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usdbond wrote:hi i would like to know if my profile works with isb

here is my profile .

iam an indian with 3.5 yrs of work ex . 1 year in a private engineering firm and other 2.5 years in public sector (a job with government of india)as a design engineer in BHEL.

10th - 91%
12th - 91%
btech - 73% may be cgpa comes around 3.3-3.5

my gmat score :yet to be taken.(Getting around 680 in mocks. have 18 more days to go )

EXTRACURRICULAR :

1. I wrote two articles to the leading English daily THE HINDU with titles "It's time to introspect" dated 22nd December 2008 and"Hoping for happier times ahead" dated 5th January 2009.

2. I was vice-captain of school team which lifted the trophy for the year 2000

3. I was part of school team which lifted the runner up trophy for the year 2002-03

4. Participated in finance work shop conducted by RUTERS which dealt with basics of stock markets and market crashes.

5. I won nearly 5 certificates on essay writing itself

DURING ENGINEERING

1.Presented a technical paper ON "IRIDIUM SATELLITES" at BITS-PILANI GOA campus for NATIONAL LEVEL technical fest QUARK-08

2.Presented a technical paper on " FLUX SWITCHING MOTORS" at BITS PILANI,RAJASTHAN for NATIONAL LEVEL technical fest APOGEE-08

3.I worked on an innovative project " CLAP SWITCH" for national level technical fest at Sreenidhi institute of science and technology for tech-fest ADASTRA-07

4.I presented a technical paper on "RED TACTON" at Sreenidhi institute of science and technology for tech-fest ADASTRA-08

5.I presented a technical paper on "BLUETOOTH" at Hitech engineering college, Hyderabad.

6. I was school 2nd for xth board exams for the year 2002-03 for which certificate was not issued but can be verified .

At work :
Being a public sector compnay bhel doesnt award as frequently as other private firms do . I dont know how can i communicate it to the panel.

-->Almost done to launch company magazine. I will be the chief editor for this magazine/newspaper

-->I worked in a HPCL site and believe me there was no other electrical person to guide me and i have done all the electrical requirements with a team of 10 members(workers and fitters).
This was my first assignment and i had no previous experience, but i have finished it successfully . I have recommendation letter from customer as well.

-->I single handedly looked after 2 crore valued items right from the inquiry stage to the final placement of order. dealt with almost 75 vendors in this project.

-->This august 15th am expecting an award for best performance (not sure though in public sectors caste plays politics )

atulkumarj wrote:Hi,

I am planning to give GMAT next month and apply for ISB class of 2014.

Brief profile :-

10th : 68.9% ( Bihar board )
11th : 59 % ( Bihar board)
Undergrad( no eng , 4 year course in IT) : 71% ( GGSIPU , New Delhi )
MS : 3.1/4 ( IIIT pune)

Work Experience : -
- Total experience 6 year 7 month,
- First 5 year and 9 months in a Canadian based IT Product company( telecom billing product ) in various role : Team lead - NOC , Developer , Technical Analyst , lead tech analyst, Implementation specialist , Implementation lead and Design/telecom consultant.
- From last 10 months working with IT- Service company( top Indian IT/ITES company) as Business analyst( telecom domain).
- More than 3 years of international experience in 8 different country in south pacific , middle east , Asia and Africa region.
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- Chosen as top talent and spots awards multiple times.
- Appreciation from multiple customers.
- Taken inactive to develop tools/scripts to help and improve internal process.

Extra-Curricular Activity :-
- National level fencing player
- Bronze medal at national level fencing championship.
- Participated in Senior national , junior national , school national , state level fencing competition.
- NCC and school cricket team captain.
- Member of college magazine committee.
- Founder of College Web(website development) committee.
- Member of different events committee at colege level ( blood donation camp ,corporate sports meet and annual feast )
- Member of soccomm committee at work .
and few more ..............

Community services : -
None

Short term Goal : As a pure tech never knew about business side but in last few years, I have got lot of instant to interact with business people ( internal and customer both) and also got the opportunity to work as business analyst and consultant . These experiences grew my interest in management consultancy . So want to do MBA from reputed B school such as ISB to make my carrer in management consultancy

Concern --
Low academics grades : Someone told me that even if I get a good score in GMAT ( around 740+ ) , My chance are very less due to my low academic grade , specially in 12th


Please evaluate my profile

nikita.dagaonkar wrote:Hi,
I am a GMAT aspirant and would like to know what kind of score could help get into ISB. Also how to build my profile, if I postpone my application.

I am a software engg. with 2.4 yrs of experience and am currently working with infosys. I have received most valuable player award in Q2 last financial year.
I have been average in academics X - 84% and XII - 79.6%. Graduation - 73.5%.

I was actively involved in extra-curriculars when in school. I was the lead vocalist there, have arranged various musical programs. There was an album released by school, where I sung as a lead singer.
I have participated in various quizes - Austrailian Chemistry quiz, NSTSE, and have done well.

TIA!!

sumanthmuvvala wrote:Hey all,

Can you please evaluate my profile and let me know the chances of getting into ISB.

GMAT: 710
Total Work exp: 3 yrs till date (2yr in engineering finance and 1 yr in equity research) and and by the time I join ISB I will be having 4 yrs experience (2 yrs of experience in both engineering finance and equity research)
B.Tech : CGPA of 8.2/10 (from IIT Madras)
Class XII: 94.8%
Class X: 88.7%
Additional Certifications: Cleared CFA (USA) Level-I

Extra-curricular details:
Won medals in Inter-IIT and Intra-IIT volley ball and carroms competitions.
Elected secretary for one of the hostels during undergraduate level at IIT Madras.
Won many math and science oriented talent tests at schooling level.
An NCC Cadet
External Publicity division head for dept. technical festival and prestigious institute cultural festival, SAARANG.

kulhot wrote:Hi,

I retook gmat recently,but scored bad(640 Q49 V 28 AWA 5.0).In my first attempt,I got 600(Q 50,V 22).I scored in the range of 670-740 on my practice tests.But,in the final exam,I am scoring low.I am tired to retake the GMAT again and want to apply to ISB this year.I would like to know my chances at ISB.

Please find my brief profile given below:
Academics
Undergraduation(Bachelor of Engineering in IT):92.5 %(Non IIT)----Osmania university first ranker in my branch
12th Standard: 98.2%
10th Standard: 95%

Work experience till date: 2 years(Indian IT Female)
I work with Deloitte Consulting and have 2 years of experience.I will have 3 years of experience by the time I join the school.Consistently rated as a top performer.


Awards: Got 3 gold medals,2 silver medals,memento and merit certificates in recognition of my oustanding acacdemic excellence(undergrad).
Applause award in Deloitte.
Received the prestigious Prathibha award(Gold medal and merit certificate)for my 10th standard percentage(awarded by Chief Minister).


Promotion:Got promoted within 2 years in Deloitte(early promotion).Normally,it takes 3 years.

Extracurricular:
Selected as President of Students Association for Institute Day in 2010.Played an active role in organizing all the activities.
Selected as Secretary of Students Association for Institute Day in 2009.Played an active role by coordinating with all the volunteers and contributed to the success of the event.
Organized an IT Fest.
Certificate of Appreciation for my contribution as a volunteer in organizing ' Technopreneurial Summit'
Contributed 9 whitepapers on the technology in which I work.
Worked on "Impact of Social Media on Business" initiative.Beacuse of my great work,I was given an applause award.
Part of a NGO for 2.5 months.Received 'certifcate of recognition' for my dedicated efforts.
Buddy Program(2 months).

Short Term Goals:I want to move from IT Consulting(my current industry) to Management Consulting position.I want to take up strategy management.Work for a top consulting firm as a strategy consultant for atleast 5 years.

Long Term Goal: To start a new company.

Does my undergrad and 12th standard percentages compensate my low gmat score?I am mainly worried about my gmat score.Please let me know my chances of admissions.Thanks in advance!

kapoor.riddhi wrote:Hi Team GoISB,

Request you to please analyse my profile for ISB

India/ Female/ 23

Academics:
X- 81.8%
XII- 87.8%

B.A. (honours)- Economics, Delhi University- 2nd division

PG Diploma Advertising and Marketing Communications- St. Xavier's Mumbai: Grade A

Extra Curricular:
1) School: Dramatics President, Magazine Editorial Board; School Debating Society; Just-a-minute/Elocution; participated in and organized various inter and intra school competitions/festivals.

2) College: Impromptu Ad-making competitions; Elocution; Debates, parliamentary debates;

3) Post Graduation: Head of Placement Cell; Won Blogging and ad-making competitions; Won Best Ad Film Project

Other:
1) Volunteered with Tehelka Foundation in class XII and interned with them after school. Worked with various NGOs and schools
2) Recorded voice for textbooks with National Association of Blind
3) Regular Blogger
4) Volunteered with an international students organization for 3 years (while still in college) and headed international student exchange projects, recruitment projects, development projects on CSR, Education, Child Rights and corporate projects on client acquisition and retention. Held various leadership positions here and followed through with the projects from start to end.
5) Publishing a book on poetry soon.

Work Ex: Total of 25 months across 2 Media Organizations- Marketing roles
1) First organization (for 12 months): Leading Business Newspaper in the country- worked on a consultant role in the brand team on various brand campaigns as well launch of a new newspaper.
2) Second Organization(current job): Leading International Publishing house- work on subscriptions marketing for four luxury magazines, holding an assistant manager position.

GMAT: have not taken yet and am targeting second round.

Request you to please:
1) Evaluate the strength of my profile.
2) Is it better to target R2 or should I target R1?
3) GMAT: With the way am doing in the mock tests, I doubt I'll reach a 700 even though am aiming for nothing lesser than that. However, practically, do I have a shot with a lower score?

Look forward to your feedback.
Thanks,
R

soumidattaiitdelhi wrote:Hi, Wanted to get an analysis of my profile.

10th- 85.2
12th- 85.2
Graduation CG- 7.9

B.Tech from IIT Delhi in Biochemical Engg.

GMAT Score: 750 (full in both AWA and IR, but 83 percentile in quant)

Total Work Ex: 2 years 3 months

Job profile: Worked for 9 months with a market research firm called Grail, and currently working for 1.5 years in JPMorgan Equity Research, Mumbai Office.

Volunteer work: Worked in a comparitively new NGO mainly in designing brochures, etc.
Have done a lot of other things like preparing and implementing low cost balanced diet charts for the impoverished, taught in a school for impoverished funded by GAIL, but nothing with a renowned name or for which i can provide a proof

Leadership: Coordinator, College fest
Alumni Affairs secretary, Hostel
Class Convenor
Publications Representative
Directed several music events and won

Extracurrics: Into music, dance, writing for college magazines and dealing in publications society of IIT Delhi
Hold diploma degree in classical music, having learnt it for 8 years
Also have beginners degree in Bharatnatyam and Painting

Hoping to get some suggestions as to how the profile looks and what i should work on, or what i should focus on highlighting.

Thanks a lot in advance!

ISBAspirant wrote:Hi,
It would be great if you could evaluate my profile.

GMAT 690 (q48 v38) Awaiting AWA and IR score.
10th 94.13%
12th 96.5%
CGPA 6.79/10
Work Ex: 27 Months

Achievements:
1. Have received star performer of the year for significant contribution and leadership at work.
2. Had topped state board in 12th standard.
3. Stood 4th in 10th standard merit list.
4. Have received various scholarships for graduation.

Extra Curricular:
1. Team leader of a department which organized sports festival at college.
2. Editor of a magazine at college.
3. Participation in different stage plays.

Hobbies:
Painting, Table Tennis, Poetry.