Profile Eval: Consultant / Low GPA / Solid GMAT

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22 May 2011, 14:39

I have been working for 2 years at a top 20 consulting firm and was recently promoted. I have glowing recommendations from co-workers / clients / bosses. I have a 720 GMAT. I have strong connections (not family though) to a number of top 10 schools. I had a 2.8 GPA from a top 20 university. Thoughts on my potential to get into a top 10 business school?

Other considerations:
- I am considering taking some classes at NYU to build an alternate transcript.
- I am considering working abroad for a well respected non-profit for a year or two before going back to school. I want to do this for a number of reasons (not just to get into b-school), however I worry that if I go work for a non-profit, I won't be able to return to working in the private sector without going to b-school.
- I plan to apply for a 2013 start

Any advice is helpful. Target schools are (I realize I have set the bar high here):

Harvard
Stanford
Tuck
Darden
INSEAD
NYU
Columbia
Berkley

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Re: Profile Eval: Consultant / Low GPA / Solid GMAT [#permalink]

23 May 2011, 04:30

Doable at most (though not all) those schools, but they will make you sweat for it. Really.

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Re: Profile Eval: Consultant / Low GPA / Solid GMAT [#permalink]

29 May 2011, 16:27

Hi consultant1257,

Those are very competitive business schools. One thing you will need to do is address your low GPA in your application. Here is a case study of how another candidate did this and was accepted into Columbia and Chicago Booth:

http://www.stacyblackman.com/comprehens ... ies/case5/

Have you taken the GMAT yet? If you have time, you can visit MBA.com and take a free official GMAT test online to see how you would do.

Hope this was of help.

Cheers,

Conrad and the Stacy Blackman Team
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Re: Profile Eval: Consultant / Low GPA / Solid GMAT [#permalink] 29 May 2011, 16:27

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