CriticalSquare wrote:
Hi there!
Since you have specific questions, I'll focus on addressing those. Overall, your GPA may hold you back a bit for top schools, so you may want to consider developing an alternative transcript. For your target schools, HBS, Wharton, Yale, and Tuck are going to be your stretch schools. If you're comfortable applying to 4-5 schools, you could target one of these programs. Darden and UCLA are going to be more aligned, but still a bit of a reach. All in all, these are worth a shot. Your aligned schools are going to be Fordham, BU, and DePaul.
Your job changes won't preclude you from achieving admission, however your GPA might hinder you from getting in to your target programs. As for your goals, wanting to go back to China won't hurt your changes - it's more important that your goals are aligned to your story more than anything else. Finally, a dual degree will not affect your chances for your MBA program.
Hope this information helps and best of luck!
Thank you very much for your prompt and kind suggestion. I really appreciate your reasonable analysis about my chances.
Thanks!=)