Coming from the highly competitive Indian male software engineer demographic, getting a top U.S. business school admit, with substantial funding, takes much more than excellent credentials. In this Q&A, Shubham Singhal shares how he secured top MBA admits with scholarships. He discusses how strategic career decisions, nonprofit leadership, effective application positioning, and persistent networking helped … Read more
Is pursuing an MBA after 10 years of work experience too late? Many professionals assume that elite business schools prefer applicants with only 4–6 years of experience. While that may be true for some MBA programs, there are plenty of successful applicants with significantly more experience. In this interview, Madhav Bhaskar shares how nearly a … Read more
A medical crisis during her Class 12 board exams forced Udisha Pandey to take a two-year academic break. Years later, she became a gold medalist, moved from Infosys to Salesforce, and secured admits from CMU Tepper (with scholarship) and ISB with a 635 GMAT score on the focus edition. In a chat with Manish Gupta … Read more
A major concern for many Indian applicants is whether top global business schools accept a 3-year bachelor’s degree like a BSc, BCom, BBA, BA et al. Well, the answer is yes! Anshool Harkare did just that. Not only did he secure an admit from Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore (ranked no. 12 by Financial Times … Read more
Smruti Sarita Swain’s journey to India’s top 1-year MBA programs is anything but ordinary. From studying at NIT Rourkela and IIT Bombay to working with global aerospace giants like Airbus and Collins Aerospace, she built a strong technical career—only to realize she wanted more. What followed was a high-stakes balancing act: navigating multiple rejections after … Read more
Applying to an MBA without GMAT or GRE scores requires careful planning, thoughtful school selection and a compelling career narrative. In this interview, Mandovi shares how she secured admits from six top MBA programs, successfully cracked tech-focused interviews, earned multiple scholarships and ultimately chose the school that was the right fit. Today we have with … Read more
In this M7 MBA consultant review, Atharva Wagle, an Indian applicant admitted to The Wharton School, shares his experience working with MBA Crystal Ball. He covers profile building, essays, interviews, and final admission to an M7 MBA program. The official Wharton MBA website says: “The average student has worked for five or six years between … Read more
Getting into a top MBA program like NYU Stern is competitive enough, but securing a full-ride scholarship worth nearly $200,000 makes it all the more remarkable. In this Q&A, Divy Gulati walks us through his academic choices, career pivots, GMAT preparation strategy, application decisions and the unexpected surprise of receiving a full scholarship from Stern. … Read more
Pursuing an MBA is challenging enough, but doing it as a married couple takes it to another level. Meet Shruthi and Gautam, a dynamic duo navigating global careers, GMAT struggles, and top B-school admits together. While Shruthi is completing her MBA at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Gautam recently secured admits from London Business School … Read more
Ameya has had quite an eventful career journey. He has been in touch with us since 2017 and took a very planned, methodical approach that started with our MBA Profile Builder and landed him in places like INSEAD and BCG. Let’s find out how he did that. How MBA profile building helped me get into … Read more
Today we have with us, Anamika Jha, an ISB Executive MBA (PGPMAX) admit with an interesting mix of armed forces and corporate experience. Let’s hear her story. Executive MBA from ISB (PGPMAX) after Air Force Tips for military veterans for corporate transition by Anamika Jha MG: Welcome, Anamika. Can you share a little about yourself? … Read more
After being written off by a reputed ‘M7 specialist’ admissions consultant, a VIT engineer ignored the demotivating advice, worked with MBA Crystal Ball and earned admits from Chicago Booth and UVA Darden with a $70,000 scholarship. Sumedha Updhyay approached us while preparing for her GMAT. The computer engineering graduate from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) … Read more