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Hi Hjort,

I am planning to apply to US business schools for an MBA degree. I have the following profile:

Age: 28 years and married
Experience: 2 years with P&G, 1 year with Shell and almost a year in family business. The experience is mostly from Pakistan and currently I have moved to Australia and not working full time.

GMAT: 660 in one attempt, strong score in quantitative section.

Career plans: Getting a top MBA degree and start my own business

Volunteer work: strong record of volunteer & community work

Academics: 17 years of studies from Pakistan. A BA (Econonmics) with top class marks, a one year PGD with 3.2 GPA and an MBA with low GPA (under 3).

Schools preferred: Top schools with loan facility available for international students and strength in marketing & entreprenuership.

Please evaluate my profile and I will appreciate if you can suggest a couple of suitable schools for MBA.

Thanks
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Evaluate profile 02 May 2006, 04:45
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As I recall, Michigan and Indiana offer loans to international students without a co-signor and grant second MBAs.
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Thanks Hjort,

An MBA program from Pakistan is considered equivalent to an undergrad in the US and I have many examples of people getting MBAs from Harvard, Stanford, Chicago and other schools after getting an MBA from a Pakistani school so its not a second MBA case.

What are my chances of admission in schools like Kelloggs, Stanford, MIT etc.?

Thanks a lot,
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Thanks Hjort,

An MBA program from Pakistan is considered equivalent to an undergrad in the US and I have many examples of people getting MBAs from Harvard, Stanford, Chicago and other schools after getting an MBA from a Pakistani school so its not a second MBA case.

What are my chances of admission in schools like Kelloggs, Stanford, MIT etc.?

Thanks a lot,
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you want a honest answer...given your profile, your chances of getting admission into an ultra elite school are not very bright.....your gmat score is lower than than the average gmat score of any of the ultra elite mba program..your gpa is not that good either...your work experience is also not extensive and currently, you are not working full time either and top of that you already have an MBA (regardless of pakistan education system, you still have an MBA, why another one now? admission commities will ask this question)....

I am not trying to disappoint you.. I am just being honest....here are few things that you can do....first, give gmat another short shot with some serious preparation and try scoring above 730.....second, you need to work a full time professional job in australia and show some leadership skills...one need to have really great recommendation letters from his supervisors....third, start getting involved in some social acitivties on a regular basis....
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Evaluate profile 21 May 2006, 07:26
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I would agree with Haddy74
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I largely agree with Haddy74's assessment as well.
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Hi Hjort,
currently I have moved to Australia and not working full time.
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Welcome to Australia mate..I hardly see traffic from Australia based applicants


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