Profile Evaluation - GMAT 670 (Q46 & V36), 5 years Exp

[rajpreja]

Hi,

I took a GMAT yesterday for the first time and got the score of 670 / 83 Percentile (Q46 & V36). Although, I am not completely disappointed with the score but I do understand that I am sitting on a weird score. Anyways, I would request for your evaluation of my profile to suggest whether I would still be a good/ competitive application (with my GMAT Score and Work Exp.) at the Wharton, LBS, Insead & Kellogg for start in mid 2015 or whether I should go for a re-take.

Background :
Industry - International Oil & Gas, and LNG Industry
Undergrad - Bachelor in Civil Engineering- 78% (Department Gold Medalist)
Post Grad (2 yrs) - Masters in Construction Management - 9.69 CGPA (from a top university in India)

Work Experience:
Domain - Contract Management for multi-billion dollar Capital Projects in Oil & Gas, and LNG Industry

1. (Current) 27 months as Contracts Engineer on USD 25 Billion value world's first CSG to LNG Project, Australia (Based at Corporate HQ)

Major duties performed on the project include preparing contracting strategies, performing contracting activities - at both pre-award and post-ward stages, claims management, performance management, dispute avoidance and vendor management.

2. 33 months at an International EPC Company for a USD 1.5 Billion project in India.

Started as a Senior Planning Engineer and got promoted to the position of Asst. Contracts Manager. Major duties performed on the project included preparing contracting strategies, project execution plan, performing contracting activities - at both pre-award and post-ward stages, and project control and monitoring activities. During the project, I lead a team of two contracts administrators on the project.

Extra-curricular :
• Served as the General Secretary of Counsel Body;
• Served as the Co-Founder and Chairman of Organizing Committee of the Student Soft Skills Development Forum at Undergrad level.
• Core Member for College technical and cultural festival in undergrad program
• Have been a member of a NGO dedicated at creating a better society for the last 7 years.

Award:
• Received Gold Medal Award for Academic Excellence in Nov 2008 from a prominent institute for construction industry in India.
• Gold Medal for academic performance in the Bachelor Degree.

Post MBA Goal:
Consulting job in Supply Chain Management / Contracts Management

So, could you please let me know if the score of 670 seems usable or would you suggest to re-take the GMAT to try n achieve 700+.

Thank you,

Regards, Rajpreja.

[mbamissionjenK]

Hi Rajpreja,

Thanks for sharing your profile details. You have some interesting experience going for you but yes -- I feel your profile would be strengthened substantially with a higher GMAT! Schools take the highest score and re-takes are fairly common, so if there is an opportunity to do some additional prep and try again I would recommend that.

Let us know what other q's you have!