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27 year old, Indian Female

1) Brief description of experience :
- 4 years experience in the largest steel producer in India. Positions ranging from core operations management to corporate strategy, business development to corporate communication. Worked on medium-term & long-term corporate strategy of a $8 million(in annual revenues) government owned company, further I work on the assessment and action-plan for strategic alliances/JVs/M&A. In addition to all this I'm also part of group which handles investor relations and enables corporate level interface with government of India and world steel association(WSA).

2) GRE : 311 ; yet to receive TOEFL score

3) GPA : 3.7; top 10% of the class , majored in Manufacturing Science & Engineering

4)Additional:
- youngest person in the organization(with 1 lac employees) to win the best younger manager award
- exposure to steel industry in Japan & China
- founding member of rotary club chapter
- recognized as child scientist, represented India in Indo-Germany exchange program

5)Short-term & Long-term Goals: Post MBA, I'm inclined to pursue management consulting at one of the Big 3 companies and seek assignments in the manufacturing sector.Consulting will build upon my present experience of business development in a government owned metals & mining company and MBA learnings, by providing diverse exposure and a structured approach to tackle cases. In the long-run, I plan to specialize in growth and go-to-market strategies in the manufacturing sector with regards to international business development, playing an integral role in corporate strategy and leading the sustainable expansion of the organization in the emerging economies.

As I'm keen on applying with GRE score, I would appreciate if you can provide a list of target schools and a brief profile evaluation.

Thanks for the encouraging words, my section break-up is Quants-158 & Verbal - 153.
I know my scores are on the lower side w.r.t an international applicant.

My current experience is in the lines of internal consulting of a $8 billion dollar company. Further, I intend to build upon this and join a consulting firm. I think Schools beyond top 25 would not help me reach where I intend to.

I understand one should be realistic during the school selection, Pointers on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Hi,
Continuing from where we left, I re-took GMAT and scored 600. I was scoring 700-740 in my mocks, but froze in the real one. All I can day is that I'm a bad test taker. Should this deter me from pursuing business education from a top business school?
I don't intend to take another shot. Would really appreciate if you can share your opinion.
Regards