Is there any chance to be successful for me ?

22 years old guy from the Czech Republic, finishing my bachelor's in Finance at quite pretty Uni (by our standards - not across Europe). My GPA from bachelor's is not competitive - there would be no chance to be accepted by GPA. Few months ago, I realized that London IB is the target I'd like to reach. If not, I'd also appreciate a career in consulting, ideally McKinsey (in the Czech Republic). Any tips what to do? I know it is probably too late to decide to be more competitive in graduate points, but I know my mindset can do a lot. 

I've contacted Rotterdam School of management, which should be semi-target. There should be chance of compensation GPA with GMAT. 

So ... Which way would you consider? Should I focus on GMAT preparation and try to obtain the maximum ? Has anyone experienced being accepted on target/semi-target uni with bad GPA? Or any other recommendations?

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Did a EU target Master, across our class various people with non-perfect GPA but from underrepresented countries (CZ would work). Assuming you get a 700+ you should get into one of the top programs & assuming you already did reasonable internships

 
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Did a EU target Master, across our class various people with non-perfect GPA but from underrepresented countries (CZ would work). Assuming you get a 700+ you should get into one of the top programs & assuming you already did reasonable internships

So do you think that preparation for GMAT and after that applying to semi-target would be journey to IB/consulting (MBB) ? Is hard GMAT preparation worth it despite a bad GPA ?

 

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