Candidate:

Mr. Aspiring FinTech Entrepreneur

About Me:

Management Consultant (Big 4 firm) focused on strategizing for clients in the Financial Services sector. Based on my experiences at my current role, I want to leverage an MBA to pivot into the FinTech industry in a developed country and ultimately return to India to start a digital bank in India to reach customers in underpenetrated rural areas.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: Chicago Booth, Columbia, Wharton

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Top 25 US University (but well reputed)

Undergrad Major: Economics

GPA: 3.9

GMAT: 750

Age: 25, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: Board Advisor for a Healthcare-focused NPO in India, Mentor at a Program aiming to provide career guidance and critical thinking skills to underprivileged high-school students

Work History:

Title: Consultant (Associate)

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

Early promotion at my firm (half of expected timeline) with the highest performance rating. Worked across marquee projects in smaller diverse countries like Jamaica and Nepal. Designed a new digital-product financial product for a client and helped top-3 Indian private bank reduce costs by $45M.

Post MBA Goal:

Work in Corporate Strategy at a late-stage Fintech and ultimately start my own venture, a digital-only consumer bank, in India.

Odds:

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Stratus Admissions Counseling Odds Assessment: 35%

Hi Mr. Aspiring Tech Entrepreneur, This is Donna Bauman with Stratus Admissions and I am happy to provide some thoughts about your profile. Overall I am very impressed! It’s great that you have some exposure to fintech now with your financial services clients and I really like that you have demonstrated your ability to help clients get measurable results like saving $45M. You are not alone in having this career goal or background—so to stand out you have to do several things well. First your own accomplishments—the early promotion along with your strong stats all help. Your leadership role with healthcare org also impressive. Your work experience with financial services clients also helps give your fintech aspirations more credibility. Try to think about a …

Hi Mr. Aspiring Tech Entrepreneur, This is Donna Bauman with Stratus Admissions and I am happy to provide some thoughts about your profile. Overall I am very impressed! It’s great that you have some exposure to fintech now with your financial services clients and I really like that you have demonstrated your ability to help clients get measurable results like saving $45M. You are not alone in having this career goal or background—so to stand out you have to do several things well. First your own accomplishments—the early promotion along with your strong stats all help. Your leadership role with healthcare org also impressive. Your work experience with financial services clients also helps give your fintech aspirations more credibility. Try to think about a particular project where you can show what you have learned and also what gaps you still have that the MBA can fill. Your school list—particularly Booth, CBS and Wharton are all excellent for your goals. For HBS be sure that this habit of leadership in all areas of your life is clear. It looks like you have the foundation for this. As long as you are looking at Booth, why not also look at Kellogg as well. Check out the FinTech@Kellogg club and their annual fintech conference.

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