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Please evaluate my profile

by shray » Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:05 am
Hi Stacy
Could you please give me your candid reponse wrt my profile.

My profile is as follows:

Indian Male
Age: 25
Qualification: Bachelors in Business management from Bangalore, India (Graduated in 2009)
CGPA-3.45 (a let down? )
GMAT-700(Q48V38)
Target Schools : INSEAD, LBS, Columbia and Wharton
Work Ex: 4 years

I Hail from a business based family. The business pertains to Importing and trading of office furniture. Today, I am a part of my family run business as a director.
However, Soon after my graduation i incorporated my own firm which is into trading of Hardware. It has been 4 years since it was incorporated. The latest annual revenue turn around was about usd 600,000. The Family Business has a turn around of about usd 4.5 million pa and has 100 employees(skilled and unskilled).
My role in a nut shell is running, administrating, building strategies to grow both the businesses, sourcing materials and basic financial management of the firms (in terms of sourcing and investing).
I have also completed 2 levels of cfa.

I was looking at the 2014 fall admit.

In tandem with my profile, do you think my prospects of getting into the above stated target schools are any good? Do you find any specific issues in my profile that can be worked upon (or not).?
does my being an Indian hamper my chances of being selected? could you shed some light on this?
Is there anything else you'd like to know?

Your time is much appreciated.
Thanks
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by Stacy Blackman » Wed May 15, 2013 6:50 pm
Hi shray,

Thanks for posting. You do have a strong application. One area you will need to talk about on your application is your family business. I recommend you read this case study of a candidate from a family business who was accepted into a top MBA program: https://www.stacyblackman.com/2011/06/09 ... applicant/

We also have free school specific advice here:

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