FAQS on MBA Admissions

Virtually every full-time, part-time, and EMBA program now accepts the GMAT or GRE, and many also accept the Executive Assessment for EMBA/part-time formats. Always verify with each school’s website before registering.

Officially, schools treat GMAT and GRE scores as equivalent measures of readiness. Informally, a stellar GMAT score can carry a bit more weight simply because it remains the traditional benchmark. 

1. Diagnostic testing: Take free practice tests for both GMAT and GRE. Whichever yields a significantly higher score is likely your best fit.

2. Profile fit: Consider your academic background (quant vs. humanities), verbal strengths (grammar vs. vocabulary), and post-MBA goals. 

Aim for at or above the average scores of your target programs. For instance, a 700 GMAT or combined 321 GRE (~161 V/160 Q) often aligns with top-25 MBAs.

ETS offers a “predicted” GMAT equivalent for GRE scores, but schools evaluate raw scores and percentiles—don’t lean solely on conversion charts.

Most candidates spend 2–6 months on GMAT prep; GRE prep often falls in a similar 1–3 month window, depending on your baseline strengths. 

Chasing practice-exam scores without mastering fundamentals. Focus on reviewing errors, understanding concepts, and building consistency—quality over quantity.

Yes—balancing test prep with MBA essays avoids last-minute stress, keeps motivation high, and produces stronger overall applications. On the other hand, many prefer to get done with the exam and then focus solely on applications. The answer depends on the time you have. 

Clarity and honesty. You don’t need fancy words or dramatic stories. Be clear about your goals, why you want an MBA, and why that school fits. Authenticity stands out.

Don’t try to impress. Try to connect. Admissions teams read hundreds of essays. The ones they remember are thoughtful, personal, and specific — not the ones filled with jargon.

You can reuse parts of your story, but tailor each essay to the school. Schools can tell when you're copy-pasting. Show them you’ve done your research and that you really want to be there.

Be honest, take responsibility, and show what you learned. A weakness won’t break your application — how you frame it might. Don’t hide it, explain it.

As a general rule, do NOT use AI to write your application from scratch. AdComs know what that writing looks like. Your goal in the application is to portray your unique story. No AI can generate this story. Keep the use of AI limited to proof-reading or with improving clarity in writing if need be. Plus, once you get to the interview, an AdCom can clearly make out whether you wrote the essays or not, since the way you talk, the way you think through a question and the words that you use will reveal whether the application essays are written by you or not.

We offer comprehensive packages and can help with mock interviews too (either with the package or as a standalone thing). We do not do a-la-carte edits. The process we follow is intricate and detailed and is based on bringing out the unique aspects of your personality and profession/research in the application; a-la-carte edits are very far from how comprehensively we look at an application. 

We help with visa guidance and negotiating funding offers but not with pre-departure logistics or any documentation. Our help with visa guidance is limited to looking at the strength of your overall application and improving it. But should you need any help in understanding what all it might take you to successfully immigrate abroad (in terms of understanding cultural fit, academic requirements etc.), we are happy to help.