Ramalo,
First off, I apologize for the delayed response. Sometimes we do not easily see replies on this chatboard which is unfortunate for getting back to you in a timely fashion. Please feel free to email us at
info@wysegyde.com if that's convenient for you because I guarantee we get those immediately.
Anyways, regarding you application, we always want to reinforce to every potential applicant that your application tells a story about you and it is not about any single part. Looking at your qualifications, if I were you, I would be very confident about your candidacy because 1) your qualifications are very good, and 2) the confidence will certainly feed into your application. When you apply to the MBA's, think of it like an exchange: you need something from the program, but the program needs something from you to the extent that you are worth the program's investment.
So, a 710 score is a very respectable score--you have cracked the 700 and are certainly within the mean range of most/all of the programs you referenced. Furthermore, you will have 7 years of post-undergrad work experience--that is a respectable and valuable amount. I, for example, personally had 4 years of post-undergrad work experience and it was completely sufficient. (I was in the military before undergrad.)
Beyond the length of time, let's look at your quality of work and education. You have a background in accounting and finance which can help give a program confidence that the material is not going to be beyond your technical abilities--it'll be a smooth transition at any program. (I had a background in liberal arts, so selling my story was a bit different but not too challenging.) Your verbal score on the GMAT is low, but again, think of the application as a comprehensive whole and think about what a school uses a GMAT score for, which is at least a couple of things: 1) the school wants to maintain a high mean for the sake of their rankings, regardless of how the preach that rankings aren't important; 2) the school uses it as a general barometer for your ability to do work on par with the rest of your class. So, you don't bring any program's mean down materially with a score of 710. You have a high quantitative score. And while your verbal is low, the school wants you to demonstrate qualitative skills elsewhere, and your involvement in strategic and managerial roles at work as well as some of the extracurricular initiatives you've been involved in speak volumes about your ability with qualitative material. (The other thing the school uses the verbal score for is just to give a general sense of language grasp, but it doesn't seem to be a barrier in this case.)
Now, I can tell you that some of those programs you've listed have begun stronger recruiting initiatives in southern Asia (Tuck, for instance, just opened up a new liaison office in India in the past year or so) and I think your background certainly supports this international candidacy push that many/most programs are making now.
Summarily, you have some top quality credentials and seem to be a complete package. That in itself is never a guarantee, but in many ways it just comes down to telling your story efficiently and effectively. When you begin your application, remember that there isn't a perfect candidate--EVERY program wants a candidate who understands that he or she has flaws, who has encountered struggles, who has failed and picked him or herself back up and is better for it. So, the story of your father's passing is a very relatable story of a personal struggle that you've overcome...and a very valuable initiative that YOU organized and led came out of it. Challenges in the workplace could have certainly shaped your professional experience and advancement to being the youngest with a managerial role at the organization.
Now, as you well know, many people want to move into strategy consulting--I was one of those people to, but shifted gears early in my program. What you need to do is sell how this move into strategy consulting is the next logical step in your career/professional development. It is true that, more often than not, school's don't want to necessarily see dynamic career changes for the sake of doing something different--remember, as I said a moment ago, the school is making an investment in you and they want that investment to be reliable. So your application, I think, is really going to be an exercise in crafting the story in the right ways.
In all honesty, you absolutely have the credentials to be admitted to any of the programs you listed. Now, it really comes down to the execution.
Please let me know if there is anything else we can do to help. (As I said, email is more reliable than the chatboard--
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profile review with one of our consultants if you want more information. I can guarantee that every one of our consultants has gone through this process successfully before at top-tier programs and knows exactly what it takes. If you decide you want more information or would like to sign up for services, we're happy to help.
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I wish you the best of luck in your application process and hope we can continue to be of service to you.
Best,
The WyseGydes