Profile Evaluation:Gmat 660 Q 45 V 36

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Admissionado · Answer

Hello Anuj,
First of all congratulations on your new GMAT score. Those are massive improvement you have made, and they will really help your application out.

The first thing that I can say is that since you are a family business applicant, a lot will ride on the size, importance, progress and potential of this business. So feel free to tell me more about this, and it can help me evaluate you.

As far as your school selection goes however, I'm afraid that your goals are relatively unrealistic. Given your GMAT and GPA it is unlikely that you will get accepted to programs in the Top 20, especially as an Indian candidate. The schools will just have way too many candidates with a far better GMAT and far better grades. you could have a shot if your family business is massive (like 1000+ workers) which could be very interesting for the schools. Otherwise I'd suggest you concentrate your energies on schools ranked 20-50 that fit your goals.

Hope this helps,
Jon

peacewarriors · Answer

Hi Jon,
Thanks for your quick and honest response. Appreciate the same.
A bit of info on my business: We are importers of ball bearings(TIMKEN/NTN/SKF). Our main clientele include Govt owned Power Plants and private owned power plants.
We have 8 offices in India with a staff strength of 25-30 people. The group turnover is approx 12Million USD. We are expanding our product range to include ancillary products such as cutting tools,seals,grease etc in order to be a one stop solution for our clients.

I have a couple of questions: 
1. Will a higher Gmat score increase my chances in the top 25 schools or so?If yes, will a retake(being my fourth) have a negative impact?
2. Are anderson/Ross/Darden/Cornell/Tepper realistic targets ?
3. What schools according to you should I target?
4. Will not joining my family business post mba have a negative impact?

Regards,
Anuj

Admissionado · Answer

Hey Anuj, Happy to help. Ball bearings eh? It's funny, I helped someone years ago whose family was also in the ball bearings business (but from a different region of the world). Anyhow the family business size is small to moderate, so although it's good and solid, it's not going to inordinately tip the scales. What could help is things like if they see that under your leadership the company has doubled in size. Let's get on to your questions: 1. Of course. A fourth retake doesn't hurt really, but it should also be worthwhile. There's no point retaking in just the hopes that you will get a better score. everybody reaches a plateau somewhere. Although if you feel like you have another 30 points in you, it can be quite worthwhile. I'd suggest you take a look at a long post I wrote specifically about this and Indian candidates: to-retake-or-not-to-retake-that-is-the-question-indian-153716.html 2. Mostly, no. For a balanced strategy you can and should apply to one or two of them as dream schools, and with amazing applications I have seen great things happen. but you also need to cover yourself by applying to schools at which you would be competitive, and one or two safe schools as well. 3. Like I wrote above, I think schools listed 20-50 are more your range. I'd suggest taking a look t the list, thinking a bit about which schools would be interesting for you, and coming back with a short list from which we can work further. 4. Not necessarily. If you don't have family business goals, then at least I would suggest staying in a similar industry, but it's totally cool if you want to move to a big multinational and gain experience in manufacturing etc. The most important thing is that your goals be reasonable and logical. Hope this helps Anuj, Best, Jon

peacewarriors · Answer

Hi Jon,
Thanks for the valuable feedback.
It does help.

Admissionado · Answer

Great to hear,
Good luck to you, good sir,
JF

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