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18 Nov 2020, 06:46
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Hey Folks at Stratus,
I recently took my GMAT and scored a 760(Q50,V44). I felt the test to be harder than my mocks and I feel I can potentially achieve a 780-790 with the right additional preparation.
Given that I'm an Indian male engineer and that I'm looking to apply to Wharton, Booth, LBS & Tuck/Ross(preferably with financial aid), would it make sense to re-take the test and target a higher score? In your years of experience, have you seen anyone who's improved their chances or increased the amount of financial aid they've received by improving within the 99th %ile of the GMAT?
I understand that there's lot more to the app than just the GMAT score but I'm viewing this purely through the lens of a potential re-take right now. For context, my profile reads:
UG - Engineering - Electronics & Communication - 65%(First Class). Not sure what this corresponds to on the US GPA school. The scale on the mba.com website denotes this as a 4.
WE - Consultant at Big 4 - Promoted in 2.1 years, amidst the pandemic no less(Average promotion time for my role is ~3.4 years)
Became the functional SME on my project + primary point of contact for the head of a client division, a role previously held by a manager with 8+ years of experience
Was personally requested by client to help out at their offices in California for close to a month
Led the planning phase(Team of 5) to pivot our company's annual CSR activity to a virtual setting post COVID-19. This role included liaising directly with the head of CSR in India and collaborating with 19 partner NGOs. Impacted all of our Indian employees - ~50k.
Acted as an external consultant to a startup in the CPG space, post graduation - Reduced order processing time by 90% through automation of related processes and data flow between 3 systems
Elicited a pricing model change that helped switch the company from a reliance on one-time buyers to subscription-based revenue.
Co-founded a couple of startups back in college. While both were shuttered after a year in the MVP(minimum viable product) stage, one of them got selected for the prestigious NASSCOM 10k startups initiative.
Social - The CSR initiative for my company is the strongest. I've also done psychological and financial literacy mentoring for close to 25 people. I'm hoping to conduct more lessons on financial literacy by partnering with NGOs
Personal - Played for the school teams for Football and Cricket. Called up for trials at Indian League level Bengaluru FC.
I recently took my GMAT and scored a 760(Q50,V44). I felt the test to be harder than my mocks and I feel I can potentially achieve a 780-790 with the right additional preparation.
Given that I'm an Indian male engineer and that I'm looking to apply to Wharton, Booth, LBS & Tuck/Ross(preferably with financial aid), would it make sense to re-take the test and target a higher score? In your years of experience, have you seen anyone who's improved their chances or increased the amount of financial aid they've received by improving within the 99th %ile of the GMAT?
I understand that there's lot more to the app than just the GMAT score but I'm viewing this purely through the lens of a potential re-take right now. For context, my profile reads:
UG - Engineering - Electronics & Communication - 65%(First Class). Not sure what this corresponds to on the US GPA school. The scale on the mba.com website denotes this as a 4.
WE - Consultant at Big 4 - Promoted in 2.1 years, amidst the pandemic no less(Average promotion time for my role is ~3.4 years)
Became the functional SME on my project + primary point of contact for the head of a client division, a role previously held by a manager with 8+ years of experience
Was personally requested by client to help out at their offices in California for close to a month
Led the planning phase(Team of 5) to pivot our company's annual CSR activity to a virtual setting post COVID-19. This role included liaising directly with the head of CSR in India and collaborating with 19 partner NGOs. Impacted all of our Indian employees - ~50k.
Acted as an external consultant to a startup in the CPG space, post graduation - Reduced order processing time by 90% through automation of related processes and data flow between 3 systems
Elicited a pricing model change that helped switch the company from a reliance on one-time buyers to subscription-based revenue.
Co-founded a couple of startups back in college. While both were shuttered after a year in the MVP(minimum viable product) stage, one of them got selected for the prestigious NASSCOM 10k startups initiative.
Social - The CSR initiative for my company is the strongest. I've also done psychological and financial literacy mentoring for close to 25 people. I'm hoping to conduct more lessons on financial literacy by partnering with NGOs
Personal - Played for the school teams for Football and Cricket. Called up for trials at Indian League level Bengaluru FC.
18 Nov 2020, 17:28
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Vigneshwaar
I think you have reason to apply to all the schools you list-- I would focus on the essays-- for Wharton they really want you to be specific in how you can add value to their community and it will take you some time to talk to students. Spend your time there. I encourage you to reach out to students at Tuck and Booth and LBS also so that you will present an application that shows you have done your homework.
18 Nov 2020, 21:03
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Thanks a ton for the review, Donna. I guess I was just being paranoid given the amount of 760+'s Indians churn out every year 
Also, thanks for the Wharton-specific insight, I'll make sure to incorporate that into my application. Since I'm applying in R1 next year, I do have enough time to work on it and I'll gladly reach out to schedule a consultation when I start the process.
I guess I'm shifting towards not writing the GMAT at this point in time(Yea, I'm still mulling it over. Did I tell you I was crazy haha). My rationale for re-writing was that if a score increase might net me even a $5k increase in financial aid, that would be a 16x ROI on my money(50$ for test prep,250$ for the test).
I know this is a hard thing to answer and I'm not going to hold you to a black/white reply but do you think the exact same application with a 780 as opposed to a 760 gives me a shot at larger $$'s in financial aid? Another way of looking at my question would be - Is my current score of 760 enough(assuming an outstanding application) to net me a really good scholarship(Let's say $100k) at the target schools I mentioned? I'm just looking to understand if the GMAT might be a bottleneck(even if a minor one) in my efforts to obtain a large scholarship, especially given my over-represented demographic.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to go through my posts and responding to me. I really can't stress how helpful this has been to me.
Regards,
Vignesh
Also, thanks for the Wharton-specific insight, I'll make sure to incorporate that into my application. Since I'm applying in R1 next year, I do have enough time to work on it and I'll gladly reach out to schedule a consultation when I start the process.
I guess I'm shifting towards not writing the GMAT at this point in time(Yea, I'm still mulling it over. Did I tell you I was crazy haha). My rationale for re-writing was that if a score increase might net me even a $5k increase in financial aid, that would be a 16x ROI on my money(50$ for test prep,250$ for the test).
I know this is a hard thing to answer and I'm not going to hold you to a black/white reply but do you think the exact same application with a 780 as opposed to a 760 gives me a shot at larger $$'s in financial aid? Another way of looking at my question would be - Is my current score of 760 enough(assuming an outstanding application) to net me a really good scholarship(Let's say $100k) at the target schools I mentioned? I'm just looking to understand if the GMAT might be a bottleneck(even if a minor one) in my efforts to obtain a large scholarship, especially given my over-represented demographic.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to go through my posts and responding to me. I really can't stress how helpful this has been to me.
Regards,
Vignesh
