sonybologna541:
Thank you for reaching out to
Admissionado. To be frank, at a high level, you did a fairly good self-assessment!
Strengths: Your career progression and aspirations in energy make for an attractive and slightly unusual background. Energy isn't exactly a sector that is heavily represented in the top programs. It also appears you offer a healthy batch of interesting hobbies and interests outside of work. You have also shown some extracurricular leadership, though I would want to dig more to better understand the degree of your accomplishments.
Weaknesses: Yes, the GPA is a tough pill to swallow, though it is by no means insurmountable. You are going to have to have a robust explanation, but your instincts are right. Your GMAT is good, but not stellar. It is right at that threshold for showing you are capable of handling the academic rigor of an MBA program, but it won't be enough to mitigate entirely your low GPA. Since you are not looking to apply quite yet, I would recommend you consider taking it another time. If you can get 20-40 points higher, that would really help your overall application. Additionally, while your extracurricular activities appear to be a strength, if you have not done much with them other than hold titles, that may end up being a hole in your application.
All that being said, the schools you have targeted and how you have categorized them into tiers, seems fairly appropriate. Have you considered schools in Texas such as McCombs? The energy and finance angle would play well there.
If you are interested in a much more thorough background analysis as well as a school formulation discussion, please reach out to us at
Admissionado for a free consultation. We also offer long term mentoring (called "Advanced Planning"), which may be a service that could really help moderate your weaknesses and round out your profile prior to beginning our work on application preparation.
https://admissionado.com/free-consultation/Good luck,
Seth
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27 Nov 2020, 10:44
