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09 Aug 2007, 21:45
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White American male with a wife and child (does the family aspect hurt or help?)
GMAT: 760, 48Q-46V (I could probably do better on Q, but may not improve overall score)
UGPA: 3.0 engineering from Cornell.
GGPA (will graduate this December): 4.0 in MS Product Development Engineering from U. of Southern Cal.
Work: When I apply next fall, I will have over 5 years experience in engineering on defense projects, and should be able to provide good examples of leadership and team work, along with strong recommendations.
Goal: Entrepeneurship in the long run, maybe consulting in the interim to help build the resume and improve my network.
Target Schools: Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley.
Since I'm not planning to apply until about this time next year, can you recommend if I should do anything to improve my chances? Also, I know a couple of the schools may be long shots, but are any conceivable? I'm hoping that a strong graduate record and high GMAT score can compensate for the low undergrad GPA (although it was in a pretty tough program). Also, I think I can make a good case for the combination of my engineering masters and the MBA working for my entrepreneurship goals.
Thanks for the review. Also, I'm 26 and have been pursuing the masters while working full time.
GMAT: 760, 48Q-46V (I could probably do better on Q, but may not improve overall score)
UGPA: 3.0 engineering from Cornell.
GGPA (will graduate this December): 4.0 in MS Product Development Engineering from U. of Southern Cal.
Work: When I apply next fall, I will have over 5 years experience in engineering on defense projects, and should be able to provide good examples of leadership and team work, along with strong recommendations.
Goal: Entrepeneurship in the long run, maybe consulting in the interim to help build the resume and improve my network.
Target Schools: Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley.
Since I'm not planning to apply until about this time next year, can you recommend if I should do anything to improve my chances? Also, I know a couple of the schools may be long shots, but are any conceivable? I'm hoping that a strong graduate record and high GMAT score can compensate for the low undergrad GPA (although it was in a pretty tough program). Also, I think I can make a good case for the combination of my engineering masters and the MBA working for my entrepreneurship goals.
Thanks for the review. Also, I'm 26 and have been pursuing the masters while working full time.
16 Aug 2007, 14:36
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familyman
familyman,
The family aspect doesn't help you unless you have some unusual challenge story involving your family. It certainly doesn't hurt you. Your GMAT and the fact your undergrad school was Cornell largely eliminates the 'negative' of your GPA. But keep in mind that at HBS and Stanford you will be competing against people who don't have such blemishes at all. Your chances at the top schools depend largely on two areas where you gave me little info: (a) your professional life and (b) your community or extracurriculars. You will ideally be a fast-track manager track person at work with some clear leadership roles and big impacts on the community/extracurricular side. But based on the little I know I can only say your chances are better at MIT and Tuck than at HBS, Stanford, and Haas, but how good they are depends on the quality of (a) and (b) above.
Good luck,
