Columbia - 09-06-2020 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

September 6, 2020 3:26pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, Indian School of Business, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2023

Pre-MBA Career: Marketing, Digital Marketing

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship, Non Profit/SI

GMAT: 740

GPA: 8.0

Location: India

Post MBA Location: USA

Notes:

Thank you so much for the podcast. It is my go to source for MBA information.
I am applying for the deferred MBA during the application process of 2021. There are not much episodes related to the deferred MBA .
I'd love to hear your advise for the same.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 For deferred admissions, there are a few things to keep in mind. How active are you in the student community, schools will seek out leaders in this regard. Combine this with strong academic performance and test scores (appears to be the case here). Then it will be important to show professional development through internships. You should also have a good plan for what you’re doing after undergrad, before the MBA, and have a good sense of your post MBA plans. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/09/episode-120-wire-taps/ (0)

anon14444 Likes Earned: 0 Thank you so much for the podcast and reviewing my candidacy, it cleared a lot of my doubts. I want to use this place to address some of the questions you had regarding my candidacy like my field of study, leadership, internships etc. I am a female and a final year Bachelors of commerce student at University of Delhi (One of the top 5 universities of India) I am also a Spanish student at Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi ( A school owned by government of Spain) current in B2 level. My major in High school was also commerce with maths and my GPA there was 8.7 . The reason why I decided to go with commerce is beacuse I have always been interested in everything related to business and entrepreneurship and out of the three options available in India it seemed most suitable to me. Extra curriculars - Team leader and Campus representative for Cashkaro India , Campus ambassador for IIM Bangalore Vista ( Young leaders summit 2020) . Member of events management team of college. Internships- I have done a bunch internships with Indian companies in the field of marketing, digital marketing and Business Development and a summar internships. And I have few certifications for virtual internships and virtual programs with the companies like BCG , Microsoft, Citi , JP Morgan Chase etc. One question I have is will it look exaggerated if I mention in my essays that I want to start a business post MBA? And for academic letter of recommendation - Can I get that from my Spanish professor? Looking forward to hearing from you soon. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 Do you have an idea for the business you plan to start? That would make the post MBA goal a little more credible. Curious why you would select a Spanish professor, if your interests truly lie in commerce? (0)

anon14444 Likes Earned: 0 Yes I do, The reason why I would like choose a Spanish professor is beacuse in my university professors are not allowed to give direct letter of recommendation, there is another department for that and their letter are not as affective as they should be. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1577 I think you should explain this issue in the optional essays. (0)