Profile evaluation for MBA 2020 Intake

Question

Hi,
I am Looking for Profile evaluation for Top 10 US colleges. Would appreciate a frank evaluation of my profile and suggestions for my candidature.

Background - 
Age - 29
Nationality - Indian
Sex - Male

MBA info - 
GMAT - 710 - Q49 V36(I can go for a retake as I think I can get 740+)
Interest - MBA in entrepreneurship from top 10 college. Becoming an entrepreneur has been my goal and therefore transitioned to a Product manager role from engineering role.

Work Experience -  - 7+ years of Work experience. 
1 Year as a Product manager at a Multi billion $ Product Company 
2+ Years as a Product manager at a ~500 million dollar start up
1 Year as a Tech lead at the same startup - Have been part of the company since inception.
3 Year as a Senior software engineer at Samsung 
Have exposure to international markets. Worked in South Korea and US

Academics - 
Undergrad - CGPA - 7.82 - Bachelors in Technology from an NIT 
Product management certification from Upgrad

Achievements -  
Transitioned to a Product Manager role with just 3.5 years of experience
3 Promotions in 3 years with one Skip level promotion 
Let the implementation of the App, scaled it to 500k downloads and monthly transactions of ~$2 millions
Multiple Awards and accolades

Extra curricular- 
Organized multiple CSR activities 
Social contributor of the Year at Samsung 
Coordinator of the cultural society in my Undergrad
Interest in dance. Participated in many competition and won few. Had to leave it because of health issues

I think my Work ex is little on the higher side. But I had circumstances because of which I couldn't plan before. My GMAT score is also not too great, I screwed it somehow. I need advice on whether retaking the GMAT would be better. Thanks in advance for your help!

MG4MBACrystalBall · Answer

A few thoughts on your profile  visat :
 
  Top 10, 710 - no go am afraid. GMAT retake is a must. That is even more important given the NIT pedigree; your NIT/IIT peers easily score in the 740+ range am afraid.  
  The work profile will be your claim to fame. The transition you seem to have managed is fantastic and will also beget the question of why MBA - the jury's still out there if you need it to be either an entrepreneur or a PM! Entrepreneurship is a very high risk, high gain thing - so unless you've really thought it through and can defend it, think again. 
  The ECs arc looks decent and continuous. Will be good to understand the scale/impact too however.  
  Your experience is above the average but still in the median 80% range; so I won't say that's really a deal breaker at all.

Hope this helps some.

Cheers,

vimas · Answer

Hi  MG4MBACrystalBall ,
Thank you for your helpful feedback. I totally agree that GMAT retake is a must for me. I am very confident that I can score 740+ as I was scoring 730-40 in the mocks. But I want to apply for the 2020 intake and my worry is that retaking GMAT would take me atleast another month and then I won't have enough time to work on my applications. What is your opinion?
Would I be able to apply to these colleges in Round 1 after retaking GMAT? Or should I figure out other colleges that might work for me?

MG4MBACrystalBall · Answer

visat , if feasible, you should ideally begin working on applications in parallel to GMAT prep. If not, focus on getting that right first. Remember, R1 is important but never at the cost of a sub-optimal application. You should still be able to put in at least a few applications if you start by early Aug.

All the best and feel free to reach out.

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