert and have worked as a team lead in multiple project implementations.

Awards: Top Performer in the Entry Level Training, Most Promising Joinee Award, Listed as Infosys Pride Factor, Awarded by multiple clients for contribution to the project.
Was the head of Self-Governance Team in Infosys for a year.

Community and others : Associated with Leaders for Tomorrow and part of their project – Igniting Young Minds to provide life skills to the disadvantaged; Member of Help Age India in higher secondary for care of disadvantaged elderly.
Recently Joined Toastmasters. Awarded as Best Table Topic Speaker in the guest meeting. Event Head of Technical Fest in college ensuring a footfall of more than 2500 people in the event. Member of the organization committee of Infosys Finacle Fever’15.

Post MBA goals: Investment Banking, Consulting.

Thank you for your help.

Hello, Kindly evaluate my profile too for LBS MiM, targeting for april submission

Background and nationality: Indian male

Undergrad Information: B.Tech - Metallurgy, Indian Institute of technology (BHU), Ranked 9th among engineering colleges in India in 2017. CGPA: 7.49/GPA- 4.0

GMAT: will attempt in mid march, 700+ expecting

Work experience : I'm still in my last year of college, but I have a start-up in adtech sector. Till now we've created a kind of different platform for advertisement and has also tried and tested lot many modifications with conventional types of advertisement, don't know whether it counts at corporate level but during this start-up I learned a lot regarding the problems of market at local level, how bad is the competition when you're selling the same product already present in market, how to tackle bigshot clients, how to manipulate people, how to fake it till you make it, how to play with basic psycology of people, How to deal with investors, why even being technologically and execution wise strong start-up fail and lot more. Before my start-up I interned with Ockypocky(Marketing Intern, Start-up by ex-googler and Ex-Youtube India head) in which I organised a marketing campaign which was initially planned to be no profit no loss campaign but turned out we were in profit at end of campaign, YoungSkilledIndia(Digital Marketing Intern, Start-up by IIT BHU seniors), Snippt(Marketing Intern), Mentored Research(Business development intern). I once sold t-shirts in my college generating a profit of 250 dollars and revenue of around 700 dollars for buying a bike. Currently, I also consult budding start-ups of my university about how to get investment and how to market and prosper in local markets. I forgot to mention we got an offer for funding but we turned down the offer due to some internal reasons. Also, I volunteer for an NGO i.e. Robinhood army, my team and me inclusive of 5 people organised food for 5000 people with a span of 6 days and distributed food for nearly 18 hours in a go to meet our target.

Awards and achievements: Winner of Hult prize at the university level and was selected for the national rounds, Winner of case study solving competition organised by my college itself with participation from more than 30 colleges, Winner of start-up yatra UP edition organised by the government in which as many as 1000 start-ups pitched, Got yourstory(Blogging website) coverage for my start-up, secured incubation for my start-up in one of the largest chain of incubators in India i.e. iB Hubs.

Community and others : Was associated with theatre group of my college, also was part of entrepreneurship cell of my college.

Post MBA goals: Investment Banking, Consulting.

Thank you for your help.

Hi,

Please let me know if my profile is in alignment with the MiF program and the implications of applying in R4:

Background and nationality: Indian Female

Undergrad Information: Bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance

GMAT: Yet to be given

Work experience and leadership : Partner at present in a family owned proprietary investment management firm from 4+ years- areas of specialisation: Fundamental analysis, fund allocation, liquidity management.
Managed a cross-functional team to conduct assessment and study of market trends with the help of Fundamental Analysis- Economic Cycle, Market Analysis (Porter’s Five Force Model), Company Analysis (Financial Statements) for our client’s industries.
Formulated detailed business plans (for clients encompassing diverse industries) including assessment of expenditures and forecasted projections of profit via provisional balance sheets.

Internship: Goldman Sachs

Awards: Distinguished Alumni Award from Jain University

ECA: Advanced Teachers Training in Yoga

Publications: Make yourself Count! Investments & Beyond- An academic book based on basics of investments, investors’ psychology and fundamental and technical analysis of stocks. - available on leading e- commerce websites worldwide.

Community and others : Yuva Ignited Minds, taught underprivileged children from grades five to eight at the local neighborhood government-run school subjects such as quantitative methods & Janaagraha, drafted policy and engagement frameworks that focuses on police building ties and working closely with members of the communities of the citizens all over Bangalore city to reduce the crime rate and cases such as domestic violence

Thanks in advance!

hey guys, I am a graduate from a canadian univetsity, one of the schools the has the toughest grading system e.g. McGill, U of T.

I am quite concerned due to my low gpa which is 3.2.
First Year: 3.7
Second Year: 2.08 with an F, C+, B-s, 3.3
Third Year: 3.2
Fourth Year: 3.2

My gmat score is 730 and I am a Canadian CPA working at PwC’s audit department.
CFA lvl2

Should I apply as a Canadian citizen or Korean citizen?

Will the admissio committee take into consideration that I am from one of the toughest school from Canada that gives really low grades?

Hi gofhddl94,

thank you for your post.

LBS, as most European b-schools, doesn't put as much emphasis on GPA as US schools do. In a way, this has to do with the fact that most applicants don't come from schools where the GPA grading system is used. Therefore, in principle, your 3.2 GPA shouldn't put you in disadvantage.

Furthermore, your 730 GMAT score is a clear indication of your academic capacity.

This being said, you might want to use the Optional Essay to talk about any extenuating circumstances that explain your college grades (including that F).

Regarding applying as Canadian vs. Korean, from a diversity perspective, typically there are more Canadians applying than Koreans. Therefore, in this regard, you might be better off applying as Korean as first nationality and Canadian as second.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!
Alex

Hi. Would love a profile review. Will apply to LBS next year (4 years WE at matriculation, age 25) so wondering what I can do to strengthen my application, and make me competitive for scholarships.

Background and nationality: Citizen of a South East Asian (SEA) country. Ethnicity is mixed: SEAn and East Asian.

Undergrad Information: Top 2 university in my country, does not rank well globally. Majored in a quantitative business course. GPA converts to slightly below 3.65

GMAT: Yet to take. Practice CATs hover above 700.

Work experience and leadership: 2 years (as of right now) in a middle market bank working in Equity Research as a covering associate. Very client-facing. Also informally work in a diversified family business that's considered medium-sized in my country. Eight digit annual revenues in USD.

Extra-Curricular Activities: Have gone to business trips to other Asian countries. Constantly in contact with international buy-side clients across the globe.

Community and others: Had strong leadership roles in a charity-based UG org. Semi-active after as a consultant to the org.

Post MBA goals: I will run the medium-sized family business one day, and an MBA would help with the network, learning, and reputation. Will join it right after MBA.

Anything else? Took summer courses in top unis in UK and an Asian country.

Hi Experts!

I'd like to kindly request you for your feedback on my profile. Here goes.

Background:
Indian Male
Age 27
GMAT 720
Industry: Consulting (Front end consulting role in one of the largest HR Consulting organizations in the world, typically held by Tier-1 MBA professionals)

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from IIT Delhi (CGPA – 7.0)

Work Experience: Total 4+ years (in india)
Worked for over 2 years in a social sector consulting startup and 1 year in an election campaign strategy firm (a SuperPAC). Working in the strategic HR consulting for last 1 year.

Extra curriculars – Won international competitions and worked on two international projects in Europe. Worked as Coordinator in various campus festivals and a student association club.

Post MBA Goal – Work in MBB strategy consulting firms

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Hello Experts

I request your views and advice on my profile.

Background:
Indian Female, 28 yrs
Doctor (MBBS)
GMAT (yet-to-give) target 710

Education:
Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery

Work Experience: Total 5 years
Job 1 - Medical Officer (6m)
Job 2 - Medical Officer and Co-ordinator of medical unit (9m)
Job 3 - Founding member of healthcare startup. The start-up did not take off due to multiple operational reasons. (1y)
Job 4 - Program Manager of an international academic Masters program in Asia brought in collaboration with a UK university. Currently, the program has more than 70 surgeons from 7 nationalities across Asia. Additionally was in-charge of operations at the NGO associated with the same organisation including fund-raising activities. (1.5y)
Job 5 - Currently the founder of a social start-up for the elderly (1y)
Overall a slightly more intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial resume. The journey has come with its fair share of learning.

Extra curriculars - Teaching underprivileged students, part of an NGO
Post MBA Goal
Short term - to get into social impact sector either in foundations such as Bill & Mellinda Gates or social businesses or social impact consulting. I want to work with organisations across the world with deep community engagement. Heavy interest in relocation abroad to work at renowned social impact organisations with a focus on healthcare.
Long term - Drive my own social venture and get into social impact investment

Hi, Can you please help me in evaluating my profile for MBA at LBS, Class of 2021

Nationality: Indian, Female, 24 years

Graduation(B.Tech.) - Tier 2 college-7.5 CGPA

GMAT:710(Q49,V36)

Work-Ex: 4 years in Data Analytics and Business Analysis field
2 years: ZS Associates
2 years: BCG

Extra Curricular:
-Leading the CSR group (60 people) at BCG and managing their monthly activities
-Active member of Robinhood army
-Core member of Women Leadership Initiatives at BCG, Events Team at BCG


Post MBA goals: Front end Consulting

Anything else:
12th - 91.4%
10th - 89%

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Hi,

I'd like a review of my profile.

26 y/o male, Indian. Living in Singapore for the past 7 years - 4 for undergrad, 3 for work. 3+ years of experience at ExxonMobil Singapore (will be 4 by the time I start).

GMAT 2nd attempt 720 (Q48, V40). 1st attempt 650 (Q47, V34) - took 3 months before 2nd.

B. Eng. Mechanical engineering;
GPA 4.43 / 5.0 (translates to 3.63 / 4.0 with equivalent module weightages)
NTU, Singapore (QS rank 12)
Several societies and clubs.
NTU research scholar award recipient

Experience:
3+ years at ExxonMobil, Singapore, under Project Management job family.

Lead cost and controls engineer (current; 2 months)
- dual role
- lead cost engineer for a USD 100m project. Multicultural team, in different time zones
- project controls engineer stewarding project performances
- mentor interns and new hires
- lead improvements in work processes, created tools to aid peers
- recipient of several recognition awards

Cost and schedule engineer (1.5 years)
- awarded recognitions
- trained new hires overseas
- lead coordinator for capital efficiency initiatives in AP

Project engineer (1.5 years)
- led diverse teams and managed small scale projects up to USD 1m
- recipient of several recognitions
- avoided major safety incident which could have affected my team

Extracurriculars and achievements:
- volunteer at red cross
- captained high school swimming team to several awards. Intra-university athlete
- competitive corporate dragon-boat rower. Led department team to 3 consecutive podium finishes in intra-company meets
- guitar and bass player; occasional band performer
- Spartan race trifecta finisher
- traveller; 30+ countries
- PADI certified diver; 70+ dives
- INSPIRE times higher education scholarship, India - given to top 1% performers in the ISC exams, India

Penta-lingual; basic competency in 2 languages

Post-MBA aspirations: lead projects in a global capacity in major energy companies.

Thanks in advance!
Sayan

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Dear SG2005,

I cannot tell you how happy seeing your profile made me. I share a lot of your qualifications and experiences. (MBBS, MO work, Age at admission etc.)

First things first: Getting a good score (>720) on the GMAT is extremely important for you. It will help address the admission committee's concerns about doctor's quantitative prowess head on.

1.Your work experience will enable you to stand out. And you will add a lot of diversity and value to the class and will also be an "asset" to healthcare firms
2.Your involvement in social projects outside of work is a key driver of your success in the application process. You will have to craft strong stories to highlight what you have done and how that has helped people.
3. For us (Doctors) it is extremely important to show that we know the "business" side of healthcare. If your MO role was like mine you should have that locked down too. (Drug inventory management, finances etc.). Again it will boil down to making these things evident in your essays
4. Your career goals are fascinating, and align extremely well with your past experiences

Having graduated from Duke I know that it has very strong healthcare recruiting numbers. The BMGF, RAND Corporation recruit heavily at the school. (Melinda Gates is a Fuqua alum).

I was EXACTLY where you are 8 years ago and am happy to chat about my experiences with you.

Best of luck.
AB


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Hey guys, just created an account and hope your responses will help me get on a right track.

I am 22 and I come from East-european developing country.
I have passed the GMAT a month or so ago and got 690 (85%). V-36 (80%) Q-48 (67%). AW - 5 (53%). IR 5 (54%).
(In the beginning my mock exam scores varied between 390-440, thus I feel I should settle with 690)
My undergrad GPA is 3.2. And I have finance/accounting work experience of around 2 years. Currently working for a leading audit/consulting firm.
I cannot really boast of any specific extracurricular activities or trophies or gold metals (while as I gather Business schools take these kind of "extra credits" into consideration).
I know my profile is hardly of top MBA's, but still I come across the stories of students with lower GPAs and lower GMAT scores getting into top schools. Thus, my question is the following,

What are the odds of my getting admitted if I applied for MBA 2020?

Every word will be helpful for me,
Thanks and good luck!

I am not expert but I would suggest you to look calmly on your self a person self...

Try to find your every small act - towards leadership from you academic to current job

Join NGO/social cause act and contribute

Like this.. u will many additional point in your resume, and feel proud about any small act you do and make it meaningful for others.

In last connect wth consultant like application lab, they might guide you more wisely to craft your profile as per your school.

Thanks !

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RandomStudent, why are you in such a hurry, 23 is too young in my opinion. 2 year of WE is the absolute minimum and only passable when you have some real, solid and quantifiable ways you have added value to the company.

Yes, some people get into good schools with bad grades OR lowish test scores; rarely both unless they have a lot to offer in terms of diversity of some kind. I'm afraid the bad news is that those who get in with poor stats have awesome stories to share in terms of leadership, contribution, teamwork, and problem solving. There has to be some offsetting entries as to why the school would overlook these elements.

That said, they generally have at least 75% in quant to show they can handle the work. In sum, I would encourage you to take advantage of the time you have to hire a tutor, get some outside input, get into a study group and try to increase your score another 30 points. take the sample GRE exam on MGMAT; see if that works out better (yes, even though you have devoted all this time and energy to the GMAT - you might get a better GRE with zero effort.)

even more so, would encourage you to develop your contribution profile and get on the board of a non profit, make some meaningful changes, show yourself as a business leader to improve your application somewhat.

get into Toastmasters, do some deep introspection or therapy to learn how to communicate your story and talk about your unique experiences.

It will help a bit that you are from Georgia and there are not so many applicants from there but don't count on that. I feel developing your profile this year will go a long ways and be worth the wait.

This might be a helpful read: https://mbaessaycoaching.com/2019/06/22/submitting-mba-applications-with-low-grades/

As said above, improve quant an add up things in resume and apply with 2 more years experience, that also will count while taking or hiring you in anywhere.

Cheers !

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Hey folks,

Could you please help me out with a profile evaluation?

Nationality | Gender | Age : Indian | Male | 25
GMAT Score: 710 (Considering taking it again, this was my first attempt)

Work Experience:
- 4 years with a leading data analytics consulting firm in India. Progressed from Business Analyst to Senior Business Analyst to an Engagement lead over a 4 year window, received 2 delivery excellence awards over these years
- Directly lead a group of 15 people. Responsible for developing analytical solutions for our client, and all business/customer development within the account
- Mentored close to 50 people across various teams for various roles
- Almost all of my experience has been with a Fortune 100 client to formulate their analytical journey in the Marketing Analytics space
- We work closely with Sr. Managers and Sr. Directors, and we've received multiple awards for our impact
- I was chosen as an early candidate for my company's leadership programme, and I've brought in consistent growth year over year. Grew team size by ~100% every year to a ~$1.5M Portfolio (as of today)

Undergraduate:
- Tier 1 School in India (NIT Trichy), but only a CGPA of 6.8

Other Details:
- Grew up in Saudi,so I've traveled a fair bit around the Middle East, and have interned with a firm in the Middle East (I've been hearing European schools take working outside your home turf quite seriously)
- I support our family business on the side. We run a group a restaurants and cafe, and I help in raising the brand's awareness and marketing
- No other entrepreneurial experience, haven't had the chance to invest much in community service except for some online volunteering to create some English Learning Material for kids

Really appreciate your help!