Scabe wrote:
Hello! I am a 24 y/o white male looking to apply to some top programs. My main concern is overcoming my GPA and how that might affect what schools I should realistically be applying to
Some stats:
GPA: 2.9
GMAT: 740 (48Q/42V/8IR)
University: Chemical Engineering at a top 15 University
Work Experience: 2 years of work experience at a national coffee manufacturing company at the time of applying: 1 year was a 'Leadership Rotational Program' in which I worked in several different departments and learned the business. Year 2 (and 3 before starting B school) is working in the analytics group at headquarters, basically building the group from the ground up with a few others.
College extra-curriculars: Rowing on the crew team, president of residential college, leadership ambassador at the center for leadership
Current volunteering: spent 3 months volunteering with an afterschool program to get kids interested in STEM (science experiments and things), frequent time spent volunteering cleaning up the environment (river restoration, trail clearing etc.)
I am considering McCombs (top choice, both parents did undergrad. Dad did McCombs) Jones, Anderson and Booth as reaches
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Hey there good sir!
Good to hear from you.
Well, although you do have a poor GPA, you did do the next best thing - kick ass on your GMAT. So that should be a first thing to balance your profile out.
Your work experience seems pretty good, but unless I understand how many people you lead, what you actually do, and how big the company is, it will be hard to evaluate things.
Anyhow, all things considered, I could roughly say that you should be quite competitive at both McCombs and Jones, have a shot at Anderson, and Booth, well it's quite a long shot, but why not?
Other than that I would be curious to hear your criteria for selecting your MBAs, as I may have a few more suggestions. so feel free to write me back about that, and also elaborate upon your goals,
All the best,
JF