Everything you would like to know about top MBA Admissions.

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Everything you would like to know about top MBA Admissions. | Live chat with ARINGO

Sunday, August 29th, 2021 10 AM PST | 10:30 PM IST |1 PM EST

In this chat session Shimri Winters, head of the strategy team at ARINGO MBA Admissions Consulting, will be answering questions, reviewing profiles and helping candidates with their queries regarding 2022 MBA admissions

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ARINGO · Answer

Hi everyone, I am really excited to be here.
My name is Shimri Winters
I hold a BA in computer science and an MBA from the London Business School

I head the strategey at ARINGO MBA Admissions Consulting (https://www.ARINGO.com) we help candidates get accepted into top business schools, even with lower-than-average GMAT scores (I have a 660 😊 )

For a detailed profile review, please send me your CV, GMAT score, school wish list and any other info to [email protected]

Now let’s get the questions started!

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Thank you ARINGO for joining, Let’s start the session?

Welcome Everyone! To the live chat

Everyone! You can start asking your questions

Question received from subscription form......... Which school is best for consulting career post MBA (Top 10-20)?

Sim2514 · Answer

HI Shimri, Good Day! Can you please evaluate my profile, i am not sure about INSEAD, is my profile strong enough! Any tips how i can improve my profile.

Indian Female
Aģe : 25

Job: Business Analyst, HSBC
Supported countries: UK, CHINA, HONG KJNG, SINGAPORE, CANADA.
Work experience: 3+ years
Promoted twice

GRE: 332 V170 Q162
Btech: 82.78%
12 grade: 88.7%
10 grade: 89.6%

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Received the HSBC Star Performer Award and Pat on the Back Award
• Nominated as the young talent to participate in EXCo offsite visit in Feb 2020; the EXCo offsite witnessed CIOs from 15 countries discuss New
Ways of Working; remained the youngest member at the panel and presented LAAC, Learning as a Culture, idea to be implemented in the Channels
department.
• Received an award for implementing the customer need application, which earned HSBC recognition as the Bank of the Year for Financial
Inclusion by the industry publication, The Banker in Nov 2019
• Accredited by the Bharat Electronics Limited for presenting a paper on"Hand Gesture Recognition with an egocentric viewpoint of Sign Language
using Animatronics hand "
• Won 16 awards in inter/intra college fests. Worked as a core member of “Corona-Science Club”.
• Represented India in 8th SAARC Youth festival competition held in Kolkata and won 1st
prize in drawing competition.
• 1st Prize winner in Dramatics, Collage Making, -CELESTA, an international fest (including countries such as Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh,Sri
Lanka) organized by CMS, Lucknow (1 out of 1500+ students) 2012.
• Active member of an NGO-‘Sankalp’ working on improving the education system followed in govt schools.
• Member of the Entrepreneurship Developement Cell-‘NAVJYOTI’ at Banasthali University.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Discipline Captain, St. Conrad’s Inter College,Agra (APRIL 2013 – APRIL 2014)- Spearheaded the 64 volunteers to implement the rules and
maintain decorum in the school.
• English Club President, St. Conrad’s Inter College,Agra (APRIL 2013 – APRIL 2014 )- Fulfilled the responsibilities associated with the club’s
chief executive officer role.

Colleges applying to: INSEAD, ISB, NTU

Post MBA Plan :
Short yerm: Management consulting role
Long term: grow with the firm to partner it

And i have the essay and story ready to convince, why i want to make this switch from BA to consulting role.

ARINGO · Answer

So, I get this question a lot
In theory, these schools have more than 30% of alumni work in consulting:
INSEAD, Emory (Goizueta), Dartmouth (Tuck), NYU (Stern), London Business School, Georgetown (McDonough), Northwestern (Kellogg), Georgia Tech (Scheller), Texas A&M (Mays), Duke (Fuqua), 
BUT!!! in actual life, does it matter if your schools have a 31% of students go to consulting or 24%? 
Consulting in MOST business schools is the number 1 or number 2 biggest recruitment sector

So, my take is, all top MBA programs can lead to consulting, now get into the best possible schools that fit your other needs (location, scholarship, brand...)

LamboWalker · Answer

What would a top b-school find more appealing - A GMAT 770 with an average profile or a GMAT 670 with great extra-curriculars?

ARINGO · Answer

From what I can see you have a fantastic profile Great academics, brand on the CV, 2 promotions in 3 years, and GRE score which is above average. I am assuming you come from India, which means you are coming from an over-represented MBA candidate spool, but your profile does sound unique If you are looking for someone to assist you with your applications (check out our INSEAD stats: https://www.aringo.com/aringo-mba-admission-statistics/) and want some more info, and a deeper profile review, please send me your CV, GMAT score, school wish list and any other info to Shimriw@ARINGO.com EASY question = Both candidates would not make the cut for the top business schools! Your application needs to be excellent in everything 670 GMAT ? is 98% of the time too low for a top business school with an average of 730 GMAT on the other hand, when I interviewed candidates for LBS, I remember more than once, very high GMAT candidates (780, 770) who were either not impressive, or full of themselves. needless to say, I didn’t pass either... I would rather see a 720, with 4-6 years of solid business experience, a couple of promotions, work with international clients or teams, and 2-3 interesting extra curricular than any of "your" profiles

Sim2514 · Answer

Do you think applying with GRE score can be an issue with INSEAD and NTU. I am also applying for scholarships so do they consider GMAT score over GRE?

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Always keep your questions typed and ready before the session starts

Everyone, We have around 40 more minutes left in this chat session.

Sim2514 · Answer

And what should be included in Optional essays, I always think that Optional essays should be utilised to provide extra information about my profile. But what kind of information should be included. How can we use Optional essays in the best way possible.

ARINGO · Answer

ALL top MBA programs are indifferent to GREs vs GMATs. wherever you can score a higher score, go with that... 332 is great!

this is not a generic question - I can not answer in this forum what you should put on YOUR optional essay 
as you said, you should use it to add info... but at ARINGO, we use it in different ways from one candidate to another...

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Everyone, We have around 30 more minutes left in this chat session. Ask your questions quickly

LamboWalker · Answer

Out of these two, who is more likely to be REJECTED by a reputed B-school - An underexperienced applicant ( 9 years)

Siddharth1408 · Answer

i studied well for gmat prepping with the official guide and stuff then lost track for a month now i want to prep within next 30 days... what can i do now? how to study? my score is around 650..

ARINGO · Answer

Funny questions
if the applicant with <3 has more than 2, and they are impressive, then why not
If the applicant with 9, has an impressive application, then why not

less than 2, or more than 12. that is a problem!

not my area of expertise, sorry

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Everyone, We have around 20 more minutes left in this chat session. Ask your questions quickly

ARINGO · Answer

Let me ask a question and answer it 😊
Q: 
When should I apply? R1 vs R2

Q: 
In theory, R1 is always better. The chances might be slightly higher for both acceptance and scholarships, and even if they were the same, you want to know the answers by November, in case you need to apply to some backup options as well.

BUT R2 with a better application or 20+ points in the GMAT ALWAYS beats R1

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Everyone, We have last 10 minutes left in this chat session. Ask your questions quickly

Sim2514 · Answer

Can you suggest top 10 one year MBA programs?

rlua · Answer

I have a question about application forms. I am currently filling out 2 of my applications and both have questions about my salary history, even though they are optional.

As of right now, I am making close to a post-MBA salary in some industries, but I am not pursuing an MBA for a salary increase.

Will disclosing my salary on the application reflect poorly when AdComs make their decisions (either on admission status or financial aid)?

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