Candidate:

Mr. Tech With Social Impact

About Me:

Indian Male Engineer, with a passion for tech and social impact. Full-time work in the technology division of a consulting firm so lots of collaboration with clients, consultants and product managers. Launched the non-profit on the side to increase volunteerism in India.

Schools:

Target School: Stanford GSB

Considering: Kellogg SOM, London Business School, Duke Fuqua, Berkeley Haas, Ross

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Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: IIT Roorkee

Undergrad Major: B.Tech Civil Engineering

GPA: 8.5/10

GMAT: 750

Age: 29, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Extracurriculars: Non Profit Co-founder (2 years). Impact across 25+ causes in multiple cities, candidate for incubator, On ground volunteering (1.5 years) to provide food to homeless, Policy research fellowship (2 months)

Work History:

Title: Manager

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 7 yrs, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

Fast track promotions at work (5 promotions in first 5 years), successfully built a community of volunteers for my non-profit and built a presence in Indian impact community.

Post MBA Goal:

Immediate goal is to move to product management or Tech strategy roles at high tech companies. MBA also serves as a way to form a network of high achievers that I can rely on while working on my long term vision of launching my tech for social impact firm.

Odds:

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The Experts Rate The Odds At: 25%

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John A. Byrne, P&Q Founder & Editor-In-Chief | Odds Assessment: 25%

Earning five promotions in your first five years at a Fortune 500 tech company is super impressive. So is your 750 GMAT and GPA at IIT Roorkee in civil engineering. But you also seem to have that X factor that Stanford really wants, having founded a non-profit organization that helps a number of outfits in several cities. It sounds something like a United Way organization. Your chances at Stanford, the most highly selective and prestigious MBA program in the world, totally hinge on the success of this non-profit. So it is essential that you provide a good deal of information on its impact and what motivated you to help start it. There will be plenty of other male Indian engineers in the Stanford applicant pool …

Earning five promotions in your first five years at a Fortune 500 tech company is super impressive. So is your 750 GMAT and GPA at IIT Roorkee in civil engineering. But you also seem to have that X factor that Stanford really wants, having founded a non-profit organization that helps a number of outfits in several cities. It sounds something like a United Way organization. Your chances at Stanford, the most highly selective and prestigious MBA program in the world, totally hinge on the success of this non-profit. So it is essential that you provide a good deal of information on its impact and what motivated you to help start it. There will be plenty of other male Indian engineers in the Stanford applicant pool with GMAT scores as good or better than you who have degrees from even more prestigious schools. They may not have five promotions at a Fortune 500 company, but Stanford may very well prefer them to you. That’s why documenting the impact of your non-profit is so essential to your application. I am going to assume you can convincingly do that and my odds are based on that organization’s success. If I’m wrong, your chances of admission to Stanford are not much more than 5%. But if I am right, you have a one in four chance of getting admitted which is pretty high for a school with a 6% acceptance rate. Good luck to you. And by the way, you will get invites to several of the schools on your target list. So if you are turned down by Stanford, it’s no big deal. You will be able to realize your career goals at any of the other schools you have chosen.

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