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GMAT Score 640 !! need your advise

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by r_p_aruns » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:35 pm
Hi ,

Thanks for your time .

It would be of great help if you can evaluate my profile.


Personal Details:

Male - 25 yrs old - Indian

Educational details :

Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering (75% aggregate) GPA - 2.8
12 th grade - (87% aggregate)
10 th grade - (76% - Central board of secondary education)

GMAT :

1st attempt - 580 ( Q44 , V 25)

2nd attempt - 640 (Q48, V28)

Work Experience:

Tata Consultancy service ltd ( A leading IT company ) - 3 years as Assistant system engineer (the most common profile among indian applicants)


My entire work exp in TCS has various role as Developer , Tester and project analyst . The technology in which i had worked is Peoplesoft ( an ERP - Enterprise resource planning tool ) .

The various acomplishments of projects in TCS includes project in the following

Reserve bank of india - Human resource management system Implementation - 10 months
New India Assurance - Human resource management system Implementation - 10 months

Marks and Spencer ( UK client) - empoyee benefits - present

I had also received " Assurance De quarlite" - The best performer award for the year 2010


Community service :

The most weekest aspect of my application . However , i am currently a member of "Maitree" a community service network initiated by TCS , Where i teaching a couple of students basic maths and English every weekend . In addition, I am also a member of the "Seva sangam" a charity for orphans .

Though it is late , i have planned to get involved in few more non profit services.

Acheivements ;

Best Undergraduate Project in the University at 2007 ( whish was also published in "THE HINDU" , leading NEWS paper in India ) - "Compressed Air Vehicle " - with a team of four we developed a vehicle capable of moving with compressed air and which is completely Eco - friendly and uses 0% gasoline.

Extra Curricular activities :

Atheletics - Over all Championship in District level (2003)

Runners up in District Cricket tournament and represented University cricket team for state level tournament.

Captain of college Kabbadi team ,

Captain of college atheletics team


Rquire your advise on how to proceed further . I am planning to apply for Fall 2011 , as the application deadlines for round 1 are by october , i am worried whether i have sufficient time to retake GMAT in order to improve my scores . At the same time , if i am planning to apply for Fall 2011 , how good is my chance for getting admitted in the below mentioned b schools .

Cornell University - johnson school of management
Emoury University
SDA Bocconni - Italy
George town University - Mc Donaugh
National University of Singapore

2. With a good recommedation letter and Essay along with the above profile which range of universities can i target ? . can i focus on schools ranking between 20 to 30 , world wide . please shed some light on this as well .

I thank you for your time and patience to evaluate my profile . Require your valuable suggestions .
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by Lisa Anderson » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:54 am
Dear r_p_aruns,

I think you do have time to retake the GMAT, and would encourage you to do so, but it would mean you might be submitting applications in round 2 instead of round 1 at some schools. Round 2 is not a disadvantage, but you don't want to submit later than Round 2. You definitely want to give yourself enough time to prepare so you have the best chance to increase your score, especially on the verbal side. Ideally, you want your GMAT to be close to or above a 700. Because your profile is over-represented in the global MBA applicant pool, you will want to be competitive within that subset (Indian, IT industry experience, engineering degree). Applicants with your profile who are successful to a global top 30 MBA program will generally have a GMAT in the 700s (a few exceptions here and there). Your current list of schools is a good group, but I think they are still a bit of a reach for you with your current GMAT score and profile. Finally, you want to use your essays, recommendations and interviews to your advantage--don't discount their importance or ability to mitigate weaknesses in your profile.

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Lisa
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