Berkeley / Haas - 10-15-2017 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

October 15, 2017 9:39am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2018

Pre-MBA Career: Technology consulting - Cloud

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Amazon , Google

GMAT: 720

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 7

Location: India

Post MBA Location: California

Notes:

Professional:
2 years consulting at a big 4 company. 4.5 years of Technical presales thereafter.

I have very good extra-curricular activities for years now. Essays and LOR should be good as well. However, I haven't held any leadership titles in my professional careers. Though have 3-4 leadership roles in my extracurriculars.

Weakness areas: Average GPA from average school in India. No awards/honours in my professional career so far.

Query: While websites of most colleges show GMAT median of 715-730, I have heard it's gone up this year. Wondering if 720 is good enough and is it worth retaking the test?

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1584 720 is good enough, if everything else is great. The issue you face, you are part of a very competitive profile. This gets tougher if you're not applying in the first round. Strong ECs will help. (0)

anon24028 Verified User. Likes Earned: 8 Second AlexBr comment on the GMAT. I'd also worry about lack of professional leadership... Even if you haven't had any formal titles, do you have project experience you could highlight? Even if you could write about your ECs in the essays, they'll notice the missing prof leadership experience in your resume, interview, etc. (0)

anon16795 Likes Earned: 0 OP here: Alex and Anon: Thank you for the comments. I appreciate it. I do have some professional leadership experience, but absolutely no titles. Things like leading projects, initiatives and training new hires. I'll be sure to talk about that. Thank you! (0)