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Hey!
Demographic - Indian Male, 25 Years of age, lived in most metro cities
Education - National Institute of Technology , Durgapur - 7.5/10 GPA in Computer Science. Graduated 2020. 720 GMAT
- President of the Debating Society - pioneered the Debating Culture in the college, started a lot of Events that are still going strong, and started the first Debating Festival seen in eastern India.
- President of the musical Society
- Part of multiple varsity teams such as basketball, badminton, tennis and volleyball
- Multiple projects including Disability inclusion projects and Swarm Robotics as final thesis
Work Experience - Novartis Pharmaceuticals as a Business Analyst, working in the Field Force Optimization Vertical. Currently have 3 years of experience
- won the case study in the New Employee Orientation
- worked on developing inhouse alternatives to proprietary tools
- developed plans for field force to increase ROI for each call made. Efficiency increase by 20% , resulting in 20 Million above target sales within a cycle
- pioneered a tool to handle grievances by the field, improving the turnaround time for addressal from 30 days to 2 days
- Managing Multiple teams for the above project.
- Promoted once in my tenure. next up in september 2023
- hosted multiple team building activities and transition from WFH to office
- Awarded the best facilitator 2 years in a row, for mentoring New Employees within the organization
Volunteering experience -
- Targeted multiple Government schools ( Tier 3 schools ) to bridge Educational parity, by training / tutoring them for scholarship exams with 88% success rate.
- facilitated Networking for these students for applicable career advice and mentorship.
- created a non-profit startup called Neev to bridge educational parity and make it accessible throughout the country, giving these students the access to oppurtunities that are available in Tier - 1 institutes.
Goals -
- Wish to pivot into Pharma strategy and consulting, looking mainly at brand effectiveness and strategy. Wish to scale NEEV as a side project to a national scale.
Target Schools
- Ross School of Business
- Tepper School of Business
- Yale School of Management
- Darden School of Business
- Tuck School of Business
- Fuqua School of Business
- Haas School of Business
- UCLA Anderson
Demographic - Indian Male, 25 Years of age, lived in most metro cities
Education - National Institute of Technology , Durgapur - 7.5/10 GPA in Computer Science. Graduated 2020. 720 GMAT
- President of the Debating Society - pioneered the Debating Culture in the college, started a lot of Events that are still going strong, and started the first Debating Festival seen in eastern India.
- President of the musical Society
- Part of multiple varsity teams such as basketball, badminton, tennis and volleyball
- Multiple projects including Disability inclusion projects and Swarm Robotics as final thesis
Work Experience - Novartis Pharmaceuticals as a Business Analyst, working in the Field Force Optimization Vertical. Currently have 3 years of experience
- won the case study in the New Employee Orientation
- worked on developing inhouse alternatives to proprietary tools
- developed plans for field force to increase ROI for each call made. Efficiency increase by 20% , resulting in 20 Million above target sales within a cycle
- pioneered a tool to handle grievances by the field, improving the turnaround time for addressal from 30 days to 2 days
- Managing Multiple teams for the above project.
- Promoted once in my tenure. next up in september 2023
- hosted multiple team building activities and transition from WFH to office
- Awarded the best facilitator 2 years in a row, for mentoring New Employees within the organization
Volunteering experience -
- Targeted multiple Government schools ( Tier 3 schools ) to bridge Educational parity, by training / tutoring them for scholarship exams with 88% success rate.
- facilitated Networking for these students for applicable career advice and mentorship.
- created a non-profit startup called Neev to bridge educational parity and make it accessible throughout the country, giving these students the access to oppurtunities that are available in Tier - 1 institutes.
Goals -
- Wish to pivot into Pharma strategy and consulting, looking mainly at brand effectiveness and strategy. Wish to scale NEEV as a side project to a national scale.
Target Schools
- Ross School of Business
- Tepper School of Business
- Yale School of Management
- Darden School of Business
- Tuck School of Business
- Fuqua School of Business
- Haas School of Business
- UCLA Anderson
09 May 2023, 22:39
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Hello aryamanpanda, and thanks for your post.
The application process is truly holistic, and committees will look at your stats (GPA and GMAT), work experience, and extracurriculars.
Your GPA is about at the average, and while your 720 GMAT is strong, compared to others in your demographic, it is a bit below the average. If you haven’t already, I suggest taking it up to 3-4 times. You have nothing to lose since schools will only look at your highest score. And even a slight increase can boost your profile. You may still want to illustrate to the schools that you have the academic ability to succeed in the classroom. You could showcase your quant ability in your resume, your recommenders could do the same in their recommendations, or you could even take a supplemental course such as stats or calculus.
Your work experience sounds impactful; it seems like you have some good accomplishments to discuss, such as increasing efficiency and improving turnaround time. It is nice to see that you have taken the lead on recent projects, as well as having already been promoted. However, the average years of work experience is closer to 5, so if you choose to apply with one fewer year of experience, make sure you demonstrate why now is the time. And because of your lighter experience, it’s even more important to show you have made an impact and demonstrated leadership there. Ideally this will be supported by strong recommendation letters as well. It will also be important to explain why you want your MBA, and to also illustrate the skills you already have which are transferable. Be sure your story makes sense, and is realistic and specific.
Regarding extracurriculars, you have a few really interesting ones that you can discuss. Make sure to really emphasize your leadership roles you have taken on. Founding a non-profit startup certainly sounds impressive; that is one aspect of your profile on which you can elaborate.
If you continue to strengthen your profile, you do have a chance at some of these schools, but they are extremely competitive, and each school simply does not have the room to admit all the world's qualified applicants. For that reason, I suggest apply to several schools, including reach, target and safety. I am not sure I see a true “safety” among your list, but you do have a chance with a strong application. Hopefully these schools will see that you have a compelling story and are someone who will add value to the classroom and community.
Good luck!
The application process is truly holistic, and committees will look at your stats (GPA and GMAT), work experience, and extracurriculars.
Your GPA is about at the average, and while your 720 GMAT is strong, compared to others in your demographic, it is a bit below the average. If you haven’t already, I suggest taking it up to 3-4 times. You have nothing to lose since schools will only look at your highest score. And even a slight increase can boost your profile. You may still want to illustrate to the schools that you have the academic ability to succeed in the classroom. You could showcase your quant ability in your resume, your recommenders could do the same in their recommendations, or you could even take a supplemental course such as stats or calculus.
Your work experience sounds impactful; it seems like you have some good accomplishments to discuss, such as increasing efficiency and improving turnaround time. It is nice to see that you have taken the lead on recent projects, as well as having already been promoted. However, the average years of work experience is closer to 5, so if you choose to apply with one fewer year of experience, make sure you demonstrate why now is the time. And because of your lighter experience, it’s even more important to show you have made an impact and demonstrated leadership there. Ideally this will be supported by strong recommendation letters as well. It will also be important to explain why you want your MBA, and to also illustrate the skills you already have which are transferable. Be sure your story makes sense, and is realistic and specific.
Regarding extracurriculars, you have a few really interesting ones that you can discuss. Make sure to really emphasize your leadership roles you have taken on. Founding a non-profit startup certainly sounds impressive; that is one aspect of your profile on which you can elaborate.
If you continue to strengthen your profile, you do have a chance at some of these schools, but they are extremely competitive, and each school simply does not have the room to admit all the world's qualified applicants. For that reason, I suggest apply to several schools, including reach, target and safety. I am not sure I see a true “safety” among your list, but you do have a chance with a strong application. Hopefully these schools will see that you have a compelling story and are someone who will add value to the classroom and community.
Good luck!
