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30 Nov 2018, 00:46
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Profile Eval MBA 2019 - India, male
Hello!
I would greatly appreciate an evaluation of my profile for Columbia, Duke, Yale, Tuck, Cornell, Ross, Wharton and NYU?
Academics:
-I'm a 26 year old male from India.
-10th grade - 87%
-12th grade - 86%
-Computer Engineering degree from a State University 64% (we don't have a GPA system, but it comes to 3.4-3.5)
-GMAT - 650/73% (V: 34 | Q: 47 | AWA: 5 | IR: 3)
Work Experience:
- Started my own FEC (Family entertainment center) at age 22 (while still in college) at an investment of approx INR 60L (around USD 85,000). Been 4 years into it and the business does an average revenue of USD 70,000-100,000 per outlet, annually. Managed everything from negotiating the rental space to bagging the pan-asia distributorship for the gaming equipment as well. The company for whom I am a distributor is based in Michigan, USA. Currently managing everything from operations to marketing.
- Scaled it to two retail outlets but had to shut one down in 2 years as we had to make way for a big MNC at the rental premise in the mall. Currently one is operational in one of the top 5 malls of India.
- Also manage family's investments in equity markets. The portfolio size is around USD 150,000-200,000. Have managed to fetch a return of around 6-7% on the corpus size on an average in the past 2 years since I have started managing it. Prior to managing this, worked for around 15 months at a well known investor's firm (with net worth of more than USD 60 million), along with managing and operating the FEC mentioned above.
- Recommends equity investments to few clients. Started this since the last year.
Personal:
-Take basis elementary primary lessons for children at no charge (on Sunday's for 3 hours).
- Family, including me, have been involved in supporting (via donations) few local NGOs.
Post-Mba plans:
-Continue in the equity investment domain but develop a broader, deeper understanding of the same.
- Also would like to continue operating and expanding retail outlets (FEC, entertainment) in India where there is a dearth of such activities and the consumption is on a rise
-Want to make learning fun and exciting via fun-interactive entertainment options (Like KidZania does)
TIA.
Hello!
I would greatly appreciate an evaluation of my profile for Columbia, Duke, Yale, Tuck, Cornell, Ross, Wharton and NYU?
Academics:
-I'm a 26 year old male from India.
-10th grade - 87%
-12th grade - 86%
-Computer Engineering degree from a State University 64% (we don't have a GPA system, but it comes to 3.4-3.5)
-GMAT - 650/73% (V: 34 | Q: 47 | AWA: 5 | IR: 3)
Work Experience:
- Started my own FEC (Family entertainment center) at age 22 (while still in college) at an investment of approx INR 60L (around USD 85,000). Been 4 years into it and the business does an average revenue of USD 70,000-100,000 per outlet, annually. Managed everything from negotiating the rental space to bagging the pan-asia distributorship for the gaming equipment as well. The company for whom I am a distributor is based in Michigan, USA. Currently managing everything from operations to marketing.
- Scaled it to two retail outlets but had to shut one down in 2 years as we had to make way for a big MNC at the rental premise in the mall. Currently one is operational in one of the top 5 malls of India.
- Also manage family's investments in equity markets. The portfolio size is around USD 150,000-200,000. Have managed to fetch a return of around 6-7% on the corpus size on an average in the past 2 years since I have started managing it. Prior to managing this, worked for around 15 months at a well known investor's firm (with net worth of more than USD 60 million), along with managing and operating the FEC mentioned above.
- Recommends equity investments to few clients. Started this since the last year.
Personal:
-Take basis elementary primary lessons for children at no charge (on Sunday's for 3 hours).
- Family, including me, have been involved in supporting (via donations) few local NGOs.
Post-Mba plans:
-Continue in the equity investment domain but develop a broader, deeper understanding of the same.
- Also would like to continue operating and expanding retail outlets (FEC, entertainment) in India where there is a dearth of such activities and the consumption is on a rise
-Want to make learning fun and exciting via fun-interactive entertainment options (Like KidZania does)
TIA.
30 Nov 2018, 00:58
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A few thoughts on your profile ajtmatch:
Hope this helps some.
Cheers,
- The professional aspects of your profile look interesting though a bit split. In both areas, you seem to have had reasonable success. Going forward though, you'll have to bring more clarity and focus. You'll have to showcase how post-MBA things will be different meaning, define what 'broader/deeper' means. You will also have to explain how/why the two businesses, any synergies and rationale etc. This is critical to get the right mileage out of your experience.
- For reasons mentioned here, we do not speculate on school selection. That being said, the current overall academic arc, including the GMAT, can make things tough at the top league schools generally speaking. In general, the average GMAT for Indian candidates is way higher than a given school's average. You'll have to either come up with a compelling reason as to why there should be an exception in your case or think of a retake with a big jump.
- The ECs look decent; donations - maybe not so much purely from applications perspective. Read here as to why ECs matter.
Hope this helps some.
Cheers,
shaarang
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Concentration: Finance, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Kellogg '22 (D) Tepper '22 (WA) Duke '22 (WA) Kenan-Flagler '22 (M$) Kelley '22 (A$) McDonough '22 (A$) Anderson '22 (D)
GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V42
GPA: 4
WE:Analyst (Finance: Investment Banking)
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Schools: Kellogg '22 (D) Tepper '22 (WA) Duke '22 (WA) Kenan-Flagler '22 (M$) Kelley '22 (A$) McDonough '22 (A$) Anderson '22 (D)
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30 Nov 2018, 01:13
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Not an expert but commenting because I have a similar, yet not entirely same profile.
As a thumb rule, MBA programs don't really care about pre-undergad experience unless there are visible red flags. We have a similar undergrad, which translates to 3.1, not 3.5 (which is about the average range for schools you've mentioned.) So obviously, a below average undergrad is a weakness that needs to be offset by other factors. I've tried to offset it using a high (98th percentile) GMAT. Considering the schools you want to apply to, you may want to consider taking the GMAT again and target 740 and above. [Even regular Indian applicants are expected to have around 20 points higher than average white folks, so if you're looking to offset a poor undergrad then you need to target an elite score. Otherwise, things will get incredibly difficult for you.]
To your point -
I started a tech startup with $12000 and sold it in ~3 years and my entire application story is based around that. Brick & mortar businesses are okay too, and there's scope for a great story there, but you really need to think about your journey and motivations and articulate it in a way the adcom can understand.
As an aside, you may need to shore up your extra-curricular achievements. Donating money to NGOs (I don't think) doesn't count. Portfolio management can go here as it's not a job but more of hobby/post-work activity.
Overall, I think you need to take another swing at the GMAT and really put some deep thought into your applications. Even after that, the schools you have selected will be quite hard to get into. Consider readjusting your school selection. I don't know what criteria you have used to select your schools since there doesn't seem to be a common thread (I'm perplexed at how Booth didn't make it if you want to get into investing or why you're considering consulting schools such as Cornell or Duke over UT or UCLA if you wish to be an entrepreneur) but rethink your selection to include other T-20 schools; not just the M7.
As a thumb rule, MBA programs don't really care about pre-undergad experience unless there are visible red flags. We have a similar undergrad, which translates to 3.1, not 3.5 (which is about the average range for schools you've mentioned.) So obviously, a below average undergrad is a weakness that needs to be offset by other factors. I've tried to offset it using a high (98th percentile) GMAT. Considering the schools you want to apply to, you may want to consider taking the GMAT again and target 740 and above. [Even regular Indian applicants are expected to have around 20 points higher than average white folks, so if you're looking to offset a poor undergrad then you need to target an elite score. Otherwise, things will get incredibly difficult for you.]
To your point -
I started a tech startup with $12000 and sold it in ~3 years and my entire application story is based around that. Brick & mortar businesses are okay too, and there's scope for a great story there, but you really need to think about your journey and motivations and articulate it in a way the adcom can understand.
As an aside, you may need to shore up your extra-curricular achievements. Donating money to NGOs (I don't think) doesn't count. Portfolio management can go here as it's not a job but more of hobby/post-work activity.
Overall, I think you need to take another swing at the GMAT and really put some deep thought into your applications. Even after that, the schools you have selected will be quite hard to get into. Consider readjusting your school selection. I don't know what criteria you have used to select your schools since there doesn't seem to be a common thread (I'm perplexed at how Booth didn't make it if you want to get into investing or why you're considering consulting schools such as Cornell or Duke over UT or UCLA if you wish to be an entrepreneur) but rethink your selection to include other T-20 schools; not just the M7.
Your academic profile is quite weak.
