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Profile Evaluation please! [#permalink] New post   12 May 2010, 21:47
I was rejected in ISB this yr after an interview. I thought everything was going good. My essays were good (as per the feedback from my friends and ex-ISBians) and my interview was decent.

Here are the details:

Age: 30 yrs (Indian)
GMAT - 730 Q 50 , V 38

Work Experience
Total 5.5 yrs of exp in IT field. Experience in consulting, have been working closely with client since last 3 yrs. Have played different roles - Developer, Business analyst, Team lead.

Education
> Masters in Computer Application with CGPA of 8.4 / 10 from one of the top institutes in India
> Bachelor in Computer Application with 78% score from an average institute

Extra curricular
> I, along with my friends, formed Computer club during graduation and organized 1st IT festival in college. (Nov 00 to Feb 01)
> worked on IT projects as freelancer during graduation and post-graduation.
> Volunteered for central govt project COILNEt for developing localized IT content for people of a backward state (Sep 03 to Nov 03)
> Moderating forums and guiding GMAT aspirants at gmatclub.com (Jun 09 till date)
> Participation in an Fine Arts Forum since last one year, where I post my paintings as well as learn from others.

Post MBA Goals
to work as management consultant in IT field post MBA.

Awards
> University topper during Post Graduation in 2nd semester
> Excellence award in school for scoring high marks in science subjects
> Have won few awards in fine arts during school (no recent one :( ). All India Rank 2 in the entrance exam for Bachelor of Fine Arts in one of the reputed Fine Arts college in India. Though I never took an admission.

Changes in profile after ding
> Received 3 Thanks awards from peers in my company
> Have gained a good reputation and network at gmatclub.com
> Have become a part of Interview Panel in my company
> Mentoring couple of junior resource in career and technical guidance in my company
> Published one white paper on ERP (though it was a technical one)

My Questions to you
1. Could you please provide your feedback on my profile.
2. Also could you please suggest some Top ranked B-schools good for Consultancy as a career.
3. Schools which could be a good option for me.

Thanks in Advance,
Bipin
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Re: Profile Evaluation please! [#permalink] New post   12 May 2010, 22:56
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bigoyal wrote:
I was rejected in ISB this yr after an interview. I thought everything was going good. My essays were good (as per the feedback from my friends and ex-ISBians) and my interview was decent.

Here are the details:

Age: 30 yrs (Indian)
GMAT - 730 Q 50 , V 38

Work Experience
Total 5.5 yrs of exp in IT field. Experience in consulting, have been working closely with client since last 3 yrs. Have played different roles - Developer, Business analyst, Team lead.

Education
> Masters in Computer Application with CGPA of 8.4 / 10 from one of the top institutes in India
> Bachelor in Computer Application with 78% score from an average institute

Extra curricular
> I, along with my friends, formed Computer club during graduation and organized 1st IT festival in college. (Nov 00 to Feb 01)
> worked on IT projects as freelancer during graduation and post-graduation.
> Volunteered for central govt project COILNEt for developing localized IT content for people of a backward state (Sep 03 to Nov 03)
> Moderating forums and guiding GMAT aspirants at gmatclub.com (Jun 09 till date)
> Participation in an Fine Arts Forum since last one year, where I post my paintings as well as learn from others.

Post MBA Goals
to work as management consultant in IT field post MBA.

Awards
> University topper during Post Graduation in 2nd semester
> Excellence award in school for scoring high marks in science subjects
> Have won few awards in fine arts during school (no recent one :( ). All India Rank 2 in the entrance exam for Bachelor of Fine Arts in one of the reputed Fine Arts college in India. Though I never took an admission.

Changes in profile after ding
> Received 3 Thanks awards from peers in my company
> Have gained a good reputation and network at gmatclub.com
> Have become a part of Interview Panel in my company
> Mentoring couple of junior resource in career and technical guidance in my company
> Published one white paper on ERP (though it was a technical one)

My Questions to you
1. Could you please provide your feedback on my profile.
2. Also could you please suggest some Top ranked B-schools good for Consultancy as a career.
3. Schools which could be a good option for me.

Thanks in Advance,
Bipin

Bipin,

1) Your academics are impressive. I would have liked to see more leadership in your profile.You may have it, but I don't see it above.

2 & 3)Consider Haas, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Duke, NYU, and Ross.

Best,
Linda
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Posts: 578
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Location: New Delhi
Concentration: IT Consultancy
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WE 1: 5.5 yrs in IT
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Re: Profile Evaluation please! [#permalink] New post   21 May 2010, 07:45
Thanks a lot Linda for your feedback. I agree I don't have very strong leadership initiatives in my profile, but still I can list a few ones.
- In school I was boarding house prefect,
- during my Bachelors course, I was class representative, representing my class in college general elections.
- Me and a group of others, formed Computer club during graduation and organized 1st IT festival in college.
- In my office I have played role of Team Lead (though nothing exciting about it), have mentored junior resources outside my team, and I have been part of interview panel.
- At gmat club guided several gmat aspirants and started various threads related to Indian B-schools

Do you think these could impress adcom? Do you see any chance of mine in either of top 5 or would that be a strech.

Thanks once again for looking into my post.
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Re: Profile Evaluation please! [#permalink] New post   24 May 2010, 16:54
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bigoyal wrote:
Thanks a lot Linda for your feedback. I agree I don't have very strong leadership initiatives in my profile, but still I can list a few ones.
- In school I was boarding house prefect,
- during my Bachelors course, I was class representative, representing my class in college general elections.
- Me and a group of others, formed Computer club during graduation and organized 1st IT festival in college.
- In my office I have played role of Team Lead (though nothing exciting about it), have mentored junior resources outside my team, and I have been part of interview panel.
- At gmat club guided several gmat aspirants and started various threads related to Indian B-schools

Do you think these could impress adcom? Do you see any chance of mine in either of top 5 or would that be a strech.

Thanks once again for looking into my post.


The adcom will consider your leadership experience and you should mention it, but much of it occurred several years ago. So it's good you have it, but not as good as continuous or recent leadership experience or recent leadership experience with more responsibility.

I do think Top 5 is a stretch, but stretch doesn't mean impossible. It does imply that you should be realistic and also apply to other programs where you have a better chance of acceptance.

Best,
Linda
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