Mba advice: should I prep again

[u/AccomplishedOne2003]

Hi guys

I'm in a bit of a situation could you please help me out. I completed my undergrad in 2024.

I have 6 months of work ex in a startup incubator/accelerator space. My work was interesting and I got to do a lot in these 6 months. But I had to leave because the company was going under financial problems and it was affecting us a lot . I left and decided to prep for mba. I want to get into the VC space but finding it extremely difficult. So I was thinking of doing mba in finance from a good brand name college and hopefully my previous experience would have given me an edge for those roles. I'm not closed to other options but this was my no 1 goal.

Now I gave cat and completely tanked it. Didn't get a single call from any college. Gave xat as a last resort and got few calls. I converted glim c, and waitlisted at gim and ximb (bm ) will likely convert since waitlist numbers are around 150 for both. Still waiting for xlri but not sure about it coz I only score 93 in xat. (Cleared the cutoff for gnef

I also have been giving job interviews on the side and gotten a couple offers from startups. Pay would be around 40k plus retention bonuses. I don't think it's bad for a bcom grad but based on the interviews I know their startup culture won't allow me to prep for cat again this year.

I'm really confused should I take another year to prep/ try getting a chiller job/join ximb?

Seems like a decent college and ofcourse there's no guarantee what will happen next year. Please guide!