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Brief of My Profile:

GMAT: 670 (Q 49, V 33) -84%

Experience: 9.5 years in Telecom VAS domain in presale, Business Analysis, product management & marketing

Present status: Doing election campaign for a Major Trade Union ( which has almost 1 million members and covers 7 major states of India) headed by my father. Election is in last week of this month. (Major reason for low GMAT score). I Will finish this task by 1st week of May, 2013. Thus, instead of going back to regular job, I want to do an MBA (have some good reasons and fact to justify and support this)

Last two roles: Worked as Head Presales –SAARC and Regional Manager Presales – South Asia.

International experience:
1. China (selected out of 300 people to work in Nanjing for Supporting Key international projects including Vivo Brazil – a major win for VAS division),
2. Indonesia (selected out of 300 people to work in Jakarta to support Major Bids of Telkom and telkcomsel
3. SAARC countries: Successfully spearheaded deals in following countries - Nepal, Bangladesh, Srilanka and Maldives
4. Several Business trips and trainings in UK. Did my Master’s from King’s College London, Uni. Of London

Forums & Seminars:

1. Was in Speaker panel in VAS ASIA and VAS India
2. Head of organizing Committee and Host of ZTE VAS forums held in Delhi and Mumbai in 2004 & 2005. Attend by all Senior management staff of all the Telecom operators (including CIO, VP, GM etc)
3. Conducted guest lecturers in local B- schools with a senior educationist ( Cambridge alumni)

Research paper:
Co-authored a research paper published in one of the renowned Canadian journal

Target Schools: ( I want to start my MBA in this year. )
1. LBS
2. SAID
3. Judge
4. INSEAD ( I don’t want to wait till Jan -2014. But just for backup)
5. IMD ( I don’t want to wait till Jan -2014. But just for backup)

Education:

- Masters Degree in Science (M.Sc.) – Advance Software Engineering from Kings College London, U.K. Received “Award of Merit” (Given to top 10% students in class) in Masters degree from King’s College London, University of London

While your experience is excellent, your GMAT is low for LBS and INSEAD. Given the intense competition amongIndian applicants.I am not optimistic about your chances at these programs. Acceptance isn't impossible, but as I said I'm not optimistic.

Would you consider HEC, IE, or IESE?
Best,
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Thanks a Lot, for your honest reply.

But, As per me MBA from any Top 20 B-schools would be sufficient for me. End of the day, MBA is just a podium to enhance and showcase my skills and ability to the recruiters. Any comments?

Is it worth to wait for another six month or year for LBS or INSEAD? I know, I can improve GMAT but I need to invest more time which is very precious to me.

By the way, message from you comes with very positive vibes as it displays...message..(from)...accepted.....:) Hope to see similar kind of message from B-schools.

Thanks again for your time and profound reply.
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Thanks a Lot, for your honest reply.

But, As per me MBA from any Top 20 B-schools would be sufficient for me. End of the day, MBA is just a podium to enhance and showcase my skills and ability to the recruiters. Any comments?

Is it worth to wait for another six month or year for LBS or INSEAD? I know, I can improve GMAT but I need to invest more time which is very precious to me.

By the way, message from you comes with very positive vibes as it displays...message..(from)...accepted.....:) Hope to see similar kind of message from B-schools.

Thanks again for your time and profound reply.

Those vibes aren't unintentional. :-)

Seriously you are a bit between a rock and hard place. Your age/experience levelis getting to the point where schools will want to steer you to EMBA programs. And that trend will only strengthen with another year of experience. So if yo postpone your GMAT earn a higher score, your experience level will be more of an issue.

On the other hand, if you wait until next year, the Sloan Fellows programs at Stanford, LBS, and MIT could be viable options for you. Check them out and see if they don't provide a good option if you are not accepted now to LBS or INSEAD.

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