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16 Aug 2015, 21:57
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I don't know where to post this so I just jumped into this section of the forums. I am having a bit of what I guess you call an early-life crisis hahaha.
So I go to what is ranked as a top 50 undergrad business school. It is a private liberal arts university. To really give you a big picture of myself, I kind of have to go back to before college.
So in high school I had some mental health issues...chronic depression and anxiety as well as severe ADHD (which I hate to say because it is completely over-diagnosed but I've been medicated since probably 8 years old. Which I've realized is ridiculous.) Was hospitalized once in high school.
I could never focus on anything...I never studied for tests and was honestly afraid to really exert myself. I never studied for the SAT and got a 1200 on the two sections that mattered and never took it again...dumb decision.
Got to college and more of the same...but as it turns out you do need to actually study the stuff, can't just cruise by. Did pretty terribly the first year and the mental issues were at an all time high, but my parents and doctor thought I should power through. Well it got really really bad first semester sophomore year and I took a medical leave. Parents thought to take some stress off that I should go back for an accounting degree...world always needs accountants and it all follows rules...a lot of rules but still. What we failed to realize, was that the problems I had mentally made it impossible to memorize anything...I would study all night, wake up and retain absolutely nothing. This happened, and I lost all motivation and confidence in my ability to deal with this kind of work. This problem has been constant through college but I made some medication alterations with my doctor and stopped drinking or doing anything that would mess with my brain chemistry.
So ended up hating accounting and switched to finance just to get out of school and have a degree to make some $...our first finance classes are pretty late in college so while they are a bit better than accounting, still not the biggest fan in the world but I couldn't really change at this point. Now comes first semester senior year, and I take an Operations/Supply Chain class and I loved it. Ended up with like a 96 in the class and it just all made sense to me. I'd love to go work for a company like Boeing, Ford or any other big manufacturer. To a degree, a secret passion of mine has been music and maybe do operations for a company like Live Nation. Right now, with one semester to go I am sitting at a 3.02 cumulative with a few Ws that are not related directly to the withdrawal...I overloaded myself trying to make up for the time and ended up overwhelmed. I know it is way off in the future, but I am curious as to whether I would have any chance at a top 50 B-School. I know that top 25 is out of the question, but with a brief explanation of the grades and a high GMAT score if I start studying my butt off early in my career when I have free time would I have a chance? I have held 3 different internships, 1 dealing with clients of a mid sized pharma company, 1 doing consulting for a private equity firm and 1 doing general portfolio simulations and analysis for a large financial firm (not a bank). I got all my internships through networking and meeting the directors or bosses at these places and killing the interviews. When I am assigned projects or tasks I always work hard when others are depending on me so I feel like whatever field I go into, I could definitely have success and good recommendations from employers (trying to be a little positive at least). Maybe if I start doing some pre-mba classes and do very well in those that overtime I could make up a bit for the GPA. If there is a possibility of me getting into one of these schools, I think I will try and go the large corporation route and get good training and go into an environment where I could move up the ladder over a long career.If it really isn't a possibility, than I may go the music route as I have got an internship lined up at a top performing arts center and could possibly network my way from there. Good chance I won't live a glamorous life style but I would probably be very happy during the early part of my career. I feel like if a large company is willing to pay for an MBA, than I should take advantage and that I will probably need it to move up since a lot more people these days are getting MBAs. This turned into a bit of a rant but just kinda need some direction from here. I've never really had any clear cut goals for anything and better to start late than never I guess. Jumped around this a lot while I was typing so might sound weird reading it in your head but I think everyone will get the basic idea. Thanks in advance for any responses.
So I go to what is ranked as a top 50 undergrad business school. It is a private liberal arts university. To really give you a big picture of myself, I kind of have to go back to before college.
So in high school I had some mental health issues...chronic depression and anxiety as well as severe ADHD (which I hate to say because it is completely over-diagnosed but I've been medicated since probably 8 years old. Which I've realized is ridiculous.) Was hospitalized once in high school.
I could never focus on anything...I never studied for tests and was honestly afraid to really exert myself. I never studied for the SAT and got a 1200 on the two sections that mattered and never took it again...dumb decision.
Got to college and more of the same...but as it turns out you do need to actually study the stuff, can't just cruise by. Did pretty terribly the first year and the mental issues were at an all time high, but my parents and doctor thought I should power through. Well it got really really bad first semester sophomore year and I took a medical leave. Parents thought to take some stress off that I should go back for an accounting degree...world always needs accountants and it all follows rules...a lot of rules but still. What we failed to realize, was that the problems I had mentally made it impossible to memorize anything...I would study all night, wake up and retain absolutely nothing. This happened, and I lost all motivation and confidence in my ability to deal with this kind of work. This problem has been constant through college but I made some medication alterations with my doctor and stopped drinking or doing anything that would mess with my brain chemistry.
So ended up hating accounting and switched to finance just to get out of school and have a degree to make some $...our first finance classes are pretty late in college so while they are a bit better than accounting, still not the biggest fan in the world but I couldn't really change at this point. Now comes first semester senior year, and I take an Operations/Supply Chain class and I loved it. Ended up with like a 96 in the class and it just all made sense to me. I'd love to go work for a company like Boeing, Ford or any other big manufacturer. To a degree, a secret passion of mine has been music and maybe do operations for a company like Live Nation. Right now, with one semester to go I am sitting at a 3.02 cumulative with a few Ws that are not related directly to the withdrawal...I overloaded myself trying to make up for the time and ended up overwhelmed. I know it is way off in the future, but I am curious as to whether I would have any chance at a top 50 B-School. I know that top 25 is out of the question, but with a brief explanation of the grades and a high GMAT score if I start studying my butt off early in my career when I have free time would I have a chance? I have held 3 different internships, 1 dealing with clients of a mid sized pharma company, 1 doing consulting for a private equity firm and 1 doing general portfolio simulations and analysis for a large financial firm (not a bank). I got all my internships through networking and meeting the directors or bosses at these places and killing the interviews. When I am assigned projects or tasks I always work hard when others are depending on me so I feel like whatever field I go into, I could definitely have success and good recommendations from employers (trying to be a little positive at least). Maybe if I start doing some pre-mba classes and do very well in those that overtime I could make up a bit for the GPA. If there is a possibility of me getting into one of these schools, I think I will try and go the large corporation route and get good training and go into an environment where I could move up the ladder over a long career.If it really isn't a possibility, than I may go the music route as I have got an internship lined up at a top performing arts center and could possibly network my way from there. Good chance I won't live a glamorous life style but I would probably be very happy during the early part of my career. I feel like if a large company is willing to pay for an MBA, than I should take advantage and that I will probably need it to move up since a lot more people these days are getting MBAs. This turned into a bit of a rant but just kinda need some direction from here. I've never really had any clear cut goals for anything and better to start late than never I guess. Jumped around this a lot while I was typing so might sound weird reading it in your head but I think everyone will get the basic idea. Thanks in advance for any responses.
17 Aug 2015, 13:23
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Thanks for sharing your question. Your academic performance will not be an area of strength for you in your application but given that you are very young you have some time to distance yourself from undergrad by really focusing on your career and performing the best you can in that capacity. The further away you get from graduation generally the less weight your GPA will have on the application process. So I would recommend taking some time to focus on your career. Particularly since it seems you have been a bit all over the place with career focus in college so the time should really help you mature and succeed as a professional first.
There's so little current info available in your profile because you are so young but I think if you perform well in your early career score well on the GMAT and write some great essays you will have a shot at top 50 schools.
Hope this helps!
There's so little current info available in your profile because you are so young but I think if you perform well in your early career score well on the GMAT and write some great essays you will have a shot at top 50 schools.
Hope this helps!
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Hi there,
You have an average profile. And I totally agree with above comment here that you are very young and since you don't have very good academics, I would suggest you to focus on your work profile and GMAT Score. You may also start partcipating in various activities happening at your work place. Since you are at beginning stage of your career, i would suggest you to take as much initiative at your work place as you can. Connect with some NGO and start doing some social work and focus hard on your GMAT. If you manage to get a good GMAT Score and build your profile, nothing can stop you getting into top 50 business schools.
You may also gauge your chances of getting admission to top business school by trying this amazing toolhttps://bit.ly/1C9o2Md
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
You have an average profile. And I totally agree with above comment here that you are very young and since you don't have very good academics, I would suggest you to focus on your work profile and GMAT Score. You may also start partcipating in various activities happening at your work place. Since you are at beginning stage of your career, i would suggest you to take as much initiative at your work place as you can. Connect with some NGO and start doing some social work and focus hard on your GMAT. If you manage to get a good GMAT Score and build your profile, nothing can stop you getting into top 50 business schools.
You may also gauge your chances of getting admission to top business school by trying this amazing toolhttps://bit.ly/1C9o2Md
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
