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I have over 6 years of experience in the social impact space working in varied set-ups including a think tank, research organization and consulting firm to design strategies, evaluate the impact, advocate reforms based on rigorous evidence, coordinate and manage large scale project implementation and help solve poverty-related issues.
Target School: Stanford GSB
Considering: Yale, Berkeley Haas, Kellogg SOM, INSEAD
See More Profiles For: Stanford GSB
Application Status: Open
Undergrad School: JNTU Hyderabad, India
Undergrad Major: Electronics Engineering
GPA: 4
GMAT: 730
Age: 31, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian
Other Degree/Certification: Micromasters in Data,Economics and Development Policy
School Name: MITx
Extracurriculars: Pro-bono Consulting - supported 4 NGOs and foundations to be set-up, Board member at a foundation and an NGO
Title: Engagement Manager
Industry: Consulting
Company: Top Firm
Length of Employment: 1 yr, 6 mos
Title: Senior Policy Associate
Industry: Development Economics Research
Length of Employment: 3 yrs
Co-founded an NGO to help ultra-poor women become self-sustainable by helping them set-up micro-enterprises. So far supported 4200 women in the most backward region of India; Lead a government-funded scale-up of an evidence-based livelihoods model to cover 100,000 poor women in collaboration with the World Bank and BMGF.
I aspire to start a social innovation organization to facilitate Collective Impact Initiatives and develop models that address systemic issues for empowering women in India’s backward regions.
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You have a heart of gold. That is the overwhelming impression I get from reading your profile. You have already done a lot of good in the world and will, no doubt, be an even more impactful leader in the social enterprise space in the years to come. But the GSB may not be the place that will make that happen for you. As you know, it is the most selective prestige MBA program in the world. Feeder schools and companies are an important component of your application. And you also happen to fall within the most overrepresented part of the applicant pool: A Indian male with an engineering degree. Sure, you have distinguished yourself in the social space and that is solid. I think …
You have a heart of gold. That is the overwhelming impression I get from reading your profile. You have already done a lot of good in the world and will, no doubt, be an even more impactful leader in the social enterprise space in the years to come. But the GSB may not be the place that will make that happen for you. As you know, it is the most selective prestige MBA program in the world. Feeder schools and companies are an important component of your application. And you also happen to fall within the most overrepresented part of the applicant pool: A Indian male with an engineering degree. Sure, you have distinguished yourself in the social space and that is solid. I think your chances are obviously much better at some of your other schools, particularly Yale, Kellogg and INSEAD. But I very much doubt Stanford is in the cards. Sorry about that.
if i could go less than five without being zero I would.
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