Ugh. Sorry. Thank you for the frank and candid post and I think you’re definitely not alone.
1. MBA is a super transformative experience even if you go to a low ranked program. The whole obsession with the top 10 is not productive. Talk to some of the top 10 students and ask him how much easier it is for them to find a job then for a top 50 student or perhaps alarms and they will tell you honestly that they had to work really hard and no one‘s going to snatch them just because they have a degree from a certain university. Recruiting in the US and Europe is completely up to you so again the whole obsession of Ivy League is only living in people’s minds. You will not die if you don’t go to the top 10 MBA 😂
2. Applying to an MBA, schools are looking for people who can demonstrate initiative, capability, bend widths and accomplishments and if possible, leader leadership. This is in addition to a score. If all you have is a score and not really any great accomplishments, that makes it a pretty hard to evaluate profile, and admissions teams will not be able to accurately assess your potential if they don’t see strong results. My advice is always to focus on the test for less than six months and the expectation is absolutely that you will have a strong score and that you’ll have a strong work experience if you’re looking for a competitive program. For example I got a question from people what if I quit my job to study for the gmat, and , that’s not quite the death sentence but a really bad move.
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I have been taking different kinds of exams for several years (Indian mba colleges) and I’m tired of giving exams. I could finally get a 665 gmat focus edition only to be shot down by most people (education counsellors + mba college alumni) that this is nothing for an Indian male engineer applicant, my profile is nothing. I have spent most of my productive years on this rather than building a profile, focusing on progressing my career. I’ll have to keep giving exams again to improve my score. I’m tired now and think when is it enough ? When can I focus on my career and actually do my MBA rather than keep giving exams over and over. I at max aim for T25 in US, not even an Ivy or T10 for that matter. The entire reason of doing an MBa was to pivot my career, but I’m told I need to have the career already that I want after an MBA, I need to be sure of my post mba goal. If I try to look for help all I find is people trying to sell their services in the name of “help/advice” and “candid conversation”. Did any of you have a similar experience and were able to successfully overcome this period ?