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September 17, 2017 8:37pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2018

Pre-MBA Career: Executive Search

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG ,

GMAT: 700

GPA: 3.3

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Boston

Post MBA Location: New York

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Anon Likes Earned: 0 Interesting, curious what sort of role you have, in executive search? Numbers still look a little light for the target programs you have listed. Your gmat will also be used in consulting recruiting, so it might be worth considering a retake? (0)

@Stan Likes Earned: 0 The good news is that with an executive search background, you likely can easily understand the mindset of the typical MBA admissions officer. Thinking like the person who will be assessing your candidacy is half the battle. [Note: executive search is actually a field that many senior admissions officials explore after leaving the b-school universe.] As to your profile, I agree with the earlier comment; your GMAT seems light, especially if you are targeting MBB after business school. Now, some of this might be mitigated if you went to a stellar ugrad program and pursued a challenging major - and have an otherwise superb candidacy (work accomplishments, ECs)...but even if you get past the admissions hurdle at your target schools, the likes of McKinsey will typically seek out higher GMAT results. So in short, it's worth at least considering a retake. Best of luck with your applications! (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Duke and Darden sound reasonable with your stats. (0)