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30 Jul 2014, 00:56
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Hi there!
I am a younger Indian female applicant on the lower end of the work experience spectrum with extensive startup experience and I would really appreciate your thoughts on my profile:
Here's a brief summary of my profile:
1) GMAT: 710 (47Q, 40V)
2) Education: Electronics and Communication Engineering from a top 25 engineering college in India (Non-IIT)
- CGPA: 9.03/10 (21 out of 250, top ten percent of class)
3) Internships:
a) International semiconductor company (think Intel, Freescale - got through rigid selection process) - Design Intern (6 months)
b) University in Eastern Europe - Research Intern (1 month)
c) Indian School of Business - Research Intern (2 months)
4) Work Experience - Total Experience 1 year (2 at the time of matriculation)
a) Software Engineer at tech startup started by serial entrepreneurs (1 year)
- 1 promotion from Consultant to Software Engineer
- Worked directly with clients from the U.S and Africa, took ownership of projects within 6 months of joining
- Reduced development time by 60%, developed proprietary algorithm marketed to retailers such as Walmart & Target
- Female coder, only female among 30 odd male employees
- Confident of getting a strong recommendation from the founder of the startup
b) Founder of startup that provides professional writing services to students and young professionals
- Leading a team of two part time employees and an intern while working full time myself
- Have had around 400 clients in less than a year of its inception; students accepted to Duke, Cornell and similar
- Observing profits of over 200% due to low initial investment and knowledge capital
- Designed the marketing strategy, developed the website, oversee the writing, top search result on Google
Extracurriculars and additional information:
- Vice President of the Student Body (~8000 students)
- Member of the Sports Council
- Played for the Women's Basketball team at college
- Headed a green initiative (5K Run, Campus Cleanup, mobilised funds)
- Maintain a blog with 30,000+ views and 5000 unique visitors
- Developed apps for NGOs, pro bono
- Coaching govt. school kids for a scholarship exam (5 hours a week for 3 months)
- Travelled to over 30 countries so far
My Target Schools (in order of priority): Yale, Tuck, Johnson, Darden
My Query: Can you please let me know if my school selection is realistic or I need to focus more on schools such as Goizueta and Tepper?
Looking forward to your response. Thanks in advance!
I am a younger Indian female applicant on the lower end of the work experience spectrum with extensive startup experience and I would really appreciate your thoughts on my profile:
Here's a brief summary of my profile:
1) GMAT: 710 (47Q, 40V)
2) Education: Electronics and Communication Engineering from a top 25 engineering college in India (Non-IIT)
- CGPA: 9.03/10 (21 out of 250, top ten percent of class)
3) Internships:
a) International semiconductor company (think Intel, Freescale - got through rigid selection process) - Design Intern (6 months)
b) University in Eastern Europe - Research Intern (1 month)
c) Indian School of Business - Research Intern (2 months)
4) Work Experience - Total Experience 1 year (2 at the time of matriculation)
a) Software Engineer at tech startup started by serial entrepreneurs (1 year)
- 1 promotion from Consultant to Software Engineer
- Worked directly with clients from the U.S and Africa, took ownership of projects within 6 months of joining
- Reduced development time by 60%, developed proprietary algorithm marketed to retailers such as Walmart & Target
- Female coder, only female among 30 odd male employees
- Confident of getting a strong recommendation from the founder of the startup
b) Founder of startup that provides professional writing services to students and young professionals
- Leading a team of two part time employees and an intern while working full time myself
- Have had around 400 clients in less than a year of its inception; students accepted to Duke, Cornell and similar
- Observing profits of over 200% due to low initial investment and knowledge capital
- Designed the marketing strategy, developed the website, oversee the writing, top search result on Google
Extracurriculars and additional information:
- Vice President of the Student Body (~8000 students)
- Member of the Sports Council
- Played for the Women's Basketball team at college
- Headed a green initiative (5K Run, Campus Cleanup, mobilised funds)
- Maintain a blog with 30,000+ views and 5000 unique visitors
- Developed apps for NGOs, pro bono
- Coaching govt. school kids for a scholarship exam (5 hours a week for 3 months)
- Travelled to over 30 countries so far
My Target Schools (in order of priority): Yale, Tuck, Johnson, Darden
My Query: Can you please let me know if my school selection is realistic or I need to focus more on schools such as Goizueta and Tepper?
Looking forward to your response. Thanks in advance!
30 Jul 2014, 06:46
Kudos
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Hi there,
Thanks for your post and sorry for the delay - I'm out of the country on CS business. Thanks for your patience! Let's see what we've got here...
Academics
You're fairly solid here. Good GMAT, respectable (even if a tier II) school and an amazing GPA. You also had a variety of interesting internships in the process and that's going to round out your academic years really well. This is important because you're young. You were also really involved and in important positions such as student govt. So, all in, you had a really good undergrad run!
Experience
You have stereotypical experience in a non-stereotypical organization. Yes, you're IT, but you're in a start up environment and that's clearly led to some serious business level impact quickly. You've had responsibilities that your peers in similar roles at larger companies wouldn't have. That's the benefit of being in a start up. However, you also don't have the brand name on your resume. So that's something to consider. What will define your experiences isn't your resume or your essays, it'll be your recommendations. Those have to be bullet proof.
Involvement
I love your start up and that you're still involved in other things even BEYOND that. It also rounds out your key themes nicely. Whatever might be lacking at work from experiences can probably be found in this bucket and that's strong.
Goals
You haven't mentioned anything here. Why do you want your MBA? What do you want to do after?
Schools
You're being aggressive, but not unrealistically so. However, yes, you should probably consider some schools in the lower end of the top 20.
HOWEVER!
You're young and you're applying with just 1 year under your belt. Even aggressive consulting and banking applicants apply, usually, after 2 (so 3 @ matriculation). That's usually the lower threshold. However, if you want to apply this year - go for it - just understand you might have to reapply after you get more experience. So if you don't want to apply to lower schools this year, DON'T.
What I would say is if you are hell-bent on getting into a school this year, diversify into lower ranked programs. However, if you're ok with applying and not getting in and applying next year, then stay aggressive!
I hope that helps - let me know if you have any questions!
Bhavik
Thanks for your post and sorry for the delay - I'm out of the country on CS business. Thanks for your patience! Let's see what we've got here...
Academics
You're fairly solid here. Good GMAT, respectable (even if a tier II) school and an amazing GPA. You also had a variety of interesting internships in the process and that's going to round out your academic years really well. This is important because you're young. You were also really involved and in important positions such as student govt. So, all in, you had a really good undergrad run!
Experience
You have stereotypical experience in a non-stereotypical organization. Yes, you're IT, but you're in a start up environment and that's clearly led to some serious business level impact quickly. You've had responsibilities that your peers in similar roles at larger companies wouldn't have. That's the benefit of being in a start up. However, you also don't have the brand name on your resume. So that's something to consider. What will define your experiences isn't your resume or your essays, it'll be your recommendations. Those have to be bullet proof.
Involvement
I love your start up and that you're still involved in other things even BEYOND that. It also rounds out your key themes nicely. Whatever might be lacking at work from experiences can probably be found in this bucket and that's strong.
Goals
You haven't mentioned anything here. Why do you want your MBA? What do you want to do after?
Schools
You're being aggressive, but not unrealistically so. However, yes, you should probably consider some schools in the lower end of the top 20.
HOWEVER!
You're young and you're applying with just 1 year under your belt. Even aggressive consulting and banking applicants apply, usually, after 2 (so 3 @ matriculation). That's usually the lower threshold. However, if you want to apply this year - go for it - just understand you might have to reapply after you get more experience. So if you don't want to apply to lower schools this year, DON'T.
What I would say is if you are hell-bent on getting into a school this year, diversify into lower ranked programs. However, if you're ok with applying and not getting in and applying next year, then stay aggressive!
I hope that helps - let me know if you have any questions!
Bhavik
30 Jul 2014, 07:15
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Ah, extremely sorry about that. I knew I was missing something.
My main reason for applying this year is: I'm impatient. I code well and I'm a bit of a tech geek, but I don't see myself working in this space for too long. I'm an entrepreneur and I've grown up with the family business. I want to jump in as soon as I possibly can without getting stuck in a tech rut. I'm pretty prepared for the possibility that I might not get in anywhere this year, which is why I want to apply to only four schools (leaving several others open for next year). But I am not hellbent on joining next year.
My goals: I want to get experience across industries in as little time as possible so that I can hit my final goal of starting my own venture. With that in mind, consulting is a highly appealing, low risk-high reward option. Either technology or management consulting would allow me to learn about how different companies tackle problems and how CEOs take decisions in such a high level-high stakes scenario. I want to use that experience to start my own company in the technology space in India, with my priority being - it isn't going to be just another IT service provider or KPO firm (we have too many of those). I'd like to create real value and real products.
Your advice is perfectly sound and runs pretty much along the same lines that I was thinking about. Go big this year or try again next time sums it up for me. A few additional questions:
- Does my goal make sense to you? To me it does, but I understand how it might not to others. Consulting to entrepreneurship is a big leap.
- I really like the schools I picked (small class size, college towns, pretty strong in consulting). Do you know how each of them looks at re-applicants i.e positively or negatively?
My main reason for applying this year is: I'm impatient. I code well and I'm a bit of a tech geek, but I don't see myself working in this space for too long. I'm an entrepreneur and I've grown up with the family business. I want to jump in as soon as I possibly can without getting stuck in a tech rut. I'm pretty prepared for the possibility that I might not get in anywhere this year, which is why I want to apply to only four schools (leaving several others open for next year). But I am not hellbent on joining next year.
My goals: I want to get experience across industries in as little time as possible so that I can hit my final goal of starting my own venture. With that in mind, consulting is a highly appealing, low risk-high reward option. Either technology or management consulting would allow me to learn about how different companies tackle problems and how CEOs take decisions in such a high level-high stakes scenario. I want to use that experience to start my own company in the technology space in India, with my priority being - it isn't going to be just another IT service provider or KPO firm (we have too many of those). I'd like to create real value and real products.
Your advice is perfectly sound and runs pretty much along the same lines that I was thinking about. Go big this year or try again next time sums it up for me. A few additional questions:
- Does my goal make sense to you? To me it does, but I understand how it might not to others. Consulting to entrepreneurship is a big leap.
- I really like the schools I picked (small class size, college towns, pretty strong in consulting). Do you know how each of them looks at re-applicants i.e positively or negatively?
