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Please evaluate my Profile

by anish316 » Sun May 23, 2010 8:45 pm
I gave my GMAT recently and scored extremely low on it. My total score was 680 with 48 in Quant and 35 in Verbal. (83 and 73 percentile resp)

I am planning to apply for Indian School of Business (ISB) 2011-2012 MBA program. At the time of my application my profile would be

Current profile in a top 10 US Bank (by asset size).

Business Manager (Credit Strategy, Small Business Banking) Oct 09 - Present
Carving out a credit strategy for the small business banking unit including the credit policy, product strategy and economics of local US markets.

Sr Business Analyst/Business Manager (Portfolio Optimization - Credit Cards) Nov 08-Oct 09
Optimized the credit account acquisition volume to keep lending portfolio (>$50 B) within company guardrails while ensuring maximum profitability. Used analytical optimization algorithms.

Sr Business Analyst (Direct Mail, Marketing Strategy - Credit Cards) Feb 08 - Nov 08
Targeting a section of US population with the right product using the customer credit behavior

Data Analyst/Sr Data Analyst (Credit Risk Management - US Lending) Jun 06 - Feb 08
Supported the US lending loss forecasting team with data and reports.

Masters in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research) -- US University 3.7/4 GPA Sep 04 - Jun 06

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering -- University of Mumbai June 00 - June 04

Proficient in SAS and Teradata.

Can you help me evaluate the chances of getting into ISB ? I would appreciate your help on this.
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Tue May 25, 2010 5:05 am
Hello,

From the information you've provided I'd consider ISB to be a slight reach to on-par for you. I think the main challenge will be differentiating yourself - i.e., ask yourself, why would ISB choose you from among similarly or better qualified applicants? The answer wouldn't lie in GMAT and GPA scores (as long as they're within range), but in your whole story, your presentation. Such presentation would include other critical factors such as goals, also possibly extracurricular involvements. Your application overall should ultimately give the adcom that reason.

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Cindy Tokumitsu
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