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Please Evaluate my profile

by vicrockz » Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:44 pm
Hello,
Please evaluate my chances of admission. My profile is as follows

GMAT: 680 (43 Q (67%) and 41 V (92%))

I will have 5.3 years work exp as R&D engineer in a US manufacturing company by the time I apply to schools. I have been promoted after just 2 yrs on my job. I also have a Master degree in mechanical engineering with a GPA of 3.9/4 with a heavy math focus and have excellent grades in all the math course I have taken. I also have publications under my name

My undergrad is from India and my GPA is little above 7/10. Math grades in my undergrad are average only. I also have below avg extra curricular activity.

So based on the above profile these are my questions

1. Will my Master degree grades be given prominence by schools or will the emphasis be on undergrad performance? Will my math background in MS offset my low quant percentile in GMAT?

2. What are my chances in schools like Insead singapore and NUS singapore?

3. Would you suggest I re-take my GMAT.

Your response will be greatly appreciated

Thank you
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by Cindy Tokumitsu » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:22 am
Hello,

To answer your questions:

1. Your strong graduate record will be well considered. Your low undergrad record will also be considered, but the excellent grad record will mitigate it and will indicate to the adcom your true academic potential. Yes, your good quant scores will help mitigate the low quant GMAT, though the latter will still be noted.
2. Assuming an excellent application that portrays your strengths and differentiates you, I'd consider NUS to be on-par to reasonable reach and Insead to be a reasonable reach.
3. That depends on whether you consider a significantly improved score (+ 30 or more points) likely with an amount of effort that you deem reasonable under your present circumstances. A higher score will always improve your chances and your application, but the question is how much higher for how much effort.

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Cindy Tokumitsu
Senior Editor, Accepted.com