Chicago Booth and Columbia MBA admit (India background) | Paras Gupta, LBS MAM and Warwick Grad

We interview Paras Gupta on his perspectives on the MBA application process, which he delivers with amazing candor. As someone from India, who has pursued his undergrad (Warwick) and masters (LBS) he provides refreshing insights on evaluating one's profile, assessing chances before starting the process and key process steps and learnings.
You may connect with Paras on LinkedIn and with Sumeet and the Tilden team via email - connect[@]tilden.in. You may also visit our website, www.tilden.in
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Paras’s background
1:45 How he decided if the MBA was the right course to apply to
4:35 The Deferred MBA pathway, evaluating if it’s right for you
6:36 A structure to evaluate one’s chances of admission
9:55 How did Paras evaluate his own profile
14:09 Apprehensions about applying
15:00 Process and Paras’s experience (Goals, Shortlising)
19:30 Essay writing experience and enjoying the process
23:00 Interview prep and experience
24:59 Process length (How much time should you invest)
26:53 Paras’s Key Learnings
28:57 What would he do differently
31:14 Advise for prospective applicants
33:17 How to connect with Paras and with our team