Im wondering if someone could take a look and suggest what my chances are and what I should do to get to my goal; MBA starting 2007 at one of the top 15 Harvard is my reach with NYU and Darden as schools I would love to attend. Any other suggestions regarding school choice are also welcome Profile Age: 25 Background: Born and raised in South Asia. Moved to US for Undergrad education and stayed on (Now a US Citizen) Education: Undergrad at University of Virginia. BA in Psych +Econ GPA: Low because I was puttnig myself through school (part time job/loans) and was active in the community. ended school with 2.91. Highest was 3.3 in final semester. Low Grades in some of the analytical courses (Accounting, Math) Undergrad Extracurric: Resident Advisor, President of Residence Halls, President of South Asian Cultural club, Mentor for Madison House Community Work: Work at one of the Big Three Auto. Started as a manufacturing supervisor for two years, managing about 40 union workers in different roles, including engineering & maintenance. Switched over to marketing as a sales and forecasting analyst at the end of last year. Working on developing new methods of tracking marketing programs and thier successes, also pitching new ideas backed by data. Inloved in organizing company sponsored events. GMAT: first try was 650. giving it again and target is 740. Extracurric: Actively Inloved in autocross racing Not sure if i can think of anything else. Again my goal is general management, the MBA will allow me to hone my finance skills and work in Corp finance before hitting my final goal of being Regional Head someday of an Auto Company. Pls suggest anything I can do between now and October till the apps are due. As i mentioned, HBS would be a dream come true.

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Well if you are going to discount Cornell for the weather you might as well discount Tuck, and of course it isn't that warm in good old boston, chicago or NYC either!

All of the schools you have in mind are excellent!!!! I'm headed to Cornell in the fall and can field any specific Cornell questions you may have. The school is a small b-school model, but what we don't have in Johnson (the name of our b-school) numbers we make up in the devotion of our alums as well as the entire Cornell University alumni base. Cornellians are pretty good to each other, regardless of the school they attended.

Cornell is known for it's "hands on learning" approach, the school has several immersions that you take the second semester of your 1st year that focus on what you want to do after b-school. Below is the link for the managerial finance immersion.

https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/academic ... in_im.html

All the schools you mentioned are excellent, but their cultures are very different. Think about what type of setting you would like to do your b-school at, personally after 6 years in a big city I wanted something more calm, esp since I'll be back in a big city post-MBA.

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Aroman,

Thanks for the post and congrats for an admit@cornell

The more research i does about the schools,the less i bother about location , weather etc ....

Cornell is a very good school and am visiting Sage hall in September to see what it is all about

Hope to see you there

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After spending significant time off these boards researching schools and talking to different people, thanks to your advice AntMavel and Aroman21 I have decided to drop NYU and Columbia from my list and add Cornell and Tuck. I like the sense of community and strong network that Tuck offers as well as the prestige it carries with its GM program. Regarding Cornell i was sold on thier "Immersion" program. From the sound of it, its seems great. However i would like feedback from anyone who has first hand experience of this to get a greater sense of what it is truly worth. NYU and its finance focus didnt really cut it for me and given the fact that i would like to spend time in NYC after my MBA, i think i can do without it for those two years. (besides trying to live in NYC as a student... not my idea of fun)

Hjort, one of the points you made has stuck with me- the one about remote locations offering great bargains- sometimes the remote schools are the true hidden treasures and given that few people are drawn to such areas, people who have potential shortcomings in thier application might have a greater shot at one of these than at one of the mainstream schools... just a theory, one that im holding on to!

In anycase, if anyone would like to volunteer id really like to hear more about Tuck, Cornell and Duke... perhaps from those who are admitted or from those who have some experience with it. I can definately see myself attending one of these... ofcourse if they choose to accept me!

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