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Hello everyone, I'm from India and have an undergrad GPA of about 3.2/4.0. I understand that this is a low GPA if I'm targeting top business schools in the US. I am an engineering student, and the primary reason for my lower GPA is that I couldn't do well in my core engineering subjects, because I had lost interest in them and didn't like whatever I was being taught in engineering. I have, however, scored well in electives that I took, such as Project Management, Operations Research, and Quality Management.
After attending a lot of Q&A events, I have realized that to offset my low GPA, I would need to do a course in Economics, Statistics, Finance, etc (apart from a high GMAT score) to prove to the admissions panel that I can handle the academics in MBA. Since here in India, I do not have the option of a community college where I can get extra credits, I wanted to ask do online courses from Coursera, edX, help? I looked up online courses at UCLA and UC Berkeley, but they were too expensive. Is there any other platform, or online course, which could help me in this regard?
After attending a lot of Q&A events, I have realized that to offset my low GPA, I would need to do a course in Economics, Statistics, Finance, etc (apart from a high GMAT score) to prove to the admissions panel that I can handle the academics in MBA. Since here in India, I do not have the option of a community college where I can get extra credits, I wanted to ask do online courses from Coursera, edX, help? I looked up online courses at UCLA and UC Berkeley, but they were too expensive. Is there any other platform, or online course, which could help me in this regard?
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Online courses from Coursera and edX are worth doing. Find a good course and do it from them. It will definitely boost your profile.
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Hi Mrinalsingh13
Indeed some online courses will help with this! Coursera has some good ones but one thing I would advice is to choose those from reputable schools, and perhaps even from your target school. Wharton has a really popular finance course, I will say UPenn in general has some good courses on coursera, that will sufficiently challenge you. Also look at the Yale, and Michigan Ross ones.
Good luck on your endeavor.
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Indeed some online courses will help with this! Coursera has some good ones but one thing I would advice is to choose those from reputable schools, and perhaps even from your target school. Wharton has a really popular finance course, I will say UPenn in general has some good courses on coursera, that will sufficiently challenge you. Also look at the Yale, and Michigan Ross ones.
Good luck on your endeavor.
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