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Profile evaluaiton - 33 white male /GMAT 650/ Manager BIG4 28 Dec 2017, 15:50
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Hi,

I wrote my second gmat and got a score of 650 ( Q45, Verbal 35, IR 3, AWA - 5.5)

Educational/cultural background
>> Coming from Serbia (south east europe)
>>Undergraduate degree (International business major) with 9.5 out of 10 GPA (close to 3.8 on USA scale)

Work Experience :
>> Started my own business at age of 21. After 4 years of success and completion of university degree, I decided to start with PwC (needed some challenge) and sold my business.
>>Worked for PwC audit/deal advisory for past 6 years in east and west europe

Extra Curriculum:
>> Wrestling and rowing
>> Student parliament member during studies

Looking for these schools :

1) Rochester Simon
2) U Connecticut
3) Texas Christian University
4) Boston College
5) Purdue
6) College of William and Mary
7) UC Irvine

I want to move out of any kind of BIG4, consultancy its. I really want to transfer to Technology, preferably some F&P analysis.

Any thoughts ?
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I think you have a great profile. The schools you are shooting for will be delighted to admit you.

You may even do a bit better. Now, the schools you are heading to are not known for a great job placement record. They tend to have weak career resources with few employers coming on campus.

It would be nice if they offered you a scholarship. That’s would take a lot of uncertainty out of the Visa and Job market.

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Fabulous work experience you have there mate.
Any school on that list will pounce like a baby kangaroo to get you in.

However, given your carrier dynamics they might recommend PT MBA instead of FT MBA.
Make sure you are ready to feed them the answer.

Also adding a few schools such as USC and BYU wouldn't hurt.

Good luck.
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You have very reasonable expectations and maybe almost a little too much. I'd like to see some stretch schools on here like Ross & Texas, both schools that are strong in the technology area. challenge: 33 going into a full-time MBA program. Generally when candidates are around that age I start to have them think about part-time programs or one-year MBA programs. Or more pointedly European MBA programs. So I would like for you to think about applying to INSEAD, one of my clients who was actually French got interviews there with a 650 but opted for Wharton. You would be a lot more of a diverse candidate for them so give it some thought. On the whole European schools value older candidates and have lower GMAT thresholds. So I realize you're probably real focused on US schools but if you're interested in a long-term brand name I think that European/UK schools might be more able to offer that.

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