Hi All,
I'm looking for some serious advice from you all regarding a situation I am in right now.
I just gave my GMAT before the R2 deadlines and scored a meagre 620 (Q:45, V:29, IR: 3) and ended up cancelling the score.
The aim was to apply in R3 for the limited colleges which do accept an R3 for International Students and hopefully with a better score.
But I see that most of the deadlines for R3 are in February (1st week onwards until February end). This gives me absolutely no time for preparing the application if I want to attempt my GMAT by the end of this month (3 weeks from now). I had also left my job with the aim of not looking back and getting a seat for Fall 2018.
Things have turned pretty scary for me and I'm at a cross road where none of the paths look good but I need to decide one of them.
Could you kindly suggest me what I should do at this point?
1) Accept the 620 and apply in R3.
2) Try for a better GMAT in 3 weeks and apply for a few colleges which have their deadlines by Feb End until March.
3) Try for colleges which have an MBA intake in Spring.
My profile is not that great. I have 3.2 years of R&D Experience in a Telecom Company, 7.22 GPA and nothing exceptional in my Extra-curricular activities.
Although I do have the confidence to create a stellar essay.
I don't have the option to push myself to next year as I'll be without a job for very long or I'll need to search for a job and that takes away the steam.
Also, do I need to write TOEFL ? My college's mode of instruction was English.
Any valuable suggestions will greatly be appreciated.
Thanks,
Arijit