MBA chances
3.2,gmat 770 (q51/V45), white male, top banking+top buyside, good EC, recs. Chances at hbs or gsb? I understand my gpa is low.
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As you said, GPA seems low (I am not an expert by any means). Are you able to give a reason why it might be low? Also how many years exp do you have?
6 years of exp
I’d apply to all M7 and a few of your favs in the top 15. When it comes to MBA admission, you can’t set your heart on one program because there’s always random factors of admission at play, even if you have a “golden” profile, but top candidates can definitely have a super good chance @ M7 if they apply to all. I think you’d get into at least one M7 if you applied to all, but if you only go for HBS or GSB, you’d be lowering your chances substantially.
Is your undergrad a target school? That matters, and if it is, you'll be fine.
Long answer short, you'll get into most if not all of the M7 depending on how good your app is or if you get rejected due to yield management by the schools. You're unfortunately kind of a dead on target for a Wharton. HBS/GSB will be crapshoots. There's lots of people like you with higher GPAs and if you aren't URM or have some distinguishing story or factor it's kind of a push as to whether you get in or not. Apply to all of them and see what happens. GMAT is a little higher than average so that might offset a little bit. I'd think more chance at an HBS just given it's a bigger class. GSB is small so their intake of banking to PE candidates is going to be relatively small.
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