540 (Q47 v29) - Need advice on Admission

[terrifiedofgmat]

Hello Folks,

So I took the GMAT on Nov 7th, 2009, and scored 540 (Q47, V29) with overall percentile of 56%.

I shouldn't say that I am shocked at my result as during my prep tests I have the following scores:

GMAT Prep - 510
MGMAT - 580
MGMAT - 620
MGMAT - 530

Somewhere I think I am not really good at taking these standardized test. I remember taking my GRE in 2002 and scored measly 1780/2400. Anyways, I did manage to get into Univ of Colorado, Boulder, which has the 2nd best Masters in Telecommunications Engineering Program after Carnegie Mellon in the US.
I have been working for last 5 years and have shown a career progression moving from a sys admin job to a product consultant to a project manager.

My question to the folks on this panel is:

I am really interested in applying to only 2 universities:

INSEAD and Indian School of Business (ISB).

Here is my profile in short:

- Undergrad in Electronics and Telecom Engg, India (First class)
- Masters in Telecomm Engg from Univ of Colorado, Boulder (GPA 3.6)
- Work Ex - 5 years (with career progression)
- GMAT - 540 (Q47, V29)
- Extra Curricular:
a. Founder Secretary - Electronics and Telecomm Engg Students Association, India
b. Technology chair - ITP Univ of Colorado, Boulder
c. Secretary - Indian Students Association
d. Volunteer - CRY (Child Relief and You, Atlanta Chapter)
e. Volunteer - Charity Water, Boston.

What are my chances of an admit at these universities? Also, do you think i should take the GMAT again before applying?

[Mission2011]

Chances are very slim with 540. Try to raise gmat score to at least 700

[casey259]

The guy above me didn't really answer your question so my apologies for such a lax answer. I did some research for you and here's what I came up with

INSEAD: https://invisibleink.wordpress.com/gmat/ It appears they look for around 640.

ISB: https://www.businessschooladmission.com/ ... -business/ It appears they look for around a 715.

Hope this helps, good luck.

[aapegasus]

how is this score possible?

I got a Q44 and V25, and managed to get 580. But you say you got Q47 and V29 and still managed to get 540. Is there a typo? Can you confirm?

[terrifiedofgmat]

My apologies to everyone, I mistyped my score. The correct score is 540 (Q45 V20)