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Hello,

I am 26, male, Pakistani. Having done B.S in Engineering from a top national school (Admission success rate of 1 out of 13 applicants) with 3.04 cgpa. Elected class president, president of cultural, dramatics and entertainment society and experience of teaching high school maths to under-priveleged children in a village nearby my university.

I was hired straight out of university by a Multinational FMCG giant for Future Leaders program, after one year of rotation in various functions - supply chain, finance, marketing and sales, i chose to be part of a new evolving Modern Trade Function within sales. Although an usual choice for an engineering background, i have been promoted twice. Currently leading a 50 million+ account for the company. Total work experience of 4 years.

I have made a decision to pursue an MBA from a top rated school, my immediate post MBA career plan is to either go for consulting for FMCGs in D&E markets or to get into a Fortune 500 FMCG company's marketing function (brand management). Most importantly, i want to change my location post MBA.

I started to prepare for my GMAT a month back and now in practice tests i am scoring 670-690 consistently. Shall be taking it in Feb 2013.

A caveat is that i would only be applying to schools that offer a loan for tuition fees without a co-signor.

The schools i am making my mind for are:

1. Insead,
2. Kellogg's (2 year full time program)
3. Chicago Booth,
4. Duke Fuqua

Please advise if i am the right fit for these schools and if i should add any further schools into my list.

Yes, broadly you look right fit for the top B-Schools. Although 680-690 is not a bad GMAT score, however, your chances may brighten if you could pull it up to 710.

Now, the loan aspect. The four B-Schools you plan to apply to are valid choices.

Some other good options are:
1. Harvard Business School
2. Stanford Graduate School of Business
3. Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
4. MIT Sloan School of Management
5. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
6. Tuck at Dartmouth
7. NYU Stern
8. Yale School of Management (U.S.)

List of Non-US B-Schools:
1. IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain
2. IE Business School, Madrid, Spain
3. Indian School of Business, India
4. Rotman School of Business, Toronto, Canada

It is advisable to get directly in touch with the B-schools you wish to apply to, in order to assess your eligibility for the no-cosigner loan.