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26 May 2010, 02:19
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Hello, and thanks for your help
I am a Military Officer currently deployed in Afghanistan. I have about 18 months until I am out of the Army and I want to continue to grow my leadership skills by pursuing an MBA.
Age: 30 (32 when I will start)
GMAT: Have not taken yet, but I'm scoring around 700 on practice tests. Still have about 7-8 months to study.
GPA: Undergraduate - 2.6(ya I know)
I have taken 4 classes online(Accounting 1 & 2, Statistics and Macro Econ) and received A's in all. I have a few more I want to take before I get out.
I will have 7 years of military service when I get out. The first 3 were enlisted, the last 4 as an Officer, including 2 tours to Afghanistan, both in leadership positions.
I have some community service with Habitat for Humanity, and a leader in a local running club for kids. I also had 3 years of leadership roles in my college fraternity.
I know my weaknesses are my undergrad GPA and my age, but I think my essays can explain my problems as an undergrad, and how the Army has given me direction since then. My school choices are Duke, UNC, Wake Forest, Tuck (ya its a reach), and finally UNC-Charlotte. What are my chances with my stats?
Thanks again.
I am a Military Officer currently deployed in Afghanistan. I have about 18 months until I am out of the Army and I want to continue to grow my leadership skills by pursuing an MBA.
Age: 30 (32 when I will start)
GMAT: Have not taken yet, but I'm scoring around 700 on practice tests. Still have about 7-8 months to study.
GPA: Undergraduate - 2.6(ya I know)
I have taken 4 classes online(Accounting 1 & 2, Statistics and Macro Econ) and received A's in all. I have a few more I want to take before I get out.
I will have 7 years of military service when I get out. The first 3 were enlisted, the last 4 as an Officer, including 2 tours to Afghanistan, both in leadership positions.
I have some community service with Habitat for Humanity, and a leader in a local running club for kids. I also had 3 years of leadership roles in my college fraternity.
I know my weaknesses are my undergrad GPA and my age, but I think my essays can explain my problems as an undergrad, and how the Army has given me direction since then. My school choices are Duke, UNC, Wake Forest, Tuck (ya its a reach), and finally UNC-Charlotte. What are my chances with my stats?
Thanks again.
26 May 2010, 08:06
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jphamilt,
Thanks for your service. The higher your age and GMAT score, the less your undergrad GPA will matter, especially if you are creating an alternative transcript. A 700 score would put you in the running at all these schools. A, say, 740 would mostly annihilate any concerns your GPA raises. So I wouldn't worry too much about the GPA, and there's nothing you can do about your age except explain why (your military career is a great place to start).
You are basically in at UNC-Charlotte and Wake Forest and very competitive at UNC. You would have a decent chance at Duke (depending on overall application execution and quality of your profile) and Tuck would be a reasonable reach or long-shot school. The quality of your leadership stories, how well defined your goals are, effectiveness of essays and reco letters would all impact your odds. You may want to read Accepted's advice to military applicants.
Hope this helps,
Thanks for your service. The higher your age and GMAT score, the less your undergrad GPA will matter, especially if you are creating an alternative transcript. A 700 score would put you in the running at all these schools. A, say, 740 would mostly annihilate any concerns your GPA raises. So I wouldn't worry too much about the GPA, and there's nothing you can do about your age except explain why (your military career is a great place to start).
You are basically in at UNC-Charlotte and Wake Forest and very competitive at UNC. You would have a decent chance at Duke (depending on overall application execution and quality of your profile) and Tuck would be a reasonable reach or long-shot school. The quality of your leadership stories, how well defined your goals are, effectiveness of essays and reco letters would all impact your odds. You may want to read Accepted's advice to military applicants.
Hope this helps,
