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-Whether to apply this year and wait another year and gain more experience
A: I don't think it will make a big difference since you have ~5 years of work experience. If you are ready to go next year, apply this year.
- I have been told M7 is a real possibility with my profile. Is it so?
A: I am not seeing it, to be honest. Your GMAT score is excellent, but you have some issues in your profile (though some can be mitigated). Maybe Booth/Kellogg, but I see issues at HSW + MIT Sloan + Columbia.
- 2nd MBA!
A: Not sure what you want to be addressed here though we respond to it below.
- Strengths to highlight, Weaknesses to address?
A: Strengths are GMAT, some interesting work/outside experiences. Weaknesses are undergrad GMAT (a 2nd MBA doesn't help), having an MBA (that will put pressure on why you need a 2nd one so soon), weak short-term goal (MBB generalist = boring), and extracurriculars (seems like they might be dated).
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