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Hello Sir/Ma'am,

I would really appreciate if you could help me out here.
Short profile:
Indian Male IT
Gmat :- 670(Q49,V32)(Really dissapointed over verbal score, could have done lot better)
Work Exp:Currently 2 years, 3 Years at time of joining mba
Post MBA options: Consulting
B Tech in computer science:- 68%
Target Schools: Rotman, Schulich,McGill, Saunders (Canada Because its more immigration friendly and I want to settle down now)

Work Profile:
Working as developer at TCS - LLoyds bank UK project.
A lot of client interaction on daily basis.
Managing the new joinees to the team.
Lead a team of 6 for a mini project during the initial learning program at the current organisation.That was the best and most exciting time of my career so far.The team members very not among the most brilliant ones but we ended among the top 3 teams because of our team work.(There were 15 teams)
I have always wanted to do an MBA.I wanted to get some work experience before my MBA but the quality of work experience that im getting here is not very good for me personally.There is not a lot of responsibility in the early years and most of my work is technically.One can not expect to get managerial role before 5 years at least .So that is the reason i want to do MBA now and get into consulting.I have good analytical and problem solving skills and i also love to travel, so i believe management consulting will be a good career option for me.


I am aware that my Gmat is not so good, I was confident of scoring 700+ but could not do well on verbal on test day.Nevertheless, I am planning to retake it and hoping to get above the 700 mark.

I know a couple of years of more work ex and a 30 40 points gmat score increase would make it much more competitive but i dont want to wait for one more year.So, In worst case scenario , if i could not improve my Gmat score , what are my chances at these schools? (not expecting scholarship with this score)

Also, I may not be able to apply in the round 1 ,how much difference is that going to make on my chances for admission and scholarship if any?

Or you think i should wait for one more year and get that 700+ gmat and work Exp?
I may also get an onsite opportunity next year.

One more year wouldn't hurt, since you are still below the average for number of years work experience. If you can also increase your GMAT, that would be another benefit of course, but schools are mostly concerned with your quant score, especially with English not being your natural language, I wouldn't worry too much about your GMAT score. It's certainly within the 80 percent range for your target schools, which means you are in the ballpark. Something you said in your posting gave me concern, however, that is, your work experience has "not [been] very good for [you] personally.There is not a lot of responsibility in the early years and most of [your] work is technical." If you in any way communicate to the adcoms that your work experience has not been valuable, it could kill your chances, since schools are looking for what you bring to the table from your past experience that will help your classmates. Schools don't like to let folks in who appear to be running away from something, but rather look for folks running to something, and who have a passionate vision for how their past achievements will help them achieve their future goals. Make sure you are careful in how you position your story. Sorry it took me so long to respond to your post, but let us know if we can help you more specifically.