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Profile Review Request - Chinese Male Updated on: 31 Mar 2020, 02:02
Originally posted by ywp033402 on 07 Mar 2020, 07:53.
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Dear mbaMission, thank you very much for providing this platform for potential MBA applicants. I am planning to apply for MBA this summer and would greatly appreciate if I can have an honest review especially on the two questions below:

1) What are my chances of receiving an offer from my target schools (listed belo)? (a % figure will be great if possible)
2) What are some areas that I can work on to maximize my chance of receiving an offer from my target schools?

Please see my background information below:

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Chinese male, 24 years old

Education
University: Top 3 university in my country

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Overall: 710 (91st percentile)


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- Fresh out of university in 2018, 2 years as a consultant by the time of application

Extracurricular activities

Target schools
- Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Wharton, Booth, Kellogg, Columbia
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Hi, and thanks for writing! The fact that you're working at an MBB will carry some weight - however, consulting applicants are heavily represented in the pool. Question, since you're considering returning to consulting post-MBA - will your firm sponsor you? If so, this would help your chances since the schools will see how much they value your potential. And, would they want to sponsor you this year, or wait a year until you're promoted ? 2 years is on the low end of experience for an applicant, so waiting until next year to apply could benefit you by giving you a chance to add more accomplishments to your resume, including that promotion. Have you had a chance to work on any engagements outside of China? This would strengthen your profile as well given how much schools value international experience.

I'm glad to see that you're still involved with your undergrad consulting club - be sure to highlight the impact you've made on your resume and application.

From what I've seen with Chinese applicants, a high GMAT score (730+) really is necessary to secure admission into a top program. It sounds like you've already given it a fair chance, but if there's any possibility that there are points to be gained, I'd consider taking it again. If you really don't feel that you can increase it, I would broaden your list of schools to the U.S. #10-25 range.







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Dear mbaMission, thank you very much for providing this platform for potential MBA applicants. I am planning to apply for MBA this summer and would greatly appreciate if I can have an honest review especially on the two questions below:

1) What are my chances of receiving an offer from my target schools (listed belo)? (a % figure will be great if possible)
2) What are some areas that I can work on to maximize my chance of receiving an offer from my target schools?

Please see my background information below:

Demographic
Chinese male, 24 years old, 25 by the time of application, will be 26 years old by September 2021

Education
University: Top 3 university in my country, GPA: 3.52 (First Class Honor, top 10% of class), major in Business Management
High school: Top 3 secondary school in the UK

GMAT
Overall: 710 (91st percentile)
Quant: 49 (75th percentile)
Verbal: 37 (83rd percentile)
IR: 8 (93rd percentile)
AWA: 6

I know that as a Chinese male, this score will most likely put me as a disadvantage; unfortunately, I have already taken the GMAT more than 3 times and I believe 710 is my bottleneck since I haven't been able to achieve a higher score... so I somehow doubt I should spend more time on this... (this is actually a very big question mark for me since what I have read on this forum seems to lean towards the opinion that without 750 I basically have no chance with my target schools...)

Work experience
- Fresh out of university in 2018, 2 years working with MBB as a consultant by the time of application: specific experience includes transformation projects for local bank, productivity uplift program for front-line staff in a global bank, digital strategy for one of the largest regional insurance player, 10 years vision international strategy for a local rail operator, cost-savings initiatives for international supermarket chain (industry norm is 24 months as the minimum tenure for promotion)

Extracurricular activities
- Chairman of university consulting club in the last year of my university, overseeing 120+ business students and participating in multiple international case competitions
- After graduation, I am still helping the consulting club in weekend career sharing events and training for competitions

Post-MBA goals
- Probably too early to tell at this stage, but I would like to continue working in MBB and (hopefully) become a partner one day
- MBA will be a great platform to meet with other business elites and build up my business skills

Target schools
- Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Wharton, Booth, Kellogg, Columbia
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Thanks for replying!

In terms of firm sponsorship, the way it works in the firm is that we need to first secure the MBA offer before we can apply for sponsorship. So the sponsorship decision will not be included under my application. While I haven't had the chance to work outside of China, I did spent 5 years in the UK in my school years (secondary school). Even though it's not the same as working in the UK, does education still count as international experience in this sense?

I am considering retaking the GMAT; however, since I am more pessimistic given how many times I have attempted to crack it, in the worst case scenario that I still cannot improve my score, do I still have a slim chance to be admitted into the top programs if I can improve the other aspects of my profile? Or should I focus on top 10-25 programs instead?