NYU Certificate or Columbia Post-Bachelors?

What's your opinion on using the non-credit hour classes offered at NYU as a way to build an alternate transcript? I'm looking to apply to their PT MBA program, but would love the FT program if I can get in. Columbia has a post-bach program designed to help you get into an MBA program, but the classes are all intro-finance, intro-marketing, etc classes that I took in UG. Now I have plenty of finance experience and just took CFA L2. Coming from a non-target, there's no way I'd be admitted for a Columbia MBA. But would their post-bach program be useful to get into another school? Aside from crushing the GMAT, would these options help make up for screwing off in UG and getting mediocre grades?

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