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PrancingNarwhal
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MBA Profile Evaluation and PM Career

Me: APM with almost 2 years of experience looking to do an MBA to fast track my career.

Post-MBA roles:

  • Product Management
  • Strategy Roles
  • Program/Project Management
  • General Management
  • Other similar roles

Long term goal: To stay in India; fine with working 2-3 years abroad.

Query 1: Considering an average profile with 9/8/8 in high school/intermediate/college, tier-1 undergrad and 2 years work-ex at a start-up. Do I have a chance to bag an MBA admit from the following with little scholarship:

  • LBS
  • Insead
  • HEC Paris
  • Oxford
  • Cambridge
  • SDA Bocconi
  • NUS Singapore
  • IESE
  • ISB

I'm targeting 1 year programs only for cost purposes, hence the US is out of the picture. Feel free to suggest good 1 yr US programs

Query 2: How much GMAT is required for my profile to get into these schools?

Query 3: Are 2 year IIM Programs more advisable for me and should I leave abroad colleges altogether. At the maximum, I can't wait more than 3 years of work-ex at the time of applying due to personal reasons.

Please guide me🙏🙏🙏🙏

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FluffyCupcake
FluffyCupcake
Amazon8mo

My opinion -

Q1 - If your long term goal is to be in India, prefer institutions within india. Reason - You won’t be able to build network, an imp component of any MBA program. I know someone who went Dublin and struggling even to get references back home. Adding A/B/C will help

Q2 - Target 720, you will land at a better place. GMAT is just a barrier, not the deciding criteria.

Q3- 2 years would be good considering your constraints and long term goals. If you can extend 1 more year, you’ll be eligible for IIMs 1 yr MBAs.

Overall - It’s my strong opinion that if you are targeting foreign MBAs, value derivation will happen only if you plan to stay, work abroad for few years. Financial burdens will be less plus you will something worthwhile to show. See the privilege of “foreign-returned” is slowly reducing in india as global roles are getting created here as well.

PrancingNarwhal
PrancingNarwhal
PayTM8mo

Thanks for such a detailed and elaborate response

TwirlyWaffle
TwirlyWaffle
Microsoft8mo

Ohh yeah foreign return tech guys are still valued if they have worked on core and great product.. same cant be said for executive as there is so much local context .. etc which u can only learn been in the field . Many have failed as well so its happening less unless ur company has an india office too then its lot simplified

JazzyDumpling
JazzyDumpling
Stealth8mo

Oxford 25 admit here. Female. Took me 6 years to complete engineering from an average engineering school bcos of family situation. Here is my 2 cent:

  1. Have a great work experience with leadership in it. I worked for 6 years 4 of which were in hype fintechs building teams, launching and scaling products to a million userbase.
  2. GMAT needs to be 740 or GRE 326+ especially for male candidate.
  3. Scholarships are hard to secure with the current job climate. Oxford is giving out scholarships primarily to social impact or economically disadvantaged folks. I Havent received one.
  4. If ROI is your biggest metric go for ISB skip 2 year MBAs in India
DancingHamster
DancingHamster
Stealth8mo

ISB is the worst possible ROI options in India. Even NUS Singapore beats it on ROI numbers, and its easier to get into.

MagicalDonut
MagicalDonut
Stealth8mo

@AgileSinging Why does ISB have the worst possible ROI? I've only heard good things about it especially for 1 year programs.

FluffyCoconut
FluffyCoconut
Flyfin8mo

Thanks for asking this bro. Even i am having same queries. Can we connect? Even i wanna ask somethings.

MagicalDonut
MagicalDonut
Stealth8mo

Same here!!!

PrancingNarwhal
PrancingNarwhal
PayTM8mo

Sure bro. DMs requires grapes, so can you post your query here itself?, it's anyways anonymous

WigglyBagel
WigglyBagel
Student8mo

Go only for BLACKIM in IIMs. I would suggest go for ISB

BubblyTaco
BubblyTaco
CoinDCX8mo

What’s the M in BLACKIM?

PrancingNarwhal
PrancingNarwhal
PayTM8mo

FMS and XLRI too right?
Through M s/he is referring to IIM Mumbai

MagicalDonut
MagicalDonut
Stealth8mo

Would like to understand from folks here on this thread that according to them which MBA colleges have the best alumni network both Indian and global?!!

PrancingNarwhal
PrancingNarwhal
PayTM8mo

Very valid question

PrancingNarwhal
PrancingNarwhal
PayTM8mo

I think the question can be divided into 2 parts:

  1. Best alumni and prestige of Indian and abroad colleges in India, relative to one another.
  2. Best alumni and prestige of Indian colleges in abroad.
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