Profile Evaluation - Alternative Transcript
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02 Jan 2022, 08:01
Hi,
Could you please evaluate my profile and provide any feedback? I'm not sure if I should prepare an alternative transcript.
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Education: 1. International Business, Top 25 School in China, GPA 3.8/4.0 (Completed 4 semesters)
2. Economics, Top 20 US Public School, GPA 3.6/4.0 (International Transfer)
I attended the first school in China for 2 years and then transferred to the U.S. school. I earned my undergraduate degree from the second school.
GMAT Score: 740
Professional Experience: 3.5 years
I'm a data analytics consultant working at a global consulting firm. It's been about 3.5 years at the current company and I got promoted twice. I got promoted fast from the Level 2 position to Level 3 position after one year.
Extracurricular Activities
1. Volunteer instructor at a coding camp for kids. (6 months).
Reach: Wharton, MIT
Target: Columbia, Kellogg, Chicago Booth, Fuqua, Haas, Yale
I believe my overall GPA is good but I have some withdrawals on my transcripts from both schools. I've heard 1-2 Ws are fine but more than 1-2 would raise a red flag. I have 3 Ws on my transcript from the first school and all of them were non-quant, elective courses like literature, western arts, etc. Besides the three Ws, I got mostly As and a few B+s. However, my transcript from the U.S. school looks pretty bad. I graduated with 3.6 GPA but also have three Ws. Plus, this time, two of them were business courses like data analytics and supply chain. But I still got As and B+s on other quant/Econ classes. To be honest, I relied on the withdrawal systems to get better final GPA even though I wasn't really failing. I'm not going to give the exact same reason to explain the Ws on my transcript in my admission essays (I think I should come up with a better reason.) but I am still very concerned about them. Do you think I should prepare an alternative transcript to cover those withdrawals? For example, although I don't think I can re-take all 6 courses I dropped, I can still try to retake those two business courses and get an A on both.
I'm worried that the admission committees might think I'm not good with advanced quant or business subjects or I lack commitment or dedication. Should I build an alternative transcript? Or do you think other factors (e.g. fast promotion in analytics consulting, high GMAT quant score) can help? I regret it so much but unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm trying to focus on what I can improve from now. Do you think it is a huge red flag that decreases the odds of getting into top MBA programs? Or do you think I still have a chance? I'd appreciate any feedback.
Thanks.