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Request for Profile Evaluation

by mba_target_2014 » Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:34 am
Indian female
Age: 27
GMAT: 700 (Q48,V38)
Graduation: B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (83% equivalent to 3.3 GPA I think)
Post Graduation: Masters of Business Economics, University of Delhi - Gold medalist, batch topper

Work Experience: 45 months till now (June, 13) in Credit Risk Analytics, Retail Analytics and IT

Responsibilities
- Delivery of projects in Portfolio Analytics, Scorecard & Modeling in credit risk management domain
- Application of insight analysis techniques to deliver high quality, relevant project work to clients
- Conceptualising construction of analytical approach with support and contributing effectively to projects with ideas and execution

Extracurriculars:
- Coordinated the release of the monthly e-magazine focusing on sectoral analysis during post graduation
- Represented my college in the corporate in a team of 8 as placement team member
- Conducted workshops on Women Empowerment at a local NGO
- Have won several essay writing competitions, debates and declamations at school, college and national level

Why MBA?
I aspire to become a leader who can lead the design and development of robust analytical solutions to optimise costs, minimize risks and drive growth strategies of businesses. After pursuing an MBA program, I plan to work with businesses in India advising them on how data can enable them to quantify risks and take return-maximizing decisions.

Target Schools- Stanford/Kellogg/Haas/Tuck/Booth/MIT-Sloan MIT/Tepper/ Ross/ UCLA-Anderson/Stern/Cornell - Johnson

Thanks!
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by CourtneyJane@VeritasPrep » Sat Jul 06, 2013 3:39 pm
It seems that you are a solid candidate across the board for your target schools. Solid is good, but not outstanding. GMAT and GPA are solid. Work experience is applicable. What I would like to see is what differentiates you as outstanding vis-a-vis the many other candidates applying from India. You are going to have to work to find where you can highlight superior achievement at work and in extracurriculars. "Think to yourself what do I add to the classroom that my peers do not? What unique perspective? What outstanding achievements?"

Good answer to "why an MBA?" Expand on this to answer "Why an MBA Now?" As well, "Why at each target school?"; show them the fit to their school specifically in each application- this is more work, but when the school sees that you really understand their culture and how you specifically will benefit from that culture and add to the experience for your classmates, this will set you apart.

In sum, your application is going to need to tell a compelling story of "Why You? What differentiates you, how are you a leader, an innovator, and someone who initiates change? If you effectively can communicate your unique qualifications you are a good candidate at each of your target schools.

Best of luck to you.
Courtney Jane
Veritas Prep