Hi Kathryn,
Hope you are doing well !
Need your guidance, can you please comment on my below profile.
I took my GMAT on 8th April 2019 and have got a really low score of 610 (Q 46 and V 28, IR - 4). I was really shattered after seeing the results as I have put in lot of effort and have been scoring decently in my verbal attempts on e-gmat. I cancelled my score after seeing it.I wanted to get into the Masters in Finance program (full-time) in London Business School (LBS) this year (last date for the last round is 30th April 2019).
Age - I would be turning 35 years of age in June 2019
Work experience - I have an extensive work ex of ~ 12 years now (4 years in General Insurance industry and rest in the top ratings firm in India (Financial Research, moved to Derivatives ~ 4 years back). Currently I am working as a Manager there.
Education - Bachelors of Engineering from RGTU, Bhopal - 66.84%
CCAP (CRISIL Certified Analyst Program) - A 2 year study cum work program with NITIE, Mumbai as education partner.
I was working as Manager in my old insurance firm too in Mumbai but it was a small firm and in ~ 4 Years I had learned enough from it and wanted to move, as they would say, to big league. So took CCAP admisssion test, got in, and again started my career from scratch as an 'Associate' and after successful completion of the course was confirmed as 'Analyst' after 2 years.
I would have easily taken another attempt at GMAT if not for my age. I did met LBS's admission director in December 2018 and he said my story is interesting and asked me to send my CV to LBS adcom.
So my question is, taking into account my age, total work experience, and GMAT score what should be my next step?
Plus if you can please also comment on my chances For this year's admission, will I be able to get an interview call from LBS for full-time MiF this year ?
Many Thanks again for taking the time to go through my above predicament !
Saurabh