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Question by a member ............... Nationality - India / Gender- Male / GMAT Obtained - 720 / UG - Hult International Business School- GPA 3.98 / Finance Society - President & College Think Tank Magazine Editor / WorkEx - Bloomberg (London) 1 Year - Team Leader / Co Founder Old Oaks Asset Management (London) 2 Years - Investment Strategist / TISX Capital Advisors (Mumbai) 2 Years - Manager (Deal Origination) - Mid Cap M&A Advisory - Back 2 Back 2 promotions in 2 years / Target - Canadian MBA (Rotman/Ivey/Desautels) What are my chances?
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Hey, Adarsh from India.
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Hi ARINGO! I’m Anil Kumar.
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Question by a member ............... Nationality - India / Gender- Male / GMAT Obtained - 720 / UG - Hult International Business School- GPA 3.98 / Finance Society - President & College Think Tank Magazine Editor / WorkEx - Bloomberg (London) 1 Year - Team Leader / Co Founder Old Oaks Asset Management (London) 2 Years - Investment Strategist / TISX Capital Advisors (Mumbai) 2 Years - Manager (Deal Origination) - Mid Cap M&A Advisory - Back 2 Back 2 promotions in 2 years / Target - Canadian MBA (Rotman/Ivey/Desautels) What are my chances?
Hi - impressive background, your chances with Rotman, Ivey and Desautels are high! They will value international experience, career growth. Just need to be able to express your Spike Factor and why each school!
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Hi! I’m Indian-Male-Engineer. Having both bachelors and masters in engineering with 7.5/10 CGPA. I have 10years of work experience in steel manufacturing.

What should be my US target schools if want to get into manufacturing and FMCG Or general management?
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Hey, Adarsh from India.
With low academic and good Gmat score(currently working) .
Profile is something I can work on, will the top mba college even entertain me.
Is it even in my odds to apply for LBS, Sanford or Oxford.
My after MBA GOALS are to work in management consulting, project managers and tech or digital transformation domain.

And provided my interest which clg will be best fit for me, I am looking to stay comfortable and even for PR
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What should be my US target schools if want to get into manufacturing and FMCG Or general management?
Interesting background. You are a bit over the typical years of experience/age for a traditional 2 year program and I would suggest aiming for 1 year programs, like USC Marshall IBEAR or Emory 1 year program... if GMAT is strong enough you can also aim for Kellogg 1 year program. Beyond that, if you are interested in more of a tech focus, Foster has a GEMBA 1 year full time program that can be a good fit too.
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I have 3 yr of experience right now
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Hey, Adarsh from India.
With low academic and good Gmat score(currently working) .
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Is it even in my odds to apply for LBS, Sanford or Oxford.
My after MBA GOALS are to work in management consulting, project managers and tech or digital transformation domain.
Hi - GMAT score will need to help balance out CGPA/low academics. There are so many schools that lead to Management consulting.. not just these, you can certainly have a chance. LBS and Oxford are better shots with low GPA, Stanford would be moonshot with low GPA. here is a good list to review - https://poetsandquants.com/2022/02/22/i ... ing-firms/

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Hi! Jab from Thailand. I have mid-low academic gpa (early 3/4) and is taking gmat test soon. I worked for the first 2.5 years on edtech startup I co-founded with my friends before switching to E-commerce for another 2.5 years. My passion lies in edtech and management which is the direction my essay will go to. I also do other volunteers like english teacher or mentoring other edtech startup in the past year. My question is what is my odd in applying to GSB, HBS or INSEAD? Or would you suggest I apply elsewhere that might fit my goal more?

Following question is that apart from getting good GMAT score (like 720+), what else should I emphasize in the essay?
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Can you name some top college for MBA, in digital transformation
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Question by a member ............. Hi, please analyze my profile. Indian citizen Female, 3.4 UG GPA in Economics from US school. Work for a CPG company as a manager, all in the US. GMAT 730, avg ECA (board membership, etc) - what schools should I target?
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