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24 Aug 2015, 00:27
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Hi,
I would like some help in profile evaluation and would like to know what colleges can I releastically target with may be some stretch ones as well.
My Background: Male, 29 from India.
GMAT:
I have attempted GMAT twice with a score of 650 (QA-48, VA-28) and more recently 640 (QA - 43, VA - 35).
I plan to attempt GMAT one more time next month.
My Academic Background:
10th Std (Senior Secondary) - 77%.
12th Std (High School) - 71%.
Engineering - Mechanical from Pune University, 62.3% agg ( Considered first class as per the university).
Work Experience: 7.5-8 Yrs by 2016 commencement.
Dy Manager in HVAC Planning and Engineering Department in an air conditioning contracting firm.
Job Description: Responsible for leading engineering design and project planning for a given project. Also coordinating with other departments such as electrical, fire fighting, plumbing, instrumentation in order to provide complete solution to the client. Assist the engineering requirements of site team to complete the project on schedule.
I am required to work with multiple teams both within my company and outside it (client team, consultant teams who are generally spread out accross the country.)
Have handled projects ranging from airports to power plants to hospitals.
Extra Curricular activities:
- Currently pursuing my hobbies such as cycling, runnning, soccer.
- Have participated in and completed Full marathon (42 KM) in Mumbai, 2015 (time of 6 hr 20 min), Half marathon in 2014 (2 hr. Shall be participating in the 2016 mumbai full marathon as well.
- Have participated in and completed endurance adventure race (100-150 Km cycling, 30-40 Km trekking, 10 Km - Hike and bike) , Enduro in 2015, 2014, 2013. Race is team event with each team consisting of atleast 1 female. Race is self supported and generally lasts 24 hours.
- Have participated in and completed Hyderabad triathlon, 2013, Olympic category in 5 hr ( 1.5 Km swimming, 40 Km - Cycling, 10 km - Running) .
- Have founded a cycling group in mumbai where cycling enthusiasts from the adjoining area of my locality can get together and cycle. We generally do about 40-80 km cycle rides on the weekends.
- Play soccer regularly as a hobby. No club participation etc, though I do guide the youngsters from the society in improving their game.
- Have won 1st place in Godrej cyclothon, MTB Category, 2014.
- Have won 1st place in Time trial race, MTB Category, Mumbai , 2014 in a local event.
Future Goals:
Academic : Pursue my MBA in strategy / minor in enterprenuership, 2016
- Would like to work with startups either directly or via VCs as a consultant or something similar.
Extra curricular :
- Improve my full marathon timing by an hour by Jan, 2016.
- Participate and test my body in long distance cycling endurance races.
- Upgrade my triathlon category to Half iron and eventually to Iron man.
I would like some help in profile evaluation and would like to know what colleges can I releastically target with may be some stretch ones as well.
My Background: Male, 29 from India.
GMAT:
I have attempted GMAT twice with a score of 650 (QA-48, VA-28) and more recently 640 (QA - 43, VA - 35).
I plan to attempt GMAT one more time next month.
My Academic Background:
10th Std (Senior Secondary) - 77%.
12th Std (High School) - 71%.
Engineering - Mechanical from Pune University, 62.3% agg ( Considered first class as per the university).
Work Experience: 7.5-8 Yrs by 2016 commencement.
Dy Manager in HVAC Planning and Engineering Department in an air conditioning contracting firm.
Job Description: Responsible for leading engineering design and project planning for a given project. Also coordinating with other departments such as electrical, fire fighting, plumbing, instrumentation in order to provide complete solution to the client. Assist the engineering requirements of site team to complete the project on schedule.
I am required to work with multiple teams both within my company and outside it (client team, consultant teams who are generally spread out accross the country.)
Have handled projects ranging from airports to power plants to hospitals.
Extra Curricular activities:
- Currently pursuing my hobbies such as cycling, runnning, soccer.
- Have participated in and completed Full marathon (42 KM) in Mumbai, 2015 (time of 6 hr 20 min), Half marathon in 2014 (2 hr. Shall be participating in the 2016 mumbai full marathon as well.
- Have participated in and completed endurance adventure race (100-150 Km cycling, 30-40 Km trekking, 10 Km - Hike and bike) , Enduro in 2015, 2014, 2013. Race is team event with each team consisting of atleast 1 female. Race is self supported and generally lasts 24 hours.
- Have participated in and completed Hyderabad triathlon, 2013, Olympic category in 5 hr ( 1.5 Km swimming, 40 Km - Cycling, 10 km - Running) .
- Have founded a cycling group in mumbai where cycling enthusiasts from the adjoining area of my locality can get together and cycle. We generally do about 40-80 km cycle rides on the weekends.
- Play soccer regularly as a hobby. No club participation etc, though I do guide the youngsters from the society in improving their game.
- Have won 1st place in Godrej cyclothon, MTB Category, 2014.
- Have won 1st place in Time trial race, MTB Category, Mumbai , 2014 in a local event.
Future Goals:
Academic : Pursue my MBA in strategy / minor in enterprenuership, 2016
- Would like to work with startups either directly or via VCs as a consultant or something similar.
Extra curricular :
- Improve my full marathon timing by an hour by Jan, 2016.
- Participate and test my body in long distance cycling endurance races.
- Upgrade my triathlon category to Half iron and eventually to Iron man.
24 Aug 2015, 23:05
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gurmoksh
Hi Gurmoksh,
First things first- GMAT! yes, a retake is definitely the way forward. If you are not able to rise above the current scores, relook your prep strategy and also try getting external help. It's got to be the last GMAT you take this year, else you will miss many a deadline. So scoring well on the third attempt is essential. Think 680+.
Your work experience seems to be on track, and you must show your leadership capability in the applications. However your career goals need major groundwork. Consulting and VC are two completely different fields. Getting into venture capital is not easy unless you have prior similar work experience or you are an entrepreneur with a penchant for spotting start-ups with potential. Transitioning from an ops role to VC sounds unlikely to happen.
On the extra curricular side, you do communicate your passion for endurance sports, which is a good thing. Do you also have some volunteering experience?
Eventually which business schools are you planning to apply to?
