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Yes sorry, I mean top 1 year b schools like insead, Cambridge etc. Thanks
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Hi I am male 32 mechanical engineer working for reputed MNC, have around 10 years exp. Aiming for 700Gmat, I have modest cpga and not much extra circular activities to brag about. I want to focus my career on corporate strategies. Was looking at some 1 yr programs.Do you see me getting into any good bschools ? Can I do something to better my chances?
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Sounds like you have a great profile - lots of international experience, entrepreneurship story and hobbies! obviously, I would need to hear about all + the GMAT is unknown to evaluate your chances.
80% of the people I talk to, say "and there are 2 shcools I am interested in..." (they mean HBS and GSB) so I do suggest u look at some more schools too -

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Hi I am male 32 mechanical engineer working for reputed MNC, have around 10 years exp. Aiming for 700Gmat, I have modest cpga and not much extra circular activities to brag about. I want to focus my career on corporate strategies. Was looking at some 1 yr programs.Do you see me getting into any good bschools ? Can I do something to better my chances?
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I also have a total of 1 year of international experience. But my profile is mostly technical.
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Yes sorry, I mean top 1 year b schools like insead, Cambridge etc. Thanks
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720 is fine - again, I need to hear the rest of the profile and see your stories...
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Hi, On the MBA resume, the points under current job role should be in past tense or present tense? Like should I put managing a team or should I put managed a team?
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ARINGO - do personal business experience enhance ur chances in Business school for MBA? Like I have done 6 years job - start one of my business setup in 2018 - 4 years experience in it with job - and purely started one more business after quitting job in 2021 -

So currently running 2 business together- 1 is 4 years old and other is 1 year old now - kindly advise
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Also, I have a degree which is like US CPA and I work in statutory audit of companies. So on the resume should I put the names of my clients (eg. Audited Unilever) or should I hide the client name bcz of confidentiality and put audited a multinational consumer goods company??
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Hi I am male 32 mechanical engineer working for reputed MNC, have around 10 years exp. Aiming for 700Gmat, I have modest cpga and not much extra circular activities to brag about. I want to focus my career on corporate strategies. Was looking at some 1 yr programs.Do you see me getting into any good bschools ? Can I do something to better my chances?
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you have "meat" in your profile, so you can get into some one year programs. which? that depends on your GMAT + your stories...
Feel free to be in touch once you complete your GMAT I am always on shimriw@ARINGO.com and I can help with school chances
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Hi, my profile in brief: Indian male engineer working in the IT for the past 3+ years, all in the USA. I have MS in CS as well. Have almost nil extra activities. What are my chances of getting in top MBA programs in USA without GMAT. Thanks!
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My goal is GSB , Haas or Insead

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Sounds like you have a great profile - lots of international experience, entrepreneurship story and hobbies! obviously, I would need to hear about all + the GMAT is unknown to evaluate your chances.
80% of the people I talk to, say "and there are 2 shcools I am interested in..." (they mean HBS and GSB) so I do suggest u look at some more schools too -

Good luck in the GMAT!!!
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I’m hoping to get 700 + score in gmat and specifically looking for consulting roles to understand the market dynamics in Europe and US specifically for language learning platforms and would like to compete with big players like duolingo in the next 4-5 years

Can you please suggest some schools which I should aim for and their respective GMAT ranges please
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yep, that is a problem as shcools look for business experiences... think how you can present yourself in a business-related way (for example, on the CV. instead of "knows Java, put "led two people"
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On the MBA resume, should the heading be ’work experience’ or should it be ’professional experience’. Which is more preferred?
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Hi, On the MBA resume, the points under current job role should be in past tense or present tense? Like should I put managing a team or should I put managed a team?
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this doesn’t matter, as long as it is consistent

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same same
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While mentioning certifications on the MBA resume, is it necessary to mention the training website who has issued the certificate? For eg. I attended a workshop on data analysis from a local training website in my country and it gave me a certificate. How should I put it on my resume?
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@aringo - do personal business experience enhance ur chances in Business school for MBA? Like I have done 6 years job - start one of my business setup in 2018 - 4 years experience in it with job - and purely started one more business after quitting job in 2021 -

So currently running 2 business together- 1 is 4 years old and other is 1 year old now - kindly advise
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SURE, any business experience you have is interesting. remember business schools (unlike any other faculty in the academy) give your business experiences a huge weight

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While mentioning certifications on the MBA resume, is it necessary to mention the training website who has issued the certificate? For eg. I attended a workshop on data analysis from a local training website in my country and it gave me a certificate. How should I put it on my resume?
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ok, 3rd question from you on the CV...
so - we offer a CV review if you want (we call it a test drive and we do a deep review of one full school application... or we can do a 1 hour deep review of your CV :) ) For this, you can visit our services and prices here:
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There are also examples on ARINGO.com of CVs and essays...

The answer is simple - keep it consistent - but there are no right or wrong answers...

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Indian male 26 engineer CS
1 year work ex in UAE as BDM
Founded and running my startup for 3 years and we have are doing the projects in Turkey, india,Australia ,KSA and recently Uganda it’s a language learning startup
GMAT is scheduled for 14th December
Extra curriculars - poker player won 3rd place in 2019 in all india level competition held in Goa by ADDA
EsG - providing free language training for autistic students in Australia (Melbourne)

My goal is GSB , Haas or Insead

Please provide your valuable insights
Sounds like you have a great profile - lots of international experience, entrepreneurship story and hobbies! obviously, I would need to hear about all + the GMAT is unknown to evaluate your chances.
80% of the people I talk to, say "and there are 2 shcools I am interested in..." (they mean HBS and GSB) so I do suggest u look at some more schools too -

Good luck in the GMAT!!!
I’m hoping to get 700 + score in gmat and specifically looking for consulting roles to understand the market dynamics in Europe and US specifically for language learning platforms and would like to compete with big players like duolingo in the next 4-5 years

Can you please suggest some schools which I should aim for and their respective GMAT ranges please
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Hi
1. Consulting is the biggest industry that recruits MBAs from ALL top 50 MBA programs (so you can get into a consulting role post-MBA from Harvard, UNC, and HEC Paris)
2. GMAT averages (and school rankings) can be found here:https://aringo.com/top-mba-program-rankings/

Hope this helps!
(after you take your GMAT, feel free to send me your CV, GMAT score and school wish list to shimriw@ARINGO.com and I will try to help further)
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ok, 3rd question from you on the CV...
so - we offer a CV review if you want (we call it a test drive and we do a deep review of one full school application... or we can do a 1 hour deep review of your CV :) ) For this, you can visit our services and prices here:
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There are also examples on ARINGO.com of CVs and essays...

The answer is simple - keep it consistent - but there are no right or wrong answers...
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Thank you!!
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ARINGO - do personal business experience enhance ur chances in Business school for MBA? Like I have done 6 years job - start one of my business setup in 2018 - 4 years experience in it with job - and purely started one more business after quitting job in 2021 -

So currently running 2 business together- 1 is 4 years old and other is 1 year old now - kindly advise
SURE, any business experience you have is interesting. remember business schools (unlike any other faculty in the academy) give your business experiences a huge weight
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Thank you ARINGO - shared an email - please check my details and advise me more for my admission . Thank you once again
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Any one has any final questions before we end this chat? :)
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Hi last one, my profile in brief: Indian male engineer,26, working in the IT for the past 3+ years, all in the USA. I have MS in CS as well. Have almost nil extra activities. What are my chances of getting in top MBA programs in USA without GMAT. Thanks!
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