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Profile evaluation - Indian Male 28 Years

by samren » Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:27 am
Hi i would like to request you evaluate my profile and let me know what are my chances of making it to pGPX programs of ISB or IIMs

Nationality - Indian
Gender - Male
Age 28 Yrs

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GMAT 750 (Q 50, V 40)

M.Tech in Construction Technology & Management - IIT Delhi CGPA 7.97/ 10

Published a technical paper in International Journal of project Management

B.Tech in Civil Engineering from KLCE (Top 50 Colleges) with 75.75% - Graduated in 2006

Work Exp:

5 years as on date - full time in L&T in Oil & Gas construction

Current role: Executive assistant to top management

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Member of adventure club, IIT Delhi

Completed multiple treks in Himalayas
Certified paraglider (basic level)

President of student body ("ACES" - association of civil engineering students during B Tech

Organised various technical symposiums during my college and science exhbitions during school level

Thanks in advance for spending your valuable time on this

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by CriticalSquareMBA » Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:01 am
Hey there,

Before I can respond, I need a little more information mostly around your professional experiences.

You've had 5 years of experience but what have you actually DONE? That's the key to determining a profile - not just a title + # of years.

Look forward to learning more!

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by CriticalSquareMBA » Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:02 am
Nice GMAT by the way :)
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by samren » Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:36 am
Hi..

Thanks
2006 - 2008 - Front line supervision of 4000 Cr construction site - include daily dealing with labour problems, sensible resource allocation, productivity monitoring etc.

2008 - 2010 - Masters from IIT Delhi

2010 - 2012 - Planning engineer for a construction site -200 Cr. Responsible for cost monitoring, schedule monitoring, vendor negotiation, sub contract management. Client relationship management and contract management. Had six people reporting under me

2012 -till date: Executive Assistant; - Involved in finalizing the strategic plan, risk monitoring, business development and preparation of annual budgets and MIS
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by CriticalSquareMBA » Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:14 am
Thanks for the additional information!

The short answer is - go for it! You have an average undergrad GPA at a tier II university. But there are parts of your application that I think really stand out. For one, your GMAT is great (even in India, it's high!). Additionally, you have some unique hobbies and involvements. Being the head of your student body and a certified paraglider is an interesting combination. Not to mention, each of your activities say specific things about your personality that I like. Professionally, I like your trajectory and diversity of work experience. You can put together a compelling story around why you need this degree. Effectively, you've had broad based exposure to the various functions within your firm and industry which sets you up for a well rounded background on which to build upon (I couldn't help the construction pun, sorry :)).

There isn't anything in your profile that concerns me or makes me think you'll need to compensate for. However, given your unique background and the fact that you already have your masters, it will absolutely come down to your story. I don't mean you need to "write great essays" (that's just cliched advice - everyone needs to write great essays), I mean you need to convince the adcoms why the program and school are the right next steps for you to get where you want to go. You have a lot of potential but a poor story could put it all at risk.

Does that make sense?

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by apphelp » Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:16 am
samren wrote:Hi i would like to request you evaluate my profile and let me know what are my chances of making it to pGPX programs of ISB or IIMs

Nationality - Indian
Gender - Male
Age 28 Yrs

Acads:

GMAT 750 (Q 50, V 40)

M.Tech in Construction Technology & Management - IIT Delhi CGPA 7.97/ 10

Published a technical paper in International Journal of project Management

B.Tech in Civil Engineering from KLCE (Top 50 Colleges) with 75.75% - Graduated in 2006

Work Exp:

5 years as on date - full time in L&T in Oil & Gas construction

Current role: Executive assistant to top management

Extra Circulars:

Member of adventure club, IIT Delhi

Completed multiple treks in Himalayas
Certified paraglider (basic level)

President of student body ("ACES" - association of civil engineering students during B Tech

Organised various technical symposiums during my college and science exhbitions during school level

Thanks in advance for spending your valuable time on this

SKR
Hi Samren,

While we certainly see that your candidature for ISB is really strong ( IIT brand, 750 and L&T Experience), IIM exec programs might be a bit difficult.

IIM's have an average work exp of close to 10 years. If i exclude 2 yrs of Mtech, your current exp is 5 years. IIMA is specifically very competitive.

So, given close to 60 seats on IIM exec programs you can look at IIMC and IIMB but certainly dont rely on them.

Feel free to contact us for any queries.

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