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Originally Posted by triton1108
Hello admissioncounsultant,
I am not sure that you have a lot of experiences with undergrad go straight into MBA or not. I am a undergraduate(junior) from UC San Diego. I am major in Economics, current GPA is 3.5, probably with graduate with highest distinction from my major department. I haven't take the Gmat yet.
Work experiences:
Office Aid in hospital(summer job)
Bank teller for six months
Cell phone sales for about six months
probably will get an internship for the incoming summer
I played 4 years basketball in high school, 3 years badminton in college.
targeting school:
Stanford/MIT
What is the Gmat score I need to strike for? Which area I need to improve on? I m also thinking to take the CFA level 1 (Chartered Financial Analyst) test in my senior year, would that makes me a stronger applicant? Basically what makes a undergrad applicant stand out?
Thank you very much for your help!
Best regards.
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Hi and thanks for your inquiry.
We work with thousands of applicants a year and we do it with a very high success rate. In fact, if we grew anymore, I believe our applicants would begin competing against each other and our success rate would drop. (We get a decent % of the incoming class into the top schools.)
I guess this was my long way of saying we have a lot of experience and we have worked with many applicants right out of undergrad.
Your academic qualifications (GMAT and transcript) only account for 35% to 40% of the admission decision. Quite frankly, your work experience is not going to make you competitive right out of undergrad for schools like Stanford and MIT. Most likely, you'll greatly benefit from some work experience given the quick review of your post here.
Best of luck with your applications!
Sincerely,
David Petersam
DPetersam@admissionsconsultants.com
703.242.5885
Admissions committee experience from the top b-schools
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Originally Posted by babyritik
Hello AdmissionConsultant,
I am a 36 year old working professional interested in doing part-time MBA. I have lot of work experience - about 14 years, good GPA (4.0) and decent GMAT (710). I have been thru several startups so did not have much time for community and/or extra-curricular activities. Could you tell me how significant are these for part-time MBA ? Can they make or break the application ? Or are they more important for people without any work experience?
thanks a lot in advance
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Hi and thanks for your inquiry.
Extracurriculars are very important. If you have a good-enough story and themes, you might be able to mitigate a lack of involvement. Part-time admissions committees like to see extracurricular activities as much as their full-time counterparts.
Best of luck with your applications!
Sincerely,
David Petersam
DPetersam@admissionsconsultants.com
703.242.5885
Admissions committee experience from the top b-schools