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Man that GMAT is epic.

I myself scored 30 points lower, so I know what a 780 entails and more importantly can pull, in terms of respect.

If you are so concerned work for a few more years and conceive of a sob story exonerating you from your poor show with undergrad.

 

My 2 cents as a LBS 2019 MBA candidate: -Your MSc should be enough to upgrade your lack of undergrad brand name. -Your GMAT is brutal. -I think that being British helps. LBS needs locals too. -"Policy analyst for the government" sounds unusual, making your profile exotic.

The only weak point I see is that you only have internships. You need full time employment experience asap, and you should get at least one promotion before applying.

Good luck

 

Thanks for your reply. Yeah I aim to work for two years. I was just figuring out what career I should do.

I'm looking at careers in the civil service i.e department of work of pensions. The civil service is one of the most competitive schemes in the UK.

 

This is very useful, thanks for your reply mate.

Have you been accepted by LBS?

I was always under the impression that the pre mba career did not affect the post mba career choice?

My aim is to become an investment banker after the mba. I have already done an investment banking internship and I have worked in consulting for 3 months.

If they ask me why I did not try and find a full time job in investment banking, I will just tell them that I wanted to give something back to the community by working for the government and now I want to pursue my original career etc...

I am British but my parents came from Pakistan (not sure if that would affect the application) and none of my parents went to university.

 
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