Candidate:

Mr. PHARMA GUY

About Me:

Applying for deferred enrolment in 2025 R-3.
– LT – A biotech venture in pharma
– Technical knowledge – b.tech IIT Kanpur (8.2/10), Hridyantra project (developing India’s first artificial heart)
– Intern at MBB, got PPO
– VC intern – India-bio market thesis
– Pharma plant intern
– Had a consulting agency 12client| another incubated startup in bio

Schools:

Target School: Columbia

Considering: Harvard, MIT Sloan, Kellogg SOM, Stanford GSB, Berkeley Haas, Chicago Booth

See More Profiles For: Columbia

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: IIT Kanpur

Undergrad Major: Biological Sciences and BioEngineering

GPA: 3

GMAT: 725 (FE)

Age: 21, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: Hridyantra - making India's first artificial heart | Core team, Entrepreneurship cell IIT Kanpur, Startup founder ( 1 consuling agency - closed now / new biotech incubated startup)

Work History:

Title: Summer associate

Industry: Consulting

Company: Top Firm

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 2 mos

Title: Bioconvergence researcher

Industry: Venture Capital

Company: Global

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 2 mos

Big Life Wins:

Launched cross functional mentorship panel of 50 alumni for campus startups which reduced the failure rate of startups by 60% in E-Cell role despite resistance from faculty advisor.

Launched first edition of youth entrepreneurship challenge, giving school students opportunity to pitch in front of investors. 16 students received grants.

Post MBA Goal:

From MBA: fundraising / networking / finance / operations / leadership skills
After MBA: strategy or BD role in pharma or biotech company to learn product launch personal: good friends, like-minded people

Odds:

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 50%

Hey Pharma Guy,
I am really impressed by what you have achieved in your career. You have a first-rate educational background, coming from IIT Kanpur, and a far more intriguing career thus far from many IIT grads who follow the more traditional software engineering route. You have a solid GMAT score, and your internships at MBB, a venture capital firm and a pharmaceutical plant are also pluses in your favor. Given all this, I think you will definitely get admitted on a deferred basis to two or more of the schools to which you are applying. And I think you have a shot at HBS. Do make sure you have a tight story. You’ve done a lot in a few years but you want to …

Hey Pharma Guy,
I am really impressed by what you have achieved in your career. You have a first-rate educational background, coming from IIT Kanpur, and a far more intriguing career thus far from many IIT grads who follow the more traditional software engineering route. You have a solid GMAT score, and your internships at MBB, a venture capital firm and a pharmaceutical plant are also pluses in your favor. Given all this, I think you will definitely get admitted on a deferred basis to two or more of the schools to which you are applying. And I think you have a shot at HBS. Do make sure you have a tight story. You’ve done a lot in a few years but you want to get your story concise and highly focused so that it can be understood. Good luck!

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