people have different priorities

All of the schools you mentioned will have a huge student population of Indians. At any of these schools, half of the MBA class will be Indian.

I agree with Ezra here. This person's goals are to "develop my skills and also have broader knowledge of international markets". In a cohort composed mostly of Indians, the programme will have a twist towards hard skills and away from soft skills, and by definition the discussion looks at the world from a less international viewpoint. With a higher quality cohort (in particular, with a more international cohort with a higher average verbal score on the GMAT) then he will be able to better meet his goals.