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Good afternoon guys,

I'm an Italian BA student (studying in Italy), and will be graduating in Economics and Management in something more than a year and a half, by June 2011.
For the continuation of my studies I'm headed toward an MSc in Business and Economics abroad, choosing between these variants: International Business, International Management, General Management, Strategy and management, Business Administration.

I have already done a research, referring to two web pages: FT's rank in management and CEMS alliance web pages. The outcome obviously is a list of University that meet my needs, such as:

SSE, Stockholm;
NHH, Bergen;
RSM, Rotterdam;
Wiertschafts Universitat, Wien;
University of St. Gallen;
MBS, Melbourne.

The Schools listed are, in my honest opinion, the best investments that can be done, because of different reasons: rated among the best, relative cost, beautiful cities, all of them are part of CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) and some of PIM (Partnership in International Management).

General entry requirements, apart from motivational letter, references, CV and interviews (wich are strictly personal) are:

BA: over 70% of available marks (GPA);
GMAT: 650pt.;
TOEFL: 100pt. (Internet based);

I was wandering how tough and selective the admission process is, and I give you some tips to judge my personal achievements:

Italian: mother tongue (of course! :-) );

English: I've been studying it since Secondary School, now I am studying to achieve CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) by December 2009 or June 2010, and have already achieved with top grades: PET, FCE and CAE. I will then be pursuing TOEFL a few weeks later, just to get familiar with a different type of examination.;

Spanish: currently at level A2 of CEF (Common European Framework). I will be achieving level B1 by May 2010.;

BA: I currently have an average of 28.5 on a scale of 30 cum laude. If I continue on this path I'll most likely achieve a Honours Degree (110 cum laude).

Ending with this "show up" I ask you.....supposing that I apply to the Schools I wrote about with this requirements, considering the minimum level in TOEFL and GMAT achieved, how tough do you think it could get to be chosen for the master course?

I am not able to find on the web a real estimate of the number of applicant vs. number of accepted, can you?

I thank you in advance for your help!

:-)

ps.
I'm really sorry for the lay out of the message, but I've edited it once, and it came up without schematization. I'm not able to put it in it's original form again...:-(