Hello Anish,

Thank you for your post!

Your 770 GMAT should help you stand out in the admissions process, as you come from an oversubscribed pool of Indian nationals, with an engineering degree from an Indian institution. Your marketing focus could also help you stand out in admissions; however, it will depend on your responsibilities, impact and leadership experience. Without the details of your work experience and demonstrated leadership, it's a bit difficult to quantify your chances. However, broadly speaking, your GMAT and non-engineering career should help you be competitive.

Despite the strengths I noted above, HBS and Stanford will be reach schools, so you may want to consider only applying to one of them and dedicating your time to another program (choosing this other program will likely depend on your goals, where you want to end up after graduation, etc.). Round 2 tends to be a more competitive round simply because application volume tends to increase. Your safest route would be to apply to Kellogg and Fuqua in Round 1, but you could also balance the risk by applying to a reach program and Kellogg or Fuqua in Round 1, then the remaining reach program and Kellogg or Fuqua in Round 2.

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