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With my career goals in high technology, I've looked at various rankings and researched alma maters for established leaders in the field, and come up with a preliminary list of potential programs: HBS, Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, UCLA, USC, Carnegie Mellon, Chicago, Northwestern, Columbia.
I've got a couple questions:
* Does my list of programs seem realistic? Are there any other good programs for me to consider?
* I understand that adcoms know certain universities grade tougher, and certain majors are tougher, but do they know specific courses within universities that are difficult? Do I need to stress that some of my best grades occurred in some of the toughest courses, or will they already know?
* On a similar vein, are adcoms familiar with the amount of time necessary in my fields of work (to explain my lack of significant ECs after college)? I know the time requirements for some finance fields are well known, but I don't know if the same is true for specific engineering fields.
Thank you for your help!
With my career goals in high technology, I've looked at various rankings and researched alma maters for established leaders in the field, and come up with a preliminary list of potential programs: HBS, Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, UCLA, USC, Carnegie Mellon, Chicago, Northwestern, Columbia.
I've got a couple questions:
* Does my list of programs seem realistic? Are there any other good programs for me to consider?
* I understand that adcoms know certain universities grade tougher, and certain majors are tougher, but do they know specific courses within universities that are difficult? Do I need to stress that some of my best grades occurred in some of the toughest courses, or will they already know?
* On a similar vein, are adcoms familiar with the amount of time necessary in my fields of work (to explain my lack of significant ECs after college)? I know the time requirements for some finance fields are well known, but I don't know if the same is true for specific engineering fields.
Thank you for your help!
09 Aug 2009, 09:44
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Everything other than HBS or Stanford are within reach (i.e. if you want to apply, go ahead, just treat them as lottery tickets, and no, there's nothing you can do to make you more competitive).
Secondly, don't worry about the GPA - it's fine. You probably have to mention something in an optional, but don't dig yourself a hole and over-explain.
As for extracurriculars, adcoms probably won't cut you much slack if you don't have much as an engineer - if you are really working that hard at work, the hope is that you have enough team/leadership experience to highlight that your lack of strong extracurriculars won't be a huge concern.
Secondly, don't worry about the GPA - it's fine. You probably have to mention something in an optional, but don't dig yourself a hole and over-explain.
As for extracurriculars, adcoms probably won't cut you much slack if you don't have much as an engineer - if you are really working that hard at work, the hope is that you have enough team/leadership experience to highlight that your lack of strong extracurriculars won't be a huge concern.
11 Aug 2009, 00:35
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Thanks for the honest and non-sugarcoated feedback. I appreciate hearing an unbiased opinion that doesn't simply tell me what I want to hear. I will most likely remove H/S from my list unless I do better than expected in R1 and I can find good candidates for a 3rd Rec.
