nidsongmat wrote:2013 was a bad year for me, a lot of personal issues and i took the GMAT multiple times trying to meet the MBA deadlines and just doing things, underestimating the GMAT. I realise my mistake and these were my scores:

01-Sep-2013 V31 / Q48 / IR6/ AW5 / 650
24-May-2013 V31/ Q49 / IR8/ AW5.5/ 660
11-Feb-2013 V25/ Q48 / IR6 / AW5 / 600

I stopped pursuing MBA schools and started working as a senior product manager in an analytics company. My products made it to 1MUSD license at my previous firm. I have worked for the past 8 years with some of the great companies like IBM, Nestle and also worked on projects with companies like Apple, Flipkart, HP and such. I have been very lucky to get an opportunity to travel and have lived in Frankfurt, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleaveland and New York.

I recently started my own company Bemo- which is an machine learning enabled online therapy app. Mental health bears a lot of stigma in India and it is tough to find a good solution. Bemo was selected for Start-Up Chile Sfactory, SEED, Numa Bangalore and 10000 startups by NASSCOM India. I lived in Santiago, Chile for 5 months and launched the MVP. It is going well but i need more hands on business knowledge and would like to invest in a MBA. I am technically sound and have a good experience leading teams.

Education details:

1. B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering - MITS, Jaipur (7.86/10) (2005-2009)
2. 1-yr Certification in Business Analytics - Indian School of Business(3.7/4) (2013-2014)
3. High School Mathematics/Science(99/100) Won a India-wide scholarship
3. I have many certifications for the job such as Scrum certified product owner and also trained people in Agile and Machine learning


Questions:
1. Should i think about retaking GMAT. My verbal is weak. Or should i try GRE instead? I want to apply to INSEAD, IMD, IE, Kellogg, UCLA, Emory and National university of Singapore.
2. Is my profile good enough ? Are there some areas that i should focus on for the applications in the coming year?
3. Considering my profile, are there some schools i should consider?

I really appreciate all the help from this forum. I have been so down about the GMAT since 2013. Please do help me move forward.
Nidhi- You have some really interesting entrepreneurial experience that could resonate in the admissions process. But I still think you need an updated test score- I think the GRE could be a great option- as if you are going to be on lower end- a GRE is the better test to apply with in my opinion. So yes- do spend time on GRE. I think your profile could be stronger with higher scores- whether GRE or GMAT. I would look at schools with strong social enterprise mission- Georgetown comes to mind, but also maybe Fuqua too!
Thanks a lot!
Nidhi