Pretty much the same as the title. Giving too much context would not be worth it.
In short-
Do you run for the safest option?
Or
you take chances and bet upon yourself. I chose second option from the beginning but I am getting doubtful as nothing is certain at all.
I understand both options aren't bad. Yet, putting it up here to know how and what's the best choice amongst them?
Profile review for MiM
Target 2028 Intake.
Background: Commerce undergrad at tier 1 university (ranked between 10-20 within India)
\\\\- 1. Market research internship:- (Short term) 15 day primary research
\\\\- 2. finance consultant intern:- 2 months at a boutique. Contributed to portfolio creation via investment product/stock research and creating dashboards. Was involved in other areas of operations work like working upon some content, sales, market survey, reporting etc.
\\\\- 3. VC due diligence intern at US based angel network(I believe it's renowned to most VC people particularly in the US):- work with the internal team to support due diligence process involving deal screening, supporting backend operations like meeting schedule/deck creation, simultaneously am involved in doing competitor analysis, market mapping... To sum it up, the role quietly covers many other small things but overall, they kept me on very introductory exposure :/
All were remote.
Grades-
10th- 71.6%
12th- 88.6%
Grad- 7.74/10
Finished college only june 2026. 3rd internship is ongoing.
EC and other-
Published Research paper in my college's economic society's annual journal as one of the top 8 submissions.
Sourced in 50,000+ Rs. sponsorship for college's annual placement event, fulfilling 50%+ of the entire target.
Navigated as PoC for the sponsors i boarded during and after the event.
Selected for the summer program at one of IIMs(Premium Indian B-School Brand)
Worked at my college's placement cell as a core team member wherein I sourced and managed 100+ HR data coordinated with other departments.
For a short span of time(4 months), I was also a part of the founding at a pre-registered business content startup wherein I managed content creation for their instagram channel.
I also work in my family business- Construction material supplying business.
Have yet to give the GMAT and the English proficiency test(IELTS). I came here to understand the underlying situation for my kind of profile for top european MiM programs.
Questions:
What range of GMAT is a must to have with my profile?
Placement scene in Europe with such acads and background especially in roles like IB/PE and other core finance roles. Any alternative suggestions are appreciated.
Profile review for MiM
Target 2028 Intake.
Background: Commerce undergrad at tier 1 university (ranked between 10-20 within India)
\\- 1. Market research internship:- (Short term) 15 day primary research
\\- 2. finance consultant intern:- 2 months at a boutique. Contributed to portfolio creation via investment product/stock research and creating dashboards. Was involved in other areas of operations work like working upon some content, sales, market survey, reporting etc.
\\- 3. VC due diligence intern at US based angel network(I believe it's renowned to most VC people particularly in the US):- work with the internal team to support due diligence process involving deal screening, supporting backend operations like meeting schedule/deck creation, simultaneously am involved in doing competitor analysis, market mapping... To sum it up, the role quietly covers many other small things but overall, they kept me on very introductory exposure :/
All were remote.
Grades-
10th- 71.6%
12th- 88.6%
Grad- 7.74/10
Finished college only june 2026. 3rd internship is ongoing.
EC and other-
Published Research paper in my college's economic society's annual journal as one of the top 8 submissions.
Sourced in 50,000+ Rs. sponsorship for college's annual placement event, fulfilling 50%+ of the entire target.
Navigated as PoC for the sponsors i boarded during and after the event.
Selected for the summer program at one of IIMs(Premium Indian B-School Brand)
Worked at my college's placement cell as a core team member wherein I sourced and managed 100+ HR data coordinated with other departments.
For a short span of time(4 months), I was also a part of the founding at a pre-registered business content startup wherein I managed content creation for their instagram channel.
I also work in my family business- Construction material supplying business.
Have yet to give the GMAT and the English proficiency test(IELTS). I came here to understand the underlying situation for my kind of profile for top european MiM programs.
Questions:
What range of GMAT is a must to have with my profile?
Placement scene in Europe with such acads and background especially in roles like IB/PE and other core finance roles. Any alternative suggestions are appreciated.
Target 2028 Intake.
Background: Commerce undergrad at tier 2 college(ranked between 30-40 across the country for commerce category)
\- 1 Market research internship
\- 1 finance consultant intern
\- 1 VC due diligence internship at US based angel network(I believe it's renowned to most VC people particularly in the US)
All were remote.
Grades-
10th- 71.6%
12th- 88.6%
Grad- 7.74/10
Finished college only june 2026.
EC and other-
Published Research paper in my college's economic society's annual journal as one of the top 8 submissions.
Sourced in 50,000+ Rs. sponsorship for college's annual placement event, fulfilling 50%+ of the entire target.
Navigated as PoC for the sponsors i boarded during and after the event.
Selected for the summer program at one of IIMs(Premium Indian B-School Brand)
Worked at my college's placement cell as a core team member wherein I sourced and managed 100+ HR data coordinated with other departments.
For a short span of time(4 months), I was also a part of the founding at a pre-registered business content startup wherein I managed content creation for their instagram channel.
I also work in my family business.
Have yet to give the GMAT and the English proficiency test(IELTS). I came here to understand the underlying situation for my kind of profile for top european MiM programs.
Target 2028 Intake.
Background: Commerce undergrad at tier 2 college(ranked between 30-40 across the country for commerce category)
- 1 Market research internship
- 1 finance consultant intern
- 1 VC due diligence internship at US based angel network(I believe it's renowned to most VC people particularly in the US)
All were remote.
Grades-
10th- 71.6%
12th- 88.6%
Grad- 7.74/10
Finished college only june 2026.
EC and other-
Published Research paper in my college's economic society's annual journal as one of the top 8 submissions.
Sourced in 50,000+ Rs. sponsorship for college's annual placement event, fulfilling 50%+ of the entire target.
Navigated as PoC for the sponsors i boarded during and after the event.
Selected for the summer program at one of IIMs(Premium Indian B-School Brand)
Worked at my college's placement cell as a core team member wherein I sourced and managed 100+ HR data coordinated with other departments.
For a short span of time(4 months), I was also a part of the founding at a pre-registered business content startup wherein I managed content creation for their instagram channel.
I also work in my family business.
Have yet to give the GMAT and the English proficiency test(IELTS). I came here to understand the underlying situation for my kind of profile for top european MiM programs.
"Fruitful" is the right term here. I am certain of it. I used to play football when I was doing my schooling and really wanted to take it to professional levels but had to let go due to various reasons then. Maybe I didn't try enough.
Apart from football, nothing really stuck with me. That feeling, I mean.
Now, I am sitting at my internship at some place which is not at all fulfilling. No, the work and people are good and supportive. But I always think of that comfort when playing that game but here, I feel I am being judged upon by every aspect of me. It's tiring.
Not sure how long things will move and that's where "sustainably" comes into picture.
Yes, I can play for fun but it will always be in the back of my head that 'what if' I had persisted.
What was a fruitful life experience for you and were you able to make it persist longer?
Not sure how it fits here. Saw posts where people got 600+ in their unprepared attempts lol.
My weakest was DI- 4th(61) percentile
Q & V stood at 15th(71) &18th(75) percentile respectively.
No Prep= 385
Background: Non Maths(Very scared of this thing, left it in my high school but it never left me). business student.
Facts I noticed during my prep:-
Quant: Finished it in half the time. Never felt the questions were that tough, later on I got to know GMAT has a progressive algo that leads to difficulty basis the successive right answers. Yet, the percentile was 14th. So, whenever tough questions came i clicked the wrong answer.
Verbal: I am not sure eof that progressive algo working here but I felt the questions, even though from variety of topics, had quite simple wording that wasn't hard to follow.
DI: Honestly, the options weren't making any sense to me here so i already knew my biggest fear, if giving GMAT, needs to be changed.
Common fact: I saw my answering mapping/graphs and derived few conclusions that were common across all three areas-
a) Pacing problem: Taking above 2 min(budget time) at the start of every section on any slightly difficult questions yet still get them wrong. Extra time taken leads to less time on the later part of the section- leading to rush rather than informed decision making.
b) My maps basically had more red dots compared to green.
I am not sure how to approach GMAT with a plan, any resources you can target me towards would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou!
~ Used GMAT official test kit which has 2 free mocks.