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Hi Gylmitul,

You have got a great profile. Starting with your stats, your undergrad GPA is good, and for Rotman, a GMAT score of 680+ would work, but if you may target any other school, I recommend going for at least a 690+ and the higher, the better, it will help compensate for other aspects of your profile. Now, for your work experience, I can clearly see career progression in your profile and some elements of impact (your contribution to pitches) and definitely some interesting elements like co-authoring newsletters, etc. You also provide for the leadership attribute through your ECs and I hope you have some leadership experience in your work too. For your ECs, they are a bit outdated. I would suggest include something that you do now, it can be anything, from the simplest of your hobbies to some community service. Because it's important to know a person beyond work.

Coming to your post-MBA goals, they are very general. Everyone from a finance background wants to get a good position at a big investment banking firm. What sets you distinct? Ponder over it this way: what is your motivation in life? What do you want to achieve in the long-term? And, then come to the short-term goals through which you'll achieve those long-term goals. While you do that, you are always welcome to hop on a call with us to discuss your career goals and your chances to some good schools in detail. Feel free to book a free session with us as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Kashish Garg
Community Manager, MBA and Beyond

On behalf of
Shantanu Sharma, INSEAD alumnus
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
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Hi everyone.
I would love to get my profile evaluated.

Background:
IT Engineer Male Indian

Education
10th grade : 93%
12th grade: 94.75%
CGPA: 8.6 ( Manipal Institute of Technology)
GMAT: 700

Work Experience:
2 years in Cisco. Worked as a software developer/scrum master for an important Cisco service used in 180 countries and generating an annual revenue of 6 Billion.
3 month Internship in Istanbul: Was stuck there when the military coup took place. Lots of good stories around that.
Founder of a startup in college. Got multiple contracts from various hotels and universities.

Extra- Curricular Activities:
Cisco Intern Ambassador : Point of contact between 240+ Cisco Interns and the management. Worked with them to improve the internship experience.
Vice-President, Indian Society for Technical Education : Led a team of 200+ to organize events in college
Category Head,Technical Fest : Made improvements to the events to improve participation by 50% to 1200 people. Led a team of 100+.
Worked at an NGO (MAD) for 2+ years as a mentor training volunteers. Responsible for the curriculum planning of 14 teachers and overall study schedule of 60+children.
Various performance awards at work.
State-level Swimmer.
Vice-President of my school.

Post MBA goals

Product Management/ Consulting

Hi Everyone,

I am planning to apply for the Rotman Full-Time MBA for Fall 2021. It would be of great help if someone could evaluate my profile and give me some inputs regarding the application.

10th: 10 CGPA
12th: 96.8%
Undergrad GPA : 3.7
GMAT Score: 700(44Q,40V)

Work Experience: I have a total 2 years of work experience to date. I worked as a Risk Management Analyst at Deloitte for about 1.5 years. Then I switched streams as
an Associate QE Engineer at a Software Company. So my current job includes software testing automation and I am solely responsible for the testing
of a microservice.

Extra-Curriculars: 1. Finance Head of IEEE chapter at my University.
2. Been a member of AIESEC Vizag.
3. Volunteered at Teach for Change Hyderabad where I taught English to class 3 children at a government school.
4. I have a poetry blog online at wordpress.com which I have been writing for about 4 years.
5. An NSS volunteer.

Post MBA: Consulting

I am aware that my work experience is towards the lowers end. But I want to know if my profile overall would be good enough. Also I would have more than 2.5 years of work experience by the time i would have to join.

Hello PranaviKr,

As you said, your experience is on the lower end. Your GMAT is ok for Rotman, but what what I am more interested in knowing is your AWA score, as Rotman places a lit of importance to it. I am assuming you are an enginner, but you haven't mentioned your degree and your college here. Your WE and Volunteering is impressive, but what I am curious to know is why you changed course in your jobs. Your chances would depend on answers to all these questions. Rotman is going to be competitive this year.
One last tip would be to apply definitely by Round 2 for any realistic chances.
Hope this helps.


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Hi PranaviKr,

Your stats are really great and gmat is much above the Rotman average. For your work-ex, 2.5 years is still low and if you are thinking to apply with this, you need a very robust professional experience with amazing examples of leadership and impact. Also, the worrisome part is you have changed your trajectory altogether from risk management to quality assurance engineer, so only if you have relevant reasons for the same, it may work in your favor. With these details, it's difficult for me to evaluate your profile better and comprehensively. About your work-ex, they seem good overall, the poetry blog seems interesting giving a great example of "Poets & Quants" in a single person. Also, you need a more detailed post-MBA goal with a good connection with your prior experience and it is easier said than done, especially with a lower amount of experience. So, to comment any further I need to know more details of your profile. You are welcome to reach out to us for any of your query and to discuss your career goals and chances to some good schools in detail. Feel free to book a free session with us as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Kashish Garg
Community Manager, MBA and Beyond

On behalf of
Shantanu Sharma
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond

Background and nationality:
Canadian national, born and raised here. Currently living in Montreal, native English speaker but also speak good French. Played Varisty rugby for 4 years for my university in the BC Premiership, would've played semi-professional after university by my career was ended early due to having a back tumour (more on that below).

Undergrad Information: 3.1, Bachelor of Arts (History) with Minor in Business.
GMAT: 670 (Q 42, V 40).

Work experience and leadership: Will be matriculating with 4 years of experience, 3 of those years as a manager. After 10 months of my first job post-uni, I was promoted to our National Operations Manager, overseeing 16 staff across Canada & Hawaii (Beverage distribution organisation). Did that for a year, moved to Montreal, and I solely managed our Eastern Canada team. Huge reorganisation because of COVID, now I manage our supply chain network across Canada and relationships with our 3rd party distributors.

Community and others
After recovering from surgery, I started playing amateur rugby again. I also volunteer as a coach at our local club, but sadly due to COVID I wasnt able to do that.

Post MBA goals
Environmental/sustainability consulting. My current company is a B-Corp and is carbon negative, and are working with other companies on how they can lessen their carbon footprint. I'm very passionate about our environmental footprint in the world and want to help other companies lower their resource usage and make a large change on how the private business world affects our environment.

Anything else?: Low GPA for two reasons - first year I was in Astrophysics, and hated it. Didn't do well at all, around 2.5 GPA. Switched programs, really enjoyed my uni after and did well. Final semester of university, I was diagnosed with a benign tumour in my spinal cord which really through my studies up into the air! Should've deferred, but didn't. Finished final semester with a 3.4 average.

Hi,

Thank you for the evaluation.

I am an Electronics and Communications engineer from Gitam University Vizag.
Schooling: Delhi Public School
Age: 24 years
I have a very average AWA score of 4.5
Would you suggest that I retake GMAT?

Here I go:

Background and nationality: 27-year-old male born and brought up in India. Did my schooling from convent school and scored 88% and 85% in 10th and 12th standard.

Undergrad Information: Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani (8th ranking in India), GPA - 7.55 (In Indian scale)

GMAT: Yet to be taken (Mocks 700-720). Aiming 750, Let's see!

Work experience and leadership:5.5 years of experience in research consulting, venture capital, and corporate development.

At the starting of my career working in a startup for 2.5 years. Used to advise private equity, venture capital funds, and corporate development offices in investing in startups. Also worked in an AIF-1 fund (venture capital fund) as an investment analyst. Worked on 4 early-stage deals in the technology sector. All 4 companies have raised 3 follow-on rounds till now.

Left this company to join the corporate development team of the largest private sector Bank in India. Currently working as Senior Chief Manager in the largest private sector bank in India, looking after strategic startup investments, innovation and digital strategy of the Bank, and investor relations. Reporting to Head of Innovation and Strategy Team and super-reporting to Executive Director of the Bank. Promoted twice in last 2 years. Global exposure as well by working on foreign private equity deals, specifically with US, Chinese and Korean clients.

Community and others:
Mentor to technology startups.
Board observer of 5 technology startups.

Post MBA goals: Venture Capital or heading corporate development as a short term goal. Opening up an early-stage venture capital fund - long term goal.

Kindly evaluate my profile and suggest a honest gmat score.

I am planning to apply for the Rotman Full-Time MBA for Fall 2021. It would be of great help if someone could evaluate my profile and give me some inputs regarding the application and a safe GRE score (I will give GRE in coming weeks)

Demographics: Indian female (27 years) with experience in finance and investment banking domain

Academic Information: Bachelors in Business Economics from Delhi University; CGPA - 3.5 (University gold medalist with highest aggregate score); CFA Level III candidate

GRE: Yet to be taken

Work experience and leadership:~5 years of experience in financial research and investment banking domain

1. Evalueserve: Joined as Business Analyst in Jul'18 and promoted to Senior Business Analyst in Dec'19; Currently works as an FTE with New York-based BNP Paribas office; Manages 3 FTE team in project management matrix; Works on pitch books, CIMs, profiles, screenings, comps, and other ad-hoc projects; Also supported TD, Evercore, BCG, Handelsbanken, and Harris William as shadow analyst on various ad-hoc projects; Provided comprehensive training to four individuals on IB products

2. S&P Global Market Intelligence: Joined as Research Associate in Oct'15 and promoted to Research Associate I in Aug'17; Supported investment banks and consulting firms on requests related to financial line items, transaction details, quick comps, profiles, etc; Trained two individuals; Lead few projects under project management matrix

Community and others: Volunteered at NGOs under CSR program at S&P; Performed street plays and flash mobs at public places on issues related to child labor, superstition, female education, etc; Taught kids from lower-income families free of cost

Extra-Curriculars: Participated in Financial Literacy campaign organized by Reserve Bank of India; Completed EVOLVE leadership development program; Class Representative throughout three years of graduation; Won various inter-college competitions related to debate, general quiz and case studies; Organized Inter College Economics Fest

Post MBA Goal: break into front end position at big Investment Bank


Kindly evaluate my profile and suggest an honest GRE score

Thanks!

Hi megha08kushwaha,

On the surface, your profile looks competent. Your stats are amazing and I do know how difficult it is to get a conversion of 3.5 from Delhi University grades. So, through your undergrad stats and CFA, you clearly show your academic competency and I think a gre of 325+ should be safe for you. Your work experience seems good too and I can see clear career progression and some elements of leadership. Your ECs and community roles are quite interesting, especially that through your street theatre, you are having an impact on the society. So, overall I would say you have a fair shot at Rotman. You may like to research deep into the Rotman community and get extensive knowledge about the different scholarships there. I think it is very important for you to present a very unique and well-connected story because your work experience seems very common with people having similar backgrounds. If you’d like, we are happy to hop on a call sometimes this week to discuss some good schools and your chances in further detail.
Feel free to book a free session with us as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Kashish Garg,
Community Manager, MBA and Beyond

On behalf of,
Shantanu Sharma,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Email: shantanu@mbaandbeyond.com
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Hi Kashish MBAnBevaluations,

Thanks a lot for evaluation! I will definitely connect post GRE for detailed discussion.

Background and nationality: Indian-Engineer-Male-25years (age)

Undergrad Information:

Institute: Institute of Technology, Nirma University-Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
GPA: 6.62/10 (First Class) 2018 passout

GMAT: Yet to give. Expected Score: 650 to 680

Work experience: 1 year 8 months in an IT Services firm (200+ Employee) as a Content Writer
Currently helping my father to grow his YouTube channel by doing all the post-production work myself starting from video editing to publishing.

No Community or Charity work

Post-MBA goals - Management Consulting

Kindly evaluate my profile and let me know if I am a right fit, and suggest changes, Thanks a lot.

Hi geetmpatel20,

While your work experience is different relative to the cohort of Indian, male, engineer, and your experience for your father's youtube channel seems interesting, you should wait for another year and gain more impactful work experience. Your GPA seems low and so, I would say target a score of at least 670+ for Rotman. Also, if you wish to work more on your profile, you may want to add some valuable community experience to your profile. And I think with more experience and maturity, you will be able to better connect your future goals to your career experience. You are welcome to hop on a call with us to brainstorm your chances with us.
Feel free to book a free session with us as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Kashish Garg,
Community Manager, MBA and Beyond

On behalf of,
Shantanu Sharma,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond

With more than 8 years of experience spanning across entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, Shantanu has worked across the globe as a Procurement Manager, Product Manager (Marketing, Operations, Payments and Risk/ Fraud), Growth Consultant, eventually unraveling his love for helping candidates with their MBA application as a Coach. Shantanu started coaching applicants, with his team, right after he graduated from INSEAD in 2017.

I feel I have a pretty non-traditional background (at least when compared to most other profiles I come across) and so I'm not exactly sure how to invest my time in the next 12 months to bolster my application and I would appreciate any feedback/advice.

Why I Want An MBA:

I know this is pretty unoriginal, but my goal is to get into consulting for 3-4 years because I really like how consultants work on a specific project for a few months and then switch assignments. This appeals to me because I don't see myself doing one thing for 20 years and I also would enjoy the travel component. I feel like I'm pretty analytical and so I'd like the challenge of digging into different problems. From there, I would like to found my own creative consulting firm.

Stats:

GMAT: 760 (Q48 V47 IR8) (I studied my @$$ off for this test because I wanted to show that I was ready for the academic rigour of the MBA program and that I really want to get into an MBA program)

CGPA: I know Rotman looks at the final year and I have an almost perfect CGPA for that year.

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (Graduated with High Honours)
Work Experience:

Suiting: 2 years experience fitting men for suits and luxury brand clothing and providing styling consultation.

Visual Merchandiser: 2 years experience designing and creating visual displays in-house for a well established, very large, higher-end store. Present the brand messaging while taking into account sales, trends and promotions.

Professional Actor: 5 years part-time experience acting in educational settings for the 6 local universities/colleges and councils. Have also starred in various educational videos.

Extracurriculars:

Create art and have an art instagram page. Workout 4X/week (if that counts?). Play chess.

Nationality:

Canadian-born to two immigrant parents escaping war torn Sri Lanka. Both parents are extremely working class and grinders and so I come from humble but proud beginnings and I'm forever grateful to them.

Thoughts?

So yeah, that's my bio so far but I'm planning on applying in the Fall of 2021 so I have 12 months to invest (other than the time spent working full-time) and I'm not exactly sure what to lean into? Should I take hbx core or does my GMAT cover my analytical thinking portion? Should I keep creating art and try to grow my instagram? Should I volunteer somehow in this pandemic? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Hi Everyone!

Can someone please evaluate my profile and let me know the feedback?

Basic- 27 , MALE , Indian

Graduation+leadership :
B.Tech - Aerospace Engineering 7.4/10 GPA (top 20% of the class) - SRM Univ top 30 Engineering college in India- Top 10 for Aerospace

Class representative, Placement rep for the department of aerospace, Deputy Chair of the Aerospace Club,
One of the founding members and Director of GO green Division of a student run NGO for teaching, environmental awareness etc etc
Deputy Chair of Aersopace Week in the college- a first of its kind event

Work Ex-
State Bank of India - 5 years (one among 1800 selected out of 25 million applicants)- Largest bank and public sector bank-Fortune 500 company

Currently a Credit Analyst ( Manager Level) - Handle commercial credit accounts to the tune of Rs 15000cr ($ 2 Billion USD)- with a team of 12 reporting to me

Prior to my current role Branch Manager of a rural Branch with a team of 7
Women empow through SHG (self help groups) helped 2930 women get jobs ( yea the number is the exact one)... and through stand-up india scheme to help the women in the area support their husband's income
farmer schemes- helped many farmers avoid the debt trap during my two years by teaching the basics of finance and the skill to chose the right crop- worked closely with the NGOs and the village administrations (4 villages) to create awareness among the common folk there that suicide isnt and shouldnt be an option and we can work together for paying debt.
other tasks skill india, worked with district admin to help improve the overall development of the area, worked the commissioner for industrial growth, etc etc etc..


GRE- 315- The Achilles heel!!!



Realistic chances please on a scale of 1-10 would be much appreciated

1- being no way you cant get in

Hello vamkrispk,
Read your posts at multiple places, so am respond here to your general query. You are playing your strengths really well in your WE and the competitive exam, but your score of 315 in GRE is pulling your chances down. You would have to increase it be at least 15 points for realistic chances to any of these schools.
Hope this helps.

Hi @vamkrispk,

Your profile seems nice. If I look at your undergrad stats, background (aerospace, interesting), undergrad institute, they all are great. Your work-ex sounds really great and mature with a good impact (depends on how you communicate it). Your ECs, community work, leadership during college, all seems excellent. You seem to have great experience in a number of areas, say, rural development, agriculture, women development, your own educational background, and finance (though you need to explain this switch from aerospace to finance). Now, these all are great for Rotman and your profile should give good content for "spike factor". But your GRE is quite low. If you do not want to retake, you need to compensate it through other areas of your application and bring out a really stellar application. You may want to read the story of a candidate who had a really low GMAT but still got her way to ROTMAN. Now I feel this scaling thing is quite absurd since there are a lot of unknowns here (your post-MBA goals, your story, communication and presentation skills, details of work-ex etc etc) but still if I have to take only these details and assume the weightage of GMAT around 20-25%, I would give you a 6 (do not take it my final word). So, let's first dig the unknowns out, and then come to a better substantiative conclusion. Feel free to book a free session with us as per your convenience.

Cheers!
Kashish Garg,
Community Manager, MBA and Beyond

On behalf of,
Shantanu Sharma,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond

With more than 8 years of experience spanning across entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, Shantanu has worked across the globe as a Procurement Manager, Product Manager (Marketing, Operations, Payments and Risk/ Fraud), Growth Consultant, eventually unraveling his love for helping candidates with their MBA application as a Coach. Shantanu started coaching applicants, with his team, right after he graduated from INSEAD in 2017. Have a look at his success stories and some real essays of his clients

Hi Everyone!

Can someone please evaluate my profile and let me know the feedback?

Basic- 27 , MALE , Indian

Graduation+leadership :
B.Tech - Aerospace Engineering 7.4/10 GPA (top 20% of the class) - SRM Univ top 30 Engineering college in India- Top 10 for Aerospace

Class representative, Placement rep for the department of aerospace, Deputy Chair of the Aerospace Club,
One of the founding members and Director of GO green Division of a student run NGO for teaching, environmental awareness etc etc
Deputy Chair of Aersopace Week in the college- a first of its kind event

Work Ex-
State Bank of India - 5 years (one among 1800 selected out of 25 million applicants)- Largest bank and public sector bank-Fortune 500 company

Currently a Credit Analyst ( Manager Level) - Handle commercial credit accounts to the tune of Rs 15000cr ($ 2 Billion USD)- with a team of 12 reporting to me

Prior to my current role Branch Manager of a rural Branch with a team of 7
Women empow through SHG (self help groups) helped 2930 women get jobs ( yea the number is the exact one)... and through stand-up india scheme to help the women in the area support their husband's income
farmer schemes- helped many farmers avoid the debt trap during my two years by teaching the basics of finance and the skill to chose the right crop- worked closely with the NGOs and the village administrations (4 villages) to create awareness among the common folk there that suicide isnt and shouldnt be an option and we can work together for paying debt.
other tasks skill india, worked with district admin to help improve the overall development of the area, worked the commissioner for industrial growth, etc etc etc..


GRE- 315- The Achilles heel!!!



Realistic chances please on a scale of 1-10 would be much appreciated

1- being no way you cant get in[/quote]