Hey everyone,
I just graduated from college, and I'm looking into the future to see what my chances at business school may be down the line if I ever decide to go that route.
My concern is that while I graduated from a target with an engineering major, my cumulative GPA was less than a 3.5, which is definitely on the low side. Assuming I have good work experience and do well on the GMAT, will my undergrad GPA be an obstacle to getting into schools like Columbia or NYU?
Besides work experience and GMAT, are there any other things I should be focusing on in the upcoming years?
Thanks in advance for comments and advice.
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Your GPA shouldn't be an
Your GPA shouldn't be an issue.
Just get good work experience, do well on the GMAT, get involved in group-oriented extracurriculars outside of work if you have time (and don't ask what kind of extracurriculars - figure it out for yourself what you're most interested in and commit to it because you want to and not because it's a resume builder -- nonprofit, politics, religion, arts, athletics, social causes, etc.).
Alex Chu
I concur with MBAApply, a
I concur with MBAApply, a 3.4 GPA in engineering from an Ivy should not be an issue. 3.4 is a well above average for an engineer from a good engineering program (MIT, Caltech, Cornell, Berkeley, CMU, & Stanford engineering median GPAs hover around 3.1-3.2 give or take). I was recently admitted to b-schools of similar caliber with a 3.0 from Cornell Engineering. I would however make sure that you score 700+ on the GMAT.
Good to hear that GPA is not
Good to hear that GPA is not as big of a determining factor for MBA school as I thought.
How about for the top tier - Harvard, Wharton, etc?
it's nice to see engineers
it's nice to see engineers on the board. i was wondering the same thing and my GPA is 3.35 from a top engineering school. thanks for the input
the average entering gpa for
the average entering gpa for Harvard is around 3.5. That means for every guy in the 3.5 to 4.0 range you may have someone in the 3.0 to 3.5 range as well. You will be alright.