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Joined: 13 Apr 2015
Posts: 15
Given Kudos: 14
Location: United States
Concentration: General Management, Healthcare
GPA: 3.63
WE:Account Management (Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Profile Evaluation Request: Indian Female, GMAT 730, Biotech Industry
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22 Jun 2015, 22:31
Hello! Please see a summary of my profile below. Evaluation and comments on the probability of getting into my target schools would be greatly appreciated!
Target Schools: Kellogg, Haas, Fuqua
Indian, Female
Age 28
GMAT 730
Q48, V41
Undergraduate Major: Biotechnology
From an Indian University
GPA: 9.091/10 (Top 1% among 700)
Extracurricular: Singer in an Indian music fusion band, performed locally and participated in competitions.
MS in Biomedical Engineering
From US University (100% merit-based scholarship)
GPA: 3.542
Thesis on breast cancer research, led to one journal publication (not first author).
+ Led lab training for undergrads and summer interns.
+ Coordinated lab purchases and actively negotiated with vendors to implement cost saving initiatives for grant spending.
+ Travel award: to present at 2 international conferences.
Extracurricular:
+ Elected department rep in the student senate. Part of a team that successfully passed a petition to allow same-sex domestic parters of international graduate students to receive tuition discounts while taking courses at the university.
+ Singer in an Indian music fusion duo, performed around campus and locally.
+ Choreographer for the International Student Union's annual cultural diversity gala
Work Experience: 5 Years
at a Mid-size Biotechnology company
in a sales function.
Inside Sales Specialist: (9 months)
+ Partnered with field account managers to grow assigned territory of $9 Million by 12%.
+ Worked in a team to successfully execute a $100K supply contract with a major university.
+ Promoted to Account Manager within 9 months.
Midwest Account Manager: (4.2 years)
+ Manage sales in 9 states in the Midwest: grew from $3M to $4.5M within 4 years. Higher than Industry average growth year-over-year.
+ Championed 7 Master Supply Contracts, totaling $1M.
+ Set up novel business channels - "virtual stockrooms" at 4 institutions, totaling $400K in new revenue.
+ Designed and led efforts to integrate a new online system to record and track customer profiles, which was eventually adopted by the entire sales organization.
+ Part of the cross-functional "strategic planning" team - role is to represent and report back the "voice of customer" in the Cancer Immunology space
Extracurriculars:
+ Board member of non-profit focusing on employment for people with neurodegenerative and developmental disabilities. Led digital marketing efforts from scratch here. Also working on a fund-raising event coming up in the summer.
+ Volunteer Committee member at a non-profit that helps community building through story-telling events. Responsible for volunteer training and orientation, organizing the annual volunteer party and generating content for the monthly volunteer newsletter. Led efforts to put in place a volunteer mission statement. Started a "veteran volunteer highlight" section in the newsletters as a way to show volunteer appreciation. Designed volunteer survey to identify gaps and improve volunteer retention rate.
+ Maintain a cartoon blog, where I sketch cartoons for fun.
Post MBA Goals:
Short term: Management consulting focused on pharma/biotech.
Long term: Commercialization of novel technologies in the biotech space from start to finish at a start-up.
Target School Info:
I picked these schools specifically for their healthcare focus and the types of courses and opportunities they offer in this specialization.
1. Kellogg
2. Haas
3. Fuqua