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Thanks in advance for evaluating my profile !

GMAT 1 : 620 ( Q49, V 26)
 GMAT 2 : 700 (50, V 35)

Nationality : Indian

Age : 28

Under-graduation  : Engineering

GPA  : 71 % ( Not sure how to convert that into GPA)

Work Exp  : IT 58 Months ( Till date)

International Experience  : 21 Months ( US), 10 Months (UK), 4 Months (Singapore) and 23 Months ( India)

Project Management + Pre- Sales.

Extra curricular  : 
1. Started a small venture, which had the whole operations cycle involved from managing labour to cost management, during my graduation ( closed it after one year because of the university commitments).
2. Organised a lot of events during my school and university days to earn money to support my education.
3. 6 Years of community service 
4. Member of the Hand Ball team in school ( represented state)
5. Vice Captain of the Volley ball team in University.

Post MBA Goal  : To work as a MC for few years and then be an entrepreneur.

Target Schools : Insead, LBS, Booth.

Questions/Queries : 
1. Is my GMAT score good enough to compete ? ( Considering on average Indian IT male score much higher than 700)
2. Am I being realistic while applying to these schools?
3. Could you also suggest me some other schools?

Thanks,

iplayrugby · Answer

Respected Mr. Nitish Mahajan,

Since you decided to explicate "Extra curricular" and "Co-curricular" under separate headings, could you please care to enlighten your foolish audience what the difference between the two terms is?

Sincerely,

iplayrugby

onwards and upwards

cipher · Answer

My bad, I have edited my post, there is no difference between these 2 in regards to MBA application process.

AlexMBAApply · Answer

The schools you listed will be a stretch - but you have enough of a shot that it's worth at least giving them a shot. Your GMAT should be fine - what will make it hard is that you're competing against a lot of other Indian IT guys who will have very similar resumes as you do. I would apply to these schools, but to also consider schools like Darden, Duke, or Michigan if you want to work in the US or Oxford and Cambridge if you're interested in working in Europe.

cipher · Answer

Thanks a lot for your reply Alex...!

I have one more query and it would be really appreciated if you could answer that as well.

I have heard from a lot of people that one should not mention about the entrepreneurial ventures, which candidates have done when they were in undergrad schools as Adcoms wont consider it as successful ventures. Is that true? Specifically in my case as I did start off with something but closed it due to university commitments. Should I mention this in my essays ?

Regards,
Nitish

AlexMBAApply · Answer

Focus on material within the last 3 - 5 years, which means you should avoid talking about undergrad stuff altogether given where you're at already in your life.

cipher · Answer

Thank you for such a quick response...!

Much appreciated ...!

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