Profile evaluation for LBS, INSEAD, Said, HBS, Wharton, Berkeley Haas, CBS, Sloan (MIT), Stanford, GMAT Focus 695, Consulting background, from Morocco

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1 year ago

Hey, you've got a good chance of getting into your desired MBA programs. Your high GMAT score and relevant work experience give you an edge. Good luck

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Hi SB1230
I am Priyanka, Client Manager at ARINGO. Speaking about your profile, your GMAT score and GPA are strong. With 6 years of experience with more than a couple promotions and international exposure you should have a strong narrative to build around. Your LORs look good too. I see that you have been shortlisted for interview at Oxford, good luck for that.

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Thank you! That’s a fantastic profile. Very strong chances for the EU schools.

M7 is a bit more unpredictable unfortunately.

PS. if your employer is offering to sponsor you, that will also help with admissions even if you do not want to return but they are offering to sponsor you.... Just FYI

BS1230

Thank you for the feedback. Fingers crossed.
Unfortunately I don't have any sponsorship agreement with my employer.
I'm planning to apply in the 2nd round to other schools, In case I don't get accept to the ones above. Do you have any recommendations? I assume I should go for schools that have consistently placed students in consulting (MBB,...), right?

Hi. there’s actually really good recruiting among top 15 schools with placements into consulting. Harvard and Stanford for example are not known as great consulting schools. They still place a decent number, but usually people don’t go to Harvard to pursue consulting. You can go to Fuqua or Ross or Darden, or especially Tuck and Yale were consulting is bread and butter and is the daily laser focus of the program.

A good comparison could be buying a sports car which is really really good but not necessary if you are just driving to work.

I would recommend expanding your options to include a few lower ranked schools as you make consider the scholarship options they may offer. For example all T15 US programs are more competitive than Oxford for example.

Thanks, that’s clear. Will consider these schools in the 2nd round.
Oxford is attractive for it’s 1 year program...

Got ya. a lot of the consulting recruiting in the US is built around the summer internship. You do the summer intern internship in the consulting company and most of the time you’re set because you get the return offer... that is the US model. There’s still recruiting even without the internship as people change their mind and some people don’t get return offers but the rule is internship —> offer and a 2-year program.

I see. Any idea if that applies for the Middle East too? Let’s say, someone wants to work in an MBB in Dubai.
Also if there is a choice between Insead or LBS and Yale. What do you think should be the differentiator factors? Target location post MBA?

I think European schools are better for Dubai recruiting and networking as most folks from the U.S. schools stay here or at least try to after graduation.

Thanks for all the infos. Appreciate it.