Nationality : Indian
Gender: Male
Age 25 Years

GMAT :550(3rd attempt)(Cant afford to retake)
TOEFL : 88 (Ready to retake if required more than 100)
GPA: 69%
Experience: Software, Ecomm domain.

Kindly suggest me some decent schools with placement post MBA salaries.What are my prospects for the below schools. Already researching Findthebest.com. Not able to decide on any...Kindly suggest some good schools.

San Francisco State College of Business
USF School of Management
University of Tampa (Sykes) (FL)
University of Cincinnati

Regards,
Giridaran

Your GMAT is well below the average at those four schools. Take a look at Shortcut to find the best US MBA www.find-mba.com/board/36065 Note that FTB has the wrong GMAT average for Tampa, which is 560: http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/school/sykes-college-of-business-the-university-of-tampa

Hi Duncan....Thanks for your reply....Kindly provide your personal inputs on the below schools and also provide few good schools in that range as I am finding it difficult to sort out. What are my chances for these schools.

David Eccles School of Business - University of Utah (Eccles) (UT) - Avg 560 - Avg Salary - $86,197
HU School of Business - Located in Washington, District of Columbia - Avg 539 - Avg Salary - $86,170
UMass Boston Business School-Located in Boston, Massachusetts - Avg 565 - Avg Salary -$78,500
Spears School of Business-Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma - Avg 550 - Avg Salary - $52,855

Regards,
Giridaran

I think you can work this out ourself. Generally, successful international applicants at these schools will have above-average work experience and GMATs (I would expect around a 50-point premium).

I would hesitate to recommend any of these schools if your goal is to stay in the US after graduation. If you're planning on returning to India, these would be fine, but in general, for US placements you'll want to look at ranked schools, which offer more robust career service support for international students.

Personally, I would consider re-taking the GMAT. The $250 is a drop in the bucket compared to the increased earnings and better career services that you can expect from a ranked school.

mba hipster,

How would you rate University of Tennessee Knoxville mba program?
I have admit from San Francisco State University.I have heard that for someone with 3 years IT experience,finding an IT job in US post MBA at SFSU is easier...What do you think? Thanks.

It's a decent program, but isn't your GMAT a bit low? Average there is about 610.