Thank you for replying Kimberly!
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As it stands right now, your GPA is not competitive for any top MBA program.
With a high GMAT score and some of the recommendations below, which MBA programs shall I have a greater chance in being admitted to given my GPA?
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(a) you need to continue to take college and graduate level classes; and make sure you excel at them. While admissions looks at your entire academic history, they look (and weigh) your most recent academic experiences the most.
You mean apply for courses at community colleges? I was weaker at quantitative courses like REALLY bad. I'm embarrassed to say this but I failed a few quantitative courses and was on the verge of being expelled from college until I increased my GPA which I did. But that was more out of poor discipline.
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(b) excel at your GMAT - grades and test scores are the two ways that admissions determines your academic abilities and potential so a very high GMAT score is a must for you
What GMAT score should I aim for at a minimum?
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(c) do academic or professional research - speak to professors, authors, research analysts, etc. and see if you can perform some research for free. Demonstrating that you can perform sophisticated research from published sources also demonstrates your academic commitment and your true academic abilities.
So for example if I want to work in a management consultancy firm after my MBA should I focus on research on topics like strategic management, risk advisory? But why would those professors, authors, research analysts, etc want to work with me given my grades? Is free an enough of an incentive to let them let me work for them? Maybe it is
But if I want to get into banking I suppose I'm not too sure whether or not the professors would let me do research with them given I have not much background in finance...
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(d) tutor college students in a subject area you excelled at. This will show that you are unselfish with your knowledge and that others value your knowledge and wisdom
Where I live in Asia, 1 on 1 tutoring is very common. Or do you mean tutor students at community colleges in the subject that I did well at? Again, I believe this should be related to my desired future career right?
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(e) get recommendations today from college professors; specifically those in classes where you excelled. Professors teach hundreds of people a year and in a few years their memory of your work and abilities will be faint. You can usually have these saved at your academic dean's office and they will be in your permanent file.
That is a great idea!I've not heard that they allow students to save these recommendation letters on the academic dean's office. I'll ask my counselor about this. Should I ask them not to include the date in the recommendation letter to make it more relevant in the future?
Thanks a lot!