Hi there! Your GMAT is great, and I don't see a huge need to retake, though yes, if you could easily score 20 points higher that could help your chances but I'm not sure it's worth the investment?
Having big names like Oracle and Citrix is great, plus I love that your current role is cross-functional with exposure to product teams. That helps to make your post-MBA career goals seem very reasonable.
I think your target schools make sense given your career interests, you may want to give those 3 a shot first and then consider adding 1 or 2 slightly safer schools depending on how things go, but you may not end up needing them.
One other thought -- your extracurriculars sound pretty strong, but it sounds mostly like you are a member now, not taking on any lead roles? Is it possible to do so (e.g., plan a fundraising event)? That could help you to stand out further.
Otherwise, I agree with your concerns, less so on the experience level but definitely regarding the competitive pool. Make sure you can clearly explain why you made the recent job change, how it fits in with your career plans, and why now is the best time for you to get your MBA.
Good luck!
Kate
djain0702 wrote:
Hi,
Below is the overview of my profile:
I am a female from India.
Graduated from BITS Pilani in Information Systems with a GPA of 7.3/10
I got a GMAT score of 730(50,38, IR:6, AWA:5) in my first attempt this year.
Target schools: Fuqua,Ross,UCLA
I worked with SAP for internship. I joined Oracle and worked there for 2 years after graduation as a Product Developer for their Sales Cloud and got a chance to work with many big names in fortune 500 who were customers of the product. I recently switched my job in June to take a position of Senior Software engineer at Citrix. Here I am working in a team which has a very cross functional role and works with all the product teams at Citrix. I will be 24 and will have 3 years of work experience on matriculation.
I was an active contributor in CSR team at Oracle.I was also a core member of fun at work activities( organized events like singing concert,annual day etc).I have also joined the CSR team and Toastmasters at Citrix.
Undergrad: I was a core member of a committee responsible for organizing college fests. I also was among the founding members of film making club in college. I was part of the fashion society in college as well . I also organized various hackathons and gaming events in college.
Post MBA goals: Product Marketing and Management/IT Strategy ( Google,Amazon,Apple etc)
My concerns are being probably among the youngest applicants, categorized in the over represented Indian IT pool and a recent job switch.Would it help to retake the GMAT for a better score?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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