Hi. Sorry about maxing out the GMAT attempts. I feel your score is good but not likely to receive any scholarship dollars.

You could try the GRE. Schools are not as generous with GRE scholarship dollars but if you get a great score, you could benefit from it. I probably would not waste a ton of time on converting to GRE. Perhaps spend the max of one month and then if you don’t get a great score, just focus on your applications.

In terms of the school choice, and if you’re looking for tech I would perhaps swap out McCombs for Foster. The level of jobs you get access to in Seattle is really hard to beat anywhere else. Obviously you have to perform but the abundance of alumni and the concentration of the alum base in Seattle really helps to grease the skids.

On the upside, I can see adding Kellogg. We had a memorable applicant last year from Taiwan and she went to Insead with 700 GMAT. She was going after consulting however.

In terms of your profile strengthening, the best thing you can do is get recognized in your job and get promoted or make more money. Basically the more successful you can be in your day job the better it is. It’s more important than extracurricular activities or pretty much anything else. The more brands you can get on your résumé the better as well, even if you have to jump around and change jobs. You want to create an image of a high-performing rising star, always out performing peers candidate.