Female, 24, applying this year for next fall.
Definitely applying to Booth (visited last year, loved it), one other US university, ISB in India and about 3-4 more in Europe
Education
- 1st attempt GMAT - 640 Q44 V34
- 2nd attempt GMAT - 700 Q43 V41
- graduated NYU- BS in Media, Culture, Communication. Dean's list most semesters. 3.7 GPA. Graduated May, 2011 with honors cum laude
- Didn't take any business related classes really
- Took night classes at Baruch and NYU this year to compensate for that. Accounting - A+; Finance (grade pending, expecting an A), currently taking Statistics - also confident will get an A
- President of South Asian Studies Program Initiative for 1 year. Was involved in the organization of the Global South Asia conference for 4 years.
- Part of the NYU debate team. Was asked to come in and TA the course but wasn't allowed since I was here on a visa
- Photographs were often part of Aftab - the NYU Muslim creative magazine
Work
- Started working June, 2011 as social media analyst at a social media agency called Converseon
- Currently working as a data analyst at Weber Shandwick (PR agency)
- Got promoted every year, most recently from senior analyst to supervisor
- At Converseon, I ran the volunteering initiative and organized volunteering trips
- At Weber, our team hosts a monthly data salon. A colleague and I lead the social outreach.
Global Exposure
- Was born in India, but grew up in Dubai and Turkey. Spent a semester abroad in Shanghai and a winter in London.
- Liaise with the Istanbul office whenever I go back to Turkey to visit
Extra Curricular
- This is where things get a little not so impressive. I'm someone who loves trying all different kinds of things so don't stick to one thing to really get super involved and so don't have leadership positions outside of work
- I volunteer at the Islamic Center at NYU every Ramandan
- I have always been extremely interested in dance, having tried all kinds from swing, tango, bachata, salsa and bharatnatyam. I settled on kathak and after trying to teach myself through videos finally joined a class earlier this year. Our first performance in next weekend
- Have been trying to establish a letter writing project for about a year now, but it hasn't taken off
- I write for a third culture kid magazine called Denizenmag.com. They are really light pieces and only about 3 have been published so far. Hoping to get some more published before applications
- This one is kinda silly - I started the instagram handle @NYunsolicited which collects pictures of advice written all over New York - which has all of 14 followers
. Another thing that never took off!
- Participate in National Geographic's Your Shot project
Concerns/Questions
- Have an indian passport and am concerned that 700 is not competitive enough, especially since my quant score did not improve. I don't think I can get a better GMAT score than that, so have to figure out how to convince them of my math abilities. Not sure if the As in Accounting, Stats and Finance are going to be enough since they are all beginner level courses. I use math every day at work and am confident in my own abilities - just suck at GMAT and not sure how to showcase that, especially given the strong quant backgrounds other indian candidates come with
- Would like to apply to European schools - concerned i might not be old enough or have enough experience since their averages are a bit higher
- Having trouble choosing which schools to choose. To be honest, the only reason I would like to study in Europe is to be closer to family who still lives in Turkey and also because I prefer the 1 year programs. I like the Oxford program, but not sure about which others.
- Concerned about getting a job in the European economy
- Concerned about having to deal with getting a work visa no matter where I end up going (are there any schools that are more international student recruiting friendly?)
- Looking to move into marketing strategy either in a company or in consulting. (Flirted with the idea of going into business analytics or business consulting but not sure)
- I really like the Booth program because the marketing program there is extremely based in analytics - they even have access to Neilson data which gets me super excited- concerned however that the emphasis on quant might be the reason they reject me - looking at my low quant scores on GMAT
- Any indication of my chances at top schools would be great. With my score, is targeting top 10 a waste, or do I kinda have a shot?
- I feel like I've put the grunt work in but note sure how to pull it all together now for a good application - ANY and ALL help much much appreciated.
Thanks!
Definitely applying to Booth (visited last year, loved it), one other US university, ISB in India and about 3-4 more in Europe
Education
- 1st attempt GMAT - 640 Q44 V34
- 2nd attempt GMAT - 700 Q43 V41
- graduated NYU- BS in Media, Culture, Communication. Dean's list most semesters. 3.7 GPA. Graduated May, 2011 with honors cum laude
- Didn't take any business related classes really
- Took night classes at Baruch and NYU this year to compensate for that. Accounting - A+; Finance (grade pending, expecting an A), currently taking Statistics - also confident will get an A
- President of South Asian Studies Program Initiative for 1 year. Was involved in the organization of the Global South Asia conference for 4 years.
- Part of the NYU debate team. Was asked to come in and TA the course but wasn't allowed since I was here on a visa
- Photographs were often part of Aftab - the NYU Muslim creative magazine
Work
- Started working June, 2011 as social media analyst at a social media agency called Converseon
- Currently working as a data analyst at Weber Shandwick (PR agency)
- Got promoted every year, most recently from senior analyst to supervisor
- At Converseon, I ran the volunteering initiative and organized volunteering trips
- At Weber, our team hosts a monthly data salon. A colleague and I lead the social outreach.
Global Exposure
- Was born in India, but grew up in Dubai and Turkey. Spent a semester abroad in Shanghai and a winter in London.
- Liaise with the Istanbul office whenever I go back to Turkey to visit
Extra Curricular
- This is where things get a little not so impressive. I'm someone who loves trying all different kinds of things so don't stick to one thing to really get super involved and so don't have leadership positions outside of work
- I volunteer at the Islamic Center at NYU every Ramandan
- I have always been extremely interested in dance, having tried all kinds from swing, tango, bachata, salsa and bharatnatyam. I settled on kathak and after trying to teach myself through videos finally joined a class earlier this year. Our first performance in next weekend
- Have been trying to establish a letter writing project for about a year now, but it hasn't taken off
- I write for a third culture kid magazine called Denizenmag.com. They are really light pieces and only about 3 have been published so far. Hoping to get some more published before applications
- This one is kinda silly - I started the instagram handle @NYunsolicited which collects pictures of advice written all over New York - which has all of 14 followers
. Another thing that never took off!- Participate in National Geographic's Your Shot project
Concerns/Questions
- Have an indian passport and am concerned that 700 is not competitive enough, especially since my quant score did not improve. I don't think I can get a better GMAT score than that, so have to figure out how to convince them of my math abilities. Not sure if the As in Accounting, Stats and Finance are going to be enough since they are all beginner level courses. I use math every day at work and am confident in my own abilities - just suck at GMAT and not sure how to showcase that, especially given the strong quant backgrounds other indian candidates come with
- Would like to apply to European schools - concerned i might not be old enough or have enough experience since their averages are a bit higher
- Having trouble choosing which schools to choose. To be honest, the only reason I would like to study in Europe is to be closer to family who still lives in Turkey and also because I prefer the 1 year programs. I like the Oxford program, but not sure about which others.
- Concerned about getting a job in the European economy
- Concerned about having to deal with getting a work visa no matter where I end up going (are there any schools that are more international student recruiting friendly?)
- Looking to move into marketing strategy either in a company or in consulting. (Flirted with the idea of going into business analytics or business consulting but not sure)
- I really like the Booth program because the marketing program there is extremely based in analytics - they even have access to Neilson data which gets me super excited- concerned however that the emphasis on quant might be the reason they reject me - looking at my low quant scores on GMAT
- Any indication of my chances at top schools would be great. With my score, is targeting top 10 a waste, or do I kinda have a shot?
- I feel like I've put the grunt work in but note sure how to pull it all together now for a good application - ANY and ALL help much much appreciated.
Thanks!
