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[prateek_guy2004]

Hi

I have been following Your posts and i thought may be you can clear my confusion....

I have a very low GPA 44% Scale 100 But according to my university i fall under 75 Percentile . Work experience 5.5 years mainly in consultation...

I am prep for gmat but my average score is around 620...

What i want to know is that i am looking for top 40 US b schools...IF not then i will do a part time mba from my country India.....

Kindly suggest me what to do...what are my chances....

Hope to hear from you, Thanks in advance

[Stacey Oyler]

Hi,

Thanks for your post. It appears that your academics are your weak area. It may be difficult to gain admission to a top 40 US program with your current GMAT score. Low GPA's can often be overlooked if there is a valid reason (illness, etc.) and if there is a solid GMAT score as supporting evidence of academic ability. With your current score it will be difficult to convince an adcom that you can handle the curriculum. I strongly suggest you consider retaking the GMAT or taking some classes (accounting, statistics, etc.) to build an alternate transcript.

Best,

Stacey

[prateek_guy2004]

Hi,

Thanks for your post. It appears that your academics are your weak area. It may be difficult to gain admission to a top 40 US program with your current GMAT score. Low GPA's can often be overlooked if there is a valid reason (illness, etc.) and if there is a solid GMAT score as supporting evidence of academic ability. With your current score it will be difficult to convince an adcom that you can handle the curriculum. I strongly suggest you consider retaking the GMAT or taking some classes (accounting, statistics, etc.) to build an alternate transcript.

Best,

Stacey

Hi stacey

Thank you for your opinion , well 620 is my gmat mock exam...i am yet to write the real gmat. would try hard to gain 80 points more.

However i have worked and studied simultaneously...so that made it little difficult to score well and also the scoring system is really hard the 90 percentile score is 60% scale 100.....and i have done a diploma in aviation as well with a lot of research and volunteer service and got GRADE A.

To sum up is fine to apply in top 20 to 40 univ range. If not then which are the other univ's you will suggest.

Thank You

[Stacey Oyler]

Hi,

Thanks for following up. I didn't realize the 630 is your practice score. It's important to keep in mind that scores on practice exams tend to be anywhere from 10-30 points higher than on the actual test. This means that you may score below 600 in your actual exam and thus it would impact your school selection.

While I understand balancing work and studying is challenging, remember that nearly everyone applying to bschool is doing this as well thus your situation isn't unique. Keep studying and aim to improve your practice score by 20-30 points before sitting for the exam.

Best,

Stacey

[prateek_guy2004]

Hi,

Thanks for following up. I didn't realize the 630 is your practice score. It's important to keep in mind that scores on practice exams tend to be anywhere from 10-30 points higher than on the actual test. This means that you may score below 600 in your actual exam and thus it would impact your school selection.

While I understand balancing work and studying is challenging, remember that nearly everyone applying to bschool is doing this as well thus your situation isn't unique. Keep studying and aim to improve your practice score by 20-30 points before sitting for the exam.

Best,

Stacey

Hi

Thank you stacey, will get back with my latest scores....

[Stacey Oyler]

Best of luck!

Stacey