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03 Jan 2017, 19:03
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I recently graduated college (class of 2016) and in a few years, an MBA is looking like a path I want to take. Unlike most college kids who begin college picking their own major, I had immigrant parents that aggressively pushed me into the pre-med track because their reasoning was "only way to be successful in life is to be a doctor". Having had them micro-manage my life (against my own will of course) during my adolescence resulted in me not having the backbone to stick up to them.
To make a long story short, I did poorly in my pre-med classes but parents pushed me (often using fear mongering and threats) to finish my science major because "that is the only way you will get a job in this economy!".
By the time I could grow a backbone to stand up to my parents, I was in my senior year of college and by then the major damage had been done. It is not that difficult to make a D in Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Microbiology, and genetics if you don't give it 100%. I made D's in those classes and repeated them, only to get Cs. I have some A's and a lot of B's on my transcript but bad grades in upper level science classes wrecked havoc on my GPA.
My college years were miserable and it led to me taking time to do a lot of reading on what I am meant to do. I thought back to my old self and realized that my ideal careers are in the business and corporate world as opposed to medicine, dentistry, or healthcare.
Now as a pre-med who graduated with a low GPA, my job options aren't that great but I am aiming for getting a b2b sales type of job to help get my door in the business world. I know I have many years of planning cut out for me if I want to get into a decent MBA program. My long term goal is to break into fields of business such as consulting and/or banking (doing more research on them) but I know that with my current college transcript, that will not be possible.
Looking back at it, I know that if I had majored in accounting, finance, or business then my college experience would have been much more enjoyable as those are the fields I want to get into.
What I do want to know is, is it possible to get into a decent MBA program with a 2.1 GPA? What will need to be done?
What can I do right now to put myself in a much better situation years from now?
So far I've been working as a lab technician since July because I've had issues breaking into b2b sales.
To make a long story short, I did poorly in my pre-med classes but parents pushed me (often using fear mongering and threats) to finish my science major because "that is the only way you will get a job in this economy!".
By the time I could grow a backbone to stand up to my parents, I was in my senior year of college and by then the major damage had been done. It is not that difficult to make a D in Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Microbiology, and genetics if you don't give it 100%. I made D's in those classes and repeated them, only to get Cs. I have some A's and a lot of B's on my transcript but bad grades in upper level science classes wrecked havoc on my GPA.
My college years were miserable and it led to me taking time to do a lot of reading on what I am meant to do. I thought back to my old self and realized that my ideal careers are in the business and corporate world as opposed to medicine, dentistry, or healthcare.
Now as a pre-med who graduated with a low GPA, my job options aren't that great but I am aiming for getting a b2b sales type of job to help get my door in the business world. I know I have many years of planning cut out for me if I want to get into a decent MBA program. My long term goal is to break into fields of business such as consulting and/or banking (doing more research on them) but I know that with my current college transcript, that will not be possible.
Looking back at it, I know that if I had majored in accounting, finance, or business then my college experience would have been much more enjoyable as those are the fields I want to get into.
What I do want to know is, is it possible to get into a decent MBA program with a 2.1 GPA? What will need to be done?
What can I do right now to put myself in a much better situation years from now?
So far I've been working as a lab technician since July because I've had issues breaking into b2b sales.
08 Jan 2017, 11:37
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so I guess that's the verdict
10 Jan 2017, 12:47
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Right now- spend at least 4 yrs getting really good results at work and during this time take those courses above and do well, and then take the GMAT and kick the GMAT's butt! That is how you can overcome this. Never say never! Believe in yourself!!
and some clear next steps that you can take starting now. Remember, you can’t change the past but you can change how you behave and what decisions you make starting today. Be brave!
