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by vishugogo » Sat May 24, 2014 10:59 am
Kindly help me choosing the business schools that fit my profile.

Undergraduate CGPA 2.6

GMAT Score : 760 Q50 V 42
AWA : 6
IR : 6
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Work Profile :
2 years 9 months experience
Regional Manager in a marketing survey company ( startup in healthcare )
Managing half of a state
8 people working under me
everyday managing over 300 clients
work require extensive travel to urban and rural areas.
if client does not know hindi or english have to converse in local language ( language changes every 70-80 kms)

Extracurricular:
Regional Head of a NGO
main work to educate the rural people about health issues

Post MBA
Want to do economic development in rural and urban areas being a intrapreneur.
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by brianlange77 » Sat May 24, 2014 6:33 pm
Hey there --- to help guide further input, can you help provide some more specifics around the type of programs you are considering? Geography? Full-time/Part-Time, etc?

Thanks.

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by vishugogo » Sun May 25, 2014 7:15 am
Brian I am targeting programs in US full-time small class networking should be good
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by GeneralEducation » Mon May 26, 2014 3:36 am
Hi,

Congratulations for scoring 760 in GMAT!!

If you are considering US B-schools and small class size then you can consider applying to Berkeley Haas, Tuck, Darden, Yale, Cornell, Tepper, Emory and Kelley. Focusing on your application and starting early is what I suggest you. Visit https://www.general-ed.com/chances-of-bschool to assess your chances for top B-schools. Let me know if you have any questions...

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by brianlange77 » Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:04 am
I think the list referenced above makes a ton of sense --- but every school is so different! No reason Duke and Michigan shouldn't be on list as well. I'd extend a watch-out / concern about the undergraduate GPA -- that's going to be a bit of a red flag for most I would believe.

Have you considered taking some additional classes to show commitment/improvement to academics?

Best of luck!

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by CriticalSquareMBA » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:42 am
I'm with Brian on this one. That's quite a flag in your application. It would be useful to understand what your unconverted percentile was, what you studied, and where you went, but still, all that considered, that's still a low range.

Anything you could do shore that GPA would be helpful. An amazing GMAT (AND CONGRATS!) is a good place to start but with a GPA like that a little more is probably going to be necessary.

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