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nileshsharma2105
15 Nov 2016, 09:56
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Hi,
I will be applying for my MBA for Fall 2017.I would greatly appreciate if you could please evaluate my profile.
Age-26, Indian Male
GMAT:
1st attempt: 680 [Verbal-30, Quant-50, IR-6, AWA-5.5]
2nd attempt:740 [Verbal-40, Quant-50, IR-4, AWA-5]
Academics:
B.Sc Mathematics with Management- University of Leicester, UK- Upper 2nd Class Hons.(60%-70%)
12th: Commerce with Mathematics- The Scindia School, India- 78%
10th: The Scindia School, India- 76%
Work Ex:[Aug 2010- present]
Working in my family business (construction sector), offering interior designing services, construction development services and engineering development services etc.
Since my father is a civil engineer and I'm more from management background, my work profile was related to administration, accounting & business development. The works we undertook was not restricted to just one city or state. We successfully completed projects in 5-6 different states in India. Clientele includes, among others, GAIL, HPCL, BHEL, SGSITS, Indore, Delhi Jal Board, Flex Industries Ltd.
Extra Curricular:
Working in an NGO for last 4years. It works to fight against alcohol addicts and Drug abuses in young women and children, to provide shelter for poor and needy destitute women and children of Below poverty line and to drive awareness about children of special need and “at risk” of disabilities(& their prevention).
Rafting.
Chess(FIDE rated player)
Participated in several zonal/national/international(open) tournaments in last 10 years.
Horse-Riding
Science Project Competition(National Level) & Drama Society----- in school time.
Career Goals:
Planning to start my own business after MBA (& maybe a couple of years of job experience) or continuing my family business(less likely).
Shortlisted universities:
Insead, MIT, Duke, Berkeley, UCLA, Ross, Columbia
My questions are:
Are my IR and AWA scores alright or do I need to retake?
Is my profile alright for top20 schools or should I see lower than that?
What areas do i need to work upon to increase my candidacy?
Thanking you in advance
Nilesh
I will be applying for my MBA for Fall 2017.I would greatly appreciate if you could please evaluate my profile.
Age-26, Indian Male
GMAT:
1st attempt: 680 [Verbal-30, Quant-50, IR-6, AWA-5.5]
2nd attempt:740 [Verbal-40, Quant-50, IR-4, AWA-5]
Academics:
B.Sc Mathematics with Management- University of Leicester, UK- Upper 2nd Class Hons.(60%-70%)
12th: Commerce with Mathematics- The Scindia School, India- 78%
10th: The Scindia School, India- 76%
Work Ex:[Aug 2010- present]
Working in my family business (construction sector), offering interior designing services, construction development services and engineering development services etc.
Since my father is a civil engineer and I'm more from management background, my work profile was related to administration, accounting & business development. The works we undertook was not restricted to just one city or state. We successfully completed projects in 5-6 different states in India. Clientele includes, among others, GAIL, HPCL, BHEL, SGSITS, Indore, Delhi Jal Board, Flex Industries Ltd.
Extra Curricular:
Working in an NGO for last 4years. It works to fight against alcohol addicts and Drug abuses in young women and children, to provide shelter for poor and needy destitute women and children of Below poverty line and to drive awareness about children of special need and “at risk” of disabilities(& their prevention).
Rafting.
Chess(FIDE rated player)
Participated in several zonal/national/international(open) tournaments in last 10 years.
Horse-Riding
Science Project Competition(National Level) & Drama Society----- in school time.
Career Goals:
Planning to start my own business after MBA (& maybe a couple of years of job experience) or continuing my family business(less likely).
Shortlisted universities:
Insead, MIT, Duke, Berkeley, UCLA, Ross, Columbia
My questions are:
Are my IR and AWA scores alright or do I need to retake?
Is my profile alright for top20 schools or should I see lower than that?
What areas do i need to work upon to increase my candidacy?
Thanking you in advance
Nilesh
17 Nov 2016, 15:36
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Hi Nilesh,
Thanks for sharing your profile! Nice job with your GMAT re-take – you made a significant improvement! That score plus a solid undergrad GPA (which I’m estimating equates to 3.3-3.5) check the boxes for the schools you’re targeting. So no issues there. To answer your specific question, no, I don’t see the upside in re-taking the GMAT for your IR and AWA scores. Although the adcom sees those scores, IR/AWA typically are not weighted in any admissions decision unless they're extreme.
Your family business experience is interesting and certainly a differentiator. In my experience, applicants that come from family business backgrounds bring unique strengths to their applications – operations experience that required them to wear multiple “hats” (sales, marketing, strategy, HR, supply chain, etc.), for example. With that said, you’ll want to be careful about how you communicate your experience in your applications by adding as much structure to your role as possible and quantifying your achievements at every opportunity. Doing this will make sure that your experience is credible and appears just as rigorous as your competition. Just a few tips
It’s completely understandable that you’re still evaluating your career goals at this stage in the process. However, that is something you’ll want to get more clear and specific on down the road. Laying out a clear plan for what you hope to do after business school and how that ties back to your experience to-date is a key aspect of the MBA application to almost any school. And it’s never too early to start thinking about that.
From what I can tell, your only EC since undergrad is your involvement in the NGO. Which is fine, by the way! You don’t mention the exact nature of your role but since you have been involved for 4 years, I would expect to see you hold some kind of leadership position or at least to have led an initiative or project more recently. If not, perhaps now is a great time to deepen your commitment.
I hope this was helpful! Best of luck to you!
Kindly,
Melody
Thanks for sharing your profile! Nice job with your GMAT re-take – you made a significant improvement! That score plus a solid undergrad GPA (which I’m estimating equates to 3.3-3.5) check the boxes for the schools you’re targeting. So no issues there. To answer your specific question, no, I don’t see the upside in re-taking the GMAT for your IR and AWA scores. Although the adcom sees those scores, IR/AWA typically are not weighted in any admissions decision unless they're extreme.
Your family business experience is interesting and certainly a differentiator. In my experience, applicants that come from family business backgrounds bring unique strengths to their applications – operations experience that required them to wear multiple “hats” (sales, marketing, strategy, HR, supply chain, etc.), for example. With that said, you’ll want to be careful about how you communicate your experience in your applications by adding as much structure to your role as possible and quantifying your achievements at every opportunity. Doing this will make sure that your experience is credible and appears just as rigorous as your competition. Just a few tips
It’s completely understandable that you’re still evaluating your career goals at this stage in the process. However, that is something you’ll want to get more clear and specific on down the road. Laying out a clear plan for what you hope to do after business school and how that ties back to your experience to-date is a key aspect of the MBA application to almost any school. And it’s never too early to start thinking about that.
From what I can tell, your only EC since undergrad is your involvement in the NGO. Which is fine, by the way! You don’t mention the exact nature of your role but since you have been involved for 4 years, I would expect to see you hold some kind of leadership position or at least to have led an initiative or project more recently. If not, perhaps now is a great time to deepen your commitment.
I hope this was helpful! Best of luck to you!
Kindly,
Melody
