Hi all.
After 3.5 months of hardcore preparation, investing around 200+ hours in preparation, money and giving 15+ mock test i finally gave my GMAT today.
It was a BIG disappointment. In last 5 mock test (3 GMAT prep and 2 ManhattanGMAT) i scored lowest of 680 and highest of 710.
Today on final i scored 610 .... BIG SHOCK !!
I am looking for top 20 business schools in US, top 10 in UK(Cambridge. Oxford, Cranfield, Manchester school, Lancaster business school) and top in Europe (HEC , IESE) and Asia (Honkong Uni etc ...).
Please advice on my profile (Will retake if you experts advice so.)==========================================================
GMAT : -------
610
Q : 46
V : 28
Work Exp :--------------
-- Sector : IT
-- 5.5 Years (2 In India and 3.5 in UK)
-- Current role : Module Leader and play critical role for business.
-- Excellent career progression :
- Played various roles in short span of time (Senior developer -> Solution Architect -> On-site coordinator ->
lead support analyst -> Module leader)
-Various awards and nominations from Employer and clients (Top 20 employee of the year, attitude award etc)
-Promoted twice in last 8 months and with 3 salary increments.
-Currently in charge for data integrity (happening between Loyds banking group and my client) worth millions of
pounds.
Recommendations :--------------------
Will get excellent recommendations from My Project manager and client delivery manager.
Qualifications :----------------------
-- First Class Master's degree in computer application.
-- Post graduate Diploma from National institute of information technology.
-- Oracle certifications
Extra curricular :-------------------
-- Wrote and directed many play since school times.
-- Have written many small scripts to be made into short non-profit commercial to develop public awareness in
India.
-- Financing two girls child education in India, promoting the same and so far have convinced 23 people to
sponsor 28 children's education.
-- Like cooking, have recently published a small book of Indian recipe that was sold across 5 business units of
client in UK to generate a revenue of £2500 for sports relief.
-- Have spend lot of time trekking and camping with Indian Marine commandos.
-- Have done space selling for a leading newspaper in India.
-- Have great knowledge about Indian mythology and culture and like discussing and knowing mythology and
culture of others to form a best of both Indian and foreign culture.
-- Have studied in Various places in Mumbai and have learned a lot about diversity and integrity in diversity.
Please advice if 610 is not sufficient, i am ready to work harder and retake after 6 weeks.
If i need to retake what should be my minimum score for my target colleges.
I am really disappointed today and any advice will be really helpful.
Many thanks in Advance.