Candidate:

Mr. M&A Lawyer

About Me:

M&A, PE, & Regulatory lawyer at India’s top law firm where I regularly advise Fortune-500 & top-PE funds on transactions and complex foreign exchange issues. Also part of government relations vertical. As an associate, I singlehandedly led the mandate of procuring a digital wallet charter for a leading e-commerce company from Reserve Bank of India.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: Wharton, Chicago Booth, Kellogg SOM, INSEAD

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: National Law School of India University

Undergrad Major: Law

GPA: 4.0

GMAT: 740

Age: 26, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: Headed three committees in Law School and organizing arguably India's largest grassroots music festival, Member of one of India's leading civil rights organization where I do pro-bono work, Member of firm's Associate Committee for diversity and inclusion issues

Work History:

Title: Associate

Industry: Law

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

Overcame an eye disability due to a sports injury and picked up another sport and played a National level tournament. Further, I had to change my undergrad college due to issues with the administration. Within 2 months of leaving my previous college, I secured top-50 rank and admission into India’s premier law school amongst 50k students.

Post MBA Goal:

Top: PE /VC fund Second: Join top-3 consultancy firm and transition into PE /VC Third: Investment banking at a bulge bracket Eventually, I want to start-up in fintech space.

Odds:

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The Experts Rate The Odds At: 22%

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Odds Assessment: 25%

Hi, this is Deepak Punwani from MBA Exchange. Like your chances a lot at all schools on your list. M&A transactions related law practice is a growing industry in India and it seems your work forms the ‘behind the scenes’ for a lot of recent headlines in financial press in India. This means your perspective will be valuable for the schools. Talk about being in right place at right time ! Your academics are solid and love the diverse extra curricular activities. That said, would like to see some more clarity on your short term goals and how they align with your long term goal of starting a fintech company. One would ideally think that joining a growing fintech company in a product / …

Hi, this is Deepak Punwani from MBA Exchange. Like your chances a lot at all schools on your list. M&A transactions related law practice is a growing industry in India and it seems your work forms the ‘behind the scenes’ for a lot of recent headlines in financial press in India. This means your perspective will be valuable for the schools. Talk about being in right place at right time ! Your academics are solid and love the diverse extra curricular activities. That said, would like to see some more clarity on your short term goals and how they align with your long term goal of starting a fintech company. One would ideally think that joining a growing fintech company in a product / growth role may best prepare you for your long goal. Also PE and VC, while both being investors in private companies and routinely clubbed together, require different skill sets and invest at very different stages as you are aware. Having a story line around which is your first preference will also help if that’s the route you deem best for you. If you can streamline your goals and execute well for each school, you can end up with multiple admits. Lots of tailwind at your disposal. Its up to you to utilize that to go where you want to.

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Stratus Admissions Counseling Odds Assessment: 20%

Hi Mr. M&A Lawyer, this is Donna Bauman with Stratus Admissions. I’m impressed with your background and what you bring in terms diversity with your legal work so I see that as a plus. HBS is looking for leaders and I see some good leadership here in your profile so that will help and your GMAT is a plus as well. While HBS has potential, I see even better odds for you at Booth and Kellogg and Wharton so be sure to follow through on those schools as well. There’s a lot to like—so I think a lot of this is you doing the best job you can in giving HBS a sense of what drives you. Be careful of words like “I singlehandedly…” – …

Hi Mr. M&A Lawyer, this is Donna Bauman with Stratus Admissions. I’m impressed with your background and what you bring in terms diversity with your legal work so I see that as a plus. HBS is looking for leaders and I see some good leadership here in your profile so that will help and your GMAT is a plus as well. While HBS has potential, I see even better odds for you at Booth and Kellogg and Wharton so be sure to follow through on those schools as well. There’s a lot to like—so I think a lot of this is you doing the best job you can in giving HBS a sense of what drives you. Be careful of words like “I singlehandedly…” – especially for a program like Kellogg—but really all programs will be looking for leaders who bring teams together—not individual superhero types! Save the SpiderMan profile for movies and think teamwork when you are approaching your MBA applications. Please reach out to us for a free consult if you’d like to know more about how we can help!

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