Any success stories about Getting into a top Graduate School from a non prestigious undergraduate institution?
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on 4/13/11 at 3:50pm
I'm about to graduate from a non prestigious undergrad program with a decent GPA and good extracurriculars. I want to go to a top school for MFin or an MBA in about 3 years, after I finish my CFA and I get some work experience.
I'm looking to read about people here who went to non prestigious undergrads but then in a few years got into HBS, Columbia, Wharton, MIT, etc.






what do you mean by
what do you mean by non-prestigious? And check out this thread: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/top-b-school...
Just saying...
I have classmates at HBS who
I have classmates at HBS who went to state schools. It's not impossible, I just hope your "decent" GPA is actually impressive and not just decent.
What about a non prestigious
What about a non prestigious (well technically best school in the country for my major but still basically unknown outside of Canada) Canadian undergrad degree in petroleum engineering with work experience with Exxon for a few years and a 3.5+ GPA? Actually what are my chances as a Canadian to begin with? Better than a state school US kid with comparable stats? Or worse?
I will graduate in a month
I will graduate in a month with a 3.2 cumulative, 3.5 in the last two years, 3.8 in the last year and 3.5 in major related courses (as you can see, I fucked around in first year)
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tbh PWM is not a job that
tbh PWM is not a job that b-schools will look at as impressive. neither is a 3.2 from a mediocre school. youll really need to have some wildly impressive essays and 750+ GMATS to make you competitive. people can go from no name school-big name grad school, if your GPA is 3.7+
Can you expand on why a PWM
Can you expand on why a PWM role is not impressive?
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I'm still a sophomore but I
I'm still a sophomore but I have a 3.9 GPA from a no name public school, 710 GMAT, and an internship with Edward Jones. Do I have a chance at some top school MSFin? My dream school is Duke, Villanova, Wustl and BC.