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Hey DebdootGMAT,

Thanks for sharing your profile. Your profile looks good on the surface. To begin with, 700 is a decent GMAT score. (However, it depends on the schools you are targeting.)

On the work front, your 5 years of work experience in the energy sector, should establish your work profile with examples of leadership and demonstrate yourself as a team player. An amazing profile is built, including various parameters like work accomplishments, letters of recommendation, ECs, and your post-MBA goals.

We would like to know your detailed profile in order to narrow down schools for you. We have recently helped one of our applicants to get into CBS, Yale, NYU and Fuqua that too with scholarships. Ms. Oil & Gas Engineer (Columbia, Yale, NYU, Fuqua- 40k $ scholarship). She was also from the Oil and Gas industry. You can also read an article on MBA for Oil and Gas professionals. What are your post-mba goals? Are you looking for a career switch? Many of our clients, who are from the industry, are seeking a career in the consulting industry. McKinsey, Bain, BCG (MBB), and other top consulting firms hire in bulk from top-notch business schools. And without an MBA, it is very difficult to crack this industry. Add to this the fact that most consulting employers consider oil and gas professionals to be very valuable owing to their exposure to scale, process management, and quality. If you want to pursue MBA in Oil & Gas, then you can apply to Haas, Kennan Flager, Rice University, and Imperial.

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Hello everyone!!

I am currently shortlisting colleges for full-time MBA and looking out for colleges mainly in the EU and UK.

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GMAT-700 (Q49,V36)
IELTS: 7.5
GPA-3.61 (B-Tech: Tier 2 College in India: Petrochemical Engineering)
Experience: 5 years in the Energy Sector (Oil and Gas)- Worked on the Development of Digital Twin for Petrochemical Complexes
Current Position: Senior Manager in an Oil and Gas Downstream Multinational Company.

I would like to know based on my profile which all colleges should I apply to for a full-time MBA in the EU and UK.

Thank you all for the responses!!

Have a great day!
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DebdootGMAT,

You can find the top programs in Europe (including UK) here.

For reasons mentioned here, we don't speculate on school selection or chances. That being said, European programs do value international experience a lot. Anything here?

Of course as noted by other reviewers, a lot of other aspects matter - whether college/employer are feeder, nature of work, achievements, career trajectory etc etc.

But hope the above gives you a starting point.
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You have a solid 5 years of work experience which is a good thing in your profile. If you look at the average batch profile of UK and EU universities, most of the school have average GMAT of around 690+, your academics also carries similar weightage as your GMAT score. You have got an average GPA. It would be helpful to mention your standing in your batch if your GPA is not on a scale of 4.0

You have got well-balanced work experience. It is important to not just reiterate the job profile that you have. Fact likes, pitching directly to managerial profiles, and two promotions in short-term work experience can do exceptionally well in crafting your application.

Altogether, your profile looks decent to fit. Just try to work on your extra curriculum bit, which would definitely boost your profile to have a competitive edge over aspirants.

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