request for profile evaluation- Pakistani professional

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TalalK: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 6; Joined: Sun May 05, 2013 2:17 am

by TalalK » Sun May 05, 2013 2:45 am

Hi,

Could you kindly evaluate my profile:
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Male, Pakistani, 25

- Work Exp - 2 years at Unilever, Pak's largest FMCG. (3 years by matriculation), Managed one of UL's largest brand's relaunch. Now ABM on one of UL's smallest brand- and working on a turnaround. Already managed to improve Gross Margins in 3 months by 260 bps (key company target for the year) through cross-functional project. Now working on recouping volume growth - should have good news in a couple of months on this too.

- GMAT: 770; GPA: 3.9 - graduated top of class from LUMS BSc. (LUMS is Pakistan's best ranked university) I managed to study at LUMS through a fully funded need based scholarship - since my financial background isn't great. Also, went on an exchange program to Japan - where we spent 6 months with students from 20+ countries. So that I feel would cover global exposure partially. Also, I come from a financially humble background - so could only study at LUMS by securing the full NOP scholarship - getting which is a competitive process.

- Leadership: Presidency of ShARE- LUMS chapter of ShARE (int'l non-profit research body, https://www.share-share.org/) We turned around a near dead society- membership applications grew by 250% compared to last year - also, we placed 3 junior members into Int'l VP positions in Share global - we got a sponsorship for research, and churned out 16 research pieces. Arranged for a live lecture by Dan Ariely- renowned behavioral economist.
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Target schools- Reach: HBS, Stanford- Standard: Haas, Fuqua, Darden
Target career- Consulting/Brand management

Would appreciate your evaluation and advice. Many thanks!

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by 99Colleges: MBA Admission » Sun May 12, 2013 6:39 am

TalalK,

You have an impressive profile - great stats (GMAT/ GPA), excellent community/ non-profit work, and result oriented professional work. You also have some international exposure through the exchange program but given other things in your profile it may not have big role to play. My guess is that there are not too many guys from Pakistan in your target B-schools which, if true, will be good for you.

Go ahead, you have a good chance at the top schools. Focus on your essays and bring out these things in an interesting way.

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by Jon@Admissionado » Mon May 13, 2013 12:03 am

770!! Plus a 3.9!!
That is an impressive double whammy, that should help you knock the socks off of those AdCom folks.

Really you are off to a great start, have a great firm on your resume, and what seems to be like excellent achievements. Your work experience is gonna be on the low side of things, but since other things are very strong it might make up for it (Don't know whether you want to consider waiting another year, or yet if this is even a good idea...).

Other than that all the rest will lay on how hard you can squeeze that juice out of your resume. I don't think you should settle for anything less than Top 10 with your numbers, but you will still have to work hard to present a passionate story and believable goal to the AdCom.

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TalalK: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 6; Joined: Sun May 05, 2013 2:17 am

by TalalK » Tue May 21, 2013 12:18 am

Sunil and Jon, thanks for responding!

Glad you pointed out the Work Experience issue. Let me share why I feel applying this year would not be worse, and if you could comment on that, i'd be grateful.

At my company, the types of projects I do over the next 2 years would be similar to the ones I've done to-date. Reason being that we don't make BM here before that - so the scope/magnitude of projects that I do at ABM level would be similar to what I've done. So i figured, I might as well utilize that time in B-School, and utilize good academic scores to the max. (especially given the fact that decent chunk of incoming classes at H/S/Booth etc are from the 1-3 years experience bracket)

The above is based on my very limited knowledge. What do you guys feel?

P.S: I have 3 success stories that I can use (in essays/rec letters) from my time here.

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by Jon@Admissionado » Tue May 21, 2013 2:19 am

In that case give it a shot. Worst case scenario (and not a bad one either) is that you don't get into a school you like enough to leave your job, and you work one or two more years and then reapply. Not bad either.

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by 99Colleges: MBA Admission » Fri May 24, 2013 7:14 am

Agree. Go ahead.

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