HSW 2+2 Profile Review
I'm about to graduate in 2 semesters and thinking of applying to HSW deferred admissions. My background is in swe and I've done an internship at 1 of Fb/Google and will be doing another internship at another top tech company (1 of Citadel/Databricks/Stripe) and for the most part plan to return to this company full time once I graduate. I also have some other internships under my belt but the names aren't as shiny as those two.
GPA: 3.5
School: Top 30 private (not CMU though)
Major: Computer Science
GRE: 168 quant 162 reading 5.5 writing (probably going to take GMAT next summer though since I heard b schools like to see GMAT for ORM)
Demographic: ORM male
Extracurriculars: Not too much but I still have 2 semesters left so I can potentially get more involved.
My main concern is my gpa of course since I've already taken pretty much all the classes I need (can't really raise it by much anymore) and whether or not mba adcom only know about Fb/Google when looking at swe applications. It was one of the concerns I had but I still decided to go with Citadel/Databricks/Stripe instead of F/G.
GPA sucks and unfort it matters for 2+2 regardless of major. But your profile is p strong otherwise
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Need strong extracurriculars and letters of rec to help you stand out as an ORM with low GPA. Good luck though
I'm no expert on 2+2 programs or applications and am also ~10 years removed from undergrad so I acknowledge the world has changed since I was in school. At a glance you'd be a borderline to weak candidate. I don't think the GPA is awful, 3.5 in a hard major from a good school won't be a massive plus, but it also won't be a huge detriment. Assuming your GRE/GMAT goes up al little too and at a high level from those stats you'd be competitive.
The problem will be that you're not that unique and not special enough for an HBS/Stanford to want to lock you in right now, especially as an ORM. If you had some exceptional ECs, had published papers on ...AI/ Web 3, etc, started a company to dig wells in Africa, or something that made you really special in your field, then maybe you'd have a better chance, but as it stands, you're smart and accomplished, but they'd probably just reject you and let you apply in 4 years. Probably not a ton you can do now to improve your chances, apply and see what happens, but honestly, given where your career seems to be headed, you might not even need B-School.
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That makes sense, you're definitely not a complete no, the software angle is somewhat different. If you can do a good job building around that aspect, you might have a chance. B-Schools are looking to take more tech candidates, so there's a chance that narrative will work. Honestly, 4/5 years of working as a SWE and then reapplying, you'd probably have a pretty good shot at all the top schools in a few years time. No harm is applying though, especially given that you already have a job locked up.
Lmao tech nerds get cucked when it comes to MBA admissions, nobody wants some antisocial math/code monkey. Have fun attending columbia/sloan bozo😹😹👎👎
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