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Please evaluate my profile for the ISB course

by raagsk » Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:20 am
My qualifications and grade are as below:
X 85%
XII 89%
BCom 70%
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ICWA
SAP FICO Certified Consultant

11 years of overall exp (excl 3 years of CA articleship), 8 years of SAP FICO experience, 5 years of international experience, working with one of the top 3 Indian IT company now. Clients for which I worked on Projects include lots of big names like Apple, Johnson Control, MWV, P&G etc.

Planning to take GMAT in Oct. Please advise what's the target score I should aim for.
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by MBAPrepAdvantage » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:57 pm
Grades look good. What undergraduate Indian university did you attend?

You are a little on the older side as ISB's average age is 27. The average GMAT score is 711 so I would be shooting for beyond that to mitigate the older age. ISB does have a Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives. The average age is 40 and the minimum work experience is 10 years (desired 15 years), so I do not know if this is a match for you.

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by ErinaApphelp » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:56 pm
Hi,

With 8+ yrs. of work experience, you are in ideal phase of your career which most of the b-school look for. So, I assume that you can present a good story in application essays. You have good acads, therefore, I would suggest you to target 700+ GMAT if you intend to apply in ISB. Try your chances in b-school(s) by clicking https://bit.ly/12T2zZz

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raagsk wrote:My qualifications and grade are as below:
X 85%
XII 89%
BCom 70%
CA
ICWA
SAP FICO Certified Consultant

11 years of overall exp (excl 3 years of CA articleship), 8 years of SAP FICO experience, 5 years of international experience, working with one of the top 3 Indian IT company now. Clients for which I worked on Projects include lots of big names like Apple, Johnson Control, MWV, P&G etc.

Planning to take GMAT in Oct. Please advise what's the target score I should aim for.
GMAT-720
Undergrad- Top 5 college in India
MBA- Top 15 FT ranking b-school
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by InterviewBay2 » Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:01 pm
The mean GMAT score for ISB Class of 2014 is 711, and the mid-80% of the batch has GMAT score between 680-750. So, you need a score of around 700+. Further, the mid-80% of the batch had experience of 2.8-7.5 years. With 11 years of experience, you would need a highly convincing answer to "Why MBA?". Your age will be working against you. If you can show a career progression or role progression over the last 11 years, it will be fine.

Focus a lot on your application essays. They will determine your application's success more than the GMAT score. Good luck!

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