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I am an ISB 2018 admit.

I have helped several aspirants (later converted to admits) with GMAT prep, essays, interviews and profile evaluation. Happy to help this year's applicants as well if you have any questions.

Feel free to reach out to me for any help.

Thanks!

PS: I am not charging for that.

Hi Sherlockgun..
Can you please evaluate my profile in depth for ISB as well as IIM A/B/C.
I am yet to appear for GMAT. And please let me know the minimum GMAT score I should aim at (for a safe passage).

*9 years+ in the army

International experience:
-part of a United Nations Peacekeeping Force on Lebanon-Israel border(nominated on merit basis)

Career progression:
-top gradings in all academic courses and subsequently selected for nomination based courses on merit basis.
-Certified instructor of battle tanks.
-rated 'outstanding' in all annual reports

Experience:
-Instructor for training of officer cadets(to include planning of training schedule, taking classes, talent enhancement and administrative management)
-served in counter insurgency areas as a leader of an independent sub-unit.
-commanded sub units.
-tenated Logistics & operations based staff appointments.
-planned and carried out various training exercises(involving 500+ soldiers)
-maintenance of a fleet of 45 tanks and 90 vehicles and ensure logisctic support for the same.
-procurement of spare parts and fuel,oil and lubricants
-undertake minor renovation and construction projects
-maintain supply chain of rations for 500+soldiers
-control issue, release and storage of ammunition
-incharge of the CSD store
-training of troops by taking lectures, demonstrations and on ground exercises

Extra curricular:
-hockey captain
-responsible for organising various social events

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-Mechanical engineer(not from a tier 1 or tier 2 college)
-73%
-lead guitarist in college rock band
-various prizes in dance competitions
-part of cultural committee

*School
-86%(12th)
-84%(10th)
-School captain of a boarding school
-prizes in extra curricular activities etc.

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Thanks for sharing this amazing information about the schools.
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Hello gmatclub members!

I am an ISB 2018 admit.

I have helped several aspirants (later converted to admits) with GMAT prep, essays, interviews and profile evaluation. Happy to help this year's applicants as well if you have any questions.

Feel free to reach out to me for any help.

Thanks!

PS: I am not charging for that.

This forum needs more people like you.

Keep it up!
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Hello Experts,

I am new to Gmatclub and Apologies if this isn't a profile evaluation but I am applying in R1 and am worried about my essay. I am looking at someone to review my essays and offer any advice.
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Hello shivani92,
Happy to help. You can reach out to me at [email protected].
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Hello Experts,

I am new to Gmatclub and Apologies if this isn't a profile evaluation but I am applying in R1 and am worried about my essay. I am looking at someone to review my essays and offer any advice.

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Hello Experts,

I am new to Gmatclub and Apologies if this isn't a profile evaluation but I am applying in R1 and am worried about my essay. I am looking at someone to review my essays and offer any advice.

Hey Shivani, I'm an ISB 2018 admit. You can reach out to me over PM. Happy to help!

PS: I do not charge for this.

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Hi I have applied in R1, but my recommender could not complete the recommendation before the deadline. Will my application be rejected or moved to r2 or do recommendation can be submitted a little later as well?
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Hi I have applied in R1, but my recommender could not complete the recommendation before the deadline. Will my application be rejected or moved to r2 or do recommendation can be submitted a little later as well?

This happens with a lot of applicants. Email ISB and ask your recommender to finish by today or tomorrow
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Hi,

Pleaser review my profile for ISB.

Kindly evaluate my profile for suitability to other business schools.

MBA Specialistion/Subjects/Interests- General Management/Public Policy/ Government/Social Impact

GMAT- 720
(expected according to mocks)

10th- CGPA 8.6/10 (CBSE)

12th- 91% (Commerce- CBSE)

Undergrad- Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Christ University
Major- Finance and Investment
CGPA- 3.26/4
Extracurricular Activities/ Leadership roles -
Christ University Commerce Association- President/ Student Coordinator
Christ University Festing Association- Co-founder and President
Department of Commerce, Christ University- Student Coordinator
Suyukti, Department of Commerce (Literary Club)- Founding Member
Finance Club, Department of Commerce-Member
Prayas 2014 Head- Operations and Events
Prayas is a national level business fest hosted by Department of Commerce, Christ University

Work experience- 5 years
1. Pahal (NGO) (2 Years)
Supporting two projects: Special Training Centre under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) and GOAL Program, a CSR initiative of Standard Chartered Bank.
Program Officer ( 6 months)
Associate Program Officer (1 year)
Program Intern ( 6 months)

2.Business Development Manager at CSA Infraprojects (1 Year)
CSA Infraprojects is a real estate and an infrastructure firm. Handled new business acquisition and growth of existing business alongside leading corporate strategy, sales strategy, proposal process, and bid preparation.
Achievement - Project: Modern Bus Terminal on DBFOT (Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer) basis with State City Transport & Bus Stand Management & Development Authority.


3. EY Global Delivery Services (2 years)
Aligned with the Assurance- Wealth and Asset Management team operating financial services clients in the Bahamas, Bermuda and Cayman Islands. Responsible for the external audit of four clients, each different- Hedge Funds, Fund of Funds, Private Equity and Service Organisations.
Associate Audit EY (11 months)
Awarded Extra Miler- Spot Award (May 2016).
Advanced Associate Audit (1 year 3 months)
Awarded Exceptional Client Service Award (January 2017).

Volunteer experience:
1. Missionaries of Charity (1 year)
Mother Teresa Orphanage, run by Missionaries of Charity, looks after orphaned differently-abled children below 17 years.
2. Educator/Mentor with Simple Education Foundation (3 months)
GyanVahak program enables rural children of Gular village to keep learning despite all the odds of Covid-19

Certificates-
1. Design Thinking: From Insights to Viability- Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education

Other information:
Age- 26 years
Gender- Female
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Hi,

GMAT: 750 (Q50 V41)

B.Engg. Information Technology (Non IIT/Non NIT): 8.14 GPA

12th (Maharashtra State Board): 84.48%

10th (CBSE): 90.4% (also 9.8 CGPA)

Work Ex - 1 Year 3 Months as of September'20 (Analytics Consulting)

Additional Activities: Taught Mathematics and Physics in a local tuition class for ~2 years (during the last two years of engineering)

Targetting ISB EEO (for the academic year 2022-2023) - Round 2 (I suppose that the Round 2 Deadline is 10th Jan 2021)

Thanks in advance!
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Hi Sherlockgun,

Could you please review my profile once?

GMAT: 750 (Q50 V41)

B.Engg. Information Technology (Non IIT/Non NIT): 8.14 GPA

12th (Maharashtra State Board): 84.48%

10th (CBSE): 90.4% (also 9.8 CGPA)

Work Ex - 1 Year 3 Months as of September'20 (Analytics Consulting)

Additional Activities: Taught Mathematics and Physics in a local tuition class for ~2 years (during the last two years of engineering)

Targetting ISB EEO (for the academic year 2022-2023) - Round 2 (I suppose that the Round 2 Deadline is 10th Jan 2021)

Thanks in advance!
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I am an ISB 2018 admit.

I have helped several aspirants (later converted to admits) with GMAT prep, essays, interviews and profile evaluation. Happy to help this year's applicants as well if you have any questions.

Feel free to reach out to me for any help.

Thanks!

PS: I am not charging for that.

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shubhanshdubey97 : with that Gmat score you can apply to any Bschool. Have you applied to some of the top 10 schools?
The only thing worry some seems to be your work ex. 4-5 years of work is ideal

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Hi SanyaKullar, it's great that you have a good volunteering and NGO experience, as this aligns perfectly with your interests in the social service sector.

Christ as a college that enjoys a very good brand and you have rich experience across various functions. All this will help you strengthen your profile.

Make sure that your career goals are well articulated so that they seem perfectly aligned with your professional experiences so far. For your goals essay, do mention the specific role that you would want. In fact, social sector consulting would also be something that you might want to consider as your post MBA goal.

All this however, can wait.

Your immediate next step should be to accomplish the score that you are targeting in GMAT (720!)
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GMAT: 750 (Q50 V41)

B.Engg. Information Technology (Non IIT/Non NIT): 8.14 GPA

12th (Maharashtra State Board): 84.48%

10th (CBSE): 90.4% (also 9.8 CGPA)

Work Ex - 1 Year 3 Months as of September'20 (Analytics Consulting)

Additional Activities: Taught Mathematics and Physics in a local tuition class for ~2 years (during the last two years of engineering)

Targetting ISB EEO (for the academic year 2022-2023) - Round 2 (I suppose that the Round 2 Deadline is 10th Jan 2021)

Thanks in advance!
Hi shubhanshdubey97, your GMAT score obviously stand out in your profile. Make sure you do not lose this momentum, by crafting an immaculate application.

While you have briefly mentioned your current job function, I do not get a sense of your future goals in your post. Generally, management consulting is a career goal that aligns with the Analytics Consulting work that you are currently doing. ISB has a good reputation for launching Consulting careers.

In other words make sure that your career goals show continuity and seamlessness, with your current work experience.
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Good evening everyone,
Please evaluate my profile for ISB:

Age: 29 yr, Male
GMAT Score: Not Applied yet

Educational Qualifications -
- Graduation: Completed Dual Degree (B.Tech +M.Tech) in one of the Core Engg branch (mech/civil) from an IIT in 2013 with 6.65 CGPA overall
- H.S.C: secured 78% from CBSE Board in 2008.
- S.S.C: secured 77.4% from CBSE Board in 2006.

Work Experience -
- May, 2013 - July, 2015: Gap Years
- August, 2015 - March, 2020: worked as Physics Faculty for IIT JEE

- Though I have 5 years of teaching experience in JEE coachings but I didn't get any experience letters. How can I justify my experience?
- I have left my current job as I want to change my career path.

Extra Curricular -
- Coordinated a few Tech events in college
- Coordinated the tech festival of our Branch
- Participated in a few Inter-IIT Tech fests
- was Mess Manager in my 1st year of college
- was Training & Placement Rep too.

Previous attempts for MBA -
- GMAT: None [Got a 620 Score in the Free GMAT Official Practice Mock without any prep]
- CAT 2013: QA/DI - 99.96%ile, VA/LR - 47%ile, Overall - 97%ile
- CAT 2014: QA/DI - 75%ile, VA/LR - 97%ile, Overall - 94%ile

Target: ISB 2021-22 (Finance)

Query -
- What type of career path should I expect? From few of my friends who have done MBA from ISB, IIMs, I got to know that students usually get placed in sectors they have prior experience of. So will I, being a teacher for past 5 years, face difficulty getting placed in say, Finance or Consulting sector? I am not really interested in Sales/Marketing.
- In my last job, I was drawing 20 LPA roughly. Does going for MBA justify the switch financially for someone with a profile like mine at my age (29)?
- As you can see, I am a below average candidate.. is there even any chance to get through ISB?
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Good evening everyone,
Please evaluate my profile for ISB:

Age: 29 yr, Male
GMAT Score: Not Applied yet

Educational Qualifications -
- Graduation: Completed Dual Degree (B.Tech +M.Tech) in one of the Core Engg branch (mech/civil) from an IIT in 2013 with 6.65 CGPA overall
- H.S.C: secured 78% from CBSE Board in 2008.
- S.S.C: secured 77.4% from CBSE Board in 2006.

Work Experience -
- May, 2013 - July, 2015: Gap Years
- August, 2015 - March, 2020: worked as Physics Faculty for IIT JEE

- Though I have 5 years of teaching experience in JEE coachings but I didn't get any experience letters. How can I justify my experience?
- I have left my current job as I want to change my career path.

Extra Curricular -
- Coordinated a few Tech events in college
- Coordinated the tech festival of our Branch
- Participated in a few Inter-IIT Tech fests
- was Mess Manager in my 1st year of college
- was Training & Placement Rep too.

Previous attempts for MBA -
- GMAT: None [Got a 620 Score in the Free GMAT Official Practice Mock without any prep]
- CAT 2013: QA/DI - 99.96%ile, VA/LR - 47%ile, Overall - 97%ile
- CAT 2014: QA/DI - 75%ile, VA/LR - 97%ile, Overall - 94%ile

Target: ISB 2021-22 (Finance)

Query -
- What type of career path should I expect? From few of my friends who have done MBA from ISB, IIMs, I got to know that students usually get placed in sectors they have prior experience of. So will I, being a teacher for past 5 years, face difficulty getting placed in say, Finance or Consulting sector? I am not really interested in Sales/Marketing.
- In my last job, I was drawing 20 LPA roughly. Does going for MBA justify the switch financially for someone with a profile like mine at my age (29)?
- As you can see, I am a below average candidate.. is there even any chance to get through ISB?
Interestingly enough I have similar profile. Just try your luck. . . Even with the best of the profiles, we can't be sure and so is the case with any profile

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Great thread guys!

Would helpful if someone could evaluate my profile

Could you please guide whether my current profile is eligible to apply for Rotman Full-Time MBA program or do I need to give my GMAT Again as most of the consultants here in India are advising me to do so.

Below is my profile :-

Background :- Indian citizen female
Academic :-
GMAT score :- 670
CA 2016 first attempt
CFA 2019 first attempt
XII 90 percent
X 87 percent
Certificates :-NISM certificates, ICAI training certificates

Work experience :-
Total :- 6 years 3 month experience
After CA :- Have 2 years 2 months experience with KPMG investment banking division. During this period I worked with UK and US geography clients and worked on Financial Due Diligence and valuation projects.

Have 1 year 1 month experience with B.R Maheswari co & LLP, top 30 CA firms in statutory and tax audit department, dealt with limited clients like shree cement Ltd

3 years of CA Internship in Direct tax (Income tax) and Indirect tax( sales and VAT) with a reputed CA Firm.

Currently I am doing freelancing of investment banking projects with a reputed firm and managing my campaign on rural women education.

Achievements :-
1) Won KPMG super team award
2) Won best employee award in B R Maheswari co & LLP
3) Head girl of school
4) Majorly my all school fees was on scholarship because of my high academic score

Extra curricular activities :-
1) Founder of start from zero campaign
2) Active participation in almost all the CSR activity in KPMG
3) Won awards for best drama/ dance performance in annual function of school
4) Lead DA team in KPMG fashion show competition and won first award
5) Associated with YUVA SHAKTI SANGTHAN from last one and half year

Hobbies:-
1) I am an avid reader of financial market and ET/ FT are like my breakfast of the day
2) leading social functions and love to choreograph dance performances.
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