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Priya SDre wrote:Hi Team,

I am planning to apply ISB for the 2nd deadline for the class of 17-18.

Profile :
SSC : 90.61%
HSC : 74%
BE(Mech) : 62.33%
Work ex : 2.2 years (Developer for people soft finance - procurement)
Planning to take GMAT after 3 months.

Extra curricular:
1.In final year of my college I was appointed as Principal Nominee in the Student Council ,
we have this post in our college apart from the regular posts of GS , SS and CS .the selection for it is carried on the basis of apti , extempore and PI unlike the voting based appointment for other posts.
2.Carried out different social events as a part of this post such as annual functions(yes we have twice a year) ,poster competition and various social activities.
3.My final year project was grain dryer for small scale industries and we had won 2nd prize at a district level competition.
4. Won 2nd prize at an intercollegiate paper presentation competition.
5.Organised and volunteered at various technical events throughout my college years.
6.In 2nd year my team was runner up at IIT - kharagpur's zonal level competition of robot making.
7.Participated in various elocution and debate competition in school.
8.I used to do anchoring(usually formal)for various events at school and college.
9. Along with few of my friends we had started English club in my school as I have done my schooling in marathi medium english was secondary language in our academics.We used to carry out different activities under this club.
10.I like sketching but its not my hobby however I have passed elememtary examination for drawing but I dont have certificate for it.
11.As a part of CSR activities at my office we teach at 2 ZP schools , I have recently joined the team to teach arts and computer science on weekends.
(May be its too early to mention because theis activity has started in Sep only , but I am liking it so thought of mentioning it anyway)

I am always asked why join IT being a mechanical engineer? The reason is when I was in my B.E final year
very few companies were intrested to take in female candidate (yes that is the situation even today) and it was already
end of academic year so as soon as I got the opportunity of working in IT I grabbed it.
I have attended one of the info session and asked the admission committee if it will have negative impact on application?
She clarified the doubt that industry change is not considered as a negative point in ISB application.

Please let me know if I need to work on my profile and how much should I target at GMAT?

Priya SDre wrote:Thanks a lot Team:)
I have one more query before I started preparing for GMAT I had applied for Teach
For India and now I have been selected as a fellow for the batch of 17-18. It was not something I planned but happened along the way
my query here is, should I join TFI for the next 2 years and then try for ISB?
Although I have 2 months left for my GMAT and I am still preparing but my scores are not satisfactory so I am
in a dilemma. Can you please share your perspective over this ?
Thanks in advance.