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September 14, 2022 2:55am ET

Applying: Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, London Business School, Chicago Booth

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: Legal (Corporate Lawyer in India)

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain , McKinsey

GMAT: 740

GPA: 3.6

Years of Work Experience: 8

Location: India

Post MBA Location: New York/London/New Delhi

Notes:

8+ years with almost 75% work from international clients (including Amazon, IKEA, State Street, Softbank). Focused on inbound investment advisory and assistance (first 5 years), then pure VC/PE and M&A transactional work (2.5 years), and working as an independent legal counsel advising companies in new-age areas such as blockchain, fin-tech, health-tech and traditional markets such as retail, real-estate, and cybersecurity. Strong transactions-focused background (from seed stage to complete acquisitions). Long term goal - set up a unique business + Legal advisory firm to assist clients with end-to-end solutions for entry, growth, expansion, and exit.
Strong leadership experience at work and college, and reasonable EC (teaching, mentoring)

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1883 Are you targeting the first rounds (ED rounds) etc. That will be very helpful. Strong numbers, and your work profile sounds strong, too. Eight years of experience is on the longer end, so addressing “why now” will be important, too. Wharton might make sense, too? (0)

adi1726 Likes Earned: 9 Thanks for the response, akexbr4. I would prefer targeting the first rounds in 2023 (for 2024 intake) - building my profile more (both my independent brand, my clientele, and my EC experience). Unless you think that the age will be a severe obstacle in which case, I .hould target R2 this year? For the "why now", I intend to leverage the various leadership roles (from undergrad till now) to try and arguing that now I have greater leadership exposure, greater client exposure (greater variety of clients) and greater business acumen (would have been running my own business for 2+ years at the time of an admit). Do you think that will fly with adcoms, particularly of the US schools? In your view, which school seems the best fit? Happy to consider any school (incl Wharton) that I haven't considered. Thank you for your time! appreciate it (0)

adi1726 Likes Earned: 9 sorry, I meant alexbr4. Writing this on a mobile phone! (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1883 Sloan round 1 is 2 weeks away, would you have time to put in a strong app for them? To get an early read, this season. Round 1 will be a little more accessible for you. For next season, making the case for “why now” will gain a little more importance, but targeting a few programs this season, in Round 2 May yield positive results, thus not delaying the MBA a year. If you’re not successful, coming back as a reapplicant will be fine in most cases (check INSEAD, they may not be reapp friendly) (0)

adi1726 Likes Earned: 9 Unlikely to make R1 this year. The MBA delay is not as much a factor as the age issue. Completely agree that the answers to "Why MBA and Why Now" questions are critical but assuming those can be addressed, will age be a major obstacle? (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1883 Age won’t be an obstacle, you’ll need to show “fit”. That you’ll fully engage, inside and outside the classroom. This is generally more of an issue for older candidates. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1883 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2022/10/wire-taps-256/ (0)