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Question

Please evaluate my profile

Let me know if i am a fit for

Oxford
cambridge
rotman
schullich
indiana
queens
ivey
one year mba at kellog

GMAT -- 620 ( V - 30 , Q - 45 )

Personal Details

Nationality : India

Age - 31 yrs

Degree of Graduation - Bachelors of Business Administration ( First Class - 2000 )
Strong academics

Work Experience

Total Experience - 10 years +
Domain - Financial Services ( Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Services )
Team Handling and Leadership profile for the last Nine Years, have very qualitative leadership experience.

thanks in advance

and please suggest me the US top 20 schools in my reach

jenniferbloom · Answer

Because of your GMAT score and years of experience, I don't feel that any of these programs is a good fit for you. Instead, I feel that you are a great candidate for an  EMBA program . If your goals are to stay in your industry but advance in responsibility, the EMBA is a great education.

wayahead123 · Answer

Thanks very much for your reply.

I am not very inclined towards EMBA, because i have not done any masters and i believe one full time masters is required. I know my essays have to be very strong because of my age.

I don't have any problem in re-takling gmat, and i am confident that i can score 700 with prep of two months, but the obstacle is that if i apply for next year , i will be 32 in nov 2012 , and i am really apprehensive that with an age of 32 , will any top 15 US/ top 5 canadian schools take me ?

Please let me know my fitment for

1) Emory full time mba ( they have an option of one year for those with high experience )
2) Kellog ( they have an option of first year waiver subject to some eligibility criteria fullfillment, e.g. subjects studied in past etc, i got in touch with them and i fulfill those needs, the average gmat is 710 for this )
3) Cornell ( they have one year option within two year full time mba program, if one has satisfactory undergrads , i have written them and waiting for their reply)

thanks very much for your time and help.

jenniferbloom · Answer

There is no "Master's degree" requirement for the EMBA programs, so I do still recommend that you keep them in mind. Also,  Stanford ,  MIT , and  LBS  have Sloan Master's/Fellows programs, which are full-time programs aimed at older and more experienced applicants, so they may make sense for you as well (and I assume you know about the IIMs in India and the  Nanyang Fellows program  also aimed at older students). Emory's one-year option is not aimed at older applicants actually, just those with undergraduate business majors and business/finance course work under their belts; I am afraid that your fit in the class is going to be questioned there still. This is true for Cornell and Kellogg as well: students in Cornell's one-year MBA program have an average of 4 years of experience and in the Kellogg one-year MBA program they average 5 years of experience. 
While the class at Queen's University does skew a bit older than the US programs, most of the other Canadian programs are aimed at 28 or 29 year olds. While this does not mean an automatic rejection and there are always going to be a few 30 or 31 years olds in the class, it is much more  challenging  to prove that you should be among that small group.

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