I want to leave Consulting for Brand Management but I’m struggling trying to pass the Quant on the GMAT. Is there any other way to secure a position in Brand Management without going back to school?

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You become a brand management expert on your own. Then you lie on your resume about your consulting experience and say it was all brand management work

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Please exchange your oral communication skills with my quant skills (had a score of 51/51).

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GMAT is a creature of habit. Practice practice practice and you’ll start to recognize the patterns

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Don’t give up on the gmat. You’ll get there with help and practice. Have faith in yourself! It’s not easy to get a job at Accenture but you did. You just need practice on the gmat

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I posted this elsewhere. I went from
Q23 to Q49. It’s very doable. Get over the mental handicap that you’re not a “math person” or won’t ever get a good score. Brute force practice will get you there.

And honestly, you can switch to brand management right now as a consultant. Contact recruiters and tweak your resume a bit

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There’s a ton of “marketing agencies” or “brand consulting firms” that you may look into such as Kantar or Prophet

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@SC1, I actually have really good Quant skills. It’s just not translating to the GMAT exam. I can’t explain it

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Putting a portfolio together is easy. For this, just print out a bunch of your best decks. I’m sure a lot of brand mgt will require decks. Tons of sales studs, Inc your ideas to clients about why they should portray their brand a certain way. People your thought process with your consulting hat. Also know you will most likely take a massive pay cut

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Wow, that’s amazing. I’m too embarrassed to give you my Quant score. Lol

^me my verbal score - 34 😢

OP. How can you survive in Consulting without Quant skills? You’ll be fine. Just practice. Take a month off ( unpaid if you can) and do full time Math. I’m sure you have it in you.

Do you have to have a “portfolio” to get into brand management - the first agency I looked up, asked for that. I do not have a portfolio.

@IBM1 thanks! But how’d you do it? What were your study habits?

Try the GRE instead!

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