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To be very frank, 640 for one with demographic from Asia is a tough sell. If you have taken GMA multiple times and hit a wall, try the jury. You may be able to hit much closer to the average or perhaps even above. Otherwise you’re looking at schools with the average of about 600 or 620 and that’s pretty low down the list. At least in the US. I wish I had much better news but I figured no reason to blow smoke and waste your time.

Hi,

The silver lining, I see is your Quant score of 49. However, with a V28, not only are you less competitive within your demographic, but the V28 also highlights a fundamental issue with your verbal abilities across multiple attempts (at least that is how it may appear to the admissions committees). Consequently, they may be concerned that you would be at a significant disadvantage in a global cohort, where discussion-based pedagogy is fundamental to the curriculum. They may also think you would struggle with networking or at recruitments eventually.

If I were in your position, I would aim for a top business school in India, submit a strong application, and work toward international career opportunities gradually. I would not compromise with a Tier 3 school in the US with a GMAT score of 640, that has a poor brand recall elsewhere (especially if you ever have to move back to India).
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Hey dpkpndy,

Totally understand your situation as I have seen many go through the phenomenon of GMAT plateau where they are unable to bump up their score after 3 attempts. As others have already pointed out that being from the Indian pool, the score wont make a cut for any renowned MBA program given the cut throat competition for GMAT. Thus, my advice would be to explore the GRE test as an alternative and see if that is better suited to your aptitude and test taking skills. Lately, schools are agnostic to either scores and GRE is gaining prominence amongst the test taking community. So it may make sense to pivot into GRE and see if that lands you a better score and relook your application strategy once you have the score. Further, GRE also has a wider acceptability with the realms of other STEM / Business focused courses.

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