Dear veritas prep,
I am a rising senior who has been on the political science - law school track for three years. I was very unmotivated, hated my classes and professors and therefore have a lackluster track record. however, during my junior year, i developed a keen interest in business, and after some soul searching, have decided to do an MBA. I would like to apply in 3 or 4 years, and so I wanted to ask what you recommend I do to strengthen my profile in the meantime since my record so far has been bleh. Here's a breakdown of my current candidacy:
US citizen but born and raised in Ghana.
3.6+ GPA at Yale
Research and Internship experience in government/international affairs.
Leadership experience organizing large scale conferences on African development.
Things that may go against me:
No quantitative coursework (dropped three math related classes because i was failing)
Scattered coursework without unifying theme (hated each class so tried something new each new semester, but hated that too)
Recommendation letters will come from liberal artsy people who can't quite evaluate me in a business light
No special awards (unmotivated throughout first three years of college. perhaps senior year will be different).
What do you think I should do in my senior year and post-graduation to make me a super strong candidate? My main goal is to work in management consulting, and despite going to an Ivy league school i'm not crazy about prestige (i'll happily pick, say, Darden over HBS if Darden serves my goals better). however my biggest concern is I kind of NEED a full-ride, because i'm from a low-income background. All advice will be much appreciated