Hi Danne,
Your work experience is good, but not exceptional. It is not clear how much leadership or management responsibility you have had, although from your title I suspect you function more as a team member than a leader. Also, several of the schools you list show classes with 5-6 years' experience.
Except for AIM, the schools you have listed are looking for 650-700 GMAT scores. "Average" would make acceptance difficult, and scholarships would be even less likely. Most US business schools rely heavily on loans to finance applicants in the belief that the post-MBA earnings potential will let graduates pay off loans quickly. I am not familiar with scholarship arrangements in Asia.
Admissions officers consider the whole package. No single element can guarantee acceptance. Unfortunately, one negative element can eliminate you from the list. The answer, then, is that all elements are extremely important. Once you target competitive schools you are at great risk with any less than superior elements to your application. Schools certainly accept applicants who have "holes" in their applications, but only if there is a compelling reason in some other area to accept a candidate . Recommendation letters are the school's only chance to hear your story from the perspective of someone else. As such they are very important.
Any time an applicant is looking at schools that reject a significant portion of their applicants, I recommend one or more "safety" schools: schools for which your statistics are above (or well above) the average of those accepted.
Good luck,
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Thank you for the response. I am quite confident I can get at least a 660 in the GMAT. I am actually aiming for 720. If I do get a 720, will I have a chance of getting a scholarship in an Asian school like NUS, Nanyang, or AIM, given my background? How about INSEAD and Wharton? I understand the pool of applicants for European and American schools are more competitive. Is this correct?
Also in terms of scholarship, I am aiming for at least a 25% scholarship. Given my background, do I need more work experience to justify a full scholarship in an Asian school?
Thank you very much, Tani.
Also in terms of scholarship, I am aiming for at least a 25% scholarship. Given my background, do I need more work experience to justify a full scholarship in an Asian school?
Thank you very much, Tani.
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I really am not familiar with the scholarship programs at Asian schools. In general, business schools prefer to give loans, although there are some scholarships available. At the Asian schools you score would be much higher than average, which would give you a good chance at a scholarship. You might ask the schools what percent of their students get scholarships and what the average amount is. Many schools publish that data. INSEAD and Wharton are naturally more competitive simply because of the number of applicants. Very few Americans and Europeans go to Asian business schools, but many thousands of Asians apply to US and European schools.
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