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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 grades in MS offset my low quant score 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

Hi vicrockz,

Some quick answers to your questions:

1) Schools will look at both your undergrad and your graduate transcripts. I don't think more emphasis will be given to one or the other, but keep in mind that, for many applicants, an undergrad transcript is all they have. So, that one gives them a more consistent "apples to apples" comparison from one applicant to the next.

2) Really too hard to say what your chances are without knowing more about you, such as what you want to do post-MBA. But, at first glance, I worry that you may have a hard time standing out vs. other applicants with similar backgrounds, esp. ones who have better GPAs and GMAT scores.

3) Yes, your quant GMAT score is particularly low. It's good that you have the strong college coursework in engineering to offset that some, but I would recommend trying to get your quant percentile score at least above 80.

Good luck!
Scott