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smart_student
Joined: 29 Jun 2024
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Location: Israel
Schools: Bocconi (I) ESADE INSEAD Jan '26
GMAT Focus 1: 735 Q90 V86 DI84 
GPA: 3
20 Jul 2024, 04:12
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Hello everybody,
My goal is to get into the MBA class of a (specific one of the top 5) European business school next year (intake of 2025/2026) with a big scholarship, preferably full ride.
Recently i made contact with a professor teaching in that MBA school, and an opportunity to join his research as a part time research assistant (remote) arrived.
*I’m omitting details about the specific school for privacy reasons.
The main upside I see is listing the work with him on my resume as relevant experience in academic business research, and potentially asking him to give me a recommendation letter. The risk here is that I will have only 5 months max to work with him and it will be very much part time (max 10 hours a week) and remote so he might not give me such a good letter, if at all.
About me:
My goal is to get into the MBA class of a (specific one of the top 5) European business school next year (intake of 2025/2026) with a big scholarship, preferably full ride.
Recently i made contact with a professor teaching in that MBA school, and an opportunity to join his research as a part time research assistant (remote) arrived.
*I’m omitting details about the specific school for privacy reasons.
The main upside I see is listing the work with him on my resume as relevant experience in academic business research, and potentially asking him to give me a recommendation letter. The risk here is that I will have only 5 months max to work with him and it will be very much part time (max 10 hours a week) and remote so he might not give me such a good letter, if at all.
About me:
- 24 years old
- 5 years of experience in stem areas, full time work, two out of them in management
- From the middle east
- Currently finishing my STEM masters (both bachelor & master with GPA 85/100, which is mediocre), not such a good university
- I haven't done the GMAT yet but last simulation was 695 (focus edition) but with an unusually low quant score for me so I believe I can improve up to 715 in the real test
- Going in late 2025 / early 2026 is my only window of opportunity due to personal reasons so I don’t have plenty of time to improve my application.
20 Jul 2024, 05:00
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1. I do not believe a full ride is a function of having worked part-time with the faculty of a college. A full ride is mostly a function of stupendous scores and or unusually exceptional achievements, e.g. an Olympic medal, patents in your name, etc. So, yes, aim for a 715+ in GMAT. Your nationality could also play a strong role in the scholarship decision, provided you are not from an overrepresented group.
2. I didn't get your math—24, currently finishing education, five years of FT work experience—they don't seem to stack up together (unless I have misunderstood). When it comes to MBA applications, work experience is counted as full-time paid work AFTER completion of your full-time UG / PG education.
2. I didn't get your math—24, currently finishing education, five years of FT work experience—they don't seem to stack up together (unless I have misunderstood). When it comes to MBA applications, work experience is counted as full-time paid work AFTER completion of your full-time UG / PG education.
smart_student
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20 Jul 2024, 05:44
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Thank you dee1pug1 for your reply, i always thought that size of scholarship is just a "linear function" of application strength, and sadly i don't have any patent or Olympic medal 
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As for your second point, I finished high school early, finished my bachelor's by 19, started a full time job immediately after, and three years into the this job, as part of my promotion, i started getting half a day off each week to pursue higher education that i combined with evening studies and supporting university profesor to do my masters, that I'm expected to finish in a year or so, all while working full time.
.As for your second point, I finished high school early, finished my bachelor's by 19, started a full time job immediately after, and three years into the this job, as part of my promotion, i started getting half a day off each week to pursue higher education that i combined with evening studies and supporting university profesor to do my masters, that I'm expected to finish in a year or so, all while working full time.
