Harvard Business School - 09-06-2022

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September 6, 2022 7:18am ET

Applying: Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2023

Pre-MBA Career: Bain London Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Venture Capital Companies: Bain

GMAT: 760

GPA: 4.0

Years of Work Experience: 4

Location: London

Post MBA Location: London

Notes:

Indian Male / Citizen; Currently at Bain London; 4 Years of experience at Matriculation, including 2 promotions, 1 of which was accelerated.

Post-MBA goal is to return back to Bain London for 2 years (working mostly in the PE team) before moving to VC in India.

Also have a master's degree in Finance from a top UK school, along with an engineering undergraduate degree in London.

Strong ECs at work and in community. Chances? Will being an Indian male hinder me?

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 Are you ready to apply in Round 1 for all three programs? That will be super important. If you’re not successful, would you target other programs, or skip the MBA? If you’d target other programs, you need to include them now, in Round 1. With the info you’ve provided, then it looks like you have all the ingredients necessary to be a top candidate, so I’d think your chances are favourable, but only targeting these three programs is tough for anyone. (0)

joebloggs94 Likes Earned: 1 Thanks for the response! Yes, I've already submitted in R1. No, I am not planning to apply to any other schools. Do you think that being a vanilla Indian Male candidate from Bain (no PE/VC/other 'sexy' job) will make it hard(er) for me to get an interview at HBS/GSB? (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 I wouldn’t characterise you as “vanilla”. But being over-represented adds challenges. Outstanding work performance and strong ECs in your community will help, (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2022/09/wire-taps-251-690/ (0)