interested in getting mba. I have 3 years of consulting experience. Would it be better to wait a little longer and gain more work experience or is around 3 years a pretty common time to get it ?

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On the shorter end of experience for top MBA but not impossible. The better questions to ask would be: are you ready for it? Can you provide compelling stories to why you want the MBA and your personal and professional impacts?

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You can always start preparing now and apply later

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What ATK1 said. GMAT scores are good for 5 years so might as well start prepping

3 years is a little light but presumably you would have 4 years by the time you matriculate which is slightly below average

The younger you are when you take the GMAT (controlling for study time) the better your score will be.

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