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Hi,

Can you please evaluated my profile and provide your valuable feedback.

X - 71%
XII - 65%

UG - BE (E & TC) - 73% - 2004

Worked for a Multinational Bank for 4 Years (6 months in UK )- As Programmer, Business Analyst , Module Lead
Moved to a product company and worked for 1.5 years - Senior Java Programmer
Moved to another product company - from last 1.5 years working on Java Projects as Lead.

Total IT Experience - 7 years 8 months (as of June 2012)

Certifications :

A lot on Investment Banking (almost all of NCFM Modules) - Reason : Keen interest in Investment Banking domain

Multiple Java Certifications

Scrum Certified

GMAT (Yet to take)

Thank you in advance for your attention.

Hi,

Here is my profile. Please go through it.

***

Education:

• X (1999, AP State Board) - First Class, 76.8 %
  XII (2001, Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education) - First Class, 74.5 %
  Engineering (2006, Andhra University, GITAM College of Engineering) - First Class, 70.02 %
  1 year Fulltime PGDM (2010,Educatis University & EABS) - 9.37/12
  Certificate Course in French Language (1 year duration,Achieved March 2012,Bangalore University) - First Class, 64.5 %
  Post Graduate Diploma in Intellecual Property Rights (March 2013,NLSIU, Bangalore)

Certifications:

• ISO 27001 Lead Auditor - British Standards Institute
  ISO 27001 Implementation Certificate - MIEL e-Security
  Information Security Foundation based on ISO/IEC 27002 - EXIN,Netherlands
  Program in Nanotechnology - IIT, Delhi
  Certificate Program, Information & Communication Technologies - International Telecommunications Union, Geneva
  Certified Information Security Manager(CISM) - ISACA, USA

Planning to take before R1:

• DELF(Diplôme d'études en langue française) Level A1 Certification - Awarded by French Minstry of Education.
  PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Please advice on the pros and cons of these two on ISB application.


Publications:

• 1) International Publication in Artificial Intelligence, Security strategy & Management - Springer Verlag, UK
  (https://www.springerlink.com/content/h18 ... 51/?MUD=MP)
  
  2)"Critical Success Factors for Government wide Implementation of Information Security Strategy" (Work In progress - will be an international publication in next 3 months)

Professional Societies:

• Information Systems Audit and Control Association
  Association for Computing Machinary

Awards:

• 'Meritorious Student Award' presented by Adam Gilchrist during PGP.

Total Work Experience:

5 years (By March 2013)

• Company 1 (2 years):
  
  Start up, Role included consulting for projects, pre-fescibility studies,Report writing, and field studies for viability.

• Company 2 (Consulting Practise, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon) - 1 Year:
  
  Co-driven the development of National Information Security Assurance Framework for an exclusive engagement with e-Security division, Department of
  
  Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India. US Govt. was hand holding DIT, GoI for development of a comprehensive information security program at Government level. At par with Federal Information Security management Act of US Govt.
  
  Responsibilities included development of security strategy, policy and governance mechanish.Liasion with National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA (US Department of Commerce)
  
  Was officially invited (by US Dept of Commerce and was one of the 2 persons) to represent India at " United Stages Government and Government of India CyberSecurity Meeting" held at NIST in First week of October 2010.
  
  Was involved in the development of VISION 2020 document for CBDT, Ministry of Finance GoI.
  Developed Information Security training & awareness material.

• Company 3 (Accenture Consulting) - 1 Year
  
  Was involved in development of products & offerings related to informtion security strategy, policy and governance.Received several 'Celebrating Performance Points'.
  
  In several instances, referred as 'Rock Star of the project' by Accenture's senior management. ( A Senior manager from US has agreed to write the reco / respond as reference; Another manager from Netherlands has agreed for the same)

• Company 4 (Frost & Sullivan) - 1 year by March 2013
  
  Growth Strategy Consulting and Market Engineering.Currently tasked with tracking Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Market and growth opportunities in South Asia Region.

****

Targeting ISB PGP 2013-14 R1 admissions.

Registered for GMAT (1st week, September 2012). Current mock scores are in the range of 630-660. Still have 4 months to boost up the score.Please evaluate the profile and suggest the areas for improvement and target score. I plan to move towards main line strategy / management consulting at ISB. My apologies for the long post.

Best Regards
San

Hi,

Could you please evaluate my profile below and let me know of my chances of getting through ISB this year in round 1.

Indian/Female/30 years

PGDM (Communication Management & Entrepreneurship): MICA [15 month program]
BE (Computer Science): NIT, First Class with distinction
School Academics (CBSE): 10th Std (84.8%) 12th Sth (83.8%)

Work Ex: 3 years as Scientist-B in DRDO post BE. Post PGDM, worked with three startups: Manager Digital Initiatives (1.5 yrs, Inventory Control system), Business Manager (2months, Retail F&B ERP), Product Manager (1 yr, Retail ERP), currently based in Singapore working online as technology head with ex-CEO startup.

Extra Curriculars:
1. Miss Personality, at Tata fest
2. Rajya Puraskar Guide.
3. Hall Manager, International Aero Show [DRDO]
4. Have won a lot of inter-school competitions, singing, dancing, elocution and impromptu debates competition both in Hindi and English.

GMAT Score : Target (700+)

Recos: Senior Air force Officers (they were my client in DRDO, ex-CEO)

Please let me know what are my chances of getting through ISB if I apply this year for 2012 R1 applications. Also please let me know how can I make profile seem more impressive.

Shil

Hi,

Could you please evaluate my profile below and let me know of my chances of getting through ISB this year in round 1.

Indian/Female/30 years

PGDM (Communication Management & Entrepreneurship): MICA [15 month program]
BE (Computer Science): NIT, First Class with distinction
School Academics (CBSE): 10th Std (84.8%) 12th Sth (83.8%)

Work Ex: 3 years as Scientist-B in DRDO post BE. Post PGDM, worked with three startups: Manager Digital Initiatives (1.5 yrs, Inventory Control system), Business Manager (2months, Retail F&B ERP), Product Manager (1 yr, Retail ERP), currently based in Singapore working online as technology head with ex-CEO startup.

Extra Curriculars:
1. Miss Personality, at Tata fest
2. Rajya Puraskar Guide.
3. Hall Manager, International Aero Show [DRDO]
4. Have won a lot of inter-school competitions, singing, dancing, elocution and impromptu debates competition both in Hindi and English.

GMAT Score : Target (700+)

Recos: Senior Air force Officers (they were my client in DRDO, ex-CEO)

Please let me know what are my chances of getting through ISB if I apply this year for 2012 R1 applications. Also please let me know how can I make profile seem more impressive.

Shil

Hi,

I would like to know my chances at business schools in the USA. It would help me decide if I should try applying thr or find something in India. If I go abroad I would want to go for a Top 10-15 program.

GMAT: 740

Academics: Class X (School): 84%
Class XII (High School): 76%
Engineering (I am a Computer Engineer): 7.62/10

Extra-Curricular: I have decent extra-Curricular involvement these include-

1) Captain College Basketball Team: I wasn't in the team during my first year but went on to captain it. Lead the team to quater-finals at a national level tournament.
2) Lead Vocalist for a Band.
3) Editor College magazine.
4) I co-founded an Evening School for Underprivileged children, it still continues to this day.
5) Member college cricket team.
6) Co-Ordinator college annual Festival.
7) Debates and Quizzes at School level.

Work: In december I will complete 3 years in work.

1) I started as an Indian IT male with Infosys (10months) but I always had a thing for business studies/entrepreneurship. I knew MALE IT tag would hinder my dreams of a great B-School so I decided to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams.
2) Left infosys to start a venture that did not materialize but my interactions with entrepreneurs led me to an Educational start-up, test preparation company (mbaguru) and I started discussing ADAPTIVE LEARNING with them.
MBAGuru asked me to join them and implement ADAPTIVE learning. It has been a very entrepreneurial experience where I handle a lot of things including (2 years with them):

a) Product Development & Implementation (I work with the tech team to develop our online adaptive learning system).
b) Marketing - Basically online and social media marketing is something only I handle, my inputs are also taken in other marketing initiatives.
c) CSR- I started the organization's CSR initiative. Tied up with an NGO to support Girl education. Help in Fundraising, volunteering and marketing thr products.
c) Innovation: Fields like gamification of edu. Currently building a game for CAT (indian test) preparation. Again I head the project.
d) I also pitch in when it comes to sales and a little bit of teaching. Teaching would include some English/Business basics/Communication and soft skills.

I sit with cofounders and discuss strategy and get a holistic view of a business. I think 2 years in a small start up are worth 4 anywhere else. Made excellent connections with other entrepreneurs (one I work closely is starting a crowd funding platform in the US).

GOALS:

Post-MBA (Short term) - Work for a few years in a top consulting firm. Will again help in networking/learning and paying back my loan.

5 year post MBA: A start-up and a venture of my own. The field is undecided but I have a soft spot for online based models.

Very Long Term: Give back whatever I have learnt to the students. This is more like post 50, it can be as a start-up mentor, investor or just plain teach at a b-school.

I think I have described in as much detail as I can. Hopefully I will get a decent response. Please ask any further questions that will help in decoding my chances.

Thanks and Regards,
Akhil

Hi

Xth ICSE - 77%
XIIth CBSE - 72%
B.Tech (CSE) - NIT Raipur - 8.42/10

2 years of total experience, last 1 year as an Analyst with top consulting firm with their Marketing and Sales practice, generally at client sites designing strategies.

Extra curricular -

"¢ Founder of BridgeNIT - a global initiative to connect alumnus and students
"¢ Placement Convener of College Placement Cell.
"¢ Campus Leader of Sun Microsystems (Open Source University Meetup).
"¢ Core Member of College Cult-cum-Tech Fest
"¢ Mentor of College Eco Club GOGREEN.

Achievements -

"¢ Made a Mobile Based Software called Mobile Number Locator which has been downloaded more than 50,00,000 times from websites like www.download.com, www.getjar.com etc.
"¢ Made a Facebook Notifier called Gmarjil (www.gmarjil.com)
"¢ Made a Meta search engine www.bingagain.com which has been listed in various websites and also in media including Mumbai Mirror.
"¢ Won 1st prize in paper presentation on 'Advanced Cryptography'
"¢ Got a letter of recognition from Knowledge Commission of India for an essay on Indian education.


I have not written my GMAT till now, please tell me my chances on the profile and a score of around approx. 700

Adv4ISB wrote:Hi,

Can you please evaluated my profile and provide your valuable feedback.

X - 71%
XII - 65%

UG - BE (E & TC) - 73% - 2004

Worked for a Multinational Bank for 4 Years (6 months in UK )- As Programmer, Business Analyst , Module Lead
Moved to a product company and worked for 1.5 years - Senior Java Programmer
Moved to another product company - from last 1.5 years working on Java Projects as Lead.

Total IT Experience - 7 years 8 months (as of June 2012)

Certifications :

A lot on Investment Banking (almost all of NCFM Modules) - Reason : Keen interest in Investment Banking domain

Multiple Java Certifications

Scrum Certified

GMAT (Yet to take)

Thank you in advance for your attention.

Hi,

It will be very difficult to comment on the candidature in absence of a GMAT score. Your profile looks good as you have been involved in business analyst role and have an experience of leading team as well. Add to this your finance domain knowledge / certifications which if used well will help you differentiate yourself from other typical IT profiles.

International experience will also help.

But for IT profile a lot depends on extra currics ( which you havent mentioned) and GMAT score.

Focus on GMAT for next couple of months and try crossing 700. That will make the overall application pretty formidable.

Hope this helps.

goISB Team

captchaguy wrote:Hi,

Here is my profile. Please go through it.

***

Education:

• X (1999, AP State Board) - First Class, 76.8 %
  XII (2001, Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education) - First Class, 74.5 %
  Engineering (2006, Andhra University, GITAM College of Engineering) - First Class, 70.02 %
  1 year Fulltime PGDM (2010,Educatis University & EABS) - 9.37/12
  Certificate Course in French Language (1 year duration,Achieved March 2012,Bangalore University) - First Class, 64.5 %
  Post Graduate Diploma in Intellecual Property Rights (March 2013,NLSIU, Bangalore)

Certifications:

• ISO 27001 Lead Auditor - British Standards Institute
  ISO 27001 Implementation Certificate - MIEL e-Security
  Information Security Foundation based on ISO/IEC 27002 - EXIN,Netherlands
  Program in Nanotechnology - IIT, Delhi
  Certificate Program, Information & Communication Technologies - International Telecommunications Union, Geneva
  Certified Information Security Manager(CISM) - ISACA, USA

Planning to take before R1:

• DELF(Diplôme d'études en langue française) Level A1 Certification - Awarded by French Minstry of Education.
  PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Please advice on the pros and cons of these two on ISB application.


Publications:

• 1) International Publication in Artificial Intelligence, Security strategy & Management - Springer Verlag, UK
  (https://www.springerlink.com/content/h18 ... 51/?MUD=MP)
  
  2)"Critical Success Factors for Government wide Implementation of Information Security Strategy" (Work In progress - will be an international publication in next 3 months)

Professional Societies:

• Information Systems Audit and Control Association
  Association for Computing Machinary

Awards:

• 'Meritorious Student Award' presented by Adam Gilchrist during PGP.

Total Work Experience:

5 years (By March 2013)

• Company 1 (2 years):
  
  Start up, Role included consulting for projects, pre-fescibility studies,Report writing, and field studies for viability.

• Company 2 (Consulting Practise, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon) - 1 Year:
  
  Co-driven the development of National Information Security Assurance Framework for an exclusive engagement with e-Security division, Department of
  
  Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India. US Govt. was hand holding DIT, GoI for development of a comprehensive information security program at Government level. At par with Federal Information Security management Act of US Govt.
  
  Responsibilities included development of security strategy, policy and governance mechanish.Liasion with National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA (US Department of Commerce)
  
  Was officially invited (by US Dept of Commerce and was one of the 2 persons) to represent India at " United Stages Government and Government of India CyberSecurity Meeting" held at NIST in First week of October 2010.
  
  Was involved in the development of VISION 2020 document for CBDT, Ministry of Finance GoI.
  Developed Information Security training & awareness material.

• Company 3 (Accenture Consulting) - 1 Year
  
  Was involved in development of products & offerings related to informtion security strategy, policy and governance.Received several 'Celebrating Performance Points'.
  
  In several instances, referred as 'Rock Star of the project' by Accenture's senior management. ( A Senior manager from US has agreed to write the reco / respond as reference; Another manager from Netherlands has agreed for the same)

• Company 4 (Frost & Sullivan) - 1 year by March 2013
  
  Growth Strategy Consulting and Market Engineering.Currently tasked with tracking Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Market and growth opportunities in South Asia Region.

****

Targeting ISB PGP 2013-14 R1 admissions.

Registered for GMAT (1st week, September 2012). Current mock scores are in the range of 630-660. Still have 4 months to boost up the score.Please evaluate the profile and suggest the areas for improvement and target score. I plan to move towards main line strategy / management consulting at ISB. My apologies for the long post.

Best Regards
San

Hi,

I was lost at many places in trying to understand your profile.

You have completed lots of certifications, diplomas and exams but make sure your highlight few which are necessary to build a coherent story else adcom may get confused.

IP, auditing and litigation related profiles will always be valued by ISB as there are few applicants who apply with this kind of background. Public sector experience and good brands from private sector which you have on your profile will help.

International conference, publications and French language all will make the candidature strong if you weave it well.

The only thing that you need to focus on is GMAT. Aim for a 700 so that you dont leave anything to chance.

goISB Team

malik.shilpa wrote:Hi,

Could you please evaluate my profile below and let me know of my chances of getting through ISB this year in round 1.

Indian/Female/30 years

PGDM (Communication Management & Entrepreneurship): MICA [15 month program]
BE (Computer Science): NIT, First Class with distinction
School Academics (CBSE): 10th Std (84.8%) 12th Sth (83.8%)

Work Ex: 3 years as Scientist-B in DRDO post BE. Post PGDM, worked with three startups: Manager Digital Initiatives (1.5 yrs, Inventory Control system), Business Manager (2months, Retail F&B ERP), Product Manager (1 yr, Retail ERP), currently based in Singapore working online as technology head with ex-CEO startup.

Extra Curriculars:
1. Miss Personality, at Tata fest
2. Rajya Puraskar Guide.
3. Hall Manager, International Aero Show [DRDO]
4. Have won a lot of inter-school competitions, singing, dancing, elocution and impromptu debates competition both in Hindi and English.

GMAT Score : Target (700+)

Recos: Senior Air force Officers (they were my client in DRDO, ex-CEO)

Please let me know what are my chances of getting through ISB if I apply this year for 2012 R1 applications. Also please let me know how can I make profile seem more impressive.

Shil

Hi Shilpa,

Your profile looks interesting and balanced with a good mix of different educational qualification, work ex and extra currics. Try to make broad points out of your extra currics to showcase an attribute such as initiative taking ability rather than presenting a laundry list of points.

DRDO experience and then retail experience will add to diversity and experience of working in Singapore will again help.

Though you are likely to get call even at scores such ass 680 but obviously 700+ will be better in any case.

Since you have already done a PGDM, the goals essay will be important for you.

Hope this helps.

goISB Team

akhilsuhag wrote:Hi,

I would like to know my chances at business schools in the USA. It would help me decide if I should try applying thr or find something in India. If I go abroad I would want to go for a Top 10-15 program.

GMAT: 740

Academics: Class X (School): 84%
Class XII (High School): 76%
Engineering (I am a Computer Engineer): 7.62/10

Extra-Curricular: I have decent extra-Curricular involvement these include-

1) Captain College Basketball Team: I wasn't in the team during my first year but went on to captain it. Lead the team to quater-finals at a national level tournament.
2) Lead Vocalist for a Band.
3) Editor College magazine.
4) I co-founded an Evening School for Underprivileged children, it still continues to this day.
5) Member college cricket team.
6) Co-Ordinator college annual Festival.
7) Debates and Quizzes at School level.

Work: In december I will complete 3 years in work.

1) I started as an Indian IT male with Infosys (10months) but I always had a thing for business studies/entrepreneurship. I knew MALE IT tag would hinder my dreams of a great B-School so I decided to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams.
2) Left infosys to start a venture that did not materialize but my interactions with entrepreneurs led me to an Educational start-up, test preparation company (mbaguru) and I started discussing ADAPTIVE LEARNING with them.
MBAGuru asked me to join them and implement ADAPTIVE learning. It has been a very entrepreneurial experience where I handle a lot of things including (2 years with them):

a) Product Development & Implementation (I work with the tech team to develop our online adaptive learning system).
b) Marketing - Basically online and social media marketing is something only I handle, my inputs are also taken in other marketing initiatives.
c) CSR- I started the organization's CSR initiative. Tied up with an NGO to support Girl education. Help in Fundraising, volunteering and marketing thr products.
c) Innovation: Fields like gamification of edu. Currently building a game for CAT (indian test) preparation. Again I head the project.
d) I also pitch in when it comes to sales and a little bit of teaching. Teaching would include some English/Business basics/Communication and soft skills.

I sit with cofounders and discuss strategy and get a holistic view of a business. I think 2 years in a small start up are worth 4 anywhere else. Made excellent connections with other entrepreneurs (one I work closely is starting a crowd funding platform in the US).

GOALS:

Post-MBA (Short term) - Work for a few years in a top consulting firm. Will again help in networking/learning and paying back my loan.

5 year post MBA: A start-up and a venture of my own. The field is undecided but I have a soft spot for online based models.

Very Long Term: Give back whatever I have learnt to the students. This is more like post 50, it can be as a start-up mentor, investor or just plain teach at a b-school.

I think I have described in as much detail as I can. Hopefully I will get a decent response. Please ask any further questions that will help in decoding my chances.

Thanks and Regards,
Akhil

Hi Akhil,

Your GMAT score is very good and profile also looks interesting. But still top 15 schools want either a 4-5 year of good work ex with a 730+ kind of score or a 760 kind of score or a super achiever profile.

Still, if you do a good job with essays and application you can crack rank 10-15 schools. But if you are very keen on getting into a B schools next yr then we would recommend keeping a few safer options.

goISB Team

shreshth wrote:Hi

Xth ICSE - 77%
XIIth CBSE - 72%
B.Tech (CSE) - NIT Raipur - 8.42/10

2 years of total experience, last 1 year as an Analyst with top consulting firm with their Marketing and Sales practice, generally at client sites designing strategies.

Extra curricular -

"¢ Founder of BridgeNIT - a global initiative to connect alumnus and students
"¢ Placement Convener of College Placement Cell.
"¢ Campus Leader of Sun Microsystems (Open Source University Meetup).
"¢ Core Member of College Cult-cum-Tech Fest
"¢ Mentor of College Eco Club GOGREEN.

Achievements -

"¢ Made a Mobile Based Software called Mobile Number Locator which has been downloaded more than 50,00,000 times from websites like www.download.com, www.getjar.com etc.
"¢ Made a Facebook Notifier called Gmarjil (www.gmarjil.com)
"¢ Made a Meta search engine www.bingagain.com which has been listed in various websites and also in media including Mumbai Mirror.
"¢ Won 1st prize in paper presentation on 'Advanced Cryptography'
"¢ Got a letter of recognition from Knowledge Commission of India for an essay on Indian education.


I have not written my GMAT till now, please tell me my chances on the profile and a score of around approx. 700

Hi Shreshth,

We would recommend waiting for one more year and getting a score of 730 or so at this experience. 2 years of experience and 700 are both below ISB's average experience of 5 years and GMAT score of 715.
So, how will you defend - Why should ISB take you?

Your extra currics have certain interesting bullet points but they again dont look sufficient to really portray another dimension in your profile and hence differentiate you.

goISB Team

Hi Seniors,

Pls evaluate my profile as below.
I have a question to clarify as well.
I am joining IIM Rohtak(India) (CAT 98.67%ile) this year but still hoping for an admit through GMAT for next academic year mainly targeting ISB. I do not have a very strong profile neither I have a strong track record in my academics.
So should I participate in B school fests this year and try to bring good grades in the trimesters and then apply for ISB in Round 2 or should I apply in round 1?

Below is my profile for evaluation

I got a gmat score of 680.I have a workex of 4 yrs in IT (Fin serv sector).
Acads:
10th CBSE - 86.2
12th CBSE - 82.4
NIT Nagpur - 6.91/10
Work profile :
-Worked in IBM in Financial Services Sector for Deutsche Bank's Investment and securities operations.
Have gained a very good know how on securities end to end operations mainly in middle office and back office.
Have handled a team of 10 in the absence of Team lead a couple of times.Have got client appreciation for quick response and high performance in less time.
Now wanting to take my career path towards consulting in IT itself.
Achievements -
-Received Star performer awards twice in a bunch 150 project mates.
-Used to teach maid's children for 10th boards
-Later on attempted to open a Logic cum Mathematics coaching class name EasyGanith for 10th students at a low cost of 3000rs but failed to materialize eventually.I experienced marketing and promotion during this time and was helpful.
-Was selected in top 5% young entrepreneurs in Economic Times Power of Ideas contest in 2010.
- Supporting the education of a 6 yr old child in Kerala since last 3 yrs and will support till he reaches 12th grade .
-Won a AIR 2 in On the Spot Contest by Camlin in Painting.
-Won State rank 0f 8 in All Maharashtra drawing contest barring age groups.
-Won Silver Medal in Shotput throw in Intra School Annual Sports festival
-Was awarded AIR -2 in Chemistry in NSTSE (National Science Talent Search Exam)
-Was awarded Merit Certificate in Dr Homi Bhabha National Level Talent Search Exam.
-Was captain of Counter Strike LAN gaming team of 5 people for 3 years and was involved in devising strategies for the team.We were regarded as one of the top two best teams in Nagpur.

Waiting for your valuable feedback.

Thanks in advance.

shreshth wrote:Hi

Xth ICSE - 77%
XIIth CBSE - 72%
B.Tech (CSE) - NIT Raipur - 8.42/10

2 years of total experience, last 1 year as an Analyst with top consulting firm with their Marketing and Sales practice, generally at client sites designing strategies.

Extra curricular -

"¢ Founder of BridgeNIT - a global initiative to connect alumnus and students
"¢ Placement Convener of College Placement Cell.
"¢ Campus Leader of Sun Microsystems (Open Source University Meetup).
"¢ Core Member of College Cult-cum-Tech Fest
"¢ Mentor of College Eco Club GOGREEN.

Achievements -

"¢ Made a Mobile Based Software called Mobile Number Locator which has been downloaded more than 50,00,000 times from websites like www.download.com, www.getjar.com etc.
"¢ Made a Facebook Notifier called Gmarjil (www.gmarjil.com)
"¢ Made a Meta search engine www.bingagain.com which has been listed in various websites and also in media including Mumbai Mirror.
"¢ Won 1st prize in paper presentation on 'Advanced Cryptography'
"¢ Got a letter of recognition from Knowledge Commission of India for an essay on Indian education.


I have not written my GMAT till now, please tell me my chances on the profile and a score of around approx. 700

Hi shreshth,

You have a very interesting set of skills, hobbies and experiences. These experiences, if portrayed properly can really differentiate you and help you in your admissions.. You need to bring out the impact that you have created to highlight the significance of that achievement.

For example, I would really be interested in knowing about BridgeNIT. How did you do it? How many people are using it? How successful is it?

What about the meta search engine? What made it different? I get it that you are strong technically through these achievements of yours, but for MBA admissions, I need to know whether you have marketing and business understanding as well. Go beyond the technical impact and talk more about business relevance of your work as well.

Now you have written very less about your professional experience. What kind of "strategies" are you working on? What is exciting about your job? How is it related to MBA? What do you want to do post MBA?

Get these answers right, get a score above 700 and you'll have a strong profile. Feel free to call me if you have any questions.

abhinavg86 wrote:Hi Seniors,

Pls evaluate my profile as below.
I have a question to clarify as well.
I am joining IIM Rohtak(India) (CAT 98.67%ile) this year but still hoping for an admit through GMAT for next academic year mainly targeting ISB. I do not have a very strong profile neither I have a strong track record in my academics.
So should I participate in B school fests this year and try to bring good grades in the trimesters and then apply for ISB in Round 2 or should I apply in round 1?

Below is my profile for evaluation

I got a gmat score of 680.I have a workex of 4 yrs in IT (Fin serv sector).
Acads:
10th CBSE - 86.2
12th CBSE - 82.4
NIT Nagpur - 6.91/10
Work profile :
-Worked in IBM in Financial Services Sector for Deutsche Bank's Investment and securities operations.
Have gained a very good know how on securities end to end operations mainly in middle office and back office.
Have handled a team of 10 in the absence of Team lead a couple of times.Have got client appreciation for quick response and high performance in less time.
Now wanting to take my career path towards consulting in IT itself.
Achievements -
-Received Star performer awards twice in a bunch 150 project mates.
-Used to teach maid's children for 10th boards
-Later on attempted to open a Logic cum Mathematics coaching class name EasyGanith for 10th students at a low cost of 3000rs but failed to materialize eventually.I experienced marketing and promotion during this time and was helpful.
-Was selected in top 5% young entrepreneurs in Economic Times Power of Ideas contest in 2010.
- Supporting the education of a 6 yr old child in Kerala since last 3 yrs and will support till he reaches 12th grade .
-Won a AIR 2 in On the Spot Contest by Camlin in Painting.
-Won State rank 0f 8 in All Maharashtra drawing contest barring age groups.
-Won Silver Medal in Shotput throw in Intra School Annual Sports festival
-Was awarded AIR -2 in Chemistry in NSTSE (National Science Talent Search Exam)
-Was awarded Merit Certificate in Dr Homi Bhabha National Level Talent Search Exam.
-Was captain of Counter Strike LAN gaming team of 5 people for 3 years and was involved in devising strategies for the team.We were regarded as one of the top two best teams in Nagpur.

Waiting for your valuable feedback.

Thanks in advance.

Hi abhinavg86,

Whether you should wait and join ISB is a personal decision. But I can comment on your profile. You have a decent profile but in terms of work experience only, it will be hard to "stand out". So the fight for ISB will be tough.

Secondly, not working full time (while studying at IIM Rohtak) and applying to ISB will raise some serious questions regarding your motivations in doing an MBA. I would personally suggest you continue with the IIM Rohtak program and try to do well there, both academically and in terms of other initiatives as well. There will be a lot of opportunities that you will get and you will gain more by spending time on those rather than preparing to get out of there.

Hi,

I am planning to apply for ISB PGP program.Can you please evaluate my profile and let me know whether I need to retake GMAT exam.

GMAT: 680 (Q50/V31)

Academics: Class X (School): 84%
Class XII (High School): 93%
Engineering : 7.54/10 (Civil Engineering from NIT Warangal)


Work Ex: 4 years exp (As of June 2012)

1. First 6 months as Graduate Engineer traineer in GMR Hyderabad International Airport project. (Maintenance and Hangar construction)
2. 2.7 years in Punj Lloyd as a Planning Engineer (Project Management of Oil and Gas projects - Pipe line project and gas plant) - Worked in Qatar, Dubai and Italy.
3. Currently working as a management analyst from past 10 months in Sricity, near Chennai (Project Management of construction projects inside Multi product SEZ)


Extra-Curricular:

1) Managed Civil Engineering events in Technozion (NITW technical symposium)
2) Member of Chennai Trekking club and participated in many treks
3) Planned and organized office outings
4) Attended Chennai Coastal cleanups

GOALS:

Post-MBA (Short term) - To start a business in the field of Integrated Solid Waste Management in a Tier-II city (Warangal)


Long Term: To expand the business covering most of the Tier-II cities in Andhra Pradesh

As requested, please evaluate my profile and let me if i need to retake GMAT exam for a better score. Thanks in advance.

Regards
Karthik