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Thank you ARINGO for joining, can you please introduce yourself to our audience?

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Hi everyone, I’m Jenny T with ARINGO MBA Admission Consulting - I’ve been in Admissions for 10 years and ARINGO has been around for nearly 20 years! Excited to talk about applications for 2022! Feel free to ask questions, if you come up with something later you can always email me too at [email protected] and I will get back to you ASAP.

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Question i received via subscription form....... How to start shortlisting my target schools

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Question i received via subscription form....... How to start shortlisting my target schools

For shortlisting we would recommend having 5-8 schools spread between: Reach, Target and Safe.
The biggest key to this is making sure the schools align with your career outcomes (check https://www.aringo.com/mba-specializations/).
Then you want to compare your profile to their average class profile - this is a very initial way to start categorizing schools, but helpful in selection.
Next - talk to someone - admissions teams at the schools, students, alumni or even admission consultants to see if they are a good fit for you.

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Another question...... With 5 yrs work ex which ivy league colleges I can target ?

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Hi Jenny- As an introduction, my name is Venkat- I’m a Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and have a couple papers left on my ACCA and I have about 2 years work exp in a Major Bank, I scored in the low 600 range on my GMAT. How well placed do you think I am for MBA in the US? Thanks in advance

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Hi I already hold MBA in HR from India and have about 5 years worked post MBA with BFSI, I wanted to know about my chances of acceptance if I wanted to do an MBA in finance outside India as this would be me second mba.

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Another question...... With 5 yrs work ex which ivy league colleges I can target ?

honestly, not enough information, but all MBA’s (and Ivy’s) are looking for 4-6 years of experience so you are spot on for Fall 2022 applications.

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Hi Venkat - CA is highly recognized so that is great. Unfortunately the GMAT does play a role and isn’t the best positioned for Top 30 programs.... but some schools are waiving GMAT/GRE - Ross announced for Fall 2022 already! So my advice would be to either retake GMAT or consider GRE and/or wait to see which schools offer waivers this fall.

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Thanks Jenny- and with respect to work exp?

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This is a common question - Depending on where you want to do your MBA - US or EU, 1 year programs may be a better target. Much of this will depend on your motivations for a 2nd MBA.
Here is a list of schools that allow candidates to apply with a previous MBA https://www.aringo.com/can-you-apply-for-a-second-mba/

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Thanks Jenny- and with respect to work exp?

Is it safe to assume you worked 2+ years to gain your CA? prior to working full-time at the bank? if so, then it will count as 4 years of work experience. The bigger question around this will be have you had enough exposure to contribute to classroom discussions and be an asset to your cohort.

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I mean to get the CA Degree, you have to do 3 years Internship/Articleship- but do universities consider this?

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I mean to get the CA Degree, you have to do 3 years Internship/Articleship- but do universities consider this?

in that case no, then it would be counted as an internship. sorry for the confusion. Most top programs are looking for 3 years of work experience at time of application with upward mobility (had promotions or promotion ready)

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I mean to get the CA Degree, you have to do 3 years Internship/Articleship- but do universities consider this?

there is no straightforward answer to this unfortunately.

two scenarios: articleship before bachelors, articleship post bachelors
1. before bachelors - not considered.
2. if your articleship was post your bachelors, it might be considered by some schools. few schools outrightly discount articleship (for example, ISB), few don’t. best way to find out is to reach out to the admissions team at the school.

hope that makes sense.