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I am an amazing leader with exceptional academic achievements and an alumnus of one of the best engineering institutions in a competitive nation like India.
Target School: Stanford GSB
Considering: Harvard, Chicago Booth
See More Profiles For: Stanford GSB
Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: BITS Pilani
Undergrad Major: Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 3.84
GMAT: 770
Age: 25, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian
Other Degree/Certification: ABRSM Piano 1-6
School Name: ABRSM
Extracurriculars: Piano, Basketball
Title: Senior Software Engineer
Industry: Technology
Company: Fortune 500
Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 6 mos
I have won various coding competitions. I am an S.N.Bose Scholar. My IIT-JEE rank was 2100 (National Rank).
I would like to join a private equity firm or an investment bank and retire as a CEO or CFO.
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On what you’ve submited here, you are clearly an impressive guy. The speculation is that more than 2,000 students compete for the 50 or so Bose Scholar spots. Your jumbo GMAT score and your on-the-mark GPA make you a serious candidate for an elite MBA. But you are also facing considerable competition as an Indian male engineer. Playing basketball and the piano are great hobbies but they aren’t going to help you at Stanford. The school is looking for extras that show you care about others and are willing to give of yourself to them. The school is also looking for evidence of leadership potential and I just don’t see that in the spare description of your candidacy here. And while BITS Pilani is a …
On what you’ve submited here, you are clearly an impressive guy. The speculation is that more than 2,000 students compete for the 50 or so Bose Scholar spots. Your jumbo GMAT score and your on-the-mark GPA make you a serious candidate for an elite MBA. But you are also facing considerable competition as an Indian male engineer. Playing basketball and the piano are great hobbies but they aren’t going to help you at Stanford. The school is looking for extras that show you care about others and are willing to give of yourself to them. The school is also looking for evidence of leadership potential and I just don’t see that in the spare description of your candidacy here. And while BITS Pilani is a superb school, there is not a single graduate in the MBA Class of 2020 at Stanford. There are, however, four grads from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), one each from Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras. So as good as your stats are, you are facing competition from similar candidates from the IITs who work for Microsoft, Google, Amazon, IBM and other gold companies that are feeders to Stanford. Moreover, your goal to work in PE makes no sense, given your background. You would have to take an i-banking job as a first step before PE. Just saying you want to work in PE could get you a rejection because it is unrealistic. Sorry to deliver bad news to you because you are a bright and accomplished candidate. You have a much better shot at Chicago Booth or even HBS because of Harvard’s much larger intake.
This is Deepak Punwani from MBA Exchange. There is a lot to like about your profile – the BITS undergrad, the spectacular GMAT and your ambition in targeting GSB. But as others have mentioned, you may be underestimating the competition you will face both for H/S/B and also for the move into IB/PE. My suggestion to you therefore would be to build on your great stats by showing some evidence of leadership and “giving” back via your activities outside work. Show that you can work with others and for causes bigger than yourself. It need not be social or charitable work but it could very well be coaching a basketball team or spreading music among a cohort that has no access to practicing music. And …
This is Deepak Punwani from MBA Exchange. There is a lot to like about your profile – the BITS undergrad, the spectacular GMAT and your ambition in targeting GSB. But as others have mentioned, you may be underestimating the competition you will face both for H/S/B and also for the move into IB/PE. My suggestion to you therefore would be to build on your great stats by showing some evidence of leadership and “giving” back via your activities outside work. Show that you can work with others and for causes bigger than yourself. It need not be social or charitable work but it could very well be coaching a basketball team or spreading music among a cohort that has no access to practicing music. And then look to shift to a non software job and join a more competitive field (consumer tech or consulting). This strengthens your profile and your odds will go up at all schools including at GSB.
Hi Mr. S.N. Bose Scholar! This is Kate Richardson, Senior Admissions Consultant weighing in on your profile. Your profile shows confidence but is light on details — what makes you an amazing leader? What are the exceptional achievements that have mattered most to you? And importantly, how do you need to improve as a leader through an MBA program? You must show deep reflection on questions like these, and compelling answers to them, especially in GSB’s What Matters Most and Why MBA essays. I’d also want to dig in further into your post-MBA goals. Banking and PE are both very selective fields, and it’s typically hard to break into PE straight from the MBA without existing banking experience, or sometimes consulting experience. I’m also …
Hi Mr. S.N. Bose Scholar! This is Kate Richardson, Senior Admissions Consultant weighing in on your profile. Your profile shows confidence but is light on details — what makes you an amazing leader? What are the exceptional achievements that have mattered most to you? And importantly, how do you need to improve as a leader through an MBA program? You must show deep reflection on questions like these, and compelling answers to them, especially in GSB’s What Matters Most and Why MBA essays. I’d also want to dig in further into your post-MBA goals. Banking and PE are both very selective fields, and it’s typically hard to break into PE straight from the MBA without existing banking experience, or sometimes consulting experience. I’m also curious why you want to go that route if you see yourself ending up in a corporate/C-Suite role. With a well executed application, top programs are in range for you and your strong GPA / GMAT stats. GSB is the most selective program though, so it’s going to be a reach even with those strong stats. Hope the feedback is helpful!
Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. The first thing I’ll note is that you are definitely not lacking in confidence! When you are working on your applications, you’ll want to include a dose of humility, as adcoms might wonder how amazing a leader you can be already at age 25. And remember they want to teach you about leadership in MBA programs — if you profess not to need any additional skills why should they accept you? You clearly are very accomplished and have superior stats from a top university in India, but many many people applying to these top MBA programs can boast the same. Stats can never get you in somewhere (although when they’re too low they can keep you out), so …
Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. The first thing I’ll note is that you are definitely not lacking in confidence! When you are working on your applications, you’ll want to include a dose of humility, as adcoms might wonder how amazing a leader you can be already at age 25. And remember they want to teach you about leadership in MBA programs — if you profess not to need any additional skills why should they accept you? You clearly are very accomplished and have superior stats from a top university in India, but many many people applying to these top MBA programs can boast the same. Stats can never get you in somewhere (although when they’re too low they can keep you out), so you’ll need to show a narrative explaining who you are, what your goals are, and why you need the MBA at this stage of your career. I’d want to know more about the piano and basketball you’ve been involved with. Are these integral to who you are or to what you’ve learned about yourself or the world? Private equity is quite hard to break into with no prior experience. You’ll want to explain why that or IB is the best route for you to get to become a CEO or CFO. Make sure to connect the dots from your past to now to where you want to go and make adcom want to root for you to get there! If you want a free consult, go here:
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Great profile! Stanford is just crazy hard.
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