I just Beat The GMAT!

Dear All,
Yesterday, I took my second attempt at GMAT and scored 710( Q50/V35 and IR 3). I have hardly contributed much to this awesome forum but, have received lot of motivation and guidance from the experts and other fellow members.
I would finally like to thank "beat the gmat" community particularly experts who have always responded very warmly and promptly.

Although, I am bit worried about my miserable performance in IR where I scored just 3(25percentile). Can experts please share here how seriously it would affect my overall score and fate of my application.

Thanks
Abhishek

abhi.iitb wrote:Dear All,
Yesterday, I took my second attempt at GMAT and scored 710( Q50/V35 and IR 3). I have hardly contributed much to this awesome forum but, have received lot of motivation and guidance from the experts and other fellow members.
I would finally like to thank "beat the gmat" community particularly experts who have always responded very warmly and promptly.

Although, I am bit worried about my miserable performance in IR where I scored just 3(25percentile). Can experts please share here how seriously it would affect my overall score and fate of my application.

Thanks
Abhishek

Many Congratulations on your success Abhishek!!!

I must say you justified 'iitb' part of your user ID.

IR score doesn't directly contribute to your application however different schools have different criteria of taking that part seriously.

I would say, Don't worry about it. Celebrate the score and prepare to apply in schools you are targeting.

Thanks a lot for your wishes. Great comic timing

Hi Rich,
Thanks for alleviating my worries. I have few B schools in mind
1.ISB, Hyderabad, India
2.NUS, Singapore
3.Schulich B-School
4. Tepper(CMU)

But I am still researching since I am looking for schools who can provide me a platform for career change. As I am looking for shift from my current Industry.
At many forum I have read that for career change 2 yr course are preferable than 1 yr. what is your opinion on that??

My brief profile is as follow:
Indian male, 31 yr
Work exp: 7 yrs
Industry: Manufacturing( ArcelorMittal, a fortune 500 company and the world biggest steel manufacturing company)
Role: Project Management cum Strategy
Under graduation: B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay(IIT Bombay), India
GPA: 2.70
Extra curricular: few
Can you help me identify some B schools in line with my goals. Post MBA, I would like to enter consulting/FMCG or corporate strategy profile.Considering current global economic Scenario, I am bit skeptic regarding European B schools.

Thanks
Abhishek