My chances? Part Qualified Accountant

Hey ja2894as,

Before I start with your profile evaluation, I’d like to clarify that other than the work experience and your academics, there are lots of factors like your extracurriculars, social volunteering activities, and achievements that play an important role in your chance acceptance and thus getting an admit from the top schools.

That said, you have provided limited information for me to give you an accurate estimation of your chances in a top-notch business school. Having said that, let’s begin with your profile evaluation.

From the first look into your academic background, a GPA of 3.4 showcases your academic prowess which coupled with your international exposure will help differentiate you from the crowd. Most schools are looking to add diversity to their cohort and your background gives you a unique perspective which definitely provides a valuable addition to their program. Moreover, the brand of your undergraduate college - ranking among the top 5 colleges in the UK, gives your profile a boost as schools tend to pick out applicants from the top schools of each country.

Furthermore, the fact that you’ve partly cleared your Chartered Accountancy further adds to the unique aspect of your profile and therefore will differentiate you from the rest of the cohort.

As for your GMAT, a minimum of 690+ is what you should be targeting in order to bag an admit into top business schools.

Moving forward, since an MBA is a manager's degree and requires significant work experience, your 4 years of work experience would put you at par with other applicants. In order to stand out from the crowd, you most certainly should focus on your leadership roles and major projects of your work and how these experiences helped to develop and further groom your skills and knowledge.

Moreover, the presence of a big 4 brand in your CV is an added feather to your hat as you will be competing against a pool of applicants hailing from similar backgrounds. Here, showcasing your journey and the learnings gathered through this experience would allow you to differentiate yourself and thereby gain an upper hand with equally competent profiles with extensive work experience hailing from equally competitive backgrounds.

On the basis of the insufficient information that you have provided, here is an estimation of schools you can be targeting:

Dream - HEC, INSEAD, LBS, NYU
Competitive - ESSEC, ESCP, Imperial, WHU, FSFM
Safe - Edhec, Grenoble, Skema

On this note, while you have a competitive profile, to increase your chances of getting admitted to these schools you would need to ensure that you have a very strong application (consisting of - Essays, LORs, and Resume) that highlights your strengths and overshadows your weaknesses in order to differentiate your profile. You need to showcase your journey, what makes you different from your peers, and how you are a great value addition to the school.

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Hope this helped!

Thank you so much, this is super comprehensive! Definitely checking out your services as I believe I would benefit. Just out of curiosity which bracket would you say SAID and Judge fall into? (Dream Reach Safe)

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