Please, evaluate my profile

[ivan.pasechnik]

Hi,
Could you be so kind to evaluate my profile.

Age: 29 (by the time i enroll, i'll be 31)
Male
Nationality: Russian
8 Years living in Italy
Education:
- BSc In Industrial Engineering in Russia GPA 3
- MSc In Industrial Engineering in Russia GPA 3.7
- MSc in Mechanical Engineering in Italy (Politecnico di Milano) GPA 3

Work Experience:
Total: 7 years
- 3 years. American Oil&Gas Company (30k employees) in European HQ in Milan (Italy). Position: Project Engineer of complex oil&gas machinery applications for international energy projects.
- 4 years (by the time i'll apply). European Industrial (Electrical equipment) Corporate of more than 100k employees. Position: Product Area Marketing Manager. (Geographic region of 10 m€ budget x year sales)

Languages: Russian (native), Italian (Fluent), English (Fluent)

Targets: Columbia, Stern, MIT, HAAS, Yale

What GMAT score range do I need to be considered at any of these schools?
I guess my GPA doesn't help me at all...but i can't do much with that. My age won't help me as well..But i will try anyway to do my best in order to be admitted,

Do you think i have chances to be considered by the schools i've listed. (If not) What'd you advise?
Thank you very much for you time and your help

[mbamissionjenK]

Hi there,

Thanks for posting. Your international experience will be a draw for business schools certainly. Your Bachelors GPA is low but the masters is high and more recent, so that helps. Ideally you would have a variety of leadership and teamwork experiences you can draw from (?) within your work experience. Also, community involvement and other activities and interests would be beneficial. Finally, I'm not sure what your goals are or your reason for the MBA...which are all very important in the admission decision as well.

For the schools you mentioned, you should aim for 700+ on the GMAT, and they are all challenging schools to gain acceptance to, but not impossible given the brief info I'm seeing here. But I'd probably suggest you apply to 1 or 2 slightly lower ranked programs too to be safe, so you may want to narrow your list some in terms of time. You also would have better chances at schools that you can really make a strong case are a great fit for you and your career goals.

Hope that helps, let us know what other questions you have!