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Originally posted by NewGuyy on 13 Jun 2011, 12:57.
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What's your gmat breakdown? My intuition says you'll need a 700+ for top 10 school, especially since you came from a finance background. Your GPA isn't stellar so your GMAT has to be.
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What's your gmat breakdown? My intuition says you'll need a 700+ for top 10 school, especially since you came from a finance background. Your GPA isn't stellar so your GMAT has to be.
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46M/36V - Probably room for improvement but having difficulty finding the time to study...

Will work experience and recs from alums push me over the edge?
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Well, ok take my opinion with a grain of salt, as I am also an applicant so it's not like I am speaking from a ton of experience. I do, however, have a masters in economics from columbia university, so i've been through some of this grad school admissions mess.

I thought Alex from MBAApply gave some really poignant points in his article about what kinds of people get into Harvard, Stanford and Wharton (https://www.mbaapply.com/advice2.htm#hsw). Basically, being male and finance mean you are from a traditional background (lots of other males who are also in finance will be in the same applicant category as you), so in my opinion, you'll need something else to distinguish you from the crowd, provided all else are equal. In order for "all else to be equal" as the applicants in same category (male, finance), you'll need a stellar gmat score with high GPA (or if not both, at least one of them has to be stellar) and with impressive work exp.

Not sure what you can do to give that extra X factor. You'll definitely need to beef up in the extracurricular, leadership or volunteer category in my opinion, as many of your competitors will absolutely be doing the same thing.
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And I just want to put this in perspective. A good friend of mine went to Harvard, had very impressive work experience, and VERY high gmat -- still got dinged from wharton and harvard. So those things alone aren't enough to get you in the top 10.
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And I just want to put this in perspective. A good friend of mine went to Harvard, had very impressive work experience, and VERY high gmat -- still got dinged from wharton and harvard. So those things alone aren't enough to get you in the top 10.
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Thanks for the input. I guess I'll just roll the dice this fall...
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Sorry, i didn't mean to be discouraging! I just meant that you have some time to beef up other areas before R1 starts and may want to do so. :)

Good luck to you!