Profile evaluation for Johnson (Cornell), UVA Darden, Tuck, Duke Fuqua, GMAT Classic 680, Finance background, from Peru

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2 years ago

Welcome!

I would also recommend considering Johnson as a strong investment banking school. Tuck is almost exclusively consulting and Fuqua is also heavy consulting. The only other school I can think of would be Simon but that’s more of a scholarship play.

PS. That GPA of 2.4, is that a pretty low GPA for your country or is that solid?

Beto793

Hello, thank you for your time.

My GPA is low, I know it is my biggest weakness. I’m not sure if I’m calculating it correctly, 2.4 is my undergraduate GPA (the time I was studying my career at collegue).

After I graduated, I enrolled in a Finance Diploma Program in another business school here in Peru, I got 3.5 GPA and the curriculum was 80 hours long.

I’m not sure if that, and my GMAT score and work experience, would suggest that I’m trying my best to get back on track and will be capable to show that I fit in the MBA program.

It’s great you have another degree after college. That will absolutely generally address and cover any concerns there may be with your college GPA. You don’t need to convert it to the 4.0 system but temporarily our decision tracker only supports 4.0 system so will be updating it shortly.

I don’t think you need to worry too much or more about your GPA. I would just write two or three sentences in the optional comments that your undergraduate GPA was not representative of your ability due to whatever reason you want and that’s usually pretty good.

PS. There’s a GMAT Club member I know well who is at Darden right now who was from Peru, his name is Renato. If you have not reached out yet, definitely start reaching out to current students. His username is Lure1415 if you want to message him.

Thank you for taking your time to answer. I will definitely contact him.

Just to clarify, I have a bachelor’s degree in Economics. After that I obtained a Certificate in Finance in another school. I don’t think it is considered a degree, but I performed better than I did in college.