Any shot at M7/T10? Weird background

 
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In MBA admissions, there is only one truth: what have you been able to achieve DESPITE your circumstances and limitations? As long as you can convincingly build a narrative that answers this question, you will have a chance of getting into good schools (T20 if not T10).

Last year, I worked with a girl who spent a significant period of her career as a high school teacher teaching computers to middle school children (yes, it's a thing in India). For the rest of her pre-MBA career, she was building a distribution network for selling affordable sunscreens in villages in India. Today, she is studying at Tepper MBA. There is no hard rule as to what makes a typical MBA profile, you are free to define why you think you need an MBA at this point.

You are a relatively young applicant for an MBA, however, if you give yourself some more time to enhance your profile, you could grab projects and professional opportunities that add a new dimension to your portfolio. If you missed having this realization earlier, the profile enhancement would need to show as a take-off point in your career graph depending on your goals. For example, in a strategic role in a startup or in consulting where you get hands-on experience in the building blocks of businesses, negotiate an international assignment, or get into beginner roles in an industry you want to break into post MBA. I feel there would be no dearth of opportunities for someone young and ambitious.

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Best wishes
Aanchal Sahni (INSEAD MBA alum, former INSEAD MBA admissions interviewer)
Founder, MBAGuideConsulting 
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