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pranay25 wrote:Hi,

I am still to take GMAT. My brief profile is as follows:-

X - 92%
XII - 85%
B.Tech - 81%

I did my B.Tech from NIT Jalandhar in chemical engineering. I have almost 2 yrs. of work ex
as a Process Engineer in Technip India Ltd. working on various Oil & Gas, Refinery, LNG and Petrochemical Projects. I will have around 3 years experience when i intend to apply to ISB.

Some other of my activities are :-

1. Gold Medalist of Chemical Engg. Batch 2007-11 at NIT Jalandhar.
2. Served as the Placement Coordinator for my batch at NIT Jalandhar.
3. Member of the Academic Advisory Committee , Chemical Engg. , NIT Jalandhar.
4. Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICHE) and Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK.
5. Member of Publicity and Marketing Committees of Techniti (National Level Technical Festival at NIT Jalandhar) and Utkansh (Annual Cultural Festival of NIT Jalandhar).
6. Member of Symphony club (Cultural) at Technip India office at Noida.

Can you suggest what all I can do to enhance my profile and what my target for GMAT score should
be.

Thanks & Regards,
PRANAY GUPTA

Lakshminarayanan wrote:Hi could you evaluate my profile on prospective chances of making it through ISB:

I was a average student in my academics who has managed to clear my chartered accountancy course in my third attempt.

My Marks are as follows:

Std X : 60%
Std XII : 74%
B.com : 61%
CA Final :55%

Im having two years of work experience in management consulting in a medium sized consultancy company in Chennai.

Some of my area of specialization are as follows:
1. Development of Financial Models(projections)
2. Preparing a business plan
3. Process Study and Process Restructuring by doing a risk analysis and suggesting changes in business processes
4. Preparation of Detailed Project Reports for green field projects
5. Valuation of business and Equity
6. Development of customized cost sheets
7. Preparation of accounts, costing and ERP user manuals


Extra Curricular Activities
1. Was part of Dramatic club during school days
2. Was a key member in our in house magazine
3. Actively involved in a NGO called GAINTS

Im going to take up by Certified Fraud Examiner Exam in November'2013 and planing to take up my GMAT in the next year or two.


Kindly assess my chances of getting into ISB considering my background and suggest me the realistic chance of me getting into ISB or any other Top B- schools.

Also Kindly Help in ways of improving my profile for getting into a top B-School.


Regards
Lakshminarayanan

joshi.namrata123 wrote:Hi,

I am Namrata. I am looking for an advice. Please review my profile:

10th- 87%
12th- 83%
B.tech - biotech - 80%
2 years TCS software engineer, 1 year HP business analyst
I am looking for a change in my profile. I am thinking of joining NGO for and use my business analyst skills and produce effective output.

do you advie it will be a good move for my career as an MBA aspirant?

faraz_jeddah wrote:Hi goISB, I would appreciate it if you could evaluate my profile and share feedback

Indian Citizen. I have 4.5 years of international experience in the Middle east focused on Strategic Marketing.Although, I am a honors Engineering graduate from one of the leading universities in the middle east. My major was Instrumentation Engineering.

I have worked in 3 companies -
1. As an associate consultant in a Marketing Consultancy firm (1 year),
2. As a country marketing manager in one of the top IT firms(2.5 years)
3. Strategy and Marketing Manager in a start up / Entrepreneur company focused in Education technology. I am leading the Marketing department and supporting in sales. The current job is an amazing experience as I am able to mold the company and see the tangible effects.


My grades are as follows:

Std XII : 87.6%
Bachelors GPA : 3.2 / 4


I have leadership positions in my current and previous jobs. I am sure I can highlight a lot of instances where I have been proactive and made diligent plans and decisions which have had a profound effect to my team and organization.


Extra Curricular Activities
1. American football team captain
2. Public speaking on health issues



Any feedback on the above would be great.

I am currently preparing for my GMAT. Draining the life out of me to get back in to books and aim for a decent score.

Thanks many,

Faraz

CHIRAG_mickey wrote:Hello GoISB

I have 5.5 years of work experience in Mahindra & Mahindra. My primary job role is related to the improvement of our Automobile Dealership processes (process excellence of dealers). My job initiatives impacts the business in terms of better Customer satisfaction, improvement in the dealers' reputation in market and improvement in dealerships' operations, quality and revenue. Also responsible for driving process excellence for sales, service and marketing department. I have a team which supports me in this task and i lead this team. Also worked in cross functional teams in organisation level Quality improvement projects.

I am aspiring for ISB in round 1 and am planning to take GMAT in 1st week of September. In Academics I had 67% in 10th and 77% in 12th.

Hobbies & Extra curricular:
1. Member of Rotary club, have conducted fund rising events
2. I compose and record music. Play guitar
3. Have established Music club in my company
4. Have established Rock band in my company, was a guitarist and a lead singer
5. Recorded a Music Album of my band
6. Member of 'youth council' in my company through which we drive several organisation development activities

Please evaluate my profile competitiveness for ISB and also let me know hat GMAT score I should target.

Many thanks

Regards,
Chirag

targetgmatchotu wrote:Hello ISB Team,

This is my first post !!!!

Acads:

X - 72% (CBSE)
XII - 77.6% (CBSE)
B.Tech - 8.05/10 (CGPA)- SASTRA university (Comes under AIEEE)

Although I had a ACAD Gap between XII and B.Tech , the time I prepared for IIT-JEE and gave interview for defense forces.So seems I can justify it.

Work Exp:
3 Years in TATA consultancy services , including 6 months International experience .Have good knowledge of financial services - Custody(Security trading in international markets).
Will be applying in Sep '13 .
Although had not won laurels in TCS, but had been through rough patches several times in my career.

Extra curricular:
National player of basketball, represented "Rajasthan" .
Played Zonal-level in netball.
Represented university in various inter-university tournaments.
Played volleyball at CBSE inter-school level.
Represented school team of athletics in various inter-school and CBSE inter-school meets.

Co-curricular:
Won second prize in tech quiz organized by Instrumax@SASTRA.
Represented in many events organized at IIT-Madras,NIT-Trichy.
Organized an event of first of its kind in India @ Techfest@SASTRA.
GATE-2008 - 95 percentile.
CAT-2008 - 95 percentile.
Presented papers 1-2 times org. by IIT-Madras.
Certificate course - 3D max and MAYA.

Planning to give GMAT in January , please suggest what should be my target score !!


Rgds,
Saurabh

venkata.neelakantam wrote:Hi,

I am planning to get into ISB, may be after 3-4 years. My academics X:78%, XII : 95%, Engg : 65% and MBA: 3.2/4. I have 3.5 years of experience right now and it will 6-7 yrs by the time I join ISB. I am sure I will get 700+ in GMAT.

I was the co-founder of a start-up and currently I am working as a Business Analyst in a marketing research firm.

I am learning Chinese
I worked as vice president of Indian Student Association at Clemson University
Table Tennis champion during college

My question is what else do I need to have in my resume to get into ISB? I am sure many people getting into ISB have better acads and better work experience compared to that of mine. I want to get an edge over them and get into ISB. What should I do?

Thanks
Neelakantha

vaittttt wrote:Hello Team ISB,

I wonder if this forum is still active. Nevertheless, i'd request you to evaluate my profile for the 2014 batch. My problem- I'm preparing for the GMAT. Though the present score i can expect is around 600- 630. Is it fine to wait and expect to get in with this score and profile or try somewhere else? ISB definitely is the first choice though.

Profile

Age- 27

Education-
2001- 10th- 61%
2003- 12th- 49%
2006- BBA- 68%
2006- PGDAM (Autonomous)- 78%
EPYM (IIM Cal)- Grading- 80%+

Work ex- 5 years (excluding Army, inclusive is 6 years)- Varied experiences- From Army to brand management- Telecom, Retail, Defense, Education

Present- MTS India - Telecom- AM- Brand and Marketing Communications- 3 years
Past- HG Retail - Retail - Marketing Manager- 1 year- Worked for- Levis, Reebok, UCB,etc
Indian Army- Defense- Gentleman Cadet/ Officer Cadet- 1 year- Officers Training
Academy(Medically boarded out after 9 months of training out
of 11 due to an accident while training. One of the youngest
pensioners of the Army)
Frankfinn - EducationMarketing Executive for the institute- 1 year
Institute of
Air Hostess
training


Extra curriculars-

Been active in many extra curricular activities ranging from adventure sports (Paragliding, Rafting, Climbing, Parasailing, Survival camps, etc) to regular sports (Boxing, Swimming, Basketball, Hockey, Football and social help camps, local liasoning, and much more)

Notable highlights

� Qualified the 'Combined Defence Services Examination' of UPSC and the 'Services Selection
Board' selection process of the Indian Army with an all India ranking of 297
� Completed 11 months of rigorous infantry training as a 'Gentleman Cadet' at the 'Officers
Training Academy' of the Indian Army
� Scored 99.49%ile in English in Common Admission Test (CAT)- 2008 and subsequently selected
for EPYM from IIM- C
� NCC Certificate 'B' & 'C' holder with grading 'ALFA' and rank 'SUO'
� Ranked 1st in Delhi in terms of percentage of marks obtained in the 6th semester of BBA
� Ranked 4th nationally in terms of percentage of marks obtained in the 1st semester of BBA
� Ranked 1st and 2nd in terms of percentage of marks obtained in PGDAM in the 1st and 3rd
semesters
� Cross Country runner
� Volleyball - Academy champions
� Swimming - Winner- Under 18 Challenge

Eagerly wating for a response.

Regards,
Vaibhav