Profile Evaluation Request

Question

Hi,

Please let me know if my profile is good enough for my target schools

Target Schools- Anderson,Haas, Johnson, Tuck, ISB, Tepper,UNC,Ross,Darden

Personal Profile:
Age-25
Gender-male
Nationality-Indian

GMAT Score: 700(Q46/V40)

Work Exp- 4 years (at the time of matriculation)
Highlights of Work Ex:
1.5 Years at ZipDial ( a startup that was acquired by Twitter. Worked for Twitter for 6 months in the 1.5 years)-I was the leader of all incoming projects and managed them single handedly. My main focus was Project Management,Key Account Management(Held the Unilever Project Portfolio and Coca Cola Portfolio) and Analytics.

1 Year- Co-Founder of my own startup-Leading Growth,Marketing and Operations. I also code(learnt it by myself) . My startup got covered by Forbes recently and also got coverage in The Next Web,Product Hunt, NDTV(A Major media House in India). The advisor to my startup is a Director at Spotify(for recommendation letter).

6 Months at Ashok Leyland(India's 2nd Largest Heavy Vehicles Manufacturer) in the Six Sigma Team.

For Recommendations Letters: Worked Directly Under the COO and Founder at ZipDial(Now Director of Product at Twitter) and also under the Director of Client Partnerships at ZipDial(Head of Growth Operations at Twitter and Director of Business Alliances at IMI Mobile).

Academics:
College- SASTRA University
GPA- 4
Degree- B.Tech (Electrical Engineering)
12th Grade-90.4%
10th Grade-95.8%

Extra Curriculars:
Regular Summer Volunteer at an NGO that provides relief aid to drought stricken areas in India
Amateur Guitarist- I Play gigs at a few local venues
Represented my School and College in Table Tennis Tournaments

Post MBA Goals- Product Management at a SaaS/Consumer Internet company (or) Investment Portfolio Manager at a VC firm

mbaMissionJenK · Answer

Hello,

Interesting resume thus far.... the only drawback I'd say is you haven't stayed in any one role for very long? So there could be a bit of a question raised about, why NOW vs say waiting another year... so if you are focused on applying this year, just emphasize the fact that you are ready and why this is the ideal time for you!

Continue to focus on researching schools, and also researching your post-MBA career plan, in the coming months. For more on choosing schools, check out our free download at: https://info.mbamission.com/Selecting-Yo ... ram-E-Book. Keep us posted as you have q's and narrow things down!

vsaketram · Answer

Hello Jen,

Thank you for this! I will be applying for the 2017 intake so yes, I will surely go and research schools. As far as career options go, I am pretty sure of those.

That being said, could you please let me know if the target schools are achievable 1 year down the line?

Thanks,
Saket

mbaMissionJenK · Answer

Hi there-- well there are of course no guarantees and the admissions process is holistic, and somewhat subjective, so it all depends upon the overall assessment of everything you submit and how you present yourself etc.... that said with a bit more continuity in your professional history/resume yes hopefully if all else is strong, some or many of those schools should be within reach. I would think another year (i.e. 2018 intake) might be even better odds, for higher-ranked or more competitive schools, but all food for thought based upon your situation and what makes sense for you!

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