The Application Process

Hey guys ,

I have been a silent spectator of this forum for like three months and used to regularly check the experience of other guys and see them score awesome on their G-day. So I decided to write one too , but I haven't scored that well in my exam , 560 (Q 44 V 23) , the result was really shocking as i was doing pretty good in kaplans , gmat club tests, grockit and other sectional exercises.
I was confident enough that I will score 30 in V which will bring my score up to 650 , but i got so tensed at the center ( as i reached the center late ) that I screwed up my maths too. I did OG12 , kaplan premier , Kaplan 800 , barrons GMAT, SC CR bibles and a lot of practice . But in the last week I Just did one exam as I had my practicals and project Vivas in college which took almost last two days.

My profile:
GMAT = 560
IELTS = 8.0
Academics = 79% (till six semester)
Extra curricular = Strong
Sports = excellent ( national level player)

My other test scores :
570 gmat prep1
580 gmat prep 2
580 barrons
580 gmat prep again
600 kaplan 3
600 kaplan 4
630 veritas
640 kewton

Now the main thing , The reason I call myself Young and Restless is because I always wanted go to a B-school right out of my college , and I have been doing all the needful for it like taking part in all the college activities , leading clubs and making societies.
I am presently a Student pursuing my Btech( IT), final year.
All the consultants and University officials i spoke too said that my profile is good but the only reason I will not get the B school of my choice is that i lack work-ex. So , for the last month i searched all the B-schools in canada and came down to :
1. Dalhousie Univeristy
2. Carleton University
3. Wilfrid Laurier University - laurier Co-op
4. Edward business school - University of Saskatchewan
5. Mcmaster university -degroote school of business

which accept students without "workex" in their CO-op programs ,and were appropriate for me before giving my exam as I was not aiming at Top notch B schools. But now that I have score of 560 in hand , I dont think I should apply as it will be a wastage of money and chance.

Guys please suggest what should I do, If i apply to these universities what are my chances of getting call for interview. I really want to go in 2011 , What do you suggest for other colleges like NYIT Vancouver which does not need GMAT.

guys please reply

hi kishan i think i can help you on this issue

Hi Young and Restless -

(I feel like "Dear Abby" responding to that name - ha ha!

What's the rush? I know it is very attractive to pursue your MBA as soon as you graduate so that you don't have to stop out of earning income to pursue the MBA.

Let me try to talk you out of it, though.

- You can only pursue your MBA once in your career.
- Your options for b-schools will be stronger when you have more work experience.
- You'll have time to further improve your GMAT score, which again will give you stronger choices for b-schools.
- Furthermore, employers who hire MBA graduates expect them to have at least 2 years of experience, so you'll be less competitive against your classmates.
- You'll gain significantly more, and you'll be able to contribute significantly more to the MBA classroom if you have professional experience.

I hope this is helpful to you, even though it may be contrary to what you'd like to hear. Good luck!

Wendy Flynn
MBA Admissions Coach
(Former Director of MBA Admissions for 15 years at a US Top 30 MBA Program)