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Hello Experts,

I'm planning to write GMAT in mid-sept this year. Which cycle of admadmission will be apt for me? Will fall 15 R1 will be too late? Please advise.

Hi Consultants, I need your help, my profile:

10th: 65%

12: 76%

B.Tech: 69.51% (from IP University, Delhi)

Work Ex: (7+)

3 years Infosys

4.5 years IBM

Several proffessional awards, prizes

Active in extra curricular activities like Voluntary organisations, NGOs, etc.

I want to go for 1 year PGP in India.

Kindly suggest my options and what GMAT score should I target.

Thanks in advance

Hi Consultant!

First of all thanks a lot for giving really good advice to guys.

I am currently working as a System Analyst with mid size IT firm having total experience of 3.7 Yrs (Started working Sep 2011). Having travelled extensive to African countries like SA (Johannesburg) and Ghana (Accra) and worked with top telecom and insurance clients.

Academics:

10th: 61% (2004)

12th: 60% (2007)

B.Tech: 7.14 CGPA (2011)

I want to appear for GMAT and TOEFL and score good to get admission in USA, UK, Canada etc in coming March 2016. By the time I would have 4.5 Yrs of experience.

To be honest looking at my academics I am sure that I would not get admission in top colleges but still I want to appear for test and get admission in better college where my work experience could play major role in my application.

Could you please suggest some strategy for preparation, GMAT score and which type of colleges I should target? Also could I able to get scholarship or not? 

Please revert for clarification or more information.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Consultant, Please help me with my querry on VISA H1B ... I want to know that this year 2.5 lacs filed for visa n there were only 65k seats. Now all those students who have completed their MS n would have not got VISA will have to come back??? I mean after spending so much in US n then not having work visa??

Hello,

I have a question for GRE exam. Suppose an Electronics Engineer with 2+ years experience in IT sector wants to do MS in Computer Science from US mostly, will the universities accept the application as the under-graduation was in Electronics and not computer sciences.?

Hi. Consultants 

My profile:

10th  - 83(State Board) 

12th -  81(Cbse) 

Btech - 77(private university)   

Will work in a public sector bank for 2-3 years from now and the target is ISB 2017 OR 2018 with total work ex of around 3-3.5 years ( 6 months work ex in a private start-up already) 

Please evaluate the profile and Suggeste wud it be suitable for ISB? 

if a particular course takes both gre and gmat and I apply thru gre, will i be gvn less pref as cmpared to sm1 who has a good gmat socre? how does this work?


I did well on my CAT 2014 and other exams. I am still waiting for some of the results. But in all probability i would be pursuing my mba from one of the top 10 colleges in india.

However, I wish to do a 1 year advanced mgmt course from 1 of the reputed B schools in the US after completing my 2 year PGDM/MBA from India.

I have 20 months of workex and plan on working for 1.5 years after my mba before filling applications for the advanced/ accelerated course.

My question is whether a total of 3 years workex and a prior MBA degree(with good acads in 10th,12th and undergrad) be sufficient for getting into 1 of the top 5 progs.

What kind of a gmat score should i be targeting? Which schools are good when it comes to advance mgmnt progs. How should i go about it?

Any help would be appreciated. Looking forward to your response.

Thanks,

Hello puys,

I have a few queries regarding GMAT

1) What usually is the gap between two consecutive GMAT exams, is there any such GMAT calender which has GMAT dates, and a date out of those needs to be selected? How many GMATs are there in a month usually?

2) In colleges in USA, and in Europe. What are the general starting dates of courses. Like in India we have course commencement in August in most universities. What is the case in USA and Europe, and how long before the course commencement should I be applying for the universities. I want to know this for both MIM and MBA

Any help is appreciated

Hello Ppl,

Can you please recommend some good Indian colleges accepting GMAT scores.

Hello Consultants,

My profile is given below:

10th (CBSE): 89%

12th (CBSE): 77%

Graduation: 55% [ BA (H) Delhi University]

MBA: IIFT

Post MBA work ex: 3+ years (All international work and mostly based out of Africa)

Strong extra curricular activities.

Looking for only a top 10 US MBA. What are my chances provided I get the requisite GMAT score?

Hi,

I appeared for GMAT week back and got a score of 650. I would like to know if i appear for GMAT again and in worst case score less than 650 and decide to cancel my score. Will by existing score of 650 will be valid for admission?

Thanks & Regards,

Bhavesh

hello fiends.. i want to do mba..but my academics r very low..but i know i have a potential to prepare very well for entrance exam.. nd my parents cant afford mba fess.. so, please friends suggest me for my future..where i should go??

Hi. I am Siddharth Dhariwal from Kolkata. I am planning to apply for an international MBA next year, so want to start early. My target schools are Top-20 US B-Schools + Top-5 in Europe + Top-3 in Asia. With that in mind, I appeared for GMAT and scored a decent 750 (V40   Q51   AWA 5   IR 8). Once I started reading up, I got to know from leading gmat websites like poetsandquants etc that (i) US B-Schools don't usually prefer candidates in their early 30s (I will be 30 when I join, 31/32 when I passout, so I totally fall in this category) and (ii) the Indian Male IT professional is the most over-represented population in the applicant pool & that makes us undesirable. A consultant from admitme even went to the extent of telling me that I have no chance whatsoever to crack my target schools. That has left me demotivated & confused on what to do in the road ahead. Could really use from experienced advice.

My profile reads something like this- 

ICSE- 92% 
ISC- 91.25% 
B.Tech in Electronics & Communication - 81.3% 
M.Tech in IT - 85% (one of the toppers)
Work Ex- 45 months, currently working Tata Consultancy Services as a Software Engineer 
ECs- normal, nothing jaw-dropping.

Now I would really like a preliminary holistic analysis from the experts on where my profile stands in their esteemed estimate & whether such a profile can arrest the attention of ANY Adcom from my target schools. Going ahead will require an expenditure of one lakh atleast. So can really use an honest comprehensive analysis. 

Thanks in advance

Hello,

I am currently working as a Software Engineer for a company here in Atlanta from past two years. I have a M.s  in Computer Science degree from B graded university in U.S. Now, I want to return to India to get an MBA (planning to take GMAT in next 2-3 months). So, I would like to seek advise from the consultants on which of the below should I be targeting.


http://www.mba.com/india/the-gmat-exam/about-the-gmat-exam/schools-value-the-gmat/gmat-accepting-sch...

http://www.pagalguy.com/mba/colleges-accepting-gmat

Profile:

Xth SSC, Andhra Pradesh: 83.5%

XIIth Board of Intermediate, Andhra Pradesh: 88%

B.Tech in Computer Science: 70%

M.s in  Computer Science : 3.55/4

Work Ex, Software Engineer, almost 36 months

Please let me know.

Thank you

Sai


Can any one share some GMAT preparation study plans for the ones who are planning to prepare on own?


Thank you

Sai

Need to prepare for GMAT.. Need guidance from chandigarh.. please help

Hi guys, this is Kirat. I am not clear whether to opt for MBA or MIM. I am looking for a good School in USA/Canada 

My profile is 

X- 82%

XII - 86 %

B.Tech(Computer Science)- 65% Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida

10 Months of Experience in Indus Valley Partners, Noida

Extra Curriculars:

1. Head(Public Relations & External Affairs)- JIIT Youth Club-2013,2014

2. Head(General Management)- Model United Nations- 2014

Have good internship experience. Worked at Indus Valley Partners, New York- 2012&2013. Client office thereafter got a PPO. Have internship and work experience in Hedge Fund Consulting and Alternative Asset Management Industry. Currently planning to give GRE and apply for 2016. Confused between Mim and MBA and till 2016 will have two years of work ex? Can anyone please suggest on how to proceed with given profile...

Thanks

Hi Puys!

I am an MBA aspirant, interested in MBA-Finance. I currently have a GMAT score of 680 but retaking it with the hopes of reaching the 730 mark. Here goes my profile: 

Xth : 86.0%

XIIth : 95.0%

B.Com(H) from SRCC, Delhi University : 70.3%

Overall decent ECAs. No volunteering experience though!

by Fall 2016 (when I hope to start my MBA), I would be completing 4 years of work ex in BlackRock (Asset Management) - working for a US Federal client.

I am targeting only US B-Schools, namely Darden (Virginia), Anderson (UCLA), Kellogg (Northwestern University), Kenan-Flagler (UNC), Ross (Michigan) and Johnson (Cornell). 

Can someone please evaluate my profile, keeping these schools in mind?

Any kind of help would be appreciated!

Hi. I am looking forward to pursue MBA from US. I'm done with my GMAT. I've heard that if your medium of communication throughout schooling ang Graduation has been English, universities waive off the Toefl score. I was hoping if someone can please throw some light on this.