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Hi jeffreymaarsh,

Unfortunately, it will be very difficult for you to gain admission to a top college (under top 100 MBA programs) with a 470 GMAT score. You do also need to strengthen your extracurricular exposure, as business schools look for engaged leaders. You should aim for a strong IELTS as well, but you should not think of your IELTS score as a substitute for your GMAT score.

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Hi SiaAdmissions ,
Thank you so much for taking your time for this and also could you let me know by how many points in GMAT should I improve to get in to the TOP 100 MBA programs.

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Hi jeffreymaarsh,

You need to break the 600 threshold, but if you are a candidate from India, then your score needs to break about ~650 as you belong to an overrepresented body of applicants.

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Thank you so much for taking your time for this and also could you let me know by how many points in GMAT should I improve to get in to the TOP 100 MBA programs.

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Hi ,
Please suggest the list of colleges that I would get considering the profile I have. Following is my profile, please look in to it and let me know.

Class 12: 79.5 %
Undergrad: 7.02 /10
GMAT: 470 (42Q, 17V) , IR - 8 and AWA - 5.0
Work Experience: I currently have a work ex of around 4.6 years in the field of Information Technology in the Financial Services Industry.
Profile: I am currently a Consultant in a MNC company. My Roles are developer and leading a team of developers.

I am considering to take a another attempt and also give a IELTS exam also but still I would like to see my options. Also, do let me know if there is any other information needed from my side. Please help me on this and thanks in advance.

Hello jeffreymaarsh,

Thanks for writing in.

With your current score, you do not quite stand a chance in any of the competitive (ranked) programs in the US or Canada. Even before you focus on the IELTS, you must look at taking your GMAT score up to at least a 600. Once you cross this barrier, a number of reasonable options will open up.

All the best!