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Schools: Owen '20 Foster '20 Leeds '20 Fisher '20 Mendoza '20 Broad '20
GMAT 1: 670 Q41 V41
GRE 1: Q158 V160
GPA: 3.29
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Schools: Owen '20 Foster '20 Leeds '20 Fisher '20 Mendoza '20 Broad '20
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Profile Evaluation - 24 YO Female 22 Jun 2017, 15:14
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Hi!

I would like some help deciding if I would be a competitive applicant for the schools I am applying to and if it makes a difference applying R1 vs R2.

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24 YO Caucasian Female
Applying for Fall 2018.
GPA 3.27 - BBA Management, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
GRE - 326

Work Experience: I have worked for Oracle for 2 years and was promoted to Business Strategy Analyst about 4 months ago. This was a major accomplishment as I was chosen out of 60 internal applicants nationwide and am the youngest analyst they have for their sales operations.

Extracurricular: In college, I held an officer position for 2 years in my sorority, was in multiple business school clubs, on the club soccer team at A&M, along with volunteering at The Boys & Girls Club. Post College: I was selected to be president of Oracle Volunteers and well as being in the Austin Young Chamber of Commerce.

Post MBA Goals: I am looking for a concentration in finance and would like to go into consulting at one of the Big 4.

Concerns: I'm concerned that my GPA/GRE is too low for the schools I am considering as well as my age and years of work experience. Also, what are your thoughts on submitting the GRE vs GMAT scores?

Schools Applying to (In preference order):
Vanderbilt
Washington (Foster)
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Georgia Tech
Rice

I am realistic and know that my scores are too low for top 20 schools so I am looking just below that. I'd like to know if I stand a chance at any of the above schools and if I should be targeting others around this rank area?

Any insight is much appreciated :)
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Profile Evaluation - 24 YO Female 23 Jun 2017, 15:35
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Thanks for sharing your profile. You have good work experience for your age, although you have limitied work experience so you will be certainly on the lower end of the age range. You have strong ECs which schools love to see and also are a woman which helps given MBA programs still skew male. Your current GPA and GMAT are both right outside or on the fringe for the schools listed, which mean your application will really need to be great. I think your youth may also be a problem, but nothing you can't overcome you already off to a good start in your career and it seems your company recognizes this. Given your age you may want to consider retaking since you do have the time. One place this will be a problem for sure is during consulting recruiting where firms expect a 700 GMAT, so this will affect how admissions views your hire-ability