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Evaluate profile for MBA Updated on: 08 Apr 2020, 02:35
Originally posted by JL2020 on 03 Mar 2020, 21:23.
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Evaluate profile for MBA 04 Mar 2020, 00:05
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It is very required to know.
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Hi welcome to the GMAT Club, 640 is too low for the schools that you're targeting. Please consider retaking the exam.

These schools are very different from one another, I'm redirecting you to B-School specific threads where you can ask specific questions that'll help you to build a strong application process.

Stanford- https://gmatclub.com/forum/stanford-gsb-186/
MIT- https://gmatclub.com/forum/sloan-185/
INSEAD- https://gmatclub.com/forum/insead-201/
LBS- https://gmatclub.com/forum/lbs-202/
Columbia- https://gmatclub.com/forum/columbia-190/

New to GMAT Club and a bit confused- Start hare: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-definiti ... 17827.html

Tagging Admissionado, could you please help her?
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I am looking for an admission expert to evaluate my profile please.

I am a 29 year old woman and I am an Iranian-Canadian citizen. Graduated from UBC-Chemical Engineering, GPA 3.3. I am currently working in Iran as a Marketing Manager at one of the top notch and biggest start up companies in Iran. I have 5 years work experience. I have been in this organization for 3 years and for 1 year I worked as an Investment Analyst. before this job I was working at another 2 companies in Iran as a consultant. And before I move back to Iran (2015) I worked as a researcher, published a paper, etc for one year in Canada.

I am interested in applying to Stanford, MIT, INSEAD, LBS and Columbia.

If there is anything else I should mention please let me know. I am specifically writing this to know what GMAT score will be good enough for me to target as I am currently stuck at 640.

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Hi Golnar,

Thanks for sharing your profile info with us!

As a general rule of thumb, you ideally want to score at or above the average for any school that you're applying to (734 for Stanford, 727 for MIT, 710 for INSEAD, 701 for LBS, and 727 for Columbia). The reality is that as a female candidate from the Middle East, you come from a demographic that's of particular interest to admissions committees that want to improve diversity (both gender diversity and geographic diversity) among their classes, so that's in your favor. However, I would say that even with your favorable demographic profile, you'll need at least a 700 to be a serious contender at the US programs, and probably a 680 at the European programs.

I would also urge you to give some thought to what you'll write about as your post-MBA career goals in your application essays. Your work experience to date has been somewhat scattered (research, investment analysis, marketing), so you want to make sure you can explain what the common thread has been across your pre-MBA work experiences. You'll also need to clearly articulate what you want to do after business school (both short- and long-term), why you need the MBA to get there, and how your pre-MBA work experience will be relevant.

I hope that helps -- if you'd like to chat further, feel free to reach out to us at www.admissionado.com!

Best,

Doris