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Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Finance
Schools: Haas '18 Sloan '18 Yale '18 LBS '18 Insead July'17 Wharton '18 Anderson '18 CBS '18 Johnson '19 (S)
GMAT 1: 700 Q49 V35
GPA: 2.61
Schools: Haas '18 Sloan '18 Yale '18 LBS '18 Insead July'17 Wharton '18 Anderson '18 CBS '18 Johnson '19 (S)
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25 Aug 2018, 07:37
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WE: 7 years at enrollment (Looking at Columbia's J term but open to regular term as well. Also looking at Kellogg 1 yr MBA)
GMAT: 700
Undergrad: IIT (CGPA 6.5/10)
Nationality: Indian Male
Age: 32 (for January J-term, 33 for regular term)
Work Ex:
2 years at India's top 3 prop trading organisations - Fixed income trader and derivatives analyst
2.25 years founded, conceptualised, launched and scaled my company to more than 100,000 users globally and grew the team to 16 people.
1.5 years as product manager at India's 2nd largest e-commerce firms in the kids category, with more than a million users. Worked in India and China.
0.5 years as Senior product lead at India's largest retail firm (Reliance)
Extra curriculars: Captain of hostel soccer team at IIT Delhi, established an NGO focused on rehabilitating encephalitis affected families in UP and raised funds, passively manage family investment fund of corpus > INR 50 lakhs
Long term goal: Equity investing in startups (VC).
GMAT: 700
Undergrad: IIT (CGPA 6.5/10)
Nationality: Indian Male
Age: 32 (for January J-term, 33 for regular term)
Work Ex:
2 years at India's top 3 prop trading organisations - Fixed income trader and derivatives analyst
2.25 years founded, conceptualised, launched and scaled my company to more than 100,000 users globally and grew the team to 16 people.
1.5 years as product manager at India's 2nd largest e-commerce firms in the kids category, with more than a million users. Worked in India and China.
0.5 years as Senior product lead at India's largest retail firm (Reliance)
Extra curriculars: Captain of hostel soccer team at IIT Delhi, established an NGO focused on rehabilitating encephalitis affected families in UP and raised funds, passively manage family investment fund of corpus > INR 50 lakhs
Long term goal: Equity investing in startups (VC).
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You've got some strong experience but there are a few challenges that you'll need to overcome: 1) You're coming from a super competitive demographic as I'm sure you know, and it's one that has very high GMATs (740+) so your score will be on the low end, which could raise concerns 2) You are quite a bit above the average age for a full time program & especially given the strength of your experience, the adcom will likely wonder if you still need the degree. It becomes harder to make a why MBA argument - and the argument they want to see is one based on skill gaps, not one that talks at all about the "credibility" that comes with an MBA.
That said, if you are open to PT or EMBA programs you'd be an awesome fit for those - it would give you access to the same professors, network, etc but your age would not be a factor nor would you GMAT (since scores tend to be lower for these programs). I think the CBS & Kellogg full time programs would both be in the reach category but you'd be competitive for CBS EMBA for sure as well as other top PT or EMBA programs.
Hope that helps!
That said, if you are open to PT or EMBA programs you'd be an awesome fit for those - it would give you access to the same professors, network, etc but your age would not be a factor nor would you GMAT (since scores tend to be lower for these programs). I think the CBS & Kellogg full time programs would both be in the reach category but you'd be competitive for CBS EMBA for sure as well as other top PT or EMBA programs.
Hope that helps!
