Profile Evaluation Request

Hi @lorena08 it's frankly not possible to do a profile evaluation without the statistics part, but apart from that I'm pretty optimistic.

I will say that I'm not completely familiar with the grades schedule for Panama or Columbia. And you would probably want to have WES.org translate the grades. It's a couple of dollars but well worth it.

When my client from Paraguay (admitted to Stanford today) had his grades in front of him he was quite worried until he got the feedback from Wes....that he submitted with his applications to show his grades were in fact much higher than calculating them based on a u.s. scale.

As for the idea of a GMAT waiver, I would just put that to the side entirely. If you want a solid career in marketing, I don't really think that's you're going to want to apply to some of the programs that consider GMAT waivers.

It really sounds to me as though you need to put a lot of emphasis on getting into Kellogg. It's basically the gold standard for CPG. One of my colleagues from my MBA program works at Kraft and they go to Kellogg and if they don't find anyone there they go to Nielsen.

I'm not sure I completely follow you as far as switching your career, if you are in new product development then it seems you are already? you would start with focus groups and qualitative research before developing that product.

At any rate if you're interested marketing I would probably look closely at Kellogg Wharton and NYU possibly Anderson.

You have a lot of work experience and that's excellent, also youre female from an under-represented country and so those things will swing to your favor.

I would consider both the GMAT and maybe even the GRE,. If test taking is not your Forte, if you're a diverse applicant that brings a lot to the table than GRE might not be a bad idea because often it's unpublished and schools rankings will not be hurt by taking on a candidate with lower numbers if the stat is unpublished.

However I would really consider that as a plan B and if you can do well on the GMAT that would add a lot to your profile.

Definitely continue with the nonprofit experience, to something that aligns with your profile not out of the blue but take up something that you've done in the past or is closer related and keep going at that.

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Thank you everyone for your answers. Just to let you know I decided to study hard for GMAT and apply as son as I can so I can advance in my career! Your answers really motivated me to move forward!! Let you know in case I have other questions.

Thank you,
Lorena

Great decision to go for the GMAT, your GPA could be a potential problem so its best to get ahead of it like you are trying to do.