Profile Evaluation - Indian,Female, Non- IT, Retake GMAT? : Ask Personal MBA Coach

Hi, Thank you for the opportunity for a profile evaluation

Demographics :

Female, 26 years, Non - IT, Indian
Will be first in my family studying in the US

Education and Scores :

1. Under-grad : 9.05 GPA : B.Tech ( graduated with Honors) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum ( Top 1 in Kerala state, Tier 3 in India )
Awarded : Prof. V K Savithri Endowment Award - Best outgoing Female student in EEE 2019
R S Varier Memorial Endowment - Top 3 in final year of EEE 2019

2. High School : 12th Standard : 91.4% CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Thrissur, Kerala - Top scorer in English in school
10 th Standdard : 10/10 GPA

Certification and courses :
1. Introduction to Marketing, UPenn Wharton, Coursera
2. Product Management, Transforming opportunities into great products, Stanford Center of Professional Development

GMAT : 720 ( 39V 48 Q ) on third attempt ( 690, 710 )
TOEFL : 113 ( expired ) - need to retake


Publications :
1. Redox flow battery based transmission system for increasing renewable energy utilisation and electric vehicle adoption :
IEEE Explore + Best Paper : IEMRE 2021, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India

Work Experience :
1. Product Manager at MarTech SaaS startup ( joined as 8th employee ) : 1.5 years to present ( Took from seed funding to Series A funding)
2. Project Manager at ABB ( Fortune 500 ) - 2 years : Won trailblazer award for customer impact and achieving revenue target during COVID-19, Managed 16 projects (portfolio worth : 4.4MUSD) including complete ABB MV drives project portfolio for ArcelorMittal Nippon steel India, Resolved (hostile) customer site issue of over 2 years releasing $26000, Completed over 10 customer acceptance tests with zero rejections with
avg-20 hours conflict resolution time, Restructured service cost flow framework preventing overspending &
un-authorized service visits leading to cost reductions of ~10%/project, Established service handover framework in collaboration with service team
reducing overall project team involvement later ~ 15hrs/project.
3.Design Assistant Intern - ANERT - Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology : Designed Solar rooftop Renewable energy systems of various sizing
Worked out primary resource study for Solar - Wind hybrid Microgrid at Ponmudi, Trivandrum
4. IoT Developer - Perfomatix - Founded the department - Developed 15 sensor array plan for detailed office automation systems
5. Intern - AMMINI Solar LTD - Month long internship, learning methods of Mass production, Quality control & circuit development of products utilising Solar Energy.
6. Industrial Training - SABARIGIRI HYDRO POWER PLANT, MOOZHIYAR - Training on hydel generation, pumped storage, HV Transmission



Co-curriculars :
1. Chief Operating Officer at SWIM ( Save Wetland International Movement ) : Working towards establishing RAMSAR protected wetland sites in India
2. Volunteer - HOPE ( Helping Outstanding Pupil in Education ) - Scholarship and mentorship schemes for low income students showing academical excellence.
3. Volunteer - Electrical Inspection, Repair and Cleanup & Rehabilitation - 100 year Flood, Kerala 2018.

In College :
1. Executive Member : EDC - Entrepreneurship Development Cell, College of Engineering Trivandrum
2. LINK Representative : IEEE Kerala Section : Campus Liaison for IEEE Kerala Section, handling communication for over 10 IEEE societies on campus
3. Founding Vice Chair - IEEE Power & Energy Society, College of Engineering, Trivandrum
4. Ideator and Event Head - Ideated and led the first VR maze solving event in India. Developed video streaming quasi-VR system for the event.
5. Co - Convenor - DISHA ( fresher's week ) - Coordinated over 70+ competitions for fresher's week, Anchor for Disha Concluding night celebrations

State level - Chess player

I was hoping to pursue a sales &/ marketing or entrepreneurship MBA and hope to either start my own or work with a startup on graduation. Do I stand a chance at any of the top 10's ( Stanford, Harvard, Kellogg, Tuck, LSB etc)?
What would be the correct schools for me? In the US and outside the US ( Australia or Asia that has comparable value in the job market )?

Thank you again for reviewing the above.
Should I re-take GMAT again? Is it better for me to go R3 now or R1 for 2024? ( I cannot get recommnedations from current firm )

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrithuoa/

Hi HrithuOlickel

Thank you for your post.

I would recommend that you retake the GMAT for a top 10 given how competitive it is coming from India. You could get in with the current stats but the higher score is advised. We recommend top 20-25 schools based on what we see here and you can apply to the main Australian schools as their scores are not quite as high as US schools.

If you would like help with your applications, let us know! Good luck.

Best regards,

Personal MBA Coach

HrithuOlickel wrote:Hi, Thank you for the opportunity for a profile evaluation

Demographics :

Female, 26 years, Non - IT, Indian
Will be first in my family studying in the US

Education and Scores :

1. Under-grad : 9.05 GPA : B.Tech ( graduated with Honors) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum ( Top 1 in Kerala state, Tier 3 in India )
Awarded : Prof. V K Savithri Endowment Award - Best outgoing Female student in EEE 2019
R S Varier Memorial Endowment - Top 3 in final year of EEE 2019

2. High School : 12th Standard : 91.4% CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Thrissur, Kerala - Top scorer in English in school
10 th Standdard : 10/10 GPA

Certification and courses :
1. Introduction to Marketing, UPenn Wharton, Coursera
2. Product Management, Transforming opportunities into great products, Stanford Center of Professional Development

GMAT : 720 ( 39V 48 Q ) on third attempt ( 690, 710 )
TOEFL : 113 ( expired ) - need to retake


Publications :
1. Redox flow battery based transmission system for increasing renewable energy utilisation and electric vehicle adoption :
IEEE Explore + Best Paper : IEMRE 2021, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India

Work Experience :
1. Product Manager at MarTech SaaS startup ( joined as 8th employee ) : 1.5 years to present ( Took from seed funding to Series A funding)
2. Project Manager at ABB ( Fortune 500 ) - 2 years : Won trailblazer award for customer impact and achieving revenue target during COVID-19, Managed 16 projects (portfolio worth : 4.4MUSD) including complete ABB MV drives project portfolio for ArcelorMittal Nippon steel India, Resolved (hostile) customer site issue of over 2 years releasing $26000, Completed over 10 customer acceptance tests with zero rejections with
avg-20 hours conflict resolution time, Restructured service cost flow framework preventing overspending &
un-authorized service visits leading to cost reductions of ~10%/project, Established service handover framework in collaboration with service team
reducing overall project team involvement later ~ 15hrs/project.
3.Design Assistant Intern - ANERT - Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology : Designed Solar rooftop Renewable energy systems of various sizing
Worked out primary resource study for Solar - Wind hybrid Microgrid at Ponmudi, Trivandrum
4. IoT Developer - Perfomatix - Founded the department - Developed 15 sensor array plan for detailed office automation systems
5. Intern - AMMINI Solar LTD - Month long internship, learning methods of Mass production, Quality control & circuit development of products utilising Solar Energy.
6. Industrial Training - SABARIGIRI HYDRO POWER PLANT, MOOZHIYAR - Training on hydel generation, pumped storage, HV Transmission



Co-curriculars :
1. Chief Operating Officer at SWIM ( Save Wetland International Movement ) : Working towards establishing RAMSAR protected wetland sites in India
2. Volunteer - HOPE ( Helping Outstanding Pupil in Education ) - Scholarship and mentorship schemes for low income students showing academical excellence.
3. Volunteer - Electrical Inspection, Repair and Cleanup & Rehabilitation - 100 year Flood, Kerala 2018.

In College :
1. Executive Member : EDC - Entrepreneurship Development Cell, College of Engineering Trivandrum
2. LINK Representative : IEEE Kerala Section : Campus Liaison for IEEE Kerala Section, handling communication for over 10 IEEE societies on campus
3. Founding Vice Chair - IEEE Power & Energy Society, College of Engineering, Trivandrum
4. Ideator and Event Head - Ideated and led the first VR maze solving event in India. Developed video streaming quasi-VR system for the event.
5. Co - Convenor - DISHA ( fresher's week ) - Coordinated over 70+ competitions for fresher's week, Anchor for Disha Concluding night celebrations

State level - Chess player

I was hoping to pursue a sales &/ marketing or entrepreneurship MBA and hope to either start my own or work with a startup on graduation. Do I stand a chance at any of the top 10's ( Stanford, Harvard, Kellogg, Tuck, LSB etc)?
What would be the correct schools for me? In the US and outside the US ( Australia or Asia that has comparable value in the job market )?

Thank you again for reviewing the above.
Should I re-take GMAT again? Is it better for me to go R3 now or R1 for 2024? ( I cannot get recommnedations from current firm )

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrithuoa/

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