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Hi

Hi really need help from you guys for profile evaluation.

I am aiming to do my MBA in the Fall session next year and am in the process of filling applications. This is a brief background of my profile:

Nationality: Indian
Gender: Female
Age: 23
GMAT score: 680 (maths:48, verbal:35)

Undergrad GPA: I did my undergrad in Finance from one of the coveted Indian colleges in Delhi University. The course comprised of subjects such as Futures and Options, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Corporate and Banking law. I obtained an average of 81% in this 3-year course.

Work experience: I have worked for 2 years with a small-sized research and consulting firm in Delhi. The small-size of the firm has given me a lot of leadership opportunities and exposure to challenging, open-ended projects.
I received Outstanding Achievement Award twice during this period. I worked on various kinds of projects ranging from developing pricing models, cost structures and best procurement practices for various industries, studying the value chain, various sourcing models for manufacturing companies, analyzing the demand and supply trends and growth indicators for various industries.
I got promoted to a senor analyst position within a year and have gotten an opportunity to handle various heavy-loaded projects all on my own and have also worked in teams where I have assisted and supported my juniors.

Extra-Curricular Activities: I was one of the organizers for a lot of events during undergrad, such as the finance seminar, the annual festival. I was also responsible for getting scholarships for the events. Being a part of the organizing committee has given me a great experience in team working and coordination. I have also been an active part of the society for social service in college. I really enjoy sharing my views and communicating with the larger audience. I made various business presentations in college and have been a part of several debating and extempore competitions in high school.

Objective: I am aiming at top 20-30 US schools - is the work ex or the GMAT too low for them (although I am meeting the 25 point rule of yours in some of them with a 680 score )?
I am also aiming at National University of Singapore and Nanyang, Singapore and LBS and Insead in Europe. According to my profile, what colleges do you think are suitable for me? And what improvement can I make in my profile? Also do you think retaking the GMAT would make my case stronger (I was expecting a higher score since I was getting about 730 -740 in mocks).

All your suggestions will really be helpful for me. Awaiting your response!

Best Regards!
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Can you please short-list the US business schools on your radar ?
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Ya have shortlisted the US schools; these include:

Duke (Fuqua Business School)
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper Business School)
MIT (Sloan Business School)
Berkeley (Hass Business School)
Columbia University
Boston University

Awaiting your response!!
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For Fuqua, Sloan, Haas and Columbia you have very little chance of getting in, given your current GMAT score and work experience. You should be quite competitive for BU, CMU is going to be a little stretch, but you should be fine with excellent essays and recommendations. If you think that you can do better on the GMAT, I would recommend you to re-take the GMAT and apply with a better GMAT score, which will significantly improve your chances of getting into the top schools you've mentioned.


Good luck with your applications
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Thanks!!! Universities consider your higher GMAT scores only right? and not the latest?? And do you know about ISB particularly - if the consider higher or latest scores?
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Your Higest score is taken into account by all Business schools within the US, exception being Dartmouth; which adds up your highest verbal score from all attempts to your highest quart score from all GMAT attempts.

Here are some number to illustrate this point

GMAT 1 OCT 1st- 740 (Q51, V39)
GMAT 2 NOV 1st- 730 (Q49, V40) ----- Schools wills disregard this score and only consider GMAT 1

Dartmouth will take your highest quant score (51) and your hugest verbal score (40) and add em up.