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Advice/Suggestion required for admission [#permalink] New post   22 Jul 2016, 12:26
Dear All,

Just need some guidance as I am quite confused and worried. Here is brief about my profile:

Age-32

GMAT- 650

Education- Master in Engineering from one of best college in India, 3.68/4 GPA, CFA charter holder, throughout excellent academic and scholarship. Gold medalist at undergrad level and even in school time.

Experience- Around 8 years in the investment domain, last 3 years in the renewable energy(solar), water, waste, sector. Now working with Chairman of the largest solar developer in India. So can say social development, impact on the society, etc.

Extra-curricular- Have worked with couple of NGOs, social and rural development, etc. Volunteer in college also and now as well.

Career focus- Entrepreneurship, have run a educational venture before

I want to get into one of the top 15 colleges, ideally like Stanford, HBS, Wharton, Kellog, MIT, Booth as I have strong focus to start my own venture post MBA and second at this stage probably MBA from Tier-2 college won't help much in my career.

Please suggest what are my chances at this GMAT score and profile.

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Re: Advice/Suggestion required for admission [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2016, 17:55
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Thanks for sharing your profile. Really good work experience and a good GPA with a nice alignment with your career goals. I agree I do not believe a tier 2 school will help you much. Your GMAT will most likely keep you out of your target programs as you are well below the threshold. So if you are serious about that caliber of schools you will need to retake. Good Luck!
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Re: Advice/Suggestion required for admission [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2016, 11:44
Finally after talking to consultant and getting many feedback, I have decided to retake GMAT. I am targeting first week of Sep and then after that will start my applications. I am applying in all school in round 2 only.

What do you think? Does that make sense, not applying in round 1 but only in round 2 in 6-7 colleges.

Kindly revert.
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Re: Advice/Suggestion required for admission [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2016, 13:19
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@Navi1784, yes absolutely. Don't go to a war without a gun, being early will not help.

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Re: Advice/Suggestion required for admission [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2016, 09:54
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Hey navi I think you are taking the right approach. I will say tho 6-7 schools is a lot for one round maybe consider focusing on 5 at the most so you are not spreading yourself thin. But use your judgement here you have more insight into your schedule than
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