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25 Sep 2019, 20:47
Kudos
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Hi,
1) I am confused with the GPA conversion system of Indian percentages to U.S GPA (4.0 Scale). what is Indian Bachelor's 59.5% to U.S GPA(4.0 Scale).
2) How likely a profile like this will fetch me an MBA from top Business Schools in U.S & is my GMAT score good enough for me to secure a seat?
Profile
Xth - 82 %
XII th - 81.3 %
B.Tech - Dropout (2009-2013) RVR & JC College
(U.G) B.A - 59.5% (2013-2016) BR Ambedkar Open University (in Top 10 out of 120 students)
M.B.A - Dropout (2017-2017) JBIT
Graduated from ISB-C.B.A - (2.6/4 GPA) (2017-2018) Indian School of Business.
Trained In Advance Business Analytics from IIT Hyderabad
GMAT: 640 (Q47 V32)
Experience: 3.5+ (from 2016)
Founder: OffersWave ( started in UG - 2014) (Sold out to Surya Sol - 2014)
Coupon Aggregator
Founder: LocalWalt (Failure -2015)
Local e-commerce
Founder:FIXU (Raised Funds From : FACEBOOK, KHUSAKI, KP INVESTMENTS) (2016-2018) Merged With ZOBIT.
Handyman Aggregator
Co-Founder: Block-Z-Labs (2018- Present)
Blockchain
Co-Founder: EVISONV2- Technology NGO (2018-Present)
Smart Glasses for the BLIND
Awards:
Karmaveer Chakra - 2019
Global Young leaders Fellow instituted by ICONGOs & United Nations - 2019
Nominated in top 3 ALL INDIA for Rising Star Awards in AI/ML category 2019 by Nasscom
All India Top 100 Startups by The August Fest - 2016
Table Tennis 2nd price in College Championship - 2012
Carrom board 1st price in class-X
Extracurricular
Mentor entrepreneurs : given Guest lectures in 25+ Institutes & 1500+ Students ( VNR, ICFAI,CGCHS, etc)
Started a Technology NGO for the blind and helping 500+ people from Devnar School
Conducted 3 blood donation camps in my village
President of the college's annual cultural festival
Cryptocurrency Investor/trader.
Building a Tech Innovators Community.
Preferred colleges
ISB
Ceibs China
Kellog
university of Chicago
Columbia business school
MIT
TUCK
LBS
UCLA: Anderson
university of Michigan ross
Post-MBA goals
Career acceleration in the current Startup.
1) I am confused with the GPA conversion system of Indian percentages to U.S GPA (4.0 Scale). what is Indian Bachelor's 59.5% to U.S GPA(4.0 Scale).
2) How likely a profile like this will fetch me an MBA from top Business Schools in U.S & is my GMAT score good enough for me to secure a seat?
Profile
Xth - 82 %
XII th - 81.3 %
B.Tech - Dropout (2009-2013) RVR & JC College
(U.G) B.A - 59.5% (2013-2016) BR Ambedkar Open University (in Top 10 out of 120 students)
M.B.A - Dropout (2017-2017) JBIT
Graduated from ISB-C.B.A - (2.6/4 GPA) (2017-2018) Indian School of Business.
Trained In Advance Business Analytics from IIT Hyderabad
GMAT: 640 (Q47 V32)
Experience: 3.5+ (from 2016)
Founder: OffersWave ( started in UG - 2014) (Sold out to Surya Sol - 2014)
Coupon Aggregator
Founder: LocalWalt (Failure -2015)
Local e-commerce
Founder:FIXU (Raised Funds From : FACEBOOK, KHUSAKI, KP INVESTMENTS) (2016-2018) Merged With ZOBIT.
Handyman Aggregator
Co-Founder: Block-Z-Labs (2018- Present)
Blockchain
Co-Founder: EVISONV2- Technology NGO (2018-Present)
Smart Glasses for the BLIND
Awards:
Karmaveer Chakra - 2019
Global Young leaders Fellow instituted by ICONGOs & United Nations - 2019
Nominated in top 3 ALL INDIA for Rising Star Awards in AI/ML category 2019 by Nasscom
All India Top 100 Startups by The August Fest - 2016
Table Tennis 2nd price in College Championship - 2012
Carrom board 1st price in class-X
Extracurricular
Mentor entrepreneurs : given Guest lectures in 25+ Institutes & 1500+ Students ( VNR, ICFAI,CGCHS, etc)
Started a Technology NGO for the blind and helping 500+ people from Devnar School
Conducted 3 blood donation camps in my village
President of the college's annual cultural festival
Cryptocurrency Investor/trader.
Building a Tech Innovators Community.
Preferred colleges
ISB
Ceibs China
Kellog
university of Chicago
Columbia business school
MIT
TUCK
LBS
UCLA: Anderson
university of Michigan ross
Post-MBA goals
Career acceleration in the current Startup.
30 Sep 2019, 19:23
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi there, thanks for reaching out.
Regarding your questions..
1) There is no correct conversion and you should not be converting your GPA. You can refer to the WES tool as a reference point but report your GPA as is when you apply. Schools will review your transcript as is and will be familiar with transcripts and grading scales from other countries. From what I have seen, 59.5% would be considered a low GPA.
2) I think your GPA will be a challenge, and there are other challenging aspects of your academic background -- the multiple dropouts and the fact that you have already pursued MBA level coursework. I think admissions will be concerned about your seriousness as a student, and also question whether or not you truly need an MBA. To counteract those challenges and potential red flags, you would need a very high GMAT (and a well executed narrative/story in your essays, and excellent recommendations to vouch for you). If you want to aim for top US programs (Kellogg, Columbia, etc.), you really need a GMAT above the schools' averages, so 730+. Your startup experience and extracurricular activities do sound interesting, but these schools have extremely competitive applicant pools, so you need to be strong on the academic front too.
I hope this is not too discouraging, but you have some real significant challenges, if you want to aim for top programs. I would definitely retake your GMAT and try to raise that, and also expand your list of target schools.
Best of luck!
Kate
Regarding your questions..
1) There is no correct conversion and you should not be converting your GPA. You can refer to the WES tool as a reference point but report your GPA as is when you apply. Schools will review your transcript as is and will be familiar with transcripts and grading scales from other countries. From what I have seen, 59.5% would be considered a low GPA.
2) I think your GPA will be a challenge, and there are other challenging aspects of your academic background -- the multiple dropouts and the fact that you have already pursued MBA level coursework. I think admissions will be concerned about your seriousness as a student, and also question whether or not you truly need an MBA. To counteract those challenges and potential red flags, you would need a very high GMAT (and a well executed narrative/story in your essays, and excellent recommendations to vouch for you). If you want to aim for top US programs (Kellogg, Columbia, etc.), you really need a GMAT above the schools' averages, so 730+. Your startup experience and extracurricular activities do sound interesting, but these schools have extremely competitive applicant pools, so you need to be strong on the academic front too.
I hope this is not too discouraging, but you have some real significant challenges, if you want to aim for top programs. I would definitely retake your GMAT and try to raise that, and also expand your list of target schools.
Best of luck!
Kate
vk911911
Hi,
1) I am confused with the GPA conversion system of Indian percentages to U.S GPA (4.0 Scale). what is Indian Bachelor's 59.5% to U.S GPA(4.0 Scale).
2) How likely a profile like this will fetch me an MBA from top Business Schools in U.S & is my GMAT score good enough for me to secure a seat?
Profile
Xth - 82 %
XII th - 81.3 %
B.Tech - Dropout (2009-2013) RVR & JC College
(U.G) B.A - 59.5% (2013-2016) BR Ambedkar Open University (in Top 10 out of 120 students)
M.B.A - Dropout (2017-2017) JBIT
Graduated from ISB-C.B.A - (2.6/4 GPA) (2017-2018) Indian School of Business.
Trained In Advance Business Analytics from IIT Hyderabad
GMAT: 640 (Q47 V32)
Experience: 3.5+ (from 2016)
Founder: OffersWave ( started in UG - 2014) (Sold out to Surya Sol - 2014)
Coupon Aggregator
Founder: LocalWalt (Failure -2015)
Local e-commerce
Founder:FIXU (Raised Funds From : FACEBOOK, KHUSAKI, KP INVESTMENTS) (2016-2018) Merged With ZOBIT.
Handyman Aggregator
Co-Founder: Block-Z-Labs (2018- Present)
Blockchain
Co-Founder: EVISONV2- Technology NGO (2018-Present)
Smart Glasses for the BLIND
Awards:
Karmaveer Chakra - 2019
Global Young leaders Fellow instituted by ICONGOs & United Nations - 2019
Nominated in top 3 ALL INDIA for Rising Star Awards in AI/ML category 2019 by Nasscom
All India Top 100 Startups by The August Fest - 2016
Table Tennis 2nd price in College Championship - 2012
Carrom board 1st price in class-X
Extracurricular
Mentor entrepreneurs : given Guest lectures in 25+ Institutes & 1500+ Students ( VNR, ICFAI,CGCHS, etc)
Started a Technology NGO for the blind and helping 500+ people from Devnar School
Conducted 3 blood donation camps in my village
President of the college's annual cultural festival
Cryptocurrency Investor/trader.
Building a Tech Innovators Community.
Preferred colleges
ISB
Ceibs China
Kellog
university of Chicago
Columbia business school
MIT
TUCK
LBS
UCLA: Anderson
university of Michigan ross
Post-MBA goals
Career acceleration in the current Startup.
1) I am confused with the GPA conversion system of Indian percentages to U.S GPA (4.0 Scale). what is Indian Bachelor's 59.5% to U.S GPA(4.0 Scale).
2) How likely a profile like this will fetch me an MBA from top Business Schools in U.S & is my GMAT score good enough for me to secure a seat?
Profile
Xth - 82 %
XII th - 81.3 %
B.Tech - Dropout (2009-2013) RVR & JC College
(U.G) B.A - 59.5% (2013-2016) BR Ambedkar Open University (in Top 10 out of 120 students)
M.B.A - Dropout (2017-2017) JBIT
Graduated from ISB-C.B.A - (2.6/4 GPA) (2017-2018) Indian School of Business.
Trained In Advance Business Analytics from IIT Hyderabad
GMAT: 640 (Q47 V32)
Experience: 3.5+ (from 2016)
Founder: OffersWave ( started in UG - 2014) (Sold out to Surya Sol - 2014)
Coupon Aggregator
Founder: LocalWalt (Failure -2015)
Local e-commerce
Founder:FIXU (Raised Funds From : FACEBOOK, KHUSAKI, KP INVESTMENTS) (2016-2018) Merged With ZOBIT.
Handyman Aggregator
Co-Founder: Block-Z-Labs (2018- Present)
Blockchain
Co-Founder: EVISONV2- Technology NGO (2018-Present)
Smart Glasses for the BLIND
Awards:
Karmaveer Chakra - 2019
Global Young leaders Fellow instituted by ICONGOs & United Nations - 2019
Nominated in top 3 ALL INDIA for Rising Star Awards in AI/ML category 2019 by Nasscom
All India Top 100 Startups by The August Fest - 2016
Table Tennis 2nd price in College Championship - 2012
Carrom board 1st price in class-X
Extracurricular
Mentor entrepreneurs : given Guest lectures in 25+ Institutes & 1500+ Students ( VNR, ICFAI,CGCHS, etc)
Started a Technology NGO for the blind and helping 500+ people from Devnar School
Conducted 3 blood donation camps in my village
President of the college's annual cultural festival
Cryptocurrency Investor/trader.
Building a Tech Innovators Community.
Preferred colleges
ISB
Ceibs China
Kellog
university of Chicago
Columbia business school
MIT
TUCK
LBS
UCLA: Anderson
university of Michigan ross
Post-MBA goals
Career acceleration in the current Startup.
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