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23 May 2020, 08:56
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Hi Manojrana,
Are you applying without a GMAT score? If that is the case, your low CGPA will not help. Although I am wondering if you converted your %age marks to a 4 point scale. Bschoos dont require you to convert your marks, so don't do it, you may just land up reporting the wrong marks.
Your work experience is interesting and you must emphasize upto your leadership- whether you have a direct reporting line or not. Your ECAs at school dont count as they are very far back into the day. "Fighting for men's rights" could be an interesting piece in your profile, but at this point its hard for me to comment as I will need to know more.
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Updated on: 08 Jun 2020, 06:25
Originally posted by MBAnBConsulting on 26 May 2020, 06:38.
Last edited by MBAnBConsulting on 08 Jun 2020, 06:25, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by MBAnBConsulting on 08 Jun 2020, 06:25, edited 1 time in total.
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Hi manojrana
First of all, You working for ‘men’s rights’ is something that really caught my eye. You should definitely bring that out in your essays.It could be one of the things that can set your application apart. I can see that you also have quite a good amount of international experience. As for ‘leading a team’, I wouldn’t bother so much about not having an internal team reporting to me, as long as I can portray other examples to highlight my leadership skills.
A couple of quick questions to assess your chances better:
1. Is that the CGPA you got or you used some converter to estimate your CGPA?
2. Have you taken GMAT or are you applying without one?
3. What’syour post-MBA goals?
HEC expects you to highlight the following in your application: :
1. Global career vision
2. How HEC is unique in helping you achieve your goals
3. How you connect your narrative and career vision to HEC’s values
Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
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Email: [email protected]
What s app: +65-97158525
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First of all, You working for ‘men’s rights’ is something that really caught my eye. You should definitely bring that out in your essays.It could be one of the things that can set your application apart. I can see that you also have quite a good amount of international experience. As for ‘leading a team’, I wouldn’t bother so much about not having an internal team reporting to me, as long as I can portray other examples to highlight my leadership skills.
A couple of quick questions to assess your chances better:
1. Is that the CGPA you got or you used some converter to estimate your CGPA?
2. Have you taken GMAT or are you applying without one?
3. What’syour post-MBA goals?
HEC expects you to highlight the following in your application: :
1. Global career vision
2. How HEC is unique in helping you achieve your goals
3. How you connect your narrative and career vision to HEC’s values
Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Schedule a free session
Email: [email protected]
What s app: +65-97158525
Call: +49-15212121641
manojrana
08 Jun 2020, 05:41
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Hi,
Considering applying next year.
How good are my chances at a HEC Paris MBA?
Brazilian Male, 27
GMAT - 740 (44V, 48Q, 6 AWA, 8 IR)
Education: Denison University (Ohio, USA), BA - Economics and Philosophy double major
GPA: 3.46/4.00 (3.51 Econ in-major GPA, 3.47 Philosophy in-major GPA)
Work-Experience (6 years at the time of application):
Large Brazilian firm in the energy sector (2015-present)
Upon graduation, moved back to Brazil for family reasons, and went into trainee program in the agro-industrial business business branch of a large Brazilian energy company. Focused initially on the sugar cane supply planning and strategy.
For the first year, worked with strategic planning and selection of our cane-supply and land-lease contracts, focusing on market research and farm selection.
Second year, built tool that allowed for our buyers to instantly simulate long-term profits of signing a specific cane-supply or land-lease contract. This analysis tool is, to this day, a mandatory step when sigining any feedstock contract.
Third year, helped the company re-think its capex decision matrix, created and implemented tools to add clarity and set up governance to the decision-making process. Built business cases for large-scale, long-term irrigation projects worth tens of millions of dollars in investments. Approved and currently being rolled out.
Fourth year, switched to industrial planning and promoted to senior analyst. Start learning about industrial planning and focus initially on establishing better planning tools to maximize profits in our bioenergy business. Develop optimization tool that allows us to simulate different business scenarios, factoring in dozens of variables from around our business chain, and finding optimal profit scenarios.
Fifth year, now responsible for the long-term operational planning of our bioenergy, sugar and ethanol businesses. Constantly in contact with stakeholders up and down the business chain to ensure the feasibility and profitability of our commercial plans.
Internship (2013)
Internship semester abroad in London, doing macroeconomic research on BRICs for a large German market news firm.
Extracurriculars after college: Volunteer for local NGO offering professional mentoring and apprenticeships to 16- and 17-year olds. Around 20 hrs/year in activities, plus 20+ hours in fundraisers.
Extra-curriculars/employment in college: Off-campus study and internship semester. Economics tutoring. Portuguese TA. International student tutoring. Risk management chair at on-campus fraternity.
Post MBA aspirations:
Work in consulting firm abroad (US/Europe) upon graduation, eventually move back into planning in the energy or technology sectors.
Other schools: Duke, INSEAD, HEC, Oxford, ESADE, Bocconi
Thank you!
Considering applying next year.
How good are my chances at a HEC Paris MBA?
Brazilian Male, 27
GMAT - 740 (44V, 48Q, 6 AWA, 8 IR)
Education: Denison University (Ohio, USA), BA - Economics and Philosophy double major
GPA: 3.46/4.00 (3.51 Econ in-major GPA, 3.47 Philosophy in-major GPA)
Work-Experience (6 years at the time of application):
Large Brazilian firm in the energy sector (2015-present)
Upon graduation, moved back to Brazil for family reasons, and went into trainee program in the agro-industrial business business branch of a large Brazilian energy company. Focused initially on the sugar cane supply planning and strategy.
For the first year, worked with strategic planning and selection of our cane-supply and land-lease contracts, focusing on market research and farm selection.
Second year, built tool that allowed for our buyers to instantly simulate long-term profits of signing a specific cane-supply or land-lease contract. This analysis tool is, to this day, a mandatory step when sigining any feedstock contract.
Third year, helped the company re-think its capex decision matrix, created and implemented tools to add clarity and set up governance to the decision-making process. Built business cases for large-scale, long-term irrigation projects worth tens of millions of dollars in investments. Approved and currently being rolled out.
Fourth year, switched to industrial planning and promoted to senior analyst. Start learning about industrial planning and focus initially on establishing better planning tools to maximize profits in our bioenergy business. Develop optimization tool that allows us to simulate different business scenarios, factoring in dozens of variables from around our business chain, and finding optimal profit scenarios.
Fifth year, now responsible for the long-term operational planning of our bioenergy, sugar and ethanol businesses. Constantly in contact with stakeholders up and down the business chain to ensure the feasibility and profitability of our commercial plans.
Internship (2013)
Internship semester abroad in London, doing macroeconomic research on BRICs for a large German market news firm.
Extracurriculars after college: Volunteer for local NGO offering professional mentoring and apprenticeships to 16- and 17-year olds. Around 20 hrs/year in activities, plus 20+ hours in fundraisers.
Extra-curriculars/employment in college: Off-campus study and internship semester. Economics tutoring. Portuguese TA. International student tutoring. Risk management chair at on-campus fraternity.
Post MBA aspirations:
Work in consulting firm abroad (US/Europe) upon graduation, eventually move back into planning in the energy or technology sectors.
Other schools: Duke, INSEAD, HEC, Oxford, ESADE, Bocconi
Thank you!
MBAnBConsulting
Joined: 23 Apr 2016
Last visit: 19 Nov 2022
Posts: 178
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Status:MBA Admissions Consultant
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Location: Singapore
Shantanu: Sharma
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Technology
Schools: INSEAD Jan '17 (A)
WE:Other (Internet and New Media)
08 Jun 2020, 06:24
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Hi brasilianboi
Firstly, congratulations on scoring 740 in GMAT. And HEC is a great choice of school if consulting is your post-mba goal. 27% of the class of 2019 went for consulting (as per the employment stats: https://www.hec.edu/en/mba-programs/mba ... statistics)
In addition to academic performance and solid GMAT scores, HEC wants to see ambitious career aspirations and backgrounds. HEC looks out for 'global career vision' in MBA applicants. I believe that your 'bioenergy' experience can be used as a good example to portray 'global career vision'.
With your profile and GMAT score, I see a fair chance for you to make it to HEC.
While writing your application, make sure you focus on how HEC’s international scope, deep academic rigor, program structure, and access to a worldwide network connects with your goals and aspirations.
As for other schools you mentioned, I feel you've got a fair chance in SAID (Oxford) as well.
Let me know if you'd like to get into a detailed discussion for other schools you are looking at. I am happy to make time to evaluate your profile for all of them.
Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Schedule a free session
Email: [email protected]
What s app: +65-97158525
Call: +49-15212121641
Linkedin
Firstly, congratulations on scoring 740 in GMAT. And HEC is a great choice of school if consulting is your post-mba goal. 27% of the class of 2019 went for consulting (as per the employment stats: https://www.hec.edu/en/mba-programs/mba ... statistics)
In addition to academic performance and solid GMAT scores, HEC wants to see ambitious career aspirations and backgrounds. HEC looks out for 'global career vision' in MBA applicants. I believe that your 'bioenergy' experience can be used as a good example to portray 'global career vision'.
With your profile and GMAT score, I see a fair chance for you to make it to HEC.
While writing your application, make sure you focus on how HEC’s international scope, deep academic rigor, program structure, and access to a worldwide network connects with your goals and aspirations.
As for other schools you mentioned, I feel you've got a fair chance in SAID (Oxford) as well.
Let me know if you'd like to get into a detailed discussion for other schools you are looking at. I am happy to make time to evaluate your profile for all of them.
Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma,
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Schedule a free session
Email: [email protected]
What s app: +65-97158525
Call: +49-15212121641
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