Profile Evaluation

[nikhil.hewitt]

Hi,

Need your valuable inputs in assessing my profile below. Am looking at a global MBA to further my international experience and a career move to Strategy Consulting. My aim's to target the top 5 universities

Please suggest the suitability of my profile:

Origin: Indian, Male 27 years old
GMAT: 730; AWA 5.5/6; IR-8/8; (Q50, V39)
Education:
MBA (Human Resources) from a premier Institute, India, CGPA 6.7 /10
Bachelors in Electronics & Communication Engineering, India. 67%
High School (Class XII): 83%
Chartered Financial Analyst (US), Level III Candidate

Work Exp:
4.5 years experience of working in Management Consulting Industry, primarily in the domain of Human Capital Consulting. Experience spans across 2 leading US-based consulting organizations

Brief Responsibilities:
- Seconded to South Africa to develop and grow the Human Capital Consulting business. In this role since the last 1 year
- Responsible for capability development of the local SA resources in my team
-Worked as module lead on multiple consulting projects across India, South Asia and Middle East
- Client base managed spans across Banking, Financial Services, Telecom and Hospitality industries
- "Youngest manager" in the team - moved 2 career bands up over a span of 4 years

Extra Curricular:
- Core team member of the CSR cell within the organization. Responsible for assessing NGO strategies, empanelling them on organizational list, funding them and tracking progress
- Active volunteer since the last 4 years for NACO, India and multiple other HIV / AIDS Counselling forums
- Junior Secretary of the Alumni Committee at my university
- Core team member of the "Disguised Marketing Event" for my MBA Institute - responsible for corporate sponsorship
- Participated in multiple national level Inter B-School Cricket Tournaments

Recommendations:
1) One of the senior partners of my firm
2) Head HR of a key client managed (leading Stock Exchange of India)

[mili]

Hi there!

Great profile - thanks for sharing! Your GMAT score should help balance your average GPA and your work experience sounds really great. Lots of leadership, consistent promotion and leading the development of the business in a new emerging market. I think you'll have great stories to draw from. Further, your community activities sound quite robust, and you've got some extracurricular activities to talk about.

I think you'd be competitive at a top 5 university, but I would also warn that Harvard and Stanford may be reach schools (as they are for most applicants!). They tend to look for candidates who are opportunity creators, and while I think your performance in everything you've done has been quite strong, I'm not seeing that entrepreneurial quality that they sometimes favor. Of course that is a blanket generalization, so do take it with a grain of salt. I think you could definitely submit an application to either school and be considered.

All that said, while it's great to aim for a top 5 university when you have a profile like yours, it would also be wise to consider some safer programs just in case things don't work out as you'd hoped. You might consider Michigan, Tuck, Duke, Darden and schools in that range as potential additional options for your list.

Best of luck,
Mili


Mili Mittal
Senior Consultant
http://www.mbamission.com

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