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Hi! Mark,

I saw your post and thought I should write to you to clear a few doubts.

I am interested in applying to Kelley.However, my score is only a 640.....

I belong to India but dont quite fit the typical Indian profile of a GMATter.

I'm not an engineer, I dont work in the IT business and Instead of being Brilliant at quant and low on english, I am Good in English and suck at quant.

I do have a decent amount of experience.Ran my own company, Traded commodities working for two of the top companies in the Commodities business.Spend time working in Africa, europe and the middle east.

I have been really good at extra curriculars too.GPA isnt that bad but isnt that great either.

Do you think my kinda profile would be able to get through with the score I have.I know kelley takes people with a higher score than I have.


I'm wondering whether I should aplly with this score now or retake the GMAT and then apply with an improved score.

I'll wait for your reply...

Cheers
Ashish


Ashish, I think you have an interesting profile. I believe your GMAT score won't be a barrier for any school expect those in U/E cluster. My 2 cents ;)
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I will be taking about a week of Excel classes because I didn't work much with Excel in my prior job.


Long time no post Mark. Glad to see you're enjoying Indiana.

Quick question - how much excel do they expect you to know? Could you give a quick example?
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Welcome back, Mark, do keep us posted of your experiences.

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