Hello, I am from East Asia and planning to apply for MBA.

Could someone give me an advice on which schools should I look into, for match schools and safety schools?
If there is a rough idea of the ranking range of the schools that I can select from, that would be a great help too.

I am from public sector but want to acquire knowledge about public business. Also, since I am sponsored and have to go back to public sector, I put emphasis on soft skills, such as leadership and organizational management.

For my reach school, I am thinking of Stanford but cannot decide match schools and safety schools.

My scores are, GMAT 700, TOEFL 112 and got very high GPA from one of the best universities in my country.

Thank you in advance.

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Considering your work experience, and the fact that you'll take a seat that could otherwise suit a student who would do to one of the school's corporate partners, I'd say safe school is one where you are above average on almost all of the school's main criteria and you're applying in the first two rounds.

Beyond your GMAT score and your undergraduate GPA, the other quantitative factor that schools will look at is how much work experience you have. For instance, the average work experience for incoming students at Stanford is a little more than four years. If you are looking at schools, if your GMAT score and work experience is roughly in the average range of the current cohort, that's a good indictor of your suitability for the MBA program.

You might also look at schools that have specific curriculum that would make sense for you. George Washington has a public policy oriented concentration, for instance - and while it has a lot of US-specific focus, it still may be relevant to you.

I think that any accredited MBA program will help you develop soft skills.