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I recommend retaking to balance out CGPA, MIF programs are quite competitive. MiM programs are quite competitive in EU/UK, so its almost flipped - 325 would be competitive in US, slightly lower for EU

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If top US schools, I’d wait for R2. If European/UK schools, you can be competitive with ~326

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are these evaluations only for MBA? or also for Msc and MiM?

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Profile review request .....Target Schools - HEC/ESSEC/HSG/INSEAD

Undergrad - Business Administration - Economics Major and (Honours) in Finance - Grad 2027
GPA - 6.6/10 (Low)
GMAT - 655 FE
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Internships - 2 - One as Economic Research Analyst at International NPO
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International Volunteering - 6 weeks in another country contributing to SDG 8
Research Paper - 2 - One Finance (Under review) , One Neuro-management (Presented at National Conference)
Multiple Finance Certificates and 2-3 self projects
Won 2 business competition state and national level as leader

Should I retake GMAT? As my QA was heavily penalized with just 2 questions being wrong

I recommend retaking to balance out CGPA, MIF programs are quite competitive.

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are these evaluations only for MBA? or also for Msc and MiM?

MiM programs are quite competitive in EU/UK, so its almost flipped - 325 would be competitive in US, slightly lower for EU

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I am targetting Duke, Darden, Yale, Ross and the like in US
Oxbridge, INSEAD, LBS, HEC , IESE in Europe
NTU and ISB as Asian schools

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Profile review request .....Target Schools - HEC/ESSEC/ ESCP/ IE/ ROSS/ Cornerll
Hello Im from India
Undergrad - Btech - Computer Science (2024 Grad)
GPA - 7.6/10 (Low)
GMAT - 655 FE
QA - 87
Full time Work ex - 2+
Internships - 1 - As a ai engineer
Has done social work in field of both animal care and blood donation camps and helping the needy with food
Has done projects outside my tech field on finance and market research
Has have meaning full leadership role too since college managing team of 3-4 to in job right now as managed a project between 3 teams and 1-2 grads
is there something that i can do right now to increase my chance and better my profile

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I am targetting Duke, Darden, Yale, Ross and the like in US
Oxbridge, INSEAD, LBS, HEC , IESE in Europe
NTU and ISB as Asian schools

Ok, quite the list. R2 is the only option for a few of these. I’d only submit if you have everything else (essays/resume/lors) polished and ready to go with confidence. Otherwise, you’d have a much better package for eval in Round 2.

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Profile Review for Msc Finance: LSE, Oxford, ESCP, Bocconi, NUS. HEC MiM international finance track

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For MiM in US 655 is good. For French schools less competitive, more average. You’ll want to maximize your internship and volunteer work to help compensate as a team player and leader.

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nickzak, hi, please share your profile

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Hi - Impressive stats + CFA L1 + Internships- this will be very helpful in MiF applications. These are what will make you successful academically and professionally. The ECs will make you a good student/cohort member. I’d be confident going into applications with strong essays.

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For MiM in US 655 is good. For French schools less competitive, more average. You’ll want to maximize your internship and volunteer work to help compensate as a team player and leader.

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Target program MIM , target schools hec , insead, Lbs, essec
Recent MBBS graduate from india
12th = 88%
Undergrad = 63.4%( top 25% of batch for mbbs)
Full time work ex =0
Led a community healthcare project in college
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1.Is my profile competitive enough?
2. What gmat score should i target?
3. What can i do to overcome any shortcomings in my profile ?

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Understood, my question stems from this precedent that R1 is unanimously the better choice as an Indian male applicant applying to top schools, and that’s why I wanted to understand if the difference is really that big when applying between R1 and R2 or marginal with a strong profile?

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Sorry, i will resend

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Hi - 1. Its good, any internships? or anything else to make you stand out?
2. I would recommend around 675
3. Try to find ways to connect to your post-grad goals - infuse passion and give them a strong "why"

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I have completed my 12 month professional internship during mbbs where i worked in various clinical departments under various doctors and supervised nursing, lab staff, could it be possible i could link that to my leadership, managerial potential in any way?

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unanimously among applicants, but not adcoms. Adcoms tend to admit a %of applicants from different demographics each round, not all in Round 1. So they won’t admit all Indians for the cycle in R1, they are holding space for strong Indian candidates in R2 and R3 as well. Its better to put your best application forward - especially if you have a mediocre/average score and OK essays.

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YES!!!! what do you want to do after MiM?

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YES!!!! what do you want to do after MiM?

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