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Hi Paul

Please help in evaluating my profile...

Nationality : Indian / Gender : Male / Age : 24

GMAT 1 : 580 Q:45 V:25
GMAT 2 : 690 Q:50 V:34

Academics :
10th : 85%
12th : 97.2%
Engineering : 3.57 / 4 ( Indian GPA 9/10 - Top 10% in the department) - Anna University (Top University after IIT in Chennai), Chennai

Work Experience :

Working as Deputy Manager, Business Intelligence unit, ICICI Bank
2.7 years at Business Intelligence unit, ICICI bank. (got 2 appraisals)
Promoted in 1.7 years (Company's policy is 3 years per promotion)

1. Was awarded BIU Star Award for exceptional contribution in NPA Provisioning analytics and Regulator's data quality project
2. Winner of CUG contest of Conversational Banking and Smartkeys in ICICI Bank.
3. Was awarded Man of the Match in Inter Bank Cricket match against HDFC.

Projects :
1) Risk Based Supervision - Regulators data quality project. As a Project Lead for a team of analysts for the bank wide data quality project for all the core systems of the bank. One of the most critical and significant project as it deals with Regulatory reporting.
2) NPA Provisioning analytics - At turbulent times of the bank, contributed significant savings in the retail portfolio of the bank.
3) Analytics for Overseas branches of ICICI Bank - New York, Shangai, Dubai, Singapore, Sri Lanka
4) Risk Analytics - Segmentation of the loan Portfolio and calculating the PD and LGD for IFRS and Basel reporting.
5) Debt Service Management Group - Collection Analytics ( many left... just for giving an idea... limiting to this)

Educational Achievements :

1) eMDP - Management Development program from XLRI Jamshedpur on Corporate Finance (Leading B-School in India)
2) Specialization in Data Analytics - Jigsaw Academy ( #1 analytics training academy in india)
3) 3 - 4 courses in EDx and Coursera Online MOOCs from IIM-Bangalore etc.

Extra-Curricular Activities:

1) Co-Founder of a Start-up in College - Viggyan - A technical education company
An initiative by a group of students at MIT.
Was an active member of this network during my UG. Helped in promoting tech education to students through customizable curriculum.
Marketed activities, solicited business, promoted the brand and implemented a revenue sharing model at schools
in the remote villages in Tamil Nadu

2) Junior Coach of younger kids - Mumbai
Posted in Mumbai for Job. As Cricket was my passion didn't want to discontinue it completely.
So started playing for the Corporate team.
Aside started as an Assistant Coach for Cricket Academy in Mumbai.

3) Completed Level-1 Sailing - Aqua Sailing authority of India
4) Represented Tamil Nadu State Cricket Team in under 16 category
5) Captain of Thiruvallur district Cricket association in the under 16,19,22 categories
6) Winner of Inter district cricket tournament under my captaincy in under 19
7) Winner of Management Guru, nation level technical symposium by Anna University
8) Winner of Yuvashri KalaBharathi for outstanding achievements in Sports and Academics without compromising on either.
9) Organizer of Triathlon for differnt age group kids in the Society in Mumbai.

Hobbies :

Regular Marathoner, Dance, Sailing

Goals :

Want to stay in the field of Finance and since analytics is one area which I like,
would like to leverage analytics in the field of finance. In short Finance will be a major and Analytics as an elective.
Would like to head a business Intelligence Unit of a Financial Organization in short term.
Though Booth is a out of reach, Heard Booth is a good college for Finance and Analytics both. And Booth also has Analytics club which caught my attention.

Target Schools :

1) Confused between Simon / Emory / Mendoza
2) Ross Michigan
3) Tepper
4) USC Marshall
5) Indiana Kelley

Request you to evaluate my profile. And gauge my chances in the colleges above.
Please suggest what are the other colleges that I can target for finance and Analytics.
Would love your feedback on the profile and areas that I can improve to have higher chances of admission.

Thanks
Karthik
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Karthik,

You have a great profile in the making. Finance + analytics skills are highly relevant in the current business environment and they will stand you in good stead in the years to come.

For now, I think your GMAT is not competitive at the b-schools on your mind. It will run at Simon, but its non-competitive score at other b-schools (for an Indian male) . Your work experience is also on the lower side. Considering these two key admissions criteria, I'd suggest you wait it out for a year, work hard to make your profile all the more attractive to the top b-schools and then apply to your best possible options.

If you think you can retake the GMAT by December 15th and also work upon your application material parallely, then its an option worth considering.
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Karthik,

You have a great profile in the making. Finance + analytics skills are highly relevant in the current business environment and they will stand you in good stead in the years to come.

For now, I think your GMAT is not competitive at the b-schools on your mind. It will run at Simon, but its non-competitive score at other b-schools (for an Indian male) . Your work experience is also on the lower side. Considering these two key admissions criteria, I'd suggest you wait it out for a year, work hard to make your profile all the more attractive to the top b-schools and then apply to your best possible options.

If you think you can retake the GMAT by December 15th and also work upon your application material parallely, then its an option worth considering.

Thanks a lot for the quick reply.

Do I stand a chance in Kelley / Mendoza / Emory with my current profile and GMAT score?

If not what other ranked colleges do you suggest for me?

Thanks a lot
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Karthik,

You have a great profile in the making. Finance + analytics skills are highly relevant in the current business environment and they will stand you in good stead in the years to come.

For now, I think your GMAT is not competitive at the b-schools on your mind. It will run at Simon, but its non-competitive score at other b-schools (for an Indian male) . Your work experience is also on the lower side. Considering these two key admissions criteria, I'd suggest you wait it out for a year, work hard to make your profile all the more attractive to the top b-schools and then apply to your best possible options.

If you think you can retake the GMAT by December 15th and also work upon your application material parallely, then its an option worth considering.

Thanks a lot for the quick reply.

Do I stand a chance in Kelley / Mendoza / Emory with my current profile and GMAT score?

If not what other ranked colleges do you suggest for me?

Thanks a lot
Karthik

Kartik,

You can take a shot. Do clarify via the optional essay that you have the quant rigor (as shown through your analytics background) and the communication skills required to be competitive in an MBA.
If it does not work out, it will still be a learning experience for next year's applications.
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Thanks for sharing your profile. I think you have to issues I would work on. 1)WE - you are on the younger end of the scale. Schools will be looking for more work experience os you can either get more / better of it or you can highlight your maturity and why now is the ideal time for you as well as what you can bring to the student community at this age. 2)GMAT - It is too low for most of your schools I would aim to retake and see if you can bump it up to be more competitive. You don't want to go into the process with two question marks especially at your age
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Hi Karthik,

I’ve a slightly nuanced reply.

Your GMAT score is around the median of all your target schools with the exception of Ross. There is no doubt that higher score will help, but once you reach around the average/ median, you’re competitive. Moreover, you’ve a solid undergrad performance.

As far as work experience is concerned, it’s on the lower side (average for most schools is 5 years). Having said that, if you think you’ve stood out among your peer group, have had a faster-than-normal career growth (which seems the case from what you’ve mentioned), and have few solid professional experiences to share, then you can apply. Quality of work experience, even if it’s less, matters.

Write strong applications, and you can be competitive.
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Hi Paul

Please help in evaluating my profile...

Nationality : Indian / Gender : Male / Age : 24

GMAT 1 : 580 Q:45 V:25
GMAT 2 : 690 Q:50 V:34

Academics :
10th : 85%
12th : 97.2%
Engineering : 3.57 / 4 ( Indian GPA 9/10 - Top 10% in the department) - Anna University (Top University after IIT in Chennai), Chennai

Work Experience :

Working as Deputy Manager, Business Intelligence unit, ICICI Bank
2.7 years at Business Intelligence unit, ICICI bank. (got 2 appraisals)
Promoted in 1.7 years (Company's policy is 3 years per promotion)

1. Was awarded BIU Star Award for exceptional contribution in NPA Provisioning analytics and Regulator's data quality project
2. Winner of CUG contest of Conversational Banking and Smartkeys in ICICI Bank.
3. Was awarded Man of the Match in Inter Bank Cricket match against HDFC.

Projects :
1) Risk Based Supervision - Regulators data quality project. As a Project Lead for a team of analysts for the bank wide data quality project for all the core systems of the bank. One of the most critical and significant project as it deals with Regulatory reporting.
2) NPA Provisioning analytics - At turbulent times of the bank, contributed significant savings in the retail portfolio of the bank.
3) Analytics for Overseas branches of ICICI Bank - New York, Shangai, Dubai, Singapore, Sri Lanka
4) Risk Analytics - Segmentation of the loan Portfolio and calculating the PD and LGD for IFRS and Basel reporting.
5) Debt Service Management Group - Collection Analytics ( many left... just for giving an idea... limiting to this)

Educational Achievements :

1) eMDP - Management Development program from XLRI Jamshedpur on Corporate Finance (Leading B-School in India)
2) Specialization in Data Analytics - Jigsaw Academy ( #1 analytics training academy in india)
3) 3 - 4 courses in EDx and Coursera Online MOOCs from IIM-Bangalore etc.

Extra-Curricular Activities:

1) Co-Founder of a Start-up in College - Viggyan - A technical education company
An initiative by a group of students at MIT.
Was an active member of this network during my UG. Helped in promoting tech education to students through customizable curriculum.
Marketed activities, solicited business, promoted the brand and implemented a revenue sharing model at schools
in the remote villages in Tamil Nadu

2) Junior Coach of younger kids - Mumbai
Posted in Mumbai for Job. As Cricket was my passion didn't want to discontinue it completely.
So started playing for the Corporate team.
Aside started as an Assistant Coach for Cricket Academy in Mumbai.

3) Completed Level-1 Sailing - Aqua Sailing authority of India
4) Represented Tamil Nadu State Cricket Team in under 16 category
5) Captain of Thiruvallur district Cricket association in the under 16,19,22 categories
6) Winner of Inter district cricket tournament under my captaincy in under 19
7) Winner of Management Guru, nation level technical symposium by Anna University
8) Winner of Yuvashri KalaBharathi for outstanding achievements in Sports and Academics without compromising on either.
9) Organizer of Triathlon for differnt age group kids in the Society in Mumbai.

Hobbies :

Regular Marathoner, Dance, Sailing

Goals :

Want to stay in the field of Finance and since analytics is one area which I like,
would like to leverage analytics in the field of finance. In short Finance will be a major and Analytics as an elective.
Would like to head a business Intelligence Unit of a Financial Organization in short term.
Though Booth is a out of reach, Heard Booth is a good college for Finance and Analytics both. And Booth also has Analytics club which caught my attention.

Target Schools :

1) Confused between Simon / Emory / Mendoza
2) Ross Michigan
3) Tepper
4) USC Marshall
5) Indiana Kelley

Request you to evaluate my profile. And gauge my chances in the colleges above.
Please suggest what are the other colleges that I can target for finance and Analytics.
Would love your feedback on the profile and areas that I can improve to have higher chances of admission.

Thanks
Karthik

So yes, you are young and your GMAT score is on the low side but you seem to have some nice professional achievements on your resume as well. So I would not say that it is pointless to apply at this stage, if you can highlight all those achievements (anything that can be measured and compared to others in order to show that you stand out among your peers is especially important) and bring out an outstanding essay. So while you are facing a somewhat uphill battle, you can give it a try but make sure you focus on all the right things in order to show how much you’ve actually done already despite your age. (I am sure some older applicants have fewer accomplishments on their resume!)

I would say Booth would really be a stretch though.

I would also recommend working with a professional in your situation as helping applicants that have disadvantages on paper is exactly what a good admissions consultants excel at.

Needless to say, trying to improve that GMAT score would also be worthwhile if you are up for it. You did improve it a lot last time, so do you think you could do that again?

Good luck!
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Hi Paul

Please help in evaluating my profile...

Nationality : Indian / Gender : Male / Age : 24

GMAT 1 : 580 Q:45 V:25
GMAT 2 : 690 Q:50 V:34

Academics :
10th : 85%
12th : 97.2%
Engineering : 3.57 / 4 ( Indian GPA 9/10 - Top 10% in the department) - Anna University (Top University after IIT in Chennai), Chennai

Work Experience :

Working as Deputy Manager, Business Intelligence unit, ICICI Bank
2.7 years at Business Intelligence unit, ICICI bank. (got 2 appraisals)
Promoted in 1.7 years (Company's policy is 3 years per promotion)

1. Was awarded BIU Star Award for exceptional contribution in NPA Provisioning analytics and Regulator's data quality project
2. Winner of CUG contest of Conversational Banking and Smartkeys in ICICI Bank.
3. Was awarded Man of the Match in Inter Bank Cricket match against HDFC.

Projects :
1) Risk Based Supervision - Regulators data quality project. As a Project Lead for a team of analysts for the bank wide data quality project for all the core systems of the bank. One of the most critical and significant project as it deals with Regulatory reporting.
2) NPA Provisioning analytics - At turbulent times of the bank, contributed significant savings in the retail portfolio of the bank.
3) Analytics for Overseas branches of ICICI Bank - New York, Shangai, Dubai, Singapore, Sri Lanka
4) Risk Analytics - Segmentation of the loan Portfolio and calculating the PD and LGD for IFRS and Basel reporting.
5) Debt Service Management Group - Collection Analytics ( many left... just for giving an idea... limiting to this)

Educational Achievements :

1) eMDP - Management Development program from XLRI Jamshedpur on Corporate Finance (Leading B-School in India)
2) Specialization in Data Analytics - Jigsaw Academy ( #1 analytics training academy in india)
3) 3 - 4 courses in EDx and Coursera Online MOOCs from IIM-Bangalore etc.

Extra-Curricular Activities:

1) Co-Founder of a Start-up in College - Viggyan - A technical education company
An initiative by a group of students at MIT.
Was an active member of this network during my UG. Helped in promoting tech education to students through customizable curriculum.
Marketed activities, solicited business, promoted the brand and implemented a revenue sharing model at schools
in the remote villages in Tamil Nadu

2) Junior Coach of younger kids - Mumbai
Posted in Mumbai for Job. As Cricket was my passion didn't want to discontinue it completely.
So started playing for the Corporate team.
Aside started as an Assistant Coach for Cricket Academy in Mumbai.

3) Completed Level-1 Sailing - Aqua Sailing authority of India
4) Represented Tamil Nadu State Cricket Team in under 16 category
5) Captain of Thiruvallur district Cricket association in the under 16,19,22 categories
6) Winner of Inter district cricket tournament under my captaincy in under 19
7) Winner of Management Guru, nation level technical symposium by Anna University
8) Winner of Yuvashri KalaBharathi for outstanding achievements in Sports and Academics without compromising on either.
9) Organizer of Triathlon for differnt age group kids in the Society in Mumbai.

Hobbies :

Regular Marathoner, Dance, Sailing

Goals :

Want to stay in the field of Finance and since analytics is one area which I like,
would like to leverage analytics in the field of finance. In short Finance will be a major and Analytics as an elective.
Would like to head a business Intelligence Unit of a Financial Organization in short term.
Though Booth is a out of reach, Heard Booth is a good college for Finance and Analytics both. And Booth also has Analytics club which caught my attention.

Target Schools :

1) Confused between Simon / Emory / Mendoza
2) Ross Michigan
3) Tepper
4) USC Marshall
5) Indiana Kelley

Request you to evaluate my profile. And gauge my chances in the colleges above.
Please suggest what are the other colleges that I can target for finance and Analytics.
Would love your feedback on the profile and areas that I can improve to have higher chances of admission.

Thanks
Karthik

So yes, you are young and your GMAT score is on the low side but you seem to have some nice professional achievements on your resume as well. So I would not say that it is pointless to apply at this stage, if you can highlight all those achievements (anything that can be measured and compared to others in order to show that you stand out among your peers is especially important) and bring out an outstanding essay. So while you are facing a somewhat uphill battle, you can give it a try but make sure you focus on all the right things in order to show how much you’ve actually done already despite your age. (I am sure some older applicants have fewer accomplishments on their resume!)

I would say Booth would really be a stretch though.

I would also recommend working with a professional in your situation as helping applicants that have disadvantages on paper is exactly what a good admissions consultants excel at.

Needless to say, trying to improve that GMAT score would also be worthwhile if you are up for it. You did improve it a lot last time, so do you think you could do that again?

Good luck!


Can you please gauge my chances at other schools that I've mentioned. Will be very helpful to narrow down.
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Hi Kkarthik1692- I think all the schools you list with the exception of Ross could be targets. You do have a strong profile overall!
Please help in evaluating my profile...

Nationality : Indian / Gender : Male / Age : 24

GMAT 1 : 580 Q:45 V:25
GMAT 2 : 690 Q:50 V:34

Academics :
10th : 85%
12th : 97.2%
Engineering : 3.57 / 4 ( Indian GPA 9/10 - Top 10% in the department) - Anna University (Top University after IIT in Chennai), Chennai

Work Experience :

Working as Deputy Manager, Business Intelligence unit, ICICI Bank
2.7 years at Business Intelligence unit, ICICI bank. (got 2 appraisals)
Promoted in 1.7 years (Company's policy is 3 years per promotion)

1. Was awarded BIU Star Award for exceptional contribution in NPA Provisioning analytics and Regulator's data quality project
2. Winner of CUG contest of Conversational Banking and Smartkeys in ICICI Bank.
3. Was awarded Man of the Match in Inter Bank Cricket match against HDFC.

Projects :
1) Risk Based Supervision - Regulators data quality project. As a Project Lead for a team of analysts for the bank wide data quality project for all the core systems of the bank. One of the most critical and significant project as it deals with Regulatory reporting.
2) NPA Provisioning analytics - At turbulent times of the bank, contributed significant savings in the retail portfolio of the bank.
3) Analytics for Overseas branches of ICICI Bank - New York, Shangai, Dubai, Singapore, Sri Lanka
4) Risk Analytics - Segmentation of the loan Portfolio and calculating the PD and LGD for IFRS and Basel reporting.
5) Debt Service Management Group - Collection Analytics ( many left... just for giving an idea... limiting to this)

Educational Achievements :

1) eMDP - Management Development program from XLRI Jamshedpur on Corporate Finance (Leading B-School in India)
2) Specialization in Data Analytics - Jigsaw Academy ( #1 analytics training academy in india)
3) 3 - 4 courses in EDx and Coursera Online MOOCs from IIM-Bangalore etc.

Extra-Curricular Activities:

1) Co-Founder of a Start-up in College - Viggyan - A technical education company
An initiative by a group of students at MIT.
Was an active member of this network during my UG. Helped in promoting tech education to students through customizable curriculum.
Marketed activities, solicited business, promoted the brand and implemented a revenue sharing model at schools
in the remote villages in Tamil Nadu

2) Junior Coach of younger kids - Mumbai
Posted in Mumbai for Job. As Cricket was my passion didn't want to discontinue it completely.
So started playing for the Corporate team.
Aside started as an Assistant Coach for Cricket Academy in Mumbai.

3) Completed Level-1 Sailing - Aqua Sailing authority of India
4) Represented Tamil Nadu State Cricket Team in under 16 category
5) Captain of Thiruvallur district Cricket association in the under 16,19,22 categories
6) Winner of Inter district cricket tournament under my captaincy in under 19
7) Winner of Management Guru, nation level technical symposium by Anna University
8) Winner of Yuvashri KalaBharathi for outstanding achievements in Sports and Academics without compromising on either.
9) Organizer of Triathlon for differnt age group kids in the Society in Mumbai.

Hobbies :

Regular Marathoner, Dance, Sailing

Goals :

Want to stay in the field of Finance and since analytics is one area which I like,
would like to leverage analytics in the field of finance. In short Finance will be a major and Analytics as an elective.
Would like to head a business Intelligence Unit of a Financial Organization in short term.
Though Booth is a out of reach, Heard Booth is a good college for Finance and Analytics both. And Booth also has Analytics club which caught my attention.

Target Schools :

1) Confused between Simon / Emory / Mendoza
2) Ross Michigan
3) Tepper
4) USC Marshall
5) Indiana Kelley

Request you to evaluate my profile. And gauge my chances in the colleges above.
Please suggest what are the other colleges that I can target for finance and Analytics.
Would love your feedback on the profile and areas that I can improve to have higher chances of admission.

Thanks
Karthik

So yes, you are young and your GMAT score is on the low side but you seem to have some nice professional achievements on your resume as well. So I would not say that it is pointless to apply at this stage, if you can highlight all those achievements (anything that can be measured and compared to others in order to show that you stand out among your peers is especially important) and bring out an outstanding essay. So while you are facing a somewhat uphill battle, you can give it a try but make sure you focus on all the right things in order to show how much you’ve actually done already despite your age. (I am sure some older applicants have fewer accomplishments on their resume!)

I would say Booth would really be a stretch though.

I would also recommend working with a professional in your situation as helping applicants that have disadvantages on paper is exactly what a good admissions consultants excel at.

Needless to say, trying to improve that GMAT score would also be worthwhile if you are up for it. You did improve it a lot last time, so do you think you could do that again?

Good luck!


Can you please gauge my chances at other schools that I've mentioned. Will be very helpful to narrow down.