Mr. MBB Private Equity

So there’s no doubt you check a lot of boxes for a Kellogg admit. You were able to pass the fine screen of an MBB firm, among the most selective employers in the world, and then you have clearly distinguished yourself, getting to work in PE with early promotions and international assignments. Your 4.0 GPA couldn’t be better. And your extras are truly extra, suggesting that you are a well-rounded, caring and compassionate individual. If I were a matchmaker (Confession: My new guilty pleasure is the Netflix show Indian Matchmaking), I would have no trouble matching you with a highly intelligent caring partner. So to my mind, there is only one reason that Kellogg rejects you: If you can’t achieve your GMAT target of 720 or above. I fear that could be a deal breaker for you. Given your accomplishments, I don’t think you would be subject to the typical Indian engineer hurdles that require super GMAT scores. But a 720 would tie a really neat bow around this application and provide a great deal of confidence in an admit at Kellogg. I would give you slightly better odds if you had that 720 but even 50-50 odds are darn good without it.

They’ll let you in but if you’re aiming to add credibility; you need to be applying to Booth or,HBS as they have the bedrock PE Profs. Use Sloan as your backup (or primary) to cross register in HBS courses.

Definitely need a good GMAT score for Kellogg. That is the only missing ingredient in your profile. Assuming you get over 700, you should be golden.