Requesting ISB R1 YLP profile evaluation

Question

12th Standard cbse - 97.6% (science stream)
10th standard cbse - 96.6% 
Gmat focus score - 645

Academic & Institutional Achievements
 • final year Bachelors of Computing in NUS Singapore (2022- 2026)Computer Science , 6th in the world for computer science QS ranking (Honours) + minor in entrepreneurship (8.5/10 CGPA)— highly quantitative and competitive programme.

• Selected for NUS ATLAS incubator Programme for niteout .
 • Admitted into singapore national ACE Incubator (Action Community for Entrepreneurship, Singapore) for venture building for building niteout

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Professional Achievements

INTERNSHIPS:

EY Singapore – Digital Engineering
 • Key contributor to a US$13M public-sector transformation (iPRIMS).
 • Led data migration track handling 5,000+ legacy records; delivered 3 stable trial runs.
 • Built SQL validation frameworks reducing reconciliation defects by 25–30%.
 • Represented EY in client sync-ups; aligned dev, testing & BA teams across Singapore.
 • Directed UAT planning across 5+ roles, logging & resolving 40+ critical defects.

Barclays UK, United Kingdom – Technology Analyst
 • Identified £3.2M cost-reduction via automation in payments exceptions workflow.
 • Co-designed Target Operating Model for UK post-trade operations.
 • Produced exec-level dashboards improving ops decisions across 2 UK hubs.

PwC India , Delhi- Technology Consulting
 • Delivered APAC market-entry benchmarking for a leading consumer tech client.
 • Engineered an ESG RBAC data model delivering 80% reduction in manual testing efforts.

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Entrepreneurship

Co-founder & CTO – NiteOut (Singapore)
 • Built a full mobile platform integrating event discovery, smart ticketing & social matching.
 • Secured partnerships with 4 event companies across India & Singapore.
 • Executed 5+ live events with full-platform ticketing.
 • Selected into ACE Incubator for product validation and early-stage venture scaling.

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Teaching & Leadership
 • Teaching Assistant (NUS CS Programming Methodology)
Taught recursion, asymptotic analysis, memoization; graded 200+ submissions.
 • Managed onboarding & coaching of 3+ juniors at EY during peak delivery.
 • Cross-team mediator across engineering, business, and testing groups.

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Core Strengths
 • Analytical problem solver (SQL, data pipelines, systems thinking).
 • Strong stakeholder communication: clients, cross-functional teams, leadership.
 • Product mindset: user flows, value clarity, rapid iteration.
 • Ownership & resilience in high-pressure delivery environments.
 • Entrepreneurial bias for action; proven ability to build and ship real products.

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Career Aspiration
 • Build large-scale consumer-tech or digital platforms across high-density markets.
 • Leverage ISB YLP to deepen strategy, leadership, and venture-scaling ability

shailhills · Answer

Hi. Please submit your profile in the  decision tracker  for experts to evaluate:
 https://gmatclub.com/forum/decision-tracker/register.html

pintukr · Answer

Indeed, an impressive profile along with a high GMAT score will make your application stand out..All the Best.

ss71 · Answer

What are the chances with my current application as above and current gmat score as above ?

TutelageXMentor · Answer

Overall profile is good, however GMAT is slightly on the lower side. You may compensate the same through essays and interviews.

Best

ExpertsGlobal · Answer

Hi ss71 , You have a profile that stands out even with your current GMAT score; just focus on putting forth a set of essays that are truly representative of your profile. For a detailed evaluation, please leave an inquiry for a free strategy session with us, so we can duly guide you: https://www.expertsglobal.com/isb-admissions-consulting All the best! Experts' Global

FLY.reachout · Answer

Dear  ss71 ,

We believe you have a really strong profile. You have performed very well academically and have already gained meaningful international exposure. You also bring solid internship experience across reputed organizations and appear to have strong extracurricular and entrepreneurial engagement, which adds depth to your overall profile.

The only clear area of improvement that we see at this stage is the GMAT score. That said, it is equally important to note that the GMAT is only one component of the application. The final shortlist decision depends significantly on how comprehensively and authentically you are able to present your journey, motivations, and impact through the application and essays. From what we can see, several other aspects of your profile already place you in a good position.

We would be happy to connect and understand your profile better so that we can offer more personalized and thoughtful guidance tailored to your goals and strengths.

At Team FLY, we are a collective of ISB alumni dedicated to supporting prospective MBA applicants with profile positioning, essay reviews, and interview preparation. Please feel free to book a 15 minute free session for a detailed discussion with us using the link below:
  https://calendly.com/reachusfly/15min

With warm regards,
 Team FLY
  www.teamfly.org

ScaleHire · Answer

Hi  ss71

This is a very strong, high-signal profile for ISB YLP / deferred programs. Your differentiation is not academics or internships alone — it’s the depth + coherence across tech, consulting, entrepreneurship, and leadership at a very young age.

GMAT 645 – does it hurt?
It’s slightly below the median for ISB-style programs, but in your case, it is not a dealbreaker.
Why? Because you are already proving quant rigor at NUS CS (one of the most competitive CS programs globally) and through real-world delivery at EY/Barclays/PwC.
A higher score (670+) would help at the margin, but your profile is one where GMAT is a hygiene factor, not the core signal. Retake only if you’re confident of a meaningful jump, not for a cosmetic 10–15 points.

What actually works in your favor (and matters more):

You are not “internship collecting” — you’ve shown measurable impact (multi-million $/£ projects, cost savings, ownership of tracks).

The entrepreneurship is real, not theoretical: incubators, partnerships, live events, shipped product. This is rare and very aligned with YLP’s intent.

Teaching assistantship + cross-team leadership shows maturity beyond your age — this offsets the usual “too young” concern.

Your career aspiration is credible and consistent with what you’ve already done (tech + product + venture), not a post-MBA fantasy pivot.

Main risk (and how to manage it):

The only real risk is over-indexing on execution and under-selling reflection. ISB will want to see:

Why these experiences changed how you think

What you learned about leadership, failure, ambiguity

How ISB specifically fits into the next 10–15 years, not just “strategy exposure”

Verdict:

With strong essays and recommendations, you are absolutely competitive for ISB YLP even with a 645.

A GMAT retake is optional, not mandatory. It’s an optimization lever, not a fix.

Focus your effort on storytelling, clarity of ambition, and depth of self-awareness — that’s where admits will be decided for profiles like yours.

Feel free to reach out to us, in case you want a deeper analysis or want to focus on a specific part of your application:    scalehire24@gmail.com   . 
 We offer free guidance + free essay edits (just for you). Feel free to   book a slot   or   submit your essays 
 All the best!

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