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April 3, 2021 9:13pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2023

Pre-MBA Career: Through campus placements, I have been offered a job in the Agri-Business Division of ITC Limited – a multinational conglomerate with an annual turnover of more than 6 Billion USD. I will be working as an Assistant Under Training, a multidimensional role aimed at grooming the next generation of engineers and leaders at ITC. In this role, I will be focusing on leveraging Industry 4.0 techniques to improve factory operations and enable smart factory deployments. I will also be working to bring cutting edge technologies and cloud implementation, coupled with IoT to the supply chain processes within the smart factory framework.

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GMAT: 750

GPA: 9.27

Location: India

Post MBA Location: Anywhere in the US

Notes:

Applying for the deferred programs of all the above chosen colleges.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Numbers look very good. Be good to know more about your goals, long term, post consulting? Have you been involved on campus, as a leader? Have you had prior internships? (1)

anon13808 Likes Earned: 1 > After gaining a few years experience with supply chain / operations related consulting, I intend to come back to India and setup a manufacturing firm of my own. > I interned with ITC, the above mentioned company. I worked on implementing Industry 4.0 solutions in one of the factories. Due to my exceptional work I was awarded a Pre-Placement Offer which I accepted. > I have been part of my college's tech fest's organizing team for the past three years. Starting out as a coordinator, then a head the next year, then to a core in my final year - leading a team of 25, I have been selected through a competitive process each year. I can go into more detail if needed :) (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Well done, these are key elements to your candidacy. Defer admissions is tough, but you need to show you are a candidate of very high potential, with a strong road map laid out for justifying the MBA, as part of your plan. (1)

anon13808 Likes Earned: 1 Thanks a lot! I will try to convey the same in my application, and hopefully my interview(s) (fingers crossed). (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 More feedback on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2021/04/episode-157-wire-taps/ (0)