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3.49 GPA, 3 years WE, bad math grad, no GMAT...Advice?? [#permalink]
 01 Sep 2011, 16:24
OK, so I'm in at a top 10 law school deferred. However, I would rather attend a business school. I have not taken the GMAT but think I can study to a good score as I got 99% on the LSAT and SAT. I could be wrong on that, and that's not the real point. Here's the deal: basically, law school admissions is all about numbers, whereas B-school is not. My problem is that my math grades in college were a D in Calc 2 (decided to take it due to some misguided notion to "challenge myself" after not taking any math sourses since AP Calc three years before) and a B+ in Accounting. I did pretty well in my econ courses (I was an Econ/English double major), but I'm worried that those two math grades will hold me back even if I do well on the GMAT. What do you guys think about this? I have 1 year good volunteer work with a business angle, and two solid years of managerial work experience (nothing prestigious like consulting or anything, though). What sort of GMAT do I need to get to get into a school like Northwestern, Duke, Michigan, Virginia, Dartmouth, UNC, NYU, Texas, Berkeley, Columbia - the schools I'm particularly interested in. Thanks for any help you guys can give me.
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Re: 3.49 GPA, 3 years WE, bad math grad, no GMAT...Advice?? [#permalink]
02 Sep 2011, 19:48
Trying to figure out if it's worth spending the next couple months studying for the GMAT. Give me some thoughts here folks. Thanks. Also, I know I posted something previously with different stats and WE, but that was for someone else. I was doing research on his behalf. This is the real deal now.
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Re: 3.49 GPA, 3 years WE, bad math grad, no GMAT...Advice?? [#permalink]
04 Sep 2011, 06:24
It's really hard to say. As you mentioned, law school is pretty much all about number, while b-school isn't. With that said, one factor can't (such as a D in calculus) can't really determine your possibility. From what I can see, you obviously have the mental horsepower to do well in college, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten a 3.49 at the end. For the schools you listed, you want to see a 700+ GMAT score, with a strong math portion, simply to mitigate your college math grade. Definitely doable.
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