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2301

@varora

Hi All,

Can anybody evaluate my profile?



Male, Indian, 23



Educational Background: Bachelor of Business Management, Good to Excellent Grades (94% in 12th, 80% in University)



GMAT Score: 730 (Q 50 V 39, AWA 5.5, IR 6)



Work Experience: 3+ years in qualitative market research and consulting across two companies (1 year in India, 2+ years in Dubai, UAE)



Extra Curricular - Limited to those in University



I am targeting top 10 US schools - Kellogg, Wharton and Harvard. I am planning to apply to all three in R2. These are dream schools - do not want to make a safe list.



Post-MBA Goal is to settle in US and work in Brand & Strategy at an FMCG Co.



Any specific reason you are applying to R2 and not R1? I also plan to apply this year and have a commerce background.PM your email id/phone no. so that we can stay in touch.

2302

My profile :

I graduated from one of the IITs in 2010
CGPA-8
Gmat -750 (q-50,v-42, awa-4)

Work ex- 14 months in real estates in project management roles
34 months(by the time mba starts) in my own start-up

Extra -curr : CV filler stuff, nothing special

Can some one evaluate my chances at MIT-Sloan , Chicago-booth, Dartmouth-Tuck ,Darden ,oxford-Said
And if possible provide me with other options where i would have good chances



2303

Hi Consultant....

Please resolve my query...
I am currently working with State Bank of India as Assistant Manager. Total Work ex so far including all I have is 3.5 yrs. I am a B.Com Honours Graduate (from Delhi University), and about to complete Company Secretary (CS) professional degree.

My co-curriculars, HSC SSC % etc are all good enough!

I am going through a lot of work pressure, and therefore I am not able to prepare for GMAT, hence I have availed leaves.

So my question is, in case I decide to resign, and remain unemployed for 6 months ...will that be a blot on my profile? Do foreign B schools like Nanyang, NUS, and other Asian B schools look for continuation in work-ex and will a High GMAT score suffice for that ?

Thanks in advance!

2304

I have 3 years of IT experience as of now. Above average academics and decent achievements at work. CFA L2 candidate. Interested in finance esp. Fixed Income.
Which B school are good in finance apart from the top ones like Columbia, Wharton, NYU Stern,etc ?

2305

Hi,

Thanks in advance for your help. I am a 28 year old management consulting professional with exposure to business research and analytic's at the start of my career. I have a total work experience of 7 years 4 months as of today and have registered for GMAT in January 2014 (started preparing). Previously, I have done my Economics Honors from Delhi University and have average academics (Graduation 58%, Xth 82% and XIIth 78%). I also have a PGCBM from XLRI.

Although I will try my best to get 700+ in GMAT (have appeared for CAT thrice and scored >93 %tile), but let's assume I end up scoring 680-720 in GMAT. For the “why MBA” question, I am looking at getting into industry from management consulting (like a strategy/ corporate planning role). Also, I would like to get a jump in my compensation (currently working in India at a CTC of $40,000). I jave home loan liabilities to take care if so need a secure B-School; also, I am married (no kids). Taking these assumptions, here are a few queries that I have:

1. Should I even consider a MBA abroad given my home loan liability, the fee for MBA programs and job insecurity?

a. If yes, then what B-Schools fit the bill? I shortlisted IMD and HKUST as of now, but given the fee for IMD and finance-driven placements for HKUST, I feel it's a risk.

2. What B-Schools in India will make sense for me?

a. I have shortlisted IIM-A PGPX only. Nothing else seems to fit the bill for me. ISB seems to be too competitive after I get into it and changes of getting better salary and preferred role seems to be less than IIMA. This is primarily as there is a lot of competition from 'young blood' at ISB.

I would really appreciate any help in this evaluation. Thanks!

Regards

BSchoolDreams

2306

Hi ,

I am giving JUNE,2014 CFA attempt,Can anyone provide me with the link for CFA level 1 schweser notes.
2307

My profile:-
10th - 84.4 ; 12th - 82.5
B.E. (Electrical & Electronics) - 72.6
Work ex - 3 years (as of Sept 2013)
- Worked with an IT company for ING Investment Management (client).
- Handled datawarehouse design applications and software development.
- Interacted with Clients for design process in designing a part of datawarehouse.
- Constantly improving my work through performance tuning and developing value addition software codes using VBA.
CFA L2 candidate.
Interested in finance roles.
Can you please suggest good B schools for finance (apart from the usual suspects😃) ?
Also i am interested in Master in finance/financial engg. Kindly assist with that too.
I hope 4 yrs of non-relevant work ex won't matter for either of the above mentioned courses.

@mba-help

2308

Hi Consultant
I am planning to write GMAT soon.
Please evaluate my profile for one year PGP in IIMs A,B,C,L,I , ISB, XLRI, SP Jain.
Here is my profile,
1) 6 years of work ex in Telecom and IT sector.
2) Achievers awards in current organization.
3) X- 80%, XII - 80.4%, BTech (ET)- 73.6%.
4) CV fillers extracurriculars, not extraordinary.

Please do tell me if I can add anything, any certification.
Thanks in Advance.

2309

Hi,

Can you please evaluate my profile.

1) 6.5+ years of experience in business analysis in IT domain. (around 7 years by the time I join) including International experience of 28 months

2) Excellent industry wide recognized global certifications of FLMI, AFSI & CBAP.

3) Looking for IIM C, L & ISB. Do let me know how is IIM I.

4) X - 71%, XII (Engg. Diploma) - 74%, BE - 57% & MBA - 70%, GMAT - 650. (This would be second MBA)

5) Outstanding awards in the current organization with good essays and excellent recommendations

2310

Hi,

Can you please evaluate my profile.

1) 6.5+ years of experience in business analysis in IT domain. (around 7 years by the time I join) including International experience of 28 months

2) Excellent industry wide recognized global certifications of FLMI, AFSI & CBAP.

3) Looking for IIM C, L & ISB. Do let me know how is IIM I.

4) X - 71%, XII (Engg. Diploma) - 74%, BE - 57% & MBA - 70%, GMAT - 650. (This would be second MBA)

5) Outstanding awards in the current organization with good essays and excellent recommendations

2311

Need some help in my profile evaluation and the possible list of colleges in my range.

I am targeting the top 20 colleges in US, ISB, and NUS.

Below is a brief description of the work i have been involved in.


Academic:

GMAT Score : 710

Toefl : 111

10th : 90%

12th : 85%

B.E. (Comp Sc.) 68%

Work:

Working in a top IT firm in India.

Work experience : 4 years (by 2014 intake)


Synopsis of Work ex.:

-Working in mobile app development.iPhone & iPad development.

-Part of the core group that set up the iPhone development in our unit.

Had to leave out lucrative project offers

in the technologies in which i had been trained for this.

-Have been working as a project/module lead since my 2nd project itself.

This was within 7 months into production.

Have led 4 teams since then even though I do not have the formal title.

-Conduct Training programs for new joinees on mobility.

Part of core group to design the training program.

Have led the training program couple of times.

Mentoring new joinees.

-Engage with the design group of our company to design apps.

Provide UI design and consultation of mobile apps to various projects.

-Engage with Sales group in building proposals to win projects.

Provide estimation analysis and technical consulting to various projects to build mobile apps.

-Highly appreciated and won multiple awards.

-Build multiple POC's to be showcased for marketing and bringing new projects.

Highlight : Showcased app in the "Innovation Corner" of the 13th SAP Automative forum held in Germany

-Strong Knowledge management ethics.

Submitted multiple knowledge docs in the Company's Portal.

Submitted a reusable component used across multiple projects. This was to support the company's vision of reusability.

Resided as anchor of Team Wiki portal for 2 projects.

-Preparing client presentation during their offshore visit. Also, presented and conducted demo on many occasions to client.

This was a marketing exercise to expand the horizon of mobility.


Extra curricular:

-Active member of core commitee of Sports club. Organized many tournaments.

-Currently residing as lead of Soccer Club.

-Captain of the Soccer team of our unit.

-Awardee in junior mathematics olympiad.

-Editor in a quarterly newspaper in our account @ work.

-Preparing mailers for various events in the company.

- Awardee of Excellence in Information Technology Awards 2002 conducted by Association of Orissa I.C.S.E. Schools

-Volunteered in SPARK program by the company and represented the company in increasing the awareness of Software in Society

and raising aspirations.

Please recommend some colleges!!

2312

Hi all,

SPJIMR offers two different calls: Profile Based calls and CAT score based calls.


Can anybody please let me know if we have to apply separately for profile based calls? If so, how do we do it?

Appreciate the help in advance.

2313

Hi,

I'm 23. I have 2 years work experience in IT Consulting, developing web applications. The project that I am tagged to is an internal one, and hence had almost zero interaction with people outside my project team. However every application we developed involved constant communication with the stake holders. I've given my GMAT recently, and the unofficial score is 720. I've done my Engineering in Instrumentation Technology with a CGA of 8.76. Class 10 and 12 have been 90% and 78.5% respectively. I'm planning for 2015 admissions. Which B-schools in US do I stand a chance to get admitted? I'm working on doing some online certifications, pertaining to concepts such as Marketing, Business Strategy. Also, I'm trying to teach myself how to read, write and speak Swedish. How can I balance my profile better?

2314

Hi,


Can you please evaluate my profile.


1) 6.5+ years of experience in business analysis in IT domain. (around 7 years by the time I join) including International experience of 28 months

2) Excellent industry wide recognized global certifications of FLMI, AFSI & CBAP.

3) Looking for IIM C, L & ISB. Do let me know how is IIM I.

4) X - 71%, XII (Engg. Diploma) - 74%, BE - 57% & MBA - 70%, GMAT - 650. (This would be second MBA)

5) Outstanding awards in the current organization with good essays and excellent recommendations


Reply from MBA-help
Pummyji, welcome to PG and to Ask-a-consultant thread.

I have a doubt about your certifications- why get unrelated certificates when you don't belong to the industry where you would require them (FLMI/ AFSI)? My analysis may be wrong here, so please correct me if so.

When you apply to the b-schools on your list- you are competing with other IT/ engineers/ (male?) - this is a deadly combination, because so many applicants have it. Therefore, you have to present some moments of brilliance through your essays and recommendations, that make the adcom put a check mark on your application (for acceptance).

As you have more work experience than most ISB applicants, I would assume, you have these brilliant moments in your bag.

The other potential hazard is your GMAT, and none of the b-schools on your list will be very forgiving of that. Any chances to improve there? You could still prep and apply to ISB in R2. A better score will also help questions related to a low GPA get pushed under the carpet.

Namita Garg
www.mbadecoder.com...

Hi Namita

The certificaitons are relevant as they belong to insurance and financial services and I work as s Business Analyst in the Insurance domain for an IT firm.

I do have moments of brillance which I can provide through my essays and my recommenders will also do so.

Regarding GMAT, isn't 650 good enough for IIMC, IIML and ISB. although I have a low GPA in BE, but my MBA GPA stands good at 70% so won't that compensate.

Also Let me know as to how is IIM I and is it worth applying for it

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REPLY FROM MBA HELP (NAMITA)

Pummyji, welcome to PG and to Ask-a-consultant thread.

I have a doubt about your certifications- why get unrelated certificates when you don't belong to the industry where you would require them (FLMI/ AFSI)? My analysis may be wrong here, so please correct me if so.

When you apply to the b-schools on your list- you are competing with other IT/ engineers/ (male?) - this is a deadly combination, because so many applicants have it. Therefore, you have to present some moments of brilliance through your essays and recommendations, that make the adcom put a check mark on your application (for acceptance).

As you have more work experience than most ISB applicants, I would assume, you have these brilliant moments in your bag.

The other potential hazard is your GMAT, and none of the b-schools on your list will be very forgiving of that. Any chances to improve there? You could still prep and apply to ISB in R2. A better score will also help questions related to a low GPA get pushed under the carpet.

Namita Garg
www.mbadecoder.com...

Hi Namita

The certificaitons are relevant as they belong to insurance and financial services and I work as a Business Analyst in the Insurance domain for an IT firm.

I do have moments of brillance which I can provide through my essays and my recommenders will also do so.

Regarding GMAT, isn't 650 good enough for IIMC, IIML and ISB. although I have a low GPA in BE, but my MBA GPA stands good at 70% so won't that compensate.

Also Let me know as to how is IIM I and is it worth applying for it

Pls do revert

2316

Hello Consultants,


Disaster GMAT score of 590 , I am an indian IT professional , 2 years , WE with Tier 3 collage degree . Do i have any nice options at this score , i am mainly interested in CANADA or Singapore , any info on Dublin universities or Denmark. I am also open to pursue Ms in Management and MIS courses.

Please suggest
2317

I am working in Insurance Sector with a designation of Insurance Surveyor for the sake of gaining work experience marks. My questions are -


1)- Is my job profile significant enough to get me marks in PI assessment.

2)- I have worked for 4 months in one company and for 3 months in another company. So what's my total work experience? Is it 4+3=7 months or only the latest work experience (3 months) is counted?
  • 3 months
  • 7 months
  • Significant enough
  • Non significant

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2318

My query is regarding FLAMES.. Is it worth the investment.. What is the general opinion about this college..
Thanks

2319

Hi, I am a fresher, B.Tech, 2013 passout with no work ex.

I intend to give GMAT this November. I want to know being a fresher do I stand any fair chances in any reasonably good b school globally, given a decent GMAT score (650-700). If yes, which are they? I need some 5 names to which I can send score as provisioned by GMAT. I don't want to waste my prospects by sending scores to a "Harvard or Booth" as its too far a dream!!
Please help asap....thanx 😃
2320

Hi,

I am a computer engineer 2010 passout from Mumbai university with a First class degree.

Currently i have 3 years of experience in IT industry. Working in iGate Global system pvt. ltd. as a senior software engineer (QA). I have worked with US and Europeans clients.

I have a GMAT score of 590 (Q:47 V:23).

I know my GMAT is on the lower side and its surely not enough for top b schools.
I am looking for decent b schools within my range. Since my GMAT is quite low i am open to US as well as European b-schools. Any help from your side will be great.
Thanks!!