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05 Feb 2015, 22:15
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Hey guys,
I am posting on multiple university discussion pages to get a contrasting idea. I would like to consider LBS, but wondering if you could guide me if I should give up the dream or can I pull it off? I want to shortlist a couple of schools to apply to at the end.
First of all, my case may be a bit confusing for a lot of people, and my background story is also very interesting:
So, in the last few days of my high school, I was notified by Universities that I applied to, that I do not fulfill the English language requirements. My high school average was really good and I was going for medical studies. My guidance counselor failed to mention this to me that I require 3 high school english courses (I came to Canada in grade 11 and they did not feel the need to put me in ESL, so I just took grade 11 and 12 english and scored pretty high).
Anyway, I wrote my TOEFL and in the meanwhile, went to a local university that took me in based on exceptional case (but not a very good school). I never wanted to be there so I didn't care much about studies and after my TOEFL score was in, I applied to school in Michigan and got in. But by that time, I had wasted some good amount of time (3 semesters) with below par grades (2.0 GPA)
Once in US, I switched to Engineering and did not do great in the beginning, but then picked it up and made it to Dean's list twice (3.89 once and 3.57 the second time). I believe my last 2 years average is 3.4 although overall is 3.01
After school, I have been working as a Consultant for more than 4 years now (in a multi-national management consulting company - mid sized) and have been consulting for major OEMS in Auto and Aviation industries.
My question is, what will I require in order to get into a top tier MBA school. Is my GPA good enough? With that GPA and about 4+ years of Consulting experience, how much GMAT score will I require? I am assuming something in north of 750?
Some other facts about myself:
- I had to work part time throughout my university to support my expenses
- In my last semester, I was doing part time co-op, took 20 credit hours (including Capstone design project, a research course with PhD students, and a masters class) and scored a 3.4
- I got promoted 3 times in 4 years in my company
I am posting on multiple university discussion pages to get a contrasting idea. I would like to consider LBS, but wondering if you could guide me if I should give up the dream or can I pull it off? I want to shortlist a couple of schools to apply to at the end.
First of all, my case may be a bit confusing for a lot of people, and my background story is also very interesting:
So, in the last few days of my high school, I was notified by Universities that I applied to, that I do not fulfill the English language requirements. My high school average was really good and I was going for medical studies. My guidance counselor failed to mention this to me that I require 3 high school english courses (I came to Canada in grade 11 and they did not feel the need to put me in ESL, so I just took grade 11 and 12 english and scored pretty high).
Anyway, I wrote my TOEFL and in the meanwhile, went to a local university that took me in based on exceptional case (but not a very good school). I never wanted to be there so I didn't care much about studies and after my TOEFL score was in, I applied to school in Michigan and got in. But by that time, I had wasted some good amount of time (3 semesters) with below par grades (2.0 GPA)
Once in US, I switched to Engineering and did not do great in the beginning, but then picked it up and made it to Dean's list twice (3.89 once and 3.57 the second time). I believe my last 2 years average is 3.4 although overall is 3.01
After school, I have been working as a Consultant for more than 4 years now (in a multi-national management consulting company - mid sized) and have been consulting for major OEMS in Auto and Aviation industries.
My question is, what will I require in order to get into a top tier MBA school. Is my GPA good enough? With that GPA and about 4+ years of Consulting experience, how much GMAT score will I require? I am assuming something in north of 750?
Some other facts about myself:
- I had to work part time throughout my university to support my expenses
- In my last semester, I was doing part time co-op, took 20 credit hours (including Capstone design project, a research course with PhD students, and a masters class) and scored a 3.4
- I got promoted 3 times in 4 years in my company
