Profile Review Request
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03 Jul 2023, 08:44
Demographics
Indian, Male, 27
GMAT Score
770 (Q51, V45, IR 8, AWA 6)
Work Experience
(Total ~6 years)
- Last 3 years as a Product Manager at a Series B funded startup.
- Built a product focused on US real estate market from scratch, grew it to $100k ARR with the team, secured eventual exit at $1M.
- 2 Successive promotions in last 3 years, growing from Associate Product Manager to Senior Product Manager.
- Prior to this, 3 years of Software Engg. experience at Oracle.
Education
- B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engg. at one of the top institutes in India (National Institute of technology - NIT)
- Achieved First Division with Distrinction (CGPA 8.34/10). Awarded Merit scholarships with 100% tuition fee waivers for 2 consecutive semesters.
- 12th : 91.5%, topped my college
- 10th : 95.84%
Extracurricular activities
- Selected for and completed the 1M by 1M intrepreneur program (Sramana Mitra) at Oracle.
- Led a 300+ team at university's tech festival with ~Rs. 6M budget & achieved ~500% profit. The festival was attended by 7000+ people.
- Served as Student Representative for 2 consecutive years at elected students' council of the university.
- Led the student organization entrusted with creating software tooling for entire university. Created a dorm booking system for the entire university.
- Activities & leadership positions in multiple other clubs at the university (Electronics club, Literary & Debating club etc.)
- 10+ awards in elocution competitions in scholastic life along with leadership positions in consumers club, interact (rotary) club, school magazine etc.
Post-MBA goals
- Leadership positions in Product Management/Strategy in top companies sticking with my current domain. Explore the opportunities in VC.
Target schools
Top programs - Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, LBS.
Specific Questions
- Your general review for the profile.
- Is the profile suitable for the top schools? What parts of the profile should I highlight while writing the essays?
- I am looking for tuition waiver scholarships as the tuitions of top schools will be strictly out of budget for me. What do you think are the chances for the same?
- I have just finished giving GMAT and started looking for collaboration with consultants. Am I running behind from the pov of Round 1 application deadlines?