Dear Teekayy,
Thanks for your post!
It sounds like you have the beginnings of an interesting candidacy in terms of your ugrad studies (biomedical sciences) and your cultural background. I have a few thoughts:
1) Most MBA programs require that applicants have full-time experience before applying. As such, you should probably plan on working for
at least 1-2 years before applying to business school. Ideally you might build off your undergraduate degree by working in the healtcare/biotech sector.
2) The leading schools (global top-20) typically have GMAT averages of closer to 700. As such, you may want to consider working further on the GMAT in the coming year or two, so as to retake and earn a score that is more in keeping with the average results at your target programs (assuming you are looking at top schools).
3) Your GPA of 77% doesn't give me enough information as to how you performed. What school did you attend? How does this GPA relate to others in your class? In your major? Obviously, if you went to a top school and pursued one of their more challenging majors - where earning a 77% put you near the top of your class - you should be in fairly strong shape. Of course, if this is not the case, the pressure will increase in terms of your need to post a high GMAT result.
Beyond work experience and a better GMAT result, you should continue to explore community work/outside interests/hobbies so as to develop a rich profile. I also encourage you to continue reading this forum and perhaps read the Clear Admit blog as well (
https://blog.clearadmit.com) for continued advice and information about the MBA admissions process.
Best of luck,
Graham
