Youngjames wrote:
to me, what's important is that whatever class you decide to take, you get an A. if there's a particular type of quant class where your confidence level in achieving an A is higher, then that's the one you should take.
IMO, you will also want to explain (in your essays) why you received such a low GPA. there's a consistency issue here. your GMAT is high, your MS GPA is high, and your GPA is low, but it's low in a very difficult major. Is that the reason? or did you have to work to support yourself thru college? and does your GPA have a trajectory (it was horrible year 1, but decent in year 4)?
The adcom doesn't look at your GPA as just a "number." there are other factors considered. you have an uphill battle to climb with that low GPA, but it's not impossible.
hope that's helpful,
-james young
Hi James, thanks!
so it's ok if I took intro calculus and statistics? these courses are very easy for me and I am sure i can get good grades in them, but I want them to give adcom confidence in my ability to study. UCLA also offers "brush up" quant courses teaching material used in business school, should I take that also?
As of my poor grades, I spent two years drifting between science and engineering courses. I started out in Electrical engineering and received very poor grades in those courses and I eventually switched to chemistry/biology focus. Again, thanks!