Please advice

Hi,

I'm a 25M international student planning to apply to M7/T15/LBS before R2 deadline in January. I've spent the last 4 years of my career in the tech consulting space (US-based F500 company) and have grown greatly in my role (heading a competency of ~100 people).

Pursuing an MBA at a top b-school has always been a dream for me and I have modelled my career so far to align with it. This would be a natural/organic progression for me.

However, I've been reading too many posts/comments here over the past few days about how bad the market is for international students, how much the value of a top MBA has gone down for international students, unemployment, etc. etc. and it's starting to scare me now. To a point where I'm questioning my decision to apply for fall '27.

I'm looking to hear from some actual international admits/alumni on how much of this situation is over-exaggerated (if any), and what the decision of pursuing an intl MBA hinges on, and just some experiences of their own. Please try to be unbiased and help me out here, regardless of whether your experience has been positive/negative.

Appreciate all the inputs, thnx.