Low Undergraduate GPA - Military
I am in the military and was accepted into a 10-15 ranked MBA program. I had to defer admission and will start the fall of 2014. For the last 4+ I have been an officer in the Marine Corps. My undergrad was at a very good but very unique school. My gpa at said school was very low (2.6). My GMAT is a 700.
How difficult will it be to break into an investment banking at a BB firm with a poor undergrad performance?
I am not sure what a very good but very unique undergrad institution is. Could you please specify?
When are you trying to break into IB? Pre-MBA or Post-MBA?
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I went to a service academy.
"When are you trying to break into IB? Pre-MBA or Post-MBA?"
Try working on your attention to detail?
Sorry, I am trying to break into IB post-MBA.
If you do well in the MBA program it really won't matter for IBD, consulting would still be difficult.
I don't have an IB background, but with that GPA, IMO the odds are stacked against you, unless you blow them out of the water with your interviewing (assuming you get an IB interview). Consider going into S&T instead? I have personally known a few ex-military officers who have done well in this field, b/c they had excellent people skills & attention to detail.
Well IBD is what I am interested in. Why does S&T value an undergrad GPA less?
Hit up the military alums in finance, their network is incredibly powerful
Can anyone fill me in on why your undergrad GPA would even matter post-MBA from a respected school?
I haven't had a single employer -ever- ask me what my GPA is (I leave it off because it's a 3.4 and I'm worried about the "cutoff" at 3.5).
Disclaimer: I haven't applied to BB's, but that's not what I want to end up. If that's your goal then I can see that number being a lot more important. Also I'm at a target/semi-target, I don't know if that changes things.
"Unique" undergrad, huh?
Kings Point?
@GoldPeak: I believe that highly regarded (read:"prestigious") institutions want candidates who have an overall strong track record. Pedigree can be important (MBB/PE) and they have the option of choosing the cream of the crop. All else being equal, it would seem more risk adverse to accept the candidate with a better UG GPA than someone with subpar UG GPA, granted they both also came from good MBA programs.
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