Went to a state university and had good leadership / extra curricular involvement during undergrad and post undergrad. Planning on retaking GMAT with goal of 685 or higher.

I worked in investment banking after undergrad and switched to PE. I am planning on returning to PE with a specific sector in mind (have a good story for it and prior experience).

I have strong recommendation letters (M7 alumni).

After nearly 4 years in Tech as a software. Want to switch to consulting.

Hi, I need some insights on the colleges i can target for my full time second MBA (i am looking for top schools in US, UK or Europe with scholarships)

Academic Background
Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor in Engineering (CSE), 9.03 GPA
First MBA: MDI Gurgaon, India (Tier 1 Business School), 6.87 GPA
with European Business credits from ESCP, Europe (Spain campus) during my student exchange

Professional Experience
Total Experience: 10+ years (~ 2 years, International Work Experience in Jakarta, Indonesia)
Post MBA: 8+ years, Pre MBA: 2.5 years
Key Roles:
1. General Manager (category head) in FMCG category in Indonesia
2. Extensive experience in Consumer Marketing and Category Management in FMCG & Steels
3. Specialization in Marketing Strategy, Business Planning, Product Pricing & GTM strategies
4. Led a team of 5 people
5. Previous experience in software development for 2.5+ years

Industries: Retail, FMCG, Steel

Notable Achievements:
Promoted after 3 years in first job post-MBA
Awarded as Star Performer in my second job
Significant contributions in new product development, go-to-market strategies, brand launches and category profitability

GMAT/GRE Scores
I have to write GMAT in next 6 months

Career Goals
Short-term: Likely to seek advanced roles in marketing strategy, product management, or consulting within top multinational firms.
Long-term: Aiming for C-suite positions, entrepreneurial ventures, or leading large business units within global companies, I aim to work in US or Europe.
Reason for Second MBA: To gain exposure to global business practices, network with international professionals, and enhance leadership skills to move into higher strategic roles.

Hobbies: Not much involvment into Extracurricular. Although, I read books, loves to travel and eat clean as part of my hobbies.

Geographical Preferences
Locations: Open to top schools in the US, UK, and Europe

Personal Details
Age: 36 years
Nationality: Indian

Academics:
GMAT FE: 645 (89th percentile)
M.tech - 89.5 - (Tier-1 : NIRF-2023)
B.E - 78.5 - (Tier-2 ) - S
10th: 82.4
12th 89.8
Other Academic Achievements :
Secured 2nd rank in University during one of the semester
GATE-2012 - Secured All India Rank below 250 - 99.999 percentile

Professional Experience:
Scientist in the Department of Atomic Energy, GoI, for the last 11 years.
Work Domains: R&D, Product development, Vendor development, Quality assurance and auditing.

Leadership Experience:
Led cross-organization teams on multiple high-impact projects and delivered projects on time with bare minimum failure rates.

Co-curricular:
Actively participate in the functioning of the cooperative housing society administration and provide technical support.
I led the departmental cricket team during the yearly inter-division cricket tournament from 2014 to 2019.
I am an active writer on Quora with around 1.5k followers, and I generate new content for my spouse's nutrition and fitness business.

4 Years of Experience at EA Sports as a Software Engineer. Worked with multiple startups and have an experience as a startup founder. SPOC at RHA, Koramangala-HSR Chapter.

I have 18 years for work experience in finance industry - 4 years in India and 14 in the U.S.
Currently I’m in a mid-management role and am looking to pursue executive MBA to move further up in current job and/or looks for jobs in big tech.

I have been working in a medium scale pharmaceutical manufacturing industry as a Quality Assurance Manager. While the job is satisfying, I would like to move to a different field all together as I fell in love with data science and Artificial intelligence after doing a few courses. My short term goals post MBA would be to change my stream. In the long run, I want to get into the core of said fields and help solve traditional problems in the world using my skills.

Hi, I took my GMAT FE on May 27, 2024 and scored a 645 (89th percentile).

I need to understand how I gauge against my peers with respect to securing an admit from top B schools.

Background:

I’m a law graduate from National Law University, Delhi, a premier law school in India. I have a consistent academic record - scored 96.8% in 10th, 93% in 12th, and 6.52 out of 7.0 in graduation (amongst top 15% of my class). I had also secured an all India rank of 2 in the All India Law Entrance Test in 2017.

Work experience:

I have 22 months of work experience at a tier one law firm in India. I have primarily worked here as a financing lawyer and capital markets lawyer. My job involves dealing with some of the biggest companies globally, engaging in multi jurisdiction negotiations and discussions, and frequently engaging with the biggest PE/VC investors and financial institutions globally.

Prior to joining my present role at the law firm immediately after my graduation, I worked for 8 months as a full time consultant (legal and risk) at a legal-tech start-up in India, where I also led the legal team and product structuring team.

I also started my own fin-tech venture last year along with my co-founders, which had commenced operations. However, we had to take an exit from the venture due to change in regulatory regime in India.

Nationality and gender: Indian male

Extra curriculars:

1. I was the convenor of the mess committee at my law school. The mess was a student cooperative structure, which implies an entirely student run operation of the mess. The mess committee oversaw the staffing, procurement of raw materials, fee structure for the mess and collections, supplier negotiations, and financials of the mess. I had an opportunity to lead my team in all these functions.

2. I was engaged as a teaching volunteer at Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA), which provides access to legal education to underprivileged students. I had the opportunity to teach a student with total visual impairment, and fortunately, the said student secured admission the following year at the same law school as us.

3. I have recently taken up to running. I have run half marathons. I have also played competitive cricket for some time.

Post MBA goals:

I’m passionate about start-ups and would like to join a venture capital firm post my MBA, to learn more closely about how VC funding works globally and stay abreast and gather nuanced insights from major start up companies globally.

MBA college preference:

While I would prefer to work in India post my MBA, I’m not married to that idea. I’m open to exploring other relevant opportunities.

My college preference for MBA is primarily dependent upon the course being relatively shorter and full-time.

While I’m hoping to get into ISB, NUS or a tier one European B-school, I need some help with my short listing colleges which fall in place with my career objectives at the moment, as I’m having difficulty in streamlining the application process.

I also understand that my GMAT score is average, so that becomes a consideration while short listing relevant colleges. So, I’m also a little apprehensive about my chances at top B schools.

Hi Good people of GMAT Club, I have come here seeking your advice.

Background:
- Citizen of: India
- Undergrad: Electrical Engineering, GPA: 4.0 (First class with distinction)
- Fairly active in extra curricular activities especially quizzing, multiple wins in cross-college competitions.

- Professional Experience: 7 Years, 2 Promotions in that time
- Professional Field: Software Engineering
- International Experience: 5 Years (Norway)
- Have worked for Norwegian Big 3 Public Sector Enterprises (Domains being Logistics, Investment Banking and Media & Entertainment); Have published research papers, received awards.
- Desired Field to switch to: Finance (IB or PE)
- Non-Profit Experience: United Nations (1 Year)

I would really appreciate your honest review for my selected schools and any recommendations to be better prepared.

Thanks very much!

Hi, please evaluate my profile:
X - 90.42 (ICSE)
XII - 83.08 (State Board)
BCom - 73.52 (State Uni- Top 10 college)
MCom - 80 (State Uni - Top 10 college)

College extra curriculars:
1. Head of the marketing dept of the MUN club, Jt. Secretary of the Management Club, Editor - English of the Annual College Magazine, Head of PR of the Marketing Club
2. Won story writing contests, academic prizes for individual subjects, trophy for the being the best writer of college, published 2 research papers

Work experience: 4.5 years
I have a career gap of 5 months as my parents were unwell and I had to leave my job to look after them both. Wanted to understand how this will impact my profile.

Industry: Digital and Mainline marketing
Company: Ogilvy, FCB (India offices)
Impact: Worked on Retail, finance and FMCG brands.
Current position - Account Manager
Led the end to end execution of campaigns
Was the key spoc on the accounts managed
Came up with strategy/ideas/insights for campaigns managed
Led a team of 3 solution driven executives

Other Hobbies:
1. MMA - Certified Black Belt
2. Writing - Blog with over 40K followers on Instagram, published in several anthologies

Goals: To transition over to the brand side as a brand manager post an MBA

Current GRE score - 325