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17 Jun 2016, 02:54
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Hi,
Please can you give a feedback on my profile and advise if I am targeting the right schools? I have not seen many civil engineering profiles in Harvard or Stanford (or I may be wrong!)
An Indian female civil engineer
B.Tech in Civil Engineering - a locally reputed university (not IITs or NITs) - First Class with Distinction - Probably within top 10%
M.Sc in Civil Engineering and Construction Management - Top University in the UK (Dubai Campus) - First Class with Distinction - Probably within top 3%
I did my Full time Masters along with my Full time job.
GMAT - 700 (46Q,41V)
Work Experience: One year worked as Admin Assistant to the director for 3.3 Billion dollar company in UAE handling general administration of the retail division in the worlds largest retail business - I dint have my engineering certificate at that time due to some glitches from university.
Then worked for a small sub contracting company for another year handling waste water treatment project sales for UAE - conducting site visits, developing turnkey solutins, sales negotiations, developing techno commercial proposals etc.
Currently working (2 years) as utility engineer in the UAE for a top global design consultancy (think AECOM, ARUP, CH2M etc.). My current job is basically to design the utility networks like potable water, sewerage, storm water etc. for new master planning projects or infrastructure projects in GCC, coordinate with other departments, manage CAD technicians and deliver the design package after QA procedures.
I am working towards Chartered Engineer membership from ICE - a civil engineering professional body in the UK (Similar to P.E. status in US). Received ICE Emerging Engineers Award UAE - winner of 2015 and finalist of 2016.
Short Term Goal - Enter into advisory services for infrastructure/energy sector. Gain a global experience - interested in general operation/corporate strategy consulting and asset and risk management consulting for infrastructure.
Long Term Goal - Return back to India and get into advisory services for policy making in government sectors.
Extra curricular/Leadership Activities (Not very impressive though!) :
- Female recruitment/hospitality head for techno cultural college event
- Student Council Secretary General for Professional body
- Charity activities like organising white washing for orphanage, amusement trip for kids.
- Volunteer in distributing food and essentials every Friday to the underprivileged construction workers in UAE.
- Responsible for logistics and event management of annual event of Women Business network in the company.
International Exposure: Working in a multinational company in the Middle East. No international travels professionally but personally traveled to 9 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.
Target Schools: Harvard, Stanford, Tuck, LBS, INSEAD. Please recommend any other school fit for my profile and align with my goals?
Please can you give a feedback on my profile and advise if I am targeting the right schools? I have not seen many civil engineering profiles in Harvard or Stanford (or I may be wrong!)
An Indian female civil engineer
B.Tech in Civil Engineering - a locally reputed university (not IITs or NITs) - First Class with Distinction - Probably within top 10%
M.Sc in Civil Engineering and Construction Management - Top University in the UK (Dubai Campus) - First Class with Distinction - Probably within top 3%
I did my Full time Masters along with my Full time job.
GMAT - 700 (46Q,41V)
Work Experience: One year worked as Admin Assistant to the director for 3.3 Billion dollar company in UAE handling general administration of the retail division in the worlds largest retail business - I dint have my engineering certificate at that time due to some glitches from university.
Then worked for a small sub contracting company for another year handling waste water treatment project sales for UAE - conducting site visits, developing turnkey solutins, sales negotiations, developing techno commercial proposals etc.
Currently working (2 years) as utility engineer in the UAE for a top global design consultancy (think AECOM, ARUP, CH2M etc.). My current job is basically to design the utility networks like potable water, sewerage, storm water etc. for new master planning projects or infrastructure projects in GCC, coordinate with other departments, manage CAD technicians and deliver the design package after QA procedures.
I am working towards Chartered Engineer membership from ICE - a civil engineering professional body in the UK (Similar to P.E. status in US). Received ICE Emerging Engineers Award UAE - winner of 2015 and finalist of 2016.
Short Term Goal - Enter into advisory services for infrastructure/energy sector. Gain a global experience - interested in general operation/corporate strategy consulting and asset and risk management consulting for infrastructure.
Long Term Goal - Return back to India and get into advisory services for policy making in government sectors.
Extra curricular/Leadership Activities (Not very impressive though!) :
- Female recruitment/hospitality head for techno cultural college event
- Student Council Secretary General for Professional body
- Charity activities like organising white washing for orphanage, amusement trip for kids.
- Volunteer in distributing food and essentials every Friday to the underprivileged construction workers in UAE.
- Responsible for logistics and event management of annual event of Women Business network in the company.
International Exposure: Working in a multinational company in the Middle East. No international travels professionally but personally traveled to 9 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.
Target Schools: Harvard, Stanford, Tuck, LBS, INSEAD. Please recommend any other school fit for my profile and align with my goals?
17 Jun 2016, 06:46
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Hello there,
Thanks for posting a detailed profile.
You seem to have good unique work experience that will help you stand out. However, as of now several elements in your profile such as GMAT, non-IIT undergrad and only 2-3 yrs of work experience tend to place your overall profile on the lower side to be competitive for most of your target schools. If you are aiming for top US B-schools, you will need to raise your GMAT by 20-40 points and write impressive essays.
I'd suggest looking at the class profile of top MBA programs, esp. the GMAT score and shortlisting the schools where your score is about 20-40points higher than the class average. These would mostly be top 20- 30 ranked schools.
Currently, INSEAD seems more plausible given the diversity in your profile and international experience. In fact, one of my student from an engineering design firm in the Middle East recently interviewed with INSEAD for Jan 2017 intake. Another female student I helped joined Jan 2016.
In case you would like to discuss more, please email me at [email protected]
Hope this helped
Good luck!
Thanks for posting a detailed profile.
You seem to have good unique work experience that will help you stand out. However, as of now several elements in your profile such as GMAT, non-IIT undergrad and only 2-3 yrs of work experience tend to place your overall profile on the lower side to be competitive for most of your target schools. If you are aiming for top US B-schools, you will need to raise your GMAT by 20-40 points and write impressive essays.
I'd suggest looking at the class profile of top MBA programs, esp. the GMAT score and shortlisting the schools where your score is about 20-40points higher than the class average. These would mostly be top 20- 30 ranked schools.
Currently, INSEAD seems more plausible given the diversity in your profile and international experience. In fact, one of my student from an engineering design firm in the Middle East recently interviewed with INSEAD for Jan 2017 intake. Another female student I helped joined Jan 2016.
In case you would like to discuss more, please email me at [email protected]
Hope this helped
Good luck!
17 Jun 2016, 07:18
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A few reflections on your profile:
Hope this helps some.
Cheers,
- The nature of your profession alone will help you grab instant attention given the gender biases it crosses. The work content itself is more important. Whether it is office based designing and coordination or field based for instance. That will ascertain the weight that gets attached to it.
- The overall academic arc seems to be on the average side though you have good grades but the brands are not strong. The GMAT as well additional certifications can help overcome that to some extent - so if feasible, it is definitely worth a re-take.
- The post-MBA story while logically sensible could be another stumbling block. Infa advisory firms rarely hire MBA grads; Energy consulting roles are few and far between. So make sure you have done your research and are not aiming for something impractical/too ambitious here.
- For reasons mentioned here, we do not speculate on school selection. Your profile does have good content though and if you play your cards right, you should have a shot at some good schools out there.
Hope this helps some.
Cheers,
