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10 Oct 2020, 00:30
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Hey KapilJohn,
You have a pretty decent profile.
You haven’t mentioned any details about your academic background so making an apt assessment here is not possible, but from what I could gather, you were a British citizen studying in India which adds an aspect of international experience to your profile. Even though you seem to have an average GPA, it won’t really hinder your chances as you can always negate that by drawing attention to your extra-curricular activities.
You seem to have a fair share of extracurricular activities as well. Leading a team for four years must have provided you with rich experience in leadership, project management, event management roles. Here, talking about such instances where you were able to showcase these skills of yours would help to establish you as a strong candidate in front of the admission committee.
You haven’t mentioned any details on your work experience, hence I would like to iterate the importance of a brand name in your profile. You’d be competing with the candidates from top-ranked schools and big4 companies in the world. But if you don’t have the name of a big4 attached to your profile, you can always rectify that by talking about your roles, experiences, major learning takeaways and moreover the motivation behind taking the position and how you bloomed into it over time. The accumulation of all of these points would help you establish the fact that you are no less than a big4 employee. Alternatively, you may also switch to a big4 company if you wish to associate yourself with a big brand name.
It’s good to see that you are targeting a GMAT score of 720 as it would authenticate your academic capabilities. Moreover, to further strengthen your profile you can take up volunteering activities, join a local club or take up certifications in the domain of the program you wish to apply to.
Given your school choice, INSEAD definitely falls under the dream category, meaning that it has an acceptance rate of 8-15%. Due to this, your chances of getting accepted into the program of your choice are anywhere between 40-50%. A better strategy that I’d recommend is to apply to a mixed bunch of schools from the dream, competitive and safe category.
Another important aspect that I’d like to make you aware of is your admission application. Admission applications hold 30% weightage in the entire admission process and not only serve as the window for the admission committee to gain insights into your capabilities and personality, but also as an opportunity for you to highlight your strong suits while simultaneously smoothing out the shortcomings by providing apt justifications. So please make sure that you craft an application that checks all these points.
I’d further suggest you to take our FREE Profile Evaluation to get a list of schools best suited to your profile to get an idea of additional schools you can be targeting. This would allow you to hedge your bets wisely and reap a fruitful outcome.
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13 Oct 2020, 03:36
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Hi Team,
I have a quant percentile of 66% and have read that INSEAD recommends 70% at least in each section. I am a Chartered Accountant and my job involves day to day application of analytical skills. Will it mitigate my quant percentile. Below is my profile for further evaluation
Male - 27 years, Chartered Accountant
Education:
Xth - 95.4%
XIIth - 96.4%
B.Com (Hons) - 86.7% - CGPA – 4 (Shri Ram College of Commerce – No.1 Undergraduate Business College in India)
Chartered Accountant - All India Rank - 23 at Final level and Rank - 14 at Intermediate Level
CA Articleship experience (mandatory training period of 3 years for Indian Chartered Accountants):
PwC (one of the Big4) – Risk & Assurance Division
3 years with PwC in Assurance Division and having exposure to clients from multiple industries. Led a team of 4 members on an assignment in last 3 months of Articleship and also handled a client engagement independently. .
In terms of international exposure, worked with UK team on an assignment for 2 months for a client based in India.
Post Qualification experience: 3.5 years – Bharti Airtel (one of the biggest telecommunication companies in the world)
Got placed with Airtel as a part of its Young Leader’s Program (Rotational Leadership Program for MBA graduates from top B schools (IIM’s) in India) and was the only Chartered Accountant in the batch.
Year 1: Completed projects and multiple functional stints involving Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance etc. as part of the Leadership program and also did an international stint in Zambia (Africa) for 2 months. Had few monetary savings contribution during the year.
Year 2 : Became SME(Subject Matter expert) - Internal Controls and Governance for the organization in Corporate Financial Reporting Function. Major responsibilities included Risk Identification, Control Environment Maintenance and mitigation of gaps for Company’s Finance Processes. Also Worked as a part of team involved in a Merger integration project and contributed to a monetary savings of INR 70 Mn on the project.
Year 3 : Became Commercial Manager at the Organization’s regional office in Mumbai and is currently placed in this role. The role includes financial modelling and business analysis along with extensive stakeholder management. This role also involves commercial feasibility analysis of Capex Proposals and multiple offerings to Business Customers. Overseeing a market which contributes approx. INR 40000 Mn to the company’s revenue.
Extra-Curricular activities:
1. Co-Founded a society during graduation and successfully organized events with an average footfall of 200+
2. Sports Captain for the school during secondary school education and member of Football, Chess & Athletics Team
Social Work:
1. Served for 2 Weeks as a Teacher in the Company’s Foundation Schools for underprivileged children.
2. Regular Contributor to the UNICEF Fund
3. Participated in CSR events organized by PwC
GMAT Online - 710 (Q48 V38 IR6)
Post MBA goal:
Short Term: Strategy/Consulting
Long term: Career in Sports Management/Entertainment
Target admission - July 2021/Jan 2022
Best Regards,
Vikas
I have a quant percentile of 66% and have read that INSEAD recommends 70% at least in each section. I am a Chartered Accountant and my job involves day to day application of analytical skills. Will it mitigate my quant percentile. Below is my profile for further evaluation
Male - 27 years, Chartered Accountant
Education:
Xth - 95.4%
XIIth - 96.4%
B.Com (Hons) - 86.7% - CGPA – 4 (Shri Ram College of Commerce – No.1 Undergraduate Business College in India)
Chartered Accountant - All India Rank - 23 at Final level and Rank - 14 at Intermediate Level
CA Articleship experience (mandatory training period of 3 years for Indian Chartered Accountants):
PwC (one of the Big4) – Risk & Assurance Division
3 years with PwC in Assurance Division and having exposure to clients from multiple industries. Led a team of 4 members on an assignment in last 3 months of Articleship and also handled a client engagement independently. .
In terms of international exposure, worked with UK team on an assignment for 2 months for a client based in India.
Post Qualification experience: 3.5 years – Bharti Airtel (one of the biggest telecommunication companies in the world)
Got placed with Airtel as a part of its Young Leader’s Program (Rotational Leadership Program for MBA graduates from top B schools (IIM’s) in India) and was the only Chartered Accountant in the batch.
Year 1: Completed projects and multiple functional stints involving Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance etc. as part of the Leadership program and also did an international stint in Zambia (Africa) for 2 months. Had few monetary savings contribution during the year.
Year 2 : Became SME(Subject Matter expert) - Internal Controls and Governance for the organization in Corporate Financial Reporting Function. Major responsibilities included Risk Identification, Control Environment Maintenance and mitigation of gaps for Company’s Finance Processes. Also Worked as a part of team involved in a Merger integration project and contributed to a monetary savings of INR 70 Mn on the project.
Year 3 : Became Commercial Manager at the Organization’s regional office in Mumbai and is currently placed in this role. The role includes financial modelling and business analysis along with extensive stakeholder management. This role also involves commercial feasibility analysis of Capex Proposals and multiple offerings to Business Customers. Overseeing a market which contributes approx. INR 40000 Mn to the company’s revenue.
Extra-Curricular activities:
1. Co-Founded a society during graduation and successfully organized events with an average footfall of 200+
2. Sports Captain for the school during secondary school education and member of Football, Chess & Athletics Team
Social Work:
1. Served for 2 Weeks as a Teacher in the Company’s Foundation Schools for underprivileged children.
2. Regular Contributor to the UNICEF Fund
3. Participated in CSR events organized by PwC
GMAT Online - 710 (Q48 V38 IR6)
Post MBA goal:
Short Term: Strategy/Consulting
Long term: Career in Sports Management/Entertainment
Target admission - July 2021/Jan 2022
Best Regards,
Vikas
13 Oct 2020, 05:42
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Hi Vikas213,
Let's first talk about your stats. You have a low quant percentile but your work background and your academic achievements should compensate for it. Also, if the other aspects of your profile are strong with a good story, I do not think this would be a problem really.
Your work-ex is quite great as well with the big companies, huge impacts, a good career trajectory, some leadership experiences and some international exposure as well. So, I suppose you tick all the boxes through your work-experience. Also, your ECs are great, especially that you co-founded a society during your college and were the school captain which exhibits clear leader in you and now too, you are involved in some community services. For your post-MBA goals, they do make sense but I would want to know a few things to get a better picture. One, your motivation for targeting the sports industry in the long-term (I know you have been involved in sports during school but after this, I do not find any mention of this) and two, what is the industry that you wish to target in your short term goals?
So, overall, I say, you provide a competitive profile and apparently there are no red flags in your profile but you will have to work hard on putting an interesting story on the table and making it unique in terms of how YOU are different from the pool and will be contributing to the INSEAD's or other schools' community (because obviously, there will be candidates with similar profile and maybe more achievements but then it's your life story which stands out). We are delighted to hop on a call with you to discuss your profile in length and help you understand yourself and the targeted schools better (we can also try to get you in contact with recent INSEAD conversions). 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
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Let's first talk about your stats. You have a low quant percentile but your work background and your academic achievements should compensate for it. Also, if the other aspects of your profile are strong with a good story, I do not think this would be a problem really.
Your work-ex is quite great as well with the big companies, huge impacts, a good career trajectory, some leadership experiences and some international exposure as well. So, I suppose you tick all the boxes through your work-experience. Also, your ECs are great, especially that you co-founded a society during your college and were the school captain which exhibits clear leader in you and now too, you are involved in some community services. For your post-MBA goals, they do make sense but I would want to know a few things to get a better picture. One, your motivation for targeting the sports industry in the long-term (I know you have been involved in sports during school but after this, I do not find any mention of this) and two, what is the industry that you wish to target in your short term goals?
So, overall, I say, you provide a competitive profile and apparently there are no red flags in your profile but you will have to work hard on putting an interesting story on the table and making it unique in terms of how YOU are different from the pool and will be contributing to the INSEAD's or other schools' community (because obviously, there will be candidates with similar profile and maybe more achievements but then it's your life story which stands out). We are delighted to hop on a call with you to discuss your profile in length and help you understand yourself and the targeted schools better (we can also try to get you in contact with recent INSEAD conversions). 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
Success stories and Real essays
Email: [email protected]
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