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Hi melbin101,

Definitely an interesting / less typical work background, but I think that's a positive overall. Especially since you can show an interest in social development and technology. I can see Sloan's program fitting well with your goals. Your GMAT score is great. I assume you're converting your GPA to a 4.0 scale? You won't need to on the application. But if it is 3.1, then that's a bit low for Sloan, so could be a challenge. Otherwise I think you've got a shot at Sloan. Make sure your passion for solving such problems comes through strongly in your materials and use the video statement to show the school your personality and what you'll contribute to the class.

Good luck!
Kate

Hello,

Please evaluate my profile for Sloan

Academics:
Bachelor of Engg (Electronics & Telecom) - 73.5% (Distinction)(University of Mumbai)
Master of Science (Telecom Engineering) - GPA 3.9/4.0 (University of Maryland, College Park)

During my masters, I took 4 management courses from R.H Smith school of Business at University of Maryland (studying alongside MBA grads)
That's when I got more interested towards getting a full time MBA

Also, I received an award from University of Maryland for academic excelllence (2nd Rank in MS program)
I was also a co-founder of UMD cricket club (1st of it's kind to promote the sport of Cricket and related events to all parts of campus)

GMAT - 750

Work Experience:
1 year intership and 5 months full-time experience at a Telecommunications Startup in United States
2 Years and 10 months (still working) full-time experience at AT&T reserach labs in US

I believe I have a good technical and hands on experience - working on some of the most challenging projects in the wireless industry
I have a good exposure of working with almost all of the major telecom companies, device vendors, equipment vendors.

Post MBA goal - Strategy role in Tech industry


Some other points which may add value to profile:

- Community Service - Volunteering at the ISKCON temple during events and festivals (2 years)
- I have been trading stocks from past 3 years

Thank you for the feedback mbaMissionKate

Re-evaluation request please, after 6 months :

Bio : 28, Male, Pakistani
Education : B.E. Mechanical (3.36/4.00 CGPA) country's top engineering university.
M.S Mechanical -2 years - (3.80/4.00 CGPA) from Middle East's top engineering university.
Work Experience : Post B.E - Dutch MNC (in Pak) - Project Engineer for 10 months (promoted once) (discontinued to pursue MS)
Post M.S - Saudi Construction Chemicals Company -3.5 years - (Not MNC/ but very well known in the country)- Plant Manager (Youngest and fastest promotion to PM in company history)
Test Scores : GMAT 750, TOEFL iBT 115
Other achievements : International publications. Journal reviewer. Attended international conferences.
Set-up a successful e-commerce to support myself during my MBA which is doing very well.
Volunteer/EC : Active in societies and office holder during B.E. None after that. Member toastmasters.
Participated in earth quake relief. No formal association with NGO.
Post MBA concentration: Management Consulting

1. Will my UG GPA be offset by MS GPA and GMAT ?
2. At application my age will be 29 and I will start school at 30, will it be an issue for my post MBA ambitions (MC) ?
3. Since my current work experience doesn't have a brand name, how much will it hurt me ? Can you only get into top 10 if you are working in MNCs / Fortune 500s ?
4. Will it help if I retake and try to improve my verbal score to take the overall score to 760-770 ?

Thank You for reading.

Considering an Executive MBA

Work experience: 13 years of Management and Analytics Consulting with Big 4 and Boutique consultancies (lots of Fortune 500 names as clients and now in a Sr Project/Program/Solution Leadership role on projects) + Real Estate on the side.
College: Babson College
GPA: 3.5 (Top 15% of my graduating class)
Executive Assessment score: 165
Location: Boston area
Non-Profit Work: Been on a couple of non profit boards and state boards for education
Post MBA Goal: Move into a more executive role within industry (likely retail or financial services) with a heavy emphasis on analytics-drive transformation

Hi MayBSchool,
From what I can see, you've got a really strong profile for Sloan's EMBA program. Great GPA + EA score. Your work experience is right in their target range (though slightly below their average) and the client/project exposure sounds really strong. The non-profit boards are a nice extra too. Have you contacted someone in the Sloan program? For the EMBA program, they are usually quite open to speaking with applicants, so I would be sure to reach out and speak with someone in admissions before you apply.
Best of luck, and feel free to reach out direct if you have other questions.
Kate

Hi Please evaluate my profile

Indian Male Engineer , 25 years
UG : B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering (with specialisation in Automotive Engineering) - Vellore Institute of Technology, India
GMAT : 740 (Q51, V39)
GPA : 4.0 (according to mba.com conversion table)

Additional Coursework:
- Business Foundations Specialisation (4 courses + 1 capstone project ) , Wharton Online
- Business Analytics Specialisation (4courses + 1 capstone project), Wharton Online
- X- series certificate in Supply chain management (3 courses), MIT CTLx

Work Experience : 4 years (upon matriculation)
Industry : Farm Mechanisation Sector (1.5 years) + Automotive Sector (2.5 years)
Compaines worked for : Escorts ltd. Agri Machinery group, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (Automotive and Farm Equipment Sector), Largest tractor manufacturer in the world
Function : Research & Development

Part-Time WE: Principal Advisor (Strategy & Operations), Istriwala.com (Startup)

Extra-curricular Activities:
-Zumba instructor (member of the ZIN community)
- Dancer
- Short film maker (Director, Screenwriter, Editor for 3 films)
- Freelance Graphic designer (KRISH designs)
- Badminton player

Community Service:
- Head of Marketing & PR , Head of Social issues - Vijayawada needs You (Non-Profit)

Long Term vision : Lead innovations in Farm Mechanisation towards sustainable Agriculture

Short term goal : Strategy role in Farm Equipment/Automotive sector (or) Strategy consulting for firms specialising in FE and Automotive sector (Bain, EY, etc.)

Thanks in Advance

Background and nationality : Male , Indian
Undergrad Information: B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, CPI 7.71/10.
GMAT:730(Q50, V38, IR8, AWA5)
Work experience and leadership : 61 months, out of which 15 months in Private organization (Trident Group) and 20 months in Bharat Electronics (Public Sector Undertaking - Ministry of Defense) and 26 months in Mumbai Port Trust (Public Sector Undertaking - Ministry of Shipping). The work included end to end Project management, tender management and project execution for the electrical infrastructure projects including greenfield as well as expansion projects. One in progress being Mumbai International Cruise Terminal which is of national importance and some more projects impacting other organizations under same ministry across the nation.
Post MBA goals : To move into strategic consulting preferably in Engineering / Operations in a Global organization.
Anything else : Member of Placements committee, organizing committee of of Tech-fest, started a club for Electrical engineering students under IEEE MNNIT chapter during undergraduate college. Have lived across 4 states that are socially, culturally, economically different from each other.
Extra curricular : Cycling, blogging, trekking, etc.

I am applying to sloan in the next few months (R2). please let me know what you guys think!

Background and nationality: Singaporean Male, age 29 (will be 30 when I join the MBA)
Undergrad Information: Singapore Management University (majored in Quantitative Finance, GPA 3.0, my class only had 30 people out of the 2k+ that were in my school, so the average GPA was between 2.9-3.1)

GMAT: 650

Work experience and leadership (total 4 years now, will be 5 by the time i join):
1) worked as an algo-trader at a tier 1 investment bank in singapore
2) currently working at a mexican startup (in mexico), where i'm head of all securitizations and strategic planning. have raised USD 90 mm so far for the company (making us the most well funded startup in mexico). led one of the first asset purchase programs in Latin American history between an international bank and a start up. work constantly with top tier VCs for funding + day to day operations. only finance person in the company that programs

Community and others:
- spent 2 years in the singapore army (was a 1st lieutenant in the army). ran local and overseas missions, had a platoon of 50 men under me.
- am a semi-professional standup comedian. have performed in 3 different countries (including laugh factory in LA). have opened for several top comedians in mexico. one of the few to do standup in both spanish and english


Post MBA goals
- want to shift to consulting/IBD. relates closely with my current job of solving problems/helping w funding. with the MBA, I'd want to scale these responsibilities.

Anything else?
I'm trilingual. English, Hindi and Spanish all at professional working capacity/native fluency

GMAT: 750
GPA: 3.5
Major: Engineering (hard one)
Undergrad: US News Top 30
W/E: F500 company in an R&D role in the US (4 years)
ECA: Decent (not spectacular)
Post MBA Goal: MBB or FAANG
Age: 26
Demographic: Asian Male (not Indian/Chinese)

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Hello
I really appreciate it if you can evaluate my profile for Sloan.

Background:

From Bangalore, India
Male
Age 30
GMAT 720 (Q-48 V-41 IR-5, AWA-4.5) ( Would the low AWA and IR score make a difference? )
GPA:3.5/4.0

Education:

Undergrad: Biotechnology engineering from a top university in India
(Never worked in the Biotech Industry as I started working for the family business after graduation)

Work Experience: Total 7 years

 Co-founded 3 companies since graduation. These companies are operational and doing well.
The companies founded belong to the following industries:
1. Event management Services (Co founded and head the events division in this company. My only international exposure is from this company and it involved working with International Artist managers and Artists)
2. Financial Services (I’m currently the managing director of this company and it’s a family owned business)
3. Construction and manufacturing of building materials ( worked with the government in building rural residential schools for the poor for 5 years and we currently work in the private sector)

MBA goals- 1) To build structured knowledge and skills necessary to scale the existing companies
2) To evaluate new ventures which have been shortlisted


Post MBA Goals –
1. Expand and grow existing businesses
2. Entrepreneurial- To build businesses that add value
3. Equity Investments


Thank you.

Hi, I'm aiming for top B schools only.

Age 31, Male, Indian

Academics: UG: BE CIVIL, 3.0/4
Did LLB alongwith job from Delhi University (evening classes), 54%
GMAT 650 (Q 49, V 31, IR 8)

Have 9+ years of work ex in India's largest power equipment manufacturer and top 7 Public sector undertakings.

Started as Project engineer at thermal sites and then moved to HR, Business Administration and law.
Currently leading 3 different teams in HR, CSR and Business Administration and memeber of legal team.

Saved approx. $500,000 for the company in an arbitration (changing arguments and strategy).

In business administration, saved
Rs $50000 a year by using idle machinery from other units instead of hiring it.

Implemented online stores and helpdesks, thereby reducing manpower requirements by 70%.

Negotiated and took 50% discount on existing connections (negotiated with senior management including CMD of Telcom). Also have managed many indistrial disputes saving 500+ man-hours combined.

I'm also a certified behavioural trainer in my company and have trained 200+ employees.


Consistent top performer and can get LORs from seniors, Head of HR and Executive Director.
Although dont have international workex, but have travelled a lot in India (demographically different) for business.

Extra curriculars include: have represented company in all india psu football tournaments, have won table tennis tournament in law college.
Participated in street plays on social issues in company.
Avid biker, trekker.

I know my experience is on higher side and have low GMAT score, still what do you think of my chances.

Long term goal is to open a venture to tap energy generation in renewable energies (in small and micro levels) that solves the energy problems and upliftment of society in developing and underdeveloped countries. Mba in top b schools would help in getting the global outlook, networking, insight on new technologies and nuances of business to help achieve my dream.


Thanks a lot.

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Hi there - you have really impressive professional experience. I would urge you to flesh out the “Why Sloan?” question more fully, as opposed to “Why an M7?” Interestingly, Sloan doesn’t really ask for that during the application, but you should have an elevator pitch ready even during the application process, I’d argue.

You will have a lot at your disposal that you could include in your cover letter; make sure you keep it succinct and action-oriented.

I think your biggest hurdle will be your GMAT score. Have you thought about retaking? Sloan considers your highest combined score so there’s not much downside to retaking if you have the time/energy and you think you can get a higher score.

Just my $0.02! Thanks again

Thanks!

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Hi Guys, Please evaluate my profile

Indian Male, 29 years
UG: Bachelor of Fashion Technology (specialisation in Fashion & Apparel Production) - National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi (consistently ranks top in Asia among its Peer colleges)
PG: Masters in HRM from XLRI with CGPA 6.5
GMAT: 720 (Q49, V39)
GPA: 6.9/10, among the top 25% of the batch (4 as per mba.com conversion table)

Additional Coursework:
- Business Analytics Specialisation (4courses + 1 capstone project), Wharton Online
- Business Stats with R, Duke University online
- Product Management Foundation - Darden University online

Work Experience: 4 years
Industry: Indian Conglomerate -Aditya Birla Group (1.5 years, worked in HR & Project Management as part of management rotation program across Fashion Retail and Manufacturing) + Entrepreneurship (2.5 years)
In my experience with Aditya Birla Group, got an opportunity to work on a global assignment in the US as well.

Extra-curricular Activities:
- Adventure Sports, have done multiple treks, hope to conquer the Himalayas someday.
- Huge comics nerd, and have been involved in comics strip design in college days
- Actively participated in sports, winning few medals at the university level.
- Was part of various clubs like the Social and Editorial club. Also managed crucial fests and engagements at UG level.

Community Service:
- Have been involved in multiple NGOs throughout my career in space of education. Presently involved (as an advisor) with a leading organization working to improve livelihood access to the young marginalised girls.

Post MBA Goals: Looking to get into strategy consultancy/Technology (Product) Firm
Long-Term vision: To start tech product firm in space of Fashion/Retail in India. I see immense opportunity in India and hope to leverage business expertise & network I will get from a consultancy/Tech experience beside of course MBA alumni strength.

Thanks in Advance

Hello waqui90

Kudos to the detailed info. See my replies in Blue

Best

Varun

Hi,

Can someone please evaluate my profile?

B.tech 3.9 GPA from an average Indian college
2+ years experience from Amazon.com as an analyst.
Extra Curricular: Written 4 novels, all available on Amazon. Head of Writing committee at the university.
Have a family business of medicines.
GMAT- 710
Social Volunteering- done but no certificates.


Post MBA goals- short term: join a consulting/marketing firm.
Long term: to start a publishing house for budding writers in India

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