GMAT 690 Profile Evaluation

Hi Harvy,
You have some strong leadership and internationalism here, which should help you compete for a spot in a top business school. However, that GMAT will certainly impact your school choices. If you think you can get your score up over 700, particularly the verbal part, take it again. You're still quite young, so it might be worthwhile to take a course in business writing, such as those offered by UCLA Anderson Extension, to crank up your writing skill-set before retaking the GMAT.

Which schools? Look at the posted class profiles, either on each school's website or on Bloomberg, and target schools where your GMAT places you at or around the median (not the 80% range) of accepted students -- that's the best way to assess your chances.

Bear in mind is that your goals are an important part of the application process to top MBA programs, and I notice that you didn't mention career goals here. It's a good thing to start thinking about: not only which schools in terms of rankings/brand, but which schools have unique offerings that are a perfect match with your post-MBA career objectives. This will help you narrow your targets to a manageable short-list, and prepare you for deep, school-specific research, which is the next really important part of the application process.

Hope this helps,
Margaret Strother

Hi Harvey,
School choices are a very individual, complex and crucial part of your MBA application strategy, whereas this public forum is a better fit for high-level feedback and knowledge-sharing that will be valuable to a broad spectrum of readers. In my opinion, your best bet is to reach out to a consulting company and ask for a one-on-one profile evaluation. We would be happy to talk with you!

Thanks,
Margaret Strother