Please evaluate my profile MBA

I'm looking to apply for business school and wanted to get everyone's thoughts on my profile.

29yr old male
Undergrad GPA: 2.26 in Economics from a small unknown state school
Grad GPA: 3.7 Masters in Applied Economics from Southern New Hampshire University
GMAT: 730
Work Experience: 6 years at a F500 financial services company (1 yr in Sales, 5yrs in Investment Management)
CFA Charterholder

I'm looking to apply to the University of Chicago, Cornell, Dartmouth, NYU, and Columbia.

Do I have a shot or is my undergrad GPA going to get me dinged at each school?

 
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The double whammy is that your u/g GPA is not only low, but from a no-name state school. Why did you choose SNHU of all places? There are more reputable schools with online graduate programs.

Anyways, if you have the money to spare, I would take a gamble on the schools you listed and add some lower ranked programs to the mix as well. From my perspective, your GPA will definitely make you stand out, not in an ideal way obviously. At least you won't just blend in though-- use this to your advantage. Treat the essays like PhD students do their dissertations. My understanding is that adcoms only put weight on u/g GPAs.

Your overall profile suggests that you're not as dumb as your u/g GPA implies. Your GMAT, work experience, and the CFA are collectively 50% of the applications. Lastly, but very importantly, you'll have astronomically higher chances of getting into a part-time program. I know UChicago has an evening/weekend program for working professionals. Keep you're day job, because the financial aid is less, but if you're working for a F500, they should foot most, if not all, the tuition bill.

Good luck and keep us posted.

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