laravic wrote:
Hi!
I would like your help evaluating my profile.
I have two main questions: Do I have a chance of breaking into the following schools (Master in Finance) with such a low GMAT score and Is it possible if I retake it before the deadlines (they said that we get the report after 20 days
)?
EDHEC
IE Business School
University of Texas at Austin: McCombs
Vanderbilt University
University of Rochester: Simon
Boston College: Carroll
Boston University School of Management
University of California at Irvine: Merage
Ohio State University: Fisher
Brandeis university
Washington University in St. Louis
stockholm school of economics
Esade Business School
University of Maryland: Smith
SDA Bocconi
ESCP Europe
ESSEC
Application to these schools depends on my score when I retake the Gmat:
MIT Sloan School of Management
Insead
London Business School
University of Oxford: Saïd
Princeton
London school of economics
Stockholm Business School
HEC Paris
GMAT:
650( Q47,V32)
Background:
-North African woman
-Speaks English, Arabic and French fluently.
-Age 25
Education:
Graduated in 2017 from a local school, BBA (Major in Finance, Minor in Accounting). GPA:3.23 (90 percentile, ranked 5th )
Exchange student (USA 2014-2015) (Studied Business and Interned in an insurance company)
baccalaureate in mathematics from a pioneer high school (High school diploma majoring in Mathematics)
Work Experience:
Three internships of one month each at 2 different banks (Freshman and Sophomore year)
An internship of four months within a well known insurance company in the states (In my exchange year)
An internship of Three months in one of the big four advisory department (Junior Year)
Currently working as an auditor in one of the big four companies. (one year)
Extra-curricular activities:
Co founder of two clubs
Vice president of the international club in the university back in the States
Treasurer at one of these clubs
I hope you'll be able to answer my request and I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance
Hello
laravicFirst of all your GMAT score is not low, it would be average, especially for majority of European schools.
Is it possible to retake it before the deadlines ?
That will depend on particular school...in general I assume it will be possible, however if deadlines are near, you have another strategy to apply and owe them GMAT score...or self report it if you already re-took it before the deadline...they will usually wait for scores to come....but I advise you to communicate that with every school in advance, to make sure...that will also help you to cut schools on your list, since now you have them too many anyway.
With current score if I were you, I would only go for European schools.
Currently US schools on your list are in general out of scope, only Simon, Fisher and Brandeis are within reach.
For rest of US schools it would be beneficial if you score 700+.
That being said, admission committees do evaluate profile holistically, so they still might be interested in you, since you have some diversification strengths.
You are woman, from North Africa (based on languages spoken I assume from Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia ) so that would be your certain advantage in overall application pool, there would not be many with similar background.
Contemporary climate is particularly encouraging for women in science, you will benefit from that for sure.
You already have been in US as exchange student, that is also a plus, you know how system works there, your GPA is fine.
Your work experience and extra-curricular activities are relevant to your intended studies in Finance, especially those in states.
All in all, with 650 go for European schools, those in France can be perfect match for you, since you speak the language....if you decide to retake it and score around 700+ then any of top US schools on your second dream list are realistic also.
Good Luck !
Rahul5843 wrote:
Hi,
My name is Rahul Sehrawat.
GPA -8/10
3 years work experience as a developer in IT firm(TCS and currently working in fidelity international)
been a toastmaster for around 1.5 year.
CC,CL,ACB
VP-education at a club presently
Working with an NGO CRY for the past 7 months and a member of the core team over there.
completed a half marathon under 2 hours.
GMAT 730 varbal 41 quant 49 IR 7 AWA 4
Hello
Rahul5843You didn't ask any specific question, however with 730 score you can apply to any school and be accepted, if GMAT was only factor in application.
Your score would be average for Harvard and Stanford for instance, give or take few points.
I don't know do you want to pursue MBA, if yes what specialization, or MS in Finance, since you replied to previous post, still answer would be the same, you can get in at any school, at any program, if we look only from perspective of your GMAT score.
Your GPA is fine, I can see you have important experience in IT...since you have also working experience in Fidelity investments...maybe you are shooting for MS in Finance after all...or MBA with specialization in Finance.
In general IT programming and Finance are good match these days, a lot of FinTech companies are booming.
NGO is a plus.
In US best options for Finance are, Booth, Wharton, Stern, Columbia, Berkeley...maybe MIT etc. in Europe I would go for LBS, LSE, University of St. Gallen, Oxford etc.
Good Luck to you too !