Hi @Eva-1171 , I hope you are doing well.

Your profile shows good potential, but there are areas that will require extra attention to strengthen your candidacy for top MBA programs. With 6 years of international experience in sales, account management, and marketing within technology and manufacturing, as well as entrepreneurial experience, you bring valuable leadership and cross-cultural communication skills. However, your GMAT score of 645 is decent but your GPA of 3.0 may be viewed as weaknesses, particularly in competitive programs. It would be beneficial to retake the GMAT to improve your score, ideally aiming for 700+, and to explain any extenuating circumstances behind your GPA. To further strengthen your application, focus on showcasing your leadership achievements and the impact you've had in your roles, particularly within international markets. Given your goals to remain in technology, it’s important to clearly articulate why an MBA? is critical for advancing in this field and how it will help you move into a strategic leadership role. You can consider looking at programs that value global experience, entrepreneurship, and leadership in tech, such as IESE, INSEAD, and programs in the U.S. with strong tech networks. What's going to matter most in your application is how you connect the experiential dots and build a great story to stand out from other applicants in the pool.

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.

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Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Email: valuecreation@mbaandbeyond.com