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26 Mar 2016, 06:34
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Its slightly long but I have tried to keep it as detailed as possible.
I founded a start-up while in my third year (2011) of a four year engineering course. I graduated in 2013. The start-up has to do with skill development, mainly soft skills such as public speaking, listening and leadership. We also have a thing of encouraging entrepreneurship. I started-up with a friend of mine and we made the model from scratch, loosely basing it on the MUN. Till date we have touched about 22 schools and colleges and 4500 students. Profit margin of about 19% and growth rate of 109% (approx.) over the 4.5 years of the start-up. Did not need any venture capital or major funding, totally organic growth.
January of 2015 I founded another start-up to encourage entrepreneurship in school kids. Also worked as a marketing consultant with a well-established education business.
GMAT: 760 (99 %ile)
College: Amity University, a private college, not the best out there, but one of the better ones still. Studied Mechanical Engineering, got a 6.95/10 CGPA. Don't know what that would convert to in the 4 GPA scale. I am not sure about the rank, but should be top 20%. If it matters, this was a "First Class" degree. My grades were increasing till my 3rd year, but since I started-up, my grades fell for a year before picking up again in the 4th year. So that is an extenuating circumstance that I hope the adcom considers to overlook the lower GPA.
Co-curriculars: Very active at college and after college with not-for-profit organizations teaching children of middle school. Also worked with UNDP as an Online Volunteer for 4 years. Captain of college field-hockey and won a gold medal. If it matters, played basketball at the national level and also captain the state team and school team.
No certifications yet but doing an online course from Stanford on Statistical Learning and will follow up with a Finance related course (something like Valuation etc.)
Post-MBA I want to make my business grow and add educational services so that we offer skill development and other courses to make the education more holistic and less rote. Also hope to take education to the farther corners. A big motivator here is my father who rose from a farmer to become a successful doctor, solely because of education and that is the driving force to take education to as many people as possible.
I had applied to Stanford, HBS, CBS, Tuck (interview), Darden, UNC-KF (interview) and NUS (interview). I had a feedback call with Tuck yesterday and he told me there was some major mis-match in the GPA and School written in my GMAT report (don't know how that crept in, but what can be done now) and this was a major red-flag. I have now corrected that and will apply with the correct information on my GMAT report.
What schools should I look at?
I founded a start-up while in my third year (2011) of a four year engineering course. I graduated in 2013. The start-up has to do with skill development, mainly soft skills such as public speaking, listening and leadership. We also have a thing of encouraging entrepreneurship. I started-up with a friend of mine and we made the model from scratch, loosely basing it on the MUN. Till date we have touched about 22 schools and colleges and 4500 students. Profit margin of about 19% and growth rate of 109% (approx.) over the 4.5 years of the start-up. Did not need any venture capital or major funding, totally organic growth.
January of 2015 I founded another start-up to encourage entrepreneurship in school kids. Also worked as a marketing consultant with a well-established education business.
GMAT: 760 (99 %ile)
College: Amity University, a private college, not the best out there, but one of the better ones still. Studied Mechanical Engineering, got a 6.95/10 CGPA. Don't know what that would convert to in the 4 GPA scale. I am not sure about the rank, but should be top 20%. If it matters, this was a "First Class" degree. My grades were increasing till my 3rd year, but since I started-up, my grades fell for a year before picking up again in the 4th year. So that is an extenuating circumstance that I hope the adcom considers to overlook the lower GPA.
Co-curriculars: Very active at college and after college with not-for-profit organizations teaching children of middle school. Also worked with UNDP as an Online Volunteer for 4 years. Captain of college field-hockey and won a gold medal. If it matters, played basketball at the national level and also captain the state team and school team.
No certifications yet but doing an online course from Stanford on Statistical Learning and will follow up with a Finance related course (something like Valuation etc.)
Post-MBA I want to make my business grow and add educational services so that we offer skill development and other courses to make the education more holistic and less rote. Also hope to take education to the farther corners. A big motivator here is my father who rose from a farmer to become a successful doctor, solely because of education and that is the driving force to take education to as many people as possible.
I had applied to Stanford, HBS, CBS, Tuck (interview), Darden, UNC-KF (interview) and NUS (interview). I had a feedback call with Tuck yesterday and he told me there was some major mis-match in the GPA and School written in my GMAT report (don't know how that crept in, but what can be done now) and this was a major red-flag. I have now corrected that and will apply with the correct information on my GMAT report.
What schools should I look at?
28 Mar 2016, 17:10
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Thanks for sharing all of the info. That feedback at Tuck should be taken seriously because I'm sure the other programs felt similarly. Glad you have taken action here. Your GPA looks a bit low for some of the schools but your strong GMAT will help out here, just make sure all of your information aligns across the board. You are coming from a competitive applicant pool so your numbers will be under even more intense scrutiny. So with the other programs you applied to I'm assuming you also got rejected? I would consider re-applying to the schools you waitlisted while applying to other programs that will allow you to pursue some of your entrepreneurial development goals. A program like Carnegie Mellon comes to mind here. The Harvards and Stanfords of the world are probably out of your range here but reaching for one of the top programs is not a bad idea
28 Mar 2016, 19:43
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Hey,
Thank you so much for taking time out to reply. What schools, in your opinion, will I have a good shot applying to? Do you think I stand a good chance at CBS, Kellogg, Tuck etc.? Just to add some info, since I first posted I have been selected to go work in Africa for a month at a non-profit working in the education sphere. Do you think it will add value to my profile?
Also, what should I do in the intervening time period between now and August to boost my chances at schools I re-appky to?
Thank you so much for taking time out to reply. What schools, in your opinion, will I have a good shot applying to? Do you think I stand a good chance at CBS, Kellogg, Tuck etc.? Just to add some info, since I first posted I have been selected to go work in Africa for a month at a non-profit working in the education sphere. Do you think it will add value to my profile?
Also, what should I do in the intervening time period between now and August to boost my chances at schools I re-appky to?
