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Schools: Carroll '16 (A$) Babson '16 (A$) Boston U '16 (A$) Tuck '16 (D) Yale '16 (D)
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Profile Evaluation Low GPA [#permalink] New post   27 Nov 2013, 11:00
Having a hard time deciding where I would have a chance.

Profile:
GMAT - 720
Work Experience:
1 Year Federal Government Program Management, 2 Years Operations at a Bank
2 Years as Army National Guard Officer - Platoon Leader
1 Year as Army National Guard Officer - Executive Officer
Undergrad GPA - 2.6 :(
Both my parents had cancer during my undergrad experience, and my father passed away. In the optional essay should I bring this up?

I have excelled in the National Guard since college and have been promoted over my peers. I will recieve excellent recommendations from my Commanders. I have also done well at the bank and will revieve a good recomendation.

My GPA is a real problem. What would be the upper limits of schools I should target? I work in Boston and would like to stay around Massachusetts if possible.
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Re: Profile Evaluation Low GPA [#permalink] New post   28 Nov 2013, 02:17
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Having a hard time deciding where I would have a chance.

Profile:
GMAT - 720
Work Experience:
1 Year Federal Government Program Management, 2 Years Operations at a Bank
2 Years as Army National Guard Officer - Platoon Leader
1 Year as Army National Guard Officer - Executive Officer
Undergrad GPA - 2.6 :(
Both my parents had cancer during my undergrad experience, and my father passed away. In the optional essay should I bring this up?

I have excelled in the National Guard since college and have been promoted over my peers. I will receive excellent recommendations from my Commanders. I have also done well at the bank and will revieve a good recommendation.

My GPA is a real problem. What would be the upper limits of schools I should target? I work in Boston and would like to stay around Massachusetts if possible.


Hmmmm, you have an interesting profile. Terrible grades, but a great stories and a military position with lots of leadership. With such a profile I think you would have a shot anywhere. A top five school will be a longshot for you because of your GPA, BUT you DO have a good story for it, and you have other interesting stuff which can make up for it, so unlike a lot of other folks you might have a shot. But anyhow I think your profile is good enough that you can stick to Top 20 schools.

If you want to stick to Boston only your options are gonna be limited. Cause you have only Top 5 schools and then decent schools (BU, BC), so I'd suggest being a bit more flexible. (limiting yourself to NE only is more reasonable)...

Hope this helps!!!!
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Re: Profile Evaluation Low GPA [#permalink] New post   29 Nov 2013, 13:44
Thank you for the input! I am targeting BC, BU, and Babson. I think I have a reasonable chance at these schools. I will definitely put out a few dream school applications as well, and a safety school. I will apply to a few outside NE as well. Time to really refine my essays! Thank you again for the help!
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Re: Profile Evaluation Low GPA [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2013, 07:15
Fitzy, as someone who was in almost your exact situation. I think you have a good chance to go just about anywhere. I would not say HBS, Stanford, etc because they seem to take less out of job and life experiences than others do. I served in the Navy as both officer and enlisted and graduated with a 2.47, got a 710 GMAT/326 GRE, and was accepted to Notre Dame. I am headed there in the fall and couldn't be happier. A lot of places look at the whole person and that is where anyone with a military officer background will excel. It takes true leaders to get the job done in the face of that kind of adversity. Be yourself and you have more than a shot just about anywhere.
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Re: Profile Evaluation Low GPA [#permalink] New post   23 Dec 2013, 18:01
Hi Linda,
Please find below details on my profile. Would like to get your views on what you think about it.
GMAT:640(43-Quant, 34-Verbal)
Programs of interest-Part-time MBA in Kellogg, Chicago Booth and NYU Stern
Educational Background-
Masters in Engineering Management- Duke University GPA:3.45/4.0
Undergraduate degree in electronics and telecom engineering GPA:3.8/4.0
Professional Background
work experience- 4 years as a Strategic client relationship partner- Role includes strategy, business development, client relationship
International exposure- worked in chile, argentina and the states.
Community service with WIT (women in technology) to help them build their website for a fund raiser.

Please let me know if you need more details also your views on my chances in the above universities.
Thank you very much for your help.
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