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Joined: 03 Jun 2010
Status:Go Blue!
Posts: 684
Location: United States (MO)
Concentration: Nonprofit, General Management
Schools: Michigan (Ross) - Class of 2015
GPA: 3.22
WE:Management Consulting (Non-Profit and Government)
Re: What GMAT would be required for a top-5-or-10 school
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17 Jan 2012, 12:52
Perhaps others will chime in, but, respectfully, your profile just doesn't sound like HBS or Stanford to me. You're up against ivy league, MBB, Apple/Google, VC/PE, military types, and various world savers.
TFA to Law School to MBA sounds like you're spinning in circles with no real business work experience to bring to the table. If you're interested in a high salary, I'm assuming your career goals are not socially oriented, and you have no prior finance experience which leaves consulting, marketing, and maybe general management for your essay goals?
If your Law School experience was public interest, you could have stacked that on top of TFA and sold social sector goals, but right now what are you really after?
I say these things because the GMAT won't be the hurdle you need to clear. Your 3.8 and law school performance indicate your academic ability, which is what the GMAT also indicates. It's your story, goals, and lack of relevant experience that are concerning to me given the range of schools you're mentioning.
I think you have a lot of pluses, and T10 definitely sounds plausible, but H/S seems near impossible to me.