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Hello:

I was wondering if folks here can help me decide how should I go about doing a full time MBA for myself.

I recently finished my PhD in Business administration from a top 10 university in my country, and have 8 years of work experience- 3 years in business/1 year as an internal audit national level Firm/3 years as a faculty for a top ranked college/now 2 years at (international)prestigious LSE programme as faculty

I have completed my CA (one of the toughest exams in Accounting & Finance) in my country and been a gold medalist all throughout in PhD and university at an international level along with Harvard University youth programmes along with being a university student athlete.
I also have started my own National level E- learning Centre which I will be making an NPO/Trust now. I am also associated with a social entrepreneurship international organisation.

I also am a mentor and speaker and give talks at colleges and institutes

I am starting to prepare for GMAT now and hoping to start applying this year at the earliest.

Now I wish to go into consulting and do MBA

I only want to do full time MBA from top university USA preferably

Also I'm getting offers into corporate now so
1)should I continue as faculty until MBA admissions or
2)leave my faculty job now ,work corporate one year until MBA admissions


My other questions are:
1) How should I go about my journey into a Top full time MBA program in usa
2) I heard MBA values diversity so am I having good chance from a top MBA school
3)How difficult is it to get into consulting/leadership position if I don't have enough corporate work experience and there's been a gap in industry experience before my teaching
2) What GMAT score should I target if I want to apply to top 10 schools?
3) Also, I was wondering if anyone has a take on scholarships, how should I go about applying for these and are there specific ones targeted for individuals with advanced degrees like myself?

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Varun

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Hi Varun (@Varun316)

With a PhD in business, you should be able to get a consulting role even now. You already have the education they look for. The question is about the relevant experience and stage of career to be getting into consulting in.

To your questions:
1. First contemplate whether the MBA is really needed, and research the possible options it can help you achieve. With 8+ years of experience and a PhD already, you would only be an outlier fit with MBA programs.
2. Yes, you do have diversity, but whether most MBA programs consider you a fit in terms of experience and goals is something to be seen.
3. This could be an issue.
4. 730+ certainly, the higher the better.
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