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A rookie askin' a question ya'll have seen 10000 times...
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11 Aug 2004, 11:48
What's up guys,
Honestly, after reading through so many of these forum posts, I definitely feel like a rookie. I just graduated from UVA (the Univ. of VA) a few months back with a sad undergraduate GPA in Economics/Interdisciplinary in South Asian Studies (lack of focus in the first few semesters + 3 deaths in the immediate/extended family = something like a 2.7) but what I feel is an amazin' co-curricular resume (bein' an RA, part of two fraternities as a national officer, sexual assault counselor and an assistant with the Dean's Office to name a few), and I was pre-law but decided to take some time off to make sure I was choosing the right career path...now I'm workin' at an amazing mortgage banking firm, as the Senior Outsourcing Project Manager (also receiving training to become a Loan Officer) doing what I feel the vast majority of fresh college graduates aren't doing. The more I learn about the financial industry, the more excited I get, and I feel that an MBA would be a great resource in my pursuit to excel within the industry...so yeah, sorry for blabberin' on and on, but here's my question:
Would applying to some of the top 20, part-time programs (as opposed to strictly daytime fulltime programs) be the way to go for me? I've compared the part-time stats with the full-time ones, and right now I'm in the 700 range after taken a few initial tests (i just started studying for the GMAT recently). So yeah, on top of that, if you were in a part-time program, are you able to transfer into a full-time day program after a year's course work? Once again, I apologize for the verbose post, but if you could help point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks and take care,