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October 1, 2025 7:05am ET

Applying: IE Business School, IESE, INSEAD, Oxford / Saïd

Intake Year: 2027

Pre-MBA Career: Strategic intelligence Manager

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Venture Capital, Private Equity

GPA: 3.1

Years of Work Experience: 9

Location: North Africa

Post MBA Location: Africa

Notes:

**Background **:

10 years in banking, working in Competitive Intelligence (progressed from analyst → senior analyst → manager).
Bilingual (French/English) with experience in multicultural teams.
Limited formal community involvement.
Master’s in Marketing (GPA 3.5), though not directly applied in current role.
Undergraduate GPA: 3.0.
**Goal:
Looking to pivot or advance my career through an MBA.

**Questions for the community:

Should I emphasize my Master’s GPA (3.5) to strengthen the academic side of my profile, given my undergraduate GPA is 3.0?
Based on my background, what are my realistic odds of admission at target schools?
What key areas (e.g., leadership, community involvement, test scores) should I focus on to improve my chances?

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 When are you applying? Round 2, this season? Have you taken the GMAT or GRE, yet? Be good to hear more about your post MBA goals. Focused goals are better.

Did you have a class rank for your undergrad, and grad work?

Showing impact and growth at work is really important, supported by strong recommendations.

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anon23984 Likes Earned: 0 I look forward to applying next year. I'm preparing to take the GRE. Post MBA : 1. PE/VC or Impact funds(prior experience banking but not in finance), 2. Consulting 3. General Manaement. Location-Africa. (edited) (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 When do you plan to take the GRE? Just curious why not try applying in Round 2 this season. You already have several years more experience than the medians of these programs? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2025/10/mba-wire-taps-451/ (0)