Cambridge / Judge - 03-28-2020 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

March 28, 2020 2:58pm ET

Applying: Cambridge / Judge, Oxford / Saïd, Toronto / Rotman

Intake Year: 2021

Pre-MBA Career: Investment Banking

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Barclays , Credit Suisse , Deutsche Bank , Merrill Lynch , JP Morgan Chase , RBC Capital

GMAT: 720

GPA: 3.99

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: Kolkata

Post MBA Location: Toronto/London

Notes:

Indian Male

2012-2013
Diploma in Economics - Distinction - London School of Economics (London, UK)

2012-2016
BBA (Finance) - GPA 3.99/4 - Distinction - Hult International Business School (Boston, USA; San Francisco, USA; Shanghai, China; Dubai, UAE)
Valedictorian/Dean's List for 6 continuous terms/On the boards of Hult Consulting and Finance Clubs
Interned at a Consulting firm in Boston & at an Asset Management Firm in London

GMAT: 720 (Q49/V39)

Work Experience:

2013-2015
BAT Team Leader
Bloomberg L.P. (London, UK)
Led the EMEA BAT Analytics Team.

2015-2017
Senior Associate Consultant
TISX Global (Boutique Financial Consulting) (Mumbai, India)
Strategy Consulting for SMEs.

2017-2020
Lead Principle - M&A, ECM
TISX Global (Boutique Financial Consulting) (Kolkata, India)
Led M&A and ECM assignments amounting to INR 1.73 Billion.

Advisory member on the boards of 2 separate NGOs, focusing on tribal health. Also, an advisory consultant to two different government departments.

Have seen several applications with GMAT scores over 720 being rejected by Rotman & Said. What are my chances?
Also, what about the "fit" in terms of what Rotman & Said require of its students/applicants?

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1581 Do you already have an MBA, from Hult? If so, why are you considering a second MBA? 720 GMAT is good, those rejected with higher scores arrived likely to gave issues elsewhere in their candidacy. Coming from India, I'd recommend applying in Round 1. Be very important to show impact, at work and in your community work. It sounds like you can. Why MBA is key, tiring it to your goals. Are you seeking the MBA to make a geographic move? (1)

anon42770 Likes Earned: 2 I don't have an MBA from Hult, rather a BBA. The MBA is supposed to help me with the geographic move, true. But it is also to help me jump up from small-cap advisory to mid/large-cap advisory. I focus on advising small-cap mining firms, and this ties in with Toronto being the financial hub for Canadian mining/exploration firms. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1581 Ahhh, ok, that makes sense. Ok, make sure you apply in the first rounds. Fit is something only you can discover, by spending a lot of time researching the two programs. Do you know any students/alums you can reach out to, get some feedback from them? I do think you have the basic elements for strong applications, the challenge is coming from an over-represented applicant population, hence the importance of the first round. Nice that you are involved in activities outside of work. Is that related to the mining focus? (1)

anon42770 Likes Earned: 2 As for outside the work I am volunteering with two different NGOs, and have been working with them for roughly 3 years now. The first one is related to access to education for poor kids under the age of 15. The second one is related to tribal health and welfare, specifically for settlement of those who were replaced by large scale mining projects. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1581 Nice, that's what I thought. That's an important addition to your candidacy, to the extent that you can increase your engagement. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1581 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/04/episode-94-wire-taps-harvard-stanford-gsb-or-wharton/ (0)