valyrian wrote:
Age: 24
Sex: Male
Nationality: Indian
Mechanical graduate from top reputed private university (Non IIT) with a GPA of 8.9. (top 7 percent) Would be 3.9 plus in US system.
I did a six months internship at Tata motors during my 6th semester and was among 6 students selected from a batch of 140. Received Six sigma green belt for successfully completing training and project. Also was awarded best trainee second runners up.
Masters in mechanical engineering - UC Berkeley (Highest ranked public engineering university in the world)
GRE of 331/340.
3.8 GPA in masters (Top 10 percent).
Awarded Fung Fellow designation and 20k dollars merit scholarship from Berkeley.
First attempt GMAT - 770. Q51 V42. IR 8 AWA 5.5
Working as a product quality engineer in a German multinational (Fresenius, Global F-500 and world leader in dialysis therapy) in San Francisco since mid 2016.
Fresenius is more than a century old company and is the largest dialysis medical devices manufacturer in the world as well as has nearly 90 percent market share in the dialysis market. They are the largest hospital group in Europe owning about 100 hospitals there and a few thousand clinics in USA.
Extra curriculars:
State level badminton player in school
Convener of muse club in college.
Participated and won a lot of literary and quizzing events in college.
Have 2nd year degree certificate for tabla
Also planning to take CFA level 1 by Dec and level 2 by June next year.
I am planning to apply to Harvard , Wharton or Stanford after 2 years. What can I do to improve my profile. Also do I have a chance in these universities.
Hey there!
Great to hear from you!
You have a most excellent and impressive base for your MBA application already with your grades, scholarship and fantastic GMAT score! Keep it up, and you should be able to give the strongest application you can.
What can you do to improve your profile over the next years???
I would like to present you with a list of ideas, which should help you:
- Definitely do at least one if not real real volunteer works while you are working. The BEST possible volunteer work is anything that has to do with leadership or fundraising, so if you see those opportunities, jump on them!
- Make sure you do the best possible at work, taking any opportunities to lead, to get involved in social events, to advance at work, and remain at the top.
- Likewise try and keep up your life! What I mean is that schools LOVE candidates who have a broad range of activities and interests. So sports, culture, whatever. As always, if it is leadership roles you are taking on they are better than non-leadership roles.
- If you have any interest in entrepreneurship as a side project, it can be good to have that in your profile.
- If you have any interest in politics as a side project, it can be good to have that in your profile.
There are probably more things that I am not yet thinking about, but this is a very good place to start!
Overall things look promising. Right now we are too early to start getting into actual school evaluation, but this is a good start.
While you are at it, I would also suggest trying to visit the target schools, to attend events, and to learn about them as much as possible. This long-term work will pay off greatly when it comes time for you to apply.