Candidate:

Mr. Strategy Nerd

About Me:

I have gained rich experience of around 13 years in Strategy and M&A’s (both domestic & international market). ABC has provided me immense exposure in the domestic market, where my work included formulating ABC group’s growth strategy and executing organic and inorganic plans. I have inherited my knowledge of global markets with my experience in Big 4 consultancies like KPMG and E&Y, where my work included handling due diligence and valuation for global clients.

Schools:

Target School: INSEAD

Considering: HEC Paris, Kellogg SOM, IMD

See More Profiles For: INSEAD

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: University of Delhi

Undergrad Major: Finance

GPA: 3.63

GMAT: 710

Age: 34, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars:

Work History:

Title: DGM

Industry: Manufacturing

Company: Cement Manufacturing

Length of Employment: 9 yrs

Title: Consultant

Industry: Consulting

Company: Fortune 100 Top 10

Length of Employment: 2 yrs

Post MBA Goal:

I want to further grow in the manufacturing sector, deepening my understanding of owing the P&L. Moving away from advising the board to take charge of P&L.

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Stratus Admissions Counseling Odds Assessment: 30%

Hi Mr. Strategy Nerd, Melisa here from Stratus Admissions. Sounds like you’ve had some interesting experiences around M&A that will lend themselves to you taking P&L responsibility. I like that you want to grow in manufacturing – and it would be helpful to be more specific around the role and type of company you want to work at. With 11 years of experience, you are older than most full time MBA candidates. If you are certain you want a full time experience, you will need to explain why now is the right time for you. And why you need an MBA to do the move you are talking about. I completely understand the desire to ‘run’ your own thing. Ironically, many people move in house …

Hi Mr. Strategy Nerd, Melisa here from Stratus Admissions. Sounds like you’ve had some interesting experiences around M&A that will lend themselves to you taking P&L responsibility. I like that you want to grow in manufacturing – and it would be helpful to be more specific around the role and type of company you want to work at. With 11 years of experience, you are older than most full time MBA candidates. If you are certain you want a full time experience, you will need to explain why now is the right time for you. And why you need an MBA to do the move you are talking about. I completely understand the desire to ‘run’ your own thing. Ironically, many people move in house (from consulting) to do this, but it sounds like you’ve landed in a more advisory role. I would encourage you to consider executive programs as you will be sitting at the table with others with similar years of experience. Executive programs are also generally more forgiving from a stats perspective. While your 710 is solidly within INSEAD’s middle 80%, you will be competing against other Indian consultants with higher scores. With the combo of your years of experience (higher than average) and GMAT, I think you are looking at a steep hill. I think you would be very competitive at any of these programs at an Executive level. Best of luck!

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