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Lack Of Experience - Application Advice?
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07 Sep 2010, 12:39
07 Sep 2010, 12:39
Hello everyone,
I am searching for some advice from people who may have experience with my background. Or if anyone thinks they have valuable advice, please feel free to share as well.
I took my GMAT last week and got a 710 (48M, 40V) 6.0 AWA. I had a 3.3 GPA as an economics major at an Ivy League university (Cornell) although my first year dragged it down. I changed majors my first year, and that caused my GPA to be lower than it should have been. I had a 3.5 my sophomore through senior years of college. I currently work in finance at a corporation with primarily engineers as we build engines. However, I will only have two years work experience when the 2011 school year starts.
I would like to apply to business school and start in the fall of 2011. The schools I am looking at are Harvard, Stern, Columbia, USC, UCLA, BC, and BU. I am only considering schools in cities, and Boston, New York, and California are really the only places I want to be. I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on how my lack of experience would hurt me. I am wondering if anyone has had success with these top schools with a similar background to mine.
I would really appreciate any advice. Especially if you have experiences that may help. Thanks so much in advance!
Joseph
I am searching for some advice from people who may have experience with my background. Or if anyone thinks they have valuable advice, please feel free to share as well.
I took my GMAT last week and got a 710 (48M, 40V) 6.0 AWA. I had a 3.3 GPA as an economics major at an Ivy League university (Cornell) although my first year dragged it down. I changed majors my first year, and that caused my GPA to be lower than it should have been. I had a 3.5 my sophomore through senior years of college. I currently work in finance at a corporation with primarily engineers as we build engines. However, I will only have two years work experience when the 2011 school year starts.
I would like to apply to business school and start in the fall of 2011. The schools I am looking at are Harvard, Stern, Columbia, USC, UCLA, BC, and BU. I am only considering schools in cities, and Boston, New York, and California are really the only places I want to be. I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on how my lack of experience would hurt me. I am wondering if anyone has had success with these top schools with a similar background to mine.
I would really appreciate any advice. Especially if you have experiences that may help. Thanks so much in advance!
Joseph
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Re: Lack Of Experience - Application Advice?
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07 Sep 2010, 17:35
07 Sep 2010, 17:35
Huge jump from HBS to BU....my advice 2 years of school is a really short length of time you are probably bertter off going to the best school you can get into regardless of location. I think more of my close friends from Kellogg ended up in the bay area than stayed in Chicago. If you want a location after graduation its doable to get there if you are focused.
Honestly, being so young will hurt your application at almost all schools. A lot of my friends who were younger had stellar backgrounds, if you are younger than average you are going to have to better than average. So if you would be in the youngest 10% then you are going to have to have done some very impressive things in a short time.
Honestly, being so young will hurt your application at almost all schools. A lot of my friends who were younger had stellar backgrounds, if you are younger than average you are going to have to better than average. So if you would be in the youngest 10% then you are going to have to have done some very impressive things in a short time.
Re: Lack Of Experience - Application Advice?
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13 Sep 2010, 06:51
13 Sep 2010, 06:51
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Thanks for the advice! Anyone else have experience or advice? I would really appreciate it.
