What are your goals? Probably you should retake. Why do you anticipate problems with US visas?

Hi
I have a GMAT of 590 (q46, v26). I have 21 years of service in defence forces. I am looking at a second career and have identified environment management and information management/ security as two areas of interest to me. Request inputs on colleges to apply for MBA. I am looking at Canada, Singapore, Dubai. Europe/ Scandinavian countries and even Aus/ nz would be OK in case post MBA job availability is there for my age group. Would it make sense to give gmat again. I want to start by Aug 14.
Thanking u all in advance. Must mention replies by Duncan, Ralph and others are quite informative.

I think that 21 years of defence experience makes you an interesting candidate for many degree programmes.

IS an MBA the right course for you?

If you want to work in environment management and information management/ security then take a masters degree in those topics. Firms wanting to hire people will want folk with specialised degrees in those areas, not general management degrees.

Given your military background, I would start with Cranfield http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-degrees/full-time-courses/ since they run the army's Defence Academy College of Management and Technology at Shrivenham.

One suggestion: you have to work on your English because with a 26 for verbal that also means that your IELTS score might be weak. With low score you can't get into a good MBA, and even specialised master of science degrees will require good verbal skills.

What are your goals? Probably you should retake. Why do you anticipate problems with US visas?

Hi Duncan
Thanks for the inputs. Guess I'll work on GMAT once again. Could u suggest any other colleges say in Canada, or about.

Thanks and regards

Hi, I completed my Under Graduate with 81% in july 2012. After completing my degree I entered into a business where I learnt different skills from business. Now I would like to do MBA in U.S.A & U.K in reputed universities, but universities required professional work experience. Could u help me how to be placed among top univeristies.

Either take a masters in management (Pre-experience masters in the USA www.find-mba.com/board/23411 or Which MSc's are better than pre-experience 'Freshers' MBAs? www.find-mba.com/board/22783) or get more work experience.

Hi Duncan
Have gone thru all of your posts and replies in this thread. Im planning to apply for this fall or spring 2015 .Im an Indian IT male with 2.5 yrs exp,ll turn 3 this sept 2014. As per my score the best option i found is UCT . But im more interested to work in US (doesnt matter even if i study in CapeTown). can you suggest ? Can i have options for B-Schools with fees not more than 40k US $ for a full time MBA? (anywhere considering US and Canada). I know this is too much to ask but i have my constraints :(

Read http://www.find-mba.com/board/21614

Hi
I have a GMAT of 590 (q46, v26). I have 21 years of service in defence forces. I am looking at a second career and have identified environment management and information management/ security as two areas of interest to me. Request inputs on colleges to apply for MBA. I am looking at Canada, Singapore, Dubai. Europe/ Scandinavian countries and even Aus/ nz would be OK in case post MBA job availability is there for my age group. Would it make sense to give gmat again. I want to start by Aug 14.
Thanking u all in advance. Must mention replies by Duncan, Ralph and others are quite informative.

Hey guys,
Took GMAT today and scored 560, screwed up the verbal section.
Please advise, which all colleges I can get into? Have 2.5 years experience in merchant navy, sailing on Oil tankers at management rank.
Thnx

Hey Guys,
I took GMAT and scored 590( q49, v22). I have 6.5 years of experience in IT.Please guide me which MBA colleges in Canada i can get into?

Thanks,

IT professionals tend have a tough time, since many people in the field go for their MBAs, and it can be very competitive. Even an unranked MBA program in Canada like Ryerson has an average GMAT score of 615. I am not aware of many programs where you would be competitive and that would be worth the investment.

I suggest re-taking the GMAT and aiming for 650+.

Thanks Ezra. I was scoring above 650 in practice exams but was not able to convert it to 650 in GMAT.I gave GMAT for 3rd time so i want to apply now as it is pretty difficult to study while working.I have checked on some universities in Canada , they mention they don't have minimum Gmat requirement and some mentioned 550 as minimum Gmat score.Please suggest some good universities in Canada as want to get admissions next year.

TIA

I think you are missing the point. Many schools don't have a GMAT minimum, but you still need to pay attention to their average GMAT. There will be an average score. If you are below average on the GMAT, then you will need to be well above average on their other criteria. That's for for you to attain if your profile is similar to other candidates; there are more Asian IT guys applying for MBAs than any other profile.

Yes, exactly: you are welcome to apply to any program you want, and in fact many business schools do not have minimum GMAT score requirements (even Stanford doesn't have a minimum GMAT requirement!)

However, most business schools will not let many candidates in if their GMAT scores are substantially under their average GMAT score, and if they do it's on the basis of another part of the candidate's profile which is strong.

Like I mentioned earlier, I don't know of any accredited MBA programs in Canada where a 590 GMAT score would be competitive. I'm sorry, but I just don't have any suggestions.

I'm an MBA admissions consultant, so I have some data about GMAT scores at almost all of the notable schools.

With only one year of work experience, you will not get into an MBA. Accredited MBA programs will generally require at least 3 years of work experience.

A Master's in Management program may be an alternative, but with so little work experience, the schools will be looking for stronger areas in the rest of your profile. A better GMAT score would be a must.

Agreed. A good indicator is that for the UBC - Sauder Master in Management program, they say that a competitive GMAT score is 650. That's an FT-ranked program. That would probably be similar to competitive scores at other top Canadian programs too...

Is there any hope for somebody (male) from India with a GMAT score of just 600? If it helps I have 3 years of international experience at Accenture. I would like to get into an MBA in the UK, Canada, Germany, or Ireland. Thank you in advance.