Eval and request for more info!
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14 Oct 2011, 09:48
Hi Stacey,
wanted to see if I could get a profile evaluation. It would also be great to know a bit more services you offer related to essay writing. Below is my info:
GMAT: 730 (Q46, V44)
GPA: 4.0/5.0 (at MIT)
Yrs Work Exp: 3
To give a little more detail, I've been a consultant for 3 years, the first year at a big firm that does organization / strategy work, the last two at a smaller firm that does negotiation consulting (in the Northeast). I made the switch to the smaller to get more responsibility, and have been able to take on tons more, run a lot of projects on my own, and do some interesting things.
My concern is that my GPA is relatively low. I'm hoping that the fact that I went to MIT helps account for that, though I also think that a big reason for the low GPA was because things were taught in a very theoretical way that didn't feel practical or useful. I anticipate doing better in B school because 1) I have work experience that allows me to apply learnings and understand the context of anything theoretical and 2) B school curriculums are less theoretical.
In addition, I do a bunch of volunteer negotiation work with the US military and a couple of military academies, and I will likely be volunteering some time to head to Afghanistan to help with some negotiations in the field there.
I'm hoping to go to a top school (as many of us on here are!), and am looking at HBS, Tuck, and Darden in particular. Do these feel reasonable? Any advice around the low GPA?
Thanks!