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11 May 2018, 01:51
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Nationality: Indian
Gender: male, Age - 30
GMAT: 700 – Q 48, V 39, IR 7, AWA – awaited (First attempt)
Education
Postgrad: 2 year Full-time MBA in Marketing (Technically a Post Grad Diploma in Management, PGDM) from a top 20 B-School in India, GPA – 7.14/10. CAT score to get in – 94 percentile. CAT is Indian counterpart of GMAT.
Undergrad: Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from an average Indian university, Score – 65.3% (not sure how to convert)
School – 80% in both senior and high school
Work Experience – 5 years 5 months
1. Deputy Manager - Bid Management for a leading Indian IT Outsourcer (3 years)
This is post my MBA. It’s a Business Development/Pre-sales role. I manage end-to-end bid lifecycles of RFPs ($10-50 million) related to Enterprise IT services for leading MNCs. The role comprises of managing the bid process, managing internal stakeholders and the proposal deliverables, customer requirement analysis, developing IT solutions according to customer’s needs and according to standardized frameworks, undertaking solution discussion/due-diligence meetings/workshops with customer stakeholders at various stages of the bid, managing customer visits to Service Delivery Centres, managing product demos, doing the pricing for the proposal based on various pricing models, create solution presentation and the proposal documents, doing market research on IT trends etc.
Worked on RFPs from customers in various sectors - Telecom, Manufacturing, Banking, Media, Public Services and Energy and Utilities etc.
International experience – This is in the form of short-term visits to client location for meetings, as I mentioned above.
2. Software Engineer - another leading Indian IT Outsourcer (2 years 3 months)
This is kind of a usual “Indian IT Software Development” experience. Worked as a Developer to implement Software Enhancements and Maintenance of software applications and products for leading Hi-Tech and Telecom clients
3. Program Coordinator for a leading Indian NGO – 3 months
Short stint at an NGO just after my undergrad. I was actively involved in coordination of the NGO’s educational initiatives in different northern states of India. Did Recruitment and Training (English/Computers/Soft Skills) of the Trainers (who would then go on to teach the children), content management etc.
4. MBA Summer Internship– 3 months (haven’t counted this in)
Summer project involved formulating a Go-To-Market Strategy for a portfolio company of a private equity firm. This portfolio company is in the private tuitions business.
Management related extra-curricular
1. Published Ivey Case Study on Ecommerce in collaboration with B-school professor and few other batchmates
2. Management related Competitions/Presentations – Won a corporate sponsored case study analysis competition, participated in other Indian Business schools management fests, was part of managing my college’s management fest.
3. Short Term Projects – One for a Mid-cap Indian IT firm and another for an Indian Cafe chain. Both related to marketing/brand mgmt.
4. Certification in ‘Strategic Management and Leadership’, conducted by the B-School through a professional intermediary
Other extra-curricular
Volunteering/Social work
a. As mentioned above, I worked full time at an NGO after my undergrad, although for only 3 months
b. During my second job I used to volunteer on weekends for a local NGO. Used to teach kids and helped the NGO with its software database.
c. Recently engaged in weekend volunteering (again, teaching kids) organised by my company.
Sports
An avid player of a racquet sport with multiple achievements in the sport over more than 16 years. Recently represented my company at an inter-corporate tournament and won gold.
Music
Level 2 Violinist, ABRSM 2017. Working towards higher levels now.
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Post-MBA Goals:
Would like to move into strategy consulting
My Schools:
Here I need help. I would like to make it to the top 20 in US or to places like INSEAD, HEC, LBS etc. Please suggest.
Some questions:
1. Will my score be a problem, for both admission and financial assistance?
2. Will my first mba be an advantage or a problem?
3. Does my business development experience in IT also count as “Indian Male IT experience”, hence denting my chances?
I welcome any other suggestions. Thanks!
Gender: male, Age - 30
GMAT: 700 – Q 48, V 39, IR 7, AWA – awaited (First attempt)
Education
Postgrad: 2 year Full-time MBA in Marketing (Technically a Post Grad Diploma in Management, PGDM) from a top 20 B-School in India, GPA – 7.14/10. CAT score to get in – 94 percentile. CAT is Indian counterpart of GMAT.
Undergrad: Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from an average Indian university, Score – 65.3% (not sure how to convert)
School – 80% in both senior and high school
Work Experience – 5 years 5 months
1. Deputy Manager - Bid Management for a leading Indian IT Outsourcer (3 years)
This is post my MBA. It’s a Business Development/Pre-sales role. I manage end-to-end bid lifecycles of RFPs ($10-50 million) related to Enterprise IT services for leading MNCs. The role comprises of managing the bid process, managing internal stakeholders and the proposal deliverables, customer requirement analysis, developing IT solutions according to customer’s needs and according to standardized frameworks, undertaking solution discussion/due-diligence meetings/workshops with customer stakeholders at various stages of the bid, managing customer visits to Service Delivery Centres, managing product demos, doing the pricing for the proposal based on various pricing models, create solution presentation and the proposal documents, doing market research on IT trends etc.
Worked on RFPs from customers in various sectors - Telecom, Manufacturing, Banking, Media, Public Services and Energy and Utilities etc.
International experience – This is in the form of short-term visits to client location for meetings, as I mentioned above.
2. Software Engineer - another leading Indian IT Outsourcer (2 years 3 months)
This is kind of a usual “Indian IT Software Development” experience. Worked as a Developer to implement Software Enhancements and Maintenance of software applications and products for leading Hi-Tech and Telecom clients
3. Program Coordinator for a leading Indian NGO – 3 months
Short stint at an NGO just after my undergrad. I was actively involved in coordination of the NGO’s educational initiatives in different northern states of India. Did Recruitment and Training (English/Computers/Soft Skills) of the Trainers (who would then go on to teach the children), content management etc.
4. MBA Summer Internship– 3 months (haven’t counted this in)
Summer project involved formulating a Go-To-Market Strategy for a portfolio company of a private equity firm. This portfolio company is in the private tuitions business.
Management related extra-curricular
1. Published Ivey Case Study on Ecommerce in collaboration with B-school professor and few other batchmates
2. Management related Competitions/Presentations – Won a corporate sponsored case study analysis competition, participated in other Indian Business schools management fests, was part of managing my college’s management fest.
3. Short Term Projects – One for a Mid-cap Indian IT firm and another for an Indian Cafe chain. Both related to marketing/brand mgmt.
4. Certification in ‘Strategic Management and Leadership’, conducted by the B-School through a professional intermediary
Other extra-curricular
Volunteering/Social work
a. As mentioned above, I worked full time at an NGO after my undergrad, although for only 3 months
b. During my second job I used to volunteer on weekends for a local NGO. Used to teach kids and helped the NGO with its software database.
c. Recently engaged in weekend volunteering (again, teaching kids) organised by my company.
Sports
An avid player of a racquet sport with multiple achievements in the sport over more than 16 years. Recently represented my company at an inter-corporate tournament and won gold.
Music
Level 2 Violinist, ABRSM 2017. Working towards higher levels now.
-----------
Post-MBA Goals:
Would like to move into strategy consulting
My Schools:
Here I need help. I would like to make it to the top 20 in US or to places like INSEAD, HEC, LBS etc. Please suggest.
Some questions:
1. Will my score be a problem, for both admission and financial assistance?
2. Will my first mba be an advantage or a problem?
3. Does my business development experience in IT also count as “Indian Male IT experience”, hence denting my chances?
I welcome any other suggestions. Thanks!
14 May 2018, 17:38
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With your current GMAT score top 10 is going to be tough but you have a good shot at top 15-25 (although if you want financial assistance I'd recommend looking more at 25-35). You are going to be considered part of the Indian male engineering demographic & as you probably know, it's the toughest demographic out there when it comes to b-school apps - and also one that tends to have very high GMATs. In general you want to at least hit (and ideally beat) a school's GMAT average (which is often above 700 for a top 20 school) but in your case you're going to be compared against peers in your demographic who have GMATs more in the 740-780 range.
In terms of the Indian MBA degree it will just depend on the school - some schools just won't accept an applicant who already has an MBA so you'll want to check in with each of your target schools to be sure. That said, it is a very different degree & many schools won't be bothered by the fact that you have it. So like I said, it just varies by school.
Your biz dev experience is a good thing that can help set you apart since most people coming from your demographic only have the engineering experience & not the business experience. You are going to want to come up with a strong "why consulting" argument - after product mgr in a tech firm consulting is the most popular post-MBA career goal among your demographic so it's one more thing that's going to potentially make you blend in with the crowd. A really strong argument for WHY that's your passion can help set you apart - or it may be worth considering an alternative post-MBA goal that's more unique if there's another one you genuinely feel excited about. All in all, I'd say get your GMAT up if you can & make sure you have some rock solid LORs & essays to help differentiate your app among this competitive demographic!
In terms of the Indian MBA degree it will just depend on the school - some schools just won't accept an applicant who already has an MBA so you'll want to check in with each of your target schools to be sure. That said, it is a very different degree & many schools won't be bothered by the fact that you have it. So like I said, it just varies by school.
Your biz dev experience is a good thing that can help set you apart since most people coming from your demographic only have the engineering experience & not the business experience. You are going to want to come up with a strong "why consulting" argument - after product mgr in a tech firm consulting is the most popular post-MBA career goal among your demographic so it's one more thing that's going to potentially make you blend in with the crowd. A really strong argument for WHY that's your passion can help set you apart - or it may be worth considering an alternative post-MBA goal that's more unique if there's another one you genuinely feel excited about. All in all, I'd say get your GMAT up if you can & make sure you have some rock solid LORs & essays to help differentiate your app among this competitive demographic!
08 Nov 2018, 22:22
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Hi JonAdmissionado, I'm replying pretty late, but I was able to retake the GMAT and got 730 (Q48, V42, IR5, AWA xx).
Can you help me assess the positive impact of this score on my admission chances to the top 15-20 colleges?
Can you help me assess the positive impact of this score on my admission chances to the top 15-20 colleges?
