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1 year ago

Hi, it will help to know more details about you - what is your role like? what are your achievements? your career progress in past 10 years?
Your undergrad and your extra-curricular activities?
What are your goals post MBA?

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MBAandBeyond

Hi @Sdhn0037 ,

With a decade of experience in the energy sector and a competitive GRE score of 331, your profile demonstrates strong potential for top MBA programs. So, looking at the limited information, your expertise in energy should position you as a valuable candidate, particularly for schools with strong ties to sustainability and innovation, such as MIT Sloan, Haas, and Fuqua. Your GPA of 3.46 is good, but showcasing leadership roles and measurable impact in your career will be critical to standing out. Schools like Rice Jones, McCombs, and Michigan Ross, with their focus on energy and sustainability, can also be a good choice wrt to your background and aspirations.

As we have very little information now, we cannot comment much on your profile. If you’d like, we are happy to discuss your leadership skills, impact created, challenges faced, awards and achievements and extracurriculars to assess your chances to top B-schools and strengthen your application with impactful stories.

Hm... odd that you got a WL at Olin. That is odd with a GRE 331 - that's a solid score. Are you lacking leadership experience?

Sdhn0037

Surprising for me as well. I believe not having a good interaction during interviews, especially with current students. Sometimes I get a feeling that interviewers are present in theoritical world rather than practical!

Panda97

Hey, I had interviewed for kelley in the 1st week of November but haven't received any mail yet. Am I dinged?

When I mailed kelley seeking an update they said they are releasing decisions over several weeks until next week.

But from past year data it's seen that everyone received their decisions on a single day

zwa

Hi, Is it possible for us to connect? I see you have applied to Mc Combs, 03219706455

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TheMBAEdge

If the plan is to return to PE post your MBA, would recommend swapping a Kellogg SOM with Columbia Business School and even having a Wharton on your radar. The IB/PE pool tends to be overrepresented at these schools and hence you will need to think of a strong application strategy to make yourself standout, a GMAT score north of 695 will do the trick from a score perspective. Do focus on other aspects of your profile outside your test score as well.

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Wow... This is really really good. You have the most important aspects for your profile handled - work experience, hopefully some promotions or aspects that made you stand out, great GPA, etc. As long as you can get a little higher with your test scores - around average which would be about 685, i think you will be set. Honestly even having an imperfect score would be OK but the score is usually something that can be fixed within a few months, so hopefully not a stumbling block.

Having industry experience and not moving away is also super helpful

P.S. We are doing an MBA Spotlight Fair and have an opportunity to network with AdCom's if you are interested in hosting sessions and having a leadership position. Message me in the next few days if you are 😇

MyMBAApplication2024

Thanks @bb - wanted to get your thoughts now that I have an updated GMAT Focus score (735).

Wow. Oh my word! that’s an insane score and amazing job! I think this allows you to be a bit more boring and gives you room for some imperfections as well as maybe opportunity for a scholarship though M7’s are not particularly generous.... But schools like stern are.

Sorry, one more question, how many mistakes did you have to get that kind of a score? The reason I’m asking is that we had someone with just a single mistake who got a Q 80 with one wrong. so I’m trying to figure out what the heck is going on with these days.

Thank you. Only looking at those 5 schools so Stern is off the table, but even if the scholarships are minimal / none, I am still okay with that decision, given my very specific post-MBA goals and personal needs. Regarding mistakes - Quant I had 3 missed questions. I know which ones they are and they were 755+ level difficulties. Data I also had three missed questions. I don't remember which ones. Below is the score breakdown
Quant: 86/90 (92 percentile)
Verbal: 90/90 (100 percentile)
Data: 84/90 (98 percentile)

Whoever got the 1 missed question in Quant with an 80 either left it blank or it was a 205-555 level difficulty and so the test screwed them over. The GMAT is a ridiculous test and there is a significant level of luck involved to a certain extent

Thx. Did not leave it blank. It was in the middle but yeah the shorter it gets the crazier it gets it seems.

PS no worries about focusing on the M7 only. It is a good starting position.

yfang

Hi! I also just got invited to interview by HBS; would you like to link up and do some interview prep together?

Thanks! Just pinged you one-off

Awesome job on the invite 👍🤞

Thanks!

DeLaw

Congratulations on your admissions!!
Looking to apply to Kellogg in Round 2. Please can I send a DM?

Thank you and sure!

HBSMBA2025

Hi, are you still waiting for HBS waitlist? Or have you decided to go to other school?

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Nice profile 👍
Did you convert your GPA or did you get a GPA on a 4.0 scale?

misc1234512

I am having CGPA 7.34/10 and have converted to a 4.0 scale

Got it. I don’t think you need to as the two are pretty different measurement systems and pretty much all business schools prefer your native GPA. That’s a pretty good one I think!

Would also look at IESE as well as INSEAD for consulting obviously... don’t perhaps you have reasons for staying in the UK geography.

I think a good chances overall!

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Thank you for your service. I hope your country appreciates it! The US business schools should appreciate your experience. The more you can highlight how you stood out or perform better than your peers, the better your chances.

I’m not sure if you have connected with the veterans clubs of those programs, it would help to do that. On one hand, it would give you better chances because you would learn more and hear some insider stories and on the other it will signal to the admissions that you have done your research and connected with folks. It will also help you with recruiting.

Though I just saw that you applied to all of these so fingers crossed and now we wait 🤞🙏👍

navyofficerbr

Thank you for providing me the valuable tips about reaching out the veterans club of those programs, I apreciate and I certainly will do it.

Yes, fingers crossed, I'm excited to get the results soon.

Once more, thank you for the informations.

Best of luck! I would start getting prepared for the interviews just in case.

PS. I had a question for you about the executive assessment test, I’ll message you separately about it.

ARINGO

Hi filipelima
We wish you all the very best for your application.

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Hey @What_Can_I_Do ,

I hope you are doing well.

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