Your Quant score isn't good. So, it's better to proactively explain your competencies in Quant/ math in the optional essay.

Hi skn48517, Those are the schools you should target if your goal is to work in PE. The good part is that you’ve relevant workex as far as targeting PE, otherwise it just gets incredibly hard to justify how one can recruit post-MBA in a hyper-competitive industry. Nonetheless, these are competitiv...

Hi Dillon, A higher score will help - it’s good to be around the median – but if you decide not to write again, you can still be competitive as it’s not too off. Schools typically consider your highest test score and its sub-scores. They don’t mix & match sub-scores across different scor...

Hi Imran, When in doubt about the eligibility criteria, you should first check (drop an email) with the school to be sure. Otherwise, you may unnecessarily dissipate your efforts. And it’s better to check with them when you have your GMAT score, so that they get a holistic picture of your academic...

One should ideally compensate low GPA with a high GMAT score (relative to target school’s median). Alternatively or in addition, you may explain the reason for low GPA in the optional essay. In your case, extra load of extra-curricular activities could be a reason, but it would work better if you ...

Hi JC, Given your career goals, you shouldn’t look much beyond the schools you’re targeting. Beyond HSW, somewhat Booth, and few other top schools, recruitment in these industries fall sharply. You’ve brilliant GMAT score and GPA, which no doubt is helpful, but because these schools receive lo...

As an older applicant, you face some challenges applying to a full time MBA program. One of the big ones is articulating a strong reason for pursuing an MBA program at this stage of your career. You post may shed more light on this: Are You 30+? MBA Programs May Have 3 Concerns on Your Application

Hi Sagun, Given your short-term career goals, working in consulting per se isn’t going to be advantageous or disadvantageous to your chances. A good answer is about providing the rationale for being interested in a particular path . If someone has a leap-of-faith career goal, then it requires a so...