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Hello Admissionado,
Nationality: Russian, 29 y.o.
Education: BSc (3.1 GPA) and MSc (3.9 GPA) in geophysics in russian university
Work experience: 5 years. Field engineer. I was recruited by biggest oil service company, when I studied in in the university. I started in Malaysia (0.5 y), UAE (3.5 y) and the last year in Russia. I work at offshore and onshore oil rigs as a supervisor and lead a team 2-8 people. I received my last promotion just before COVID and waited for an office position in UAE. But pandemic started and oil industry was damaged badly. Instead of promotion, I was transferred to Russia on the same position. That time I decided to change the industry.
GMAT: 600 (Q 47/ V 27), IR 7, 3 AWA (June 2021). I have been preparing for 6 months. I am going to retake the exam after 1 week. but I am afraid that I will not be able to improve it drastically. May be 620-640 maximum.
Hobbies: hockey, snowboarding, traveling, creating videos from trips
Plan after MBA: my main objective is to change the industry. I want to work in a stable company and have a good career growth. I am thinking about consulting. But IT sector will be a good for me as well. I want to move from Russia. Preferably, to UAE, Europe, US, Australia, South Asia.
Schools: I was planning to apply to top European school for 1 year (INSEAD, Oxford, Cambridge, HEC, IMD). But now I think these schools are not reachable with my GMAT. And I will be happy to study in any top schools (not only in Europe), which will help me to change the industry and country and boost my career. I don’t have a lot of time to prepare for GMAT, because I want to try to apply for January 2022 intake in HEC, INSEAD, and IMD.
Question: do you think I have a chance to be admitted by these schools with 600 GMAT or definitely no? What school can you recommend with my profile? I hope that admission committee will value that I am from not very popular demography and I have international experience in a big known company.
Regards,
Slava
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Nationality: Russian, 29 y.o.
Education: BSc (3.1 GPA) and MSc (3.9 GPA) in geophysics in russian university
Work experience: 5 years. Field engineer. I was recruited by biggest oil service company, when I studied in in the university. I started in Malaysia (0.5 y), UAE (3.5 y) and the last year in Russia. I work at offshore and onshore oil rigs as a supervisor and lead a team 2-8 people. I received my last promotion just before COVID and waited for an office position in UAE. But pandemic started and oil industry was damaged badly. Instead of promotion, I was transferred to Russia on the same position. That time I decided to change the industry.
GMAT: 600 (Q 47/ V 27), IR 7, 3 AWA (June 2021). I have been preparing for 6 months. I am going to retake the exam after 1 week. but I am afraid that I will not be able to improve it drastically. May be 620-640 maximum.
Hobbies: hockey, snowboarding, traveling, creating videos from trips
Plan after MBA: my main objective is to change the industry. I want to work in a stable company and have a good career growth. I am thinking about consulting. But IT sector will be a good for me as well. I want to move from Russia. Preferably, to UAE, Europe, US, Australia, South Asia.
Schools: I was planning to apply to top European school for 1 year (INSEAD, Oxford, Cambridge, HEC, IMD). But now I think these schools are not reachable with my GMAT. And I will be happy to study in any top schools (not only in Europe), which will help me to change the industry and country and boost my career. I don’t have a lot of time to prepare for GMAT, because I want to try to apply for January 2022 intake in HEC, INSEAD, and IMD.
Question: do you think I have a chance to be admitted by these schools with 600 GMAT or definitely no? What school can you recommend with my profile? I hope that admission committee will value that I am from not very popular demography and I have international experience in a big known company.
Regards,
Slava
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11 Jul 2021, 10:22
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Hi Slava065 (Slava):
Many thanks for your post!
Q: Do you think I have a chance to be admitted by these schools with 600 GMAT or definitely no?
A: It will be very hard. A GMAT score of 600 is quite low even for the lower-ranked schools. A 640 would be much better, especially for schools in Canada or much lower ranked programs. Still, it would make even the middle-ranked schools tough.
Q: What school can you recommend with my profile? I hope that admission committee will value that I am from not very popular demography and I have international experience in a big known company.
A: You may want to look for programs that do not require or put a low emphasis on the GMAT. One of our peers put together a fantastic outline on schools with GMAT exceptions, leniencies, etc.
https://www.aringo.com/mba-without-gmat/
Have you considered taking the GRE? It's a different exam but is pretty much universally accepted by MBA programs as an alternative to the GMAT. You may score better on that exam, thereby boosting your chances.
You can also consider comparable masters programs (Finance, Business Analytics, Information Management, etc.) that might care less about the GMAT score and would focus more on your interesting profile.
Please reach out to us if you're interested in discussing your background and a strategy over a free consultation:
https://admissionado.com/free-consultation/
-Admissionado
Many thanks for your post!
Q: Do you think I have a chance to be admitted by these schools with 600 GMAT or definitely no?
A: It will be very hard. A GMAT score of 600 is quite low even for the lower-ranked schools. A 640 would be much better, especially for schools in Canada or much lower ranked programs. Still, it would make even the middle-ranked schools tough.
Q: What school can you recommend with my profile? I hope that admission committee will value that I am from not very popular demography and I have international experience in a big known company.
A: You may want to look for programs that do not require or put a low emphasis on the GMAT. One of our peers put together a fantastic outline on schools with GMAT exceptions, leniencies, etc.
https://www.aringo.com/mba-without-gmat/
Have you considered taking the GRE? It's a different exam but is pretty much universally accepted by MBA programs as an alternative to the GMAT. You may score better on that exam, thereby boosting your chances.
You can also consider comparable masters programs (Finance, Business Analytics, Information Management, etc.) that might care less about the GMAT score and would focus more on your interesting profile.
Please reach out to us if you're interested in discussing your background and a strategy over a free consultation:
https://admissionado.com/free-consultation/
-Admissionado
