I want to go to Chicago Booth, Wharton, or MIT. Maybe Duke as a backup. I need advice.
I have a 4.0 GPA from UNCG and I can graduate with a BS in Economics this December. I could extend my graduation date by a semester and graduate with disciplinary honors, international honors, a global studies minor, and a year's worth of Chinese; is it worth it? I have volunteer experience working with disabled children, immigrant children, and I volunteered to help train police trainees. I have been part of the fencing club, and Japanese club at my school and it's not too late to join or establish another club; should I? I have 1 semester abroad in Japan. I have the general awards for my GPA, and I am part of beta gamma sigma.
I started taking college classes in high school through a middle college program and I worked part time the last half to pay for gas and a car. When I got to college I worked between semesters to help pay some of the fees. I don't have any intern experience or office work experience. My mother has a 2 year diploma; so I think I will qualify as "first generation" for the schools I listed; am I wrong?
I know I need to take the GMAT; that's on my list. I assume I need to get a 760+ on it? I have heard that I can take the GMAT and choose to not publish the scores once I finish (I know I can't see the grade); will there be issues with me taking it 2-3 times within a short period and not submitting it?
I figure I need an internship, I can get internships in Greensboro or Chicago near the O'Hare area ~ If anyone is familiar with either of those areas please let me know some of the companies I should aim to intern for.
I have a teacher in Japan whom I am auditing who teaches in the MA program here who worked for McKinsey in Tokyo ~ I will be using him as a reference, think this will hold weight if I want to work for McKinsey in the U.S?
What am I missing? I have 1 year left before I graduate, do I need to extend my studies and add in more advanced accounting classes or something else? I need a few years of work experience and internships, will just any company work? Is there any chance I can aim for Harvard or Stanford?
I was encouraged to take on a FLDP. Anyone have some more info on this for me? Or I really want to find someone who's purchased the material on this site that involves fldps.
Hoping to get some feedback from this.
First time trying adderall?
You need AT-LEAST 2-3 years FULL-TIME working experience to get into those programs. Period. No amount of GPA/Internships/GMAT/Languages/academics honors/fraternities/McKinseys Recs/ etc is going to make up for that. The company you work for matters A LOT (most people come in from a handful of prestigious companies), and you need to show growth and leadership in your role. This will matter infinitely more than your college fraternity and languages, and everything else you seem to think will matter a lot.
Also ya, reading your post, it does seem like you're abusing a stimulant, as the above poster joked. You're thinking is all over the place. Cut that crap, all my friends who abused that during college turned into a f'ed up individuals in their mid 20's.
you NEED work experience.
Through that whole rambling post I still have no idea what you want to do. You are looking for recommendations near O'Hare? Off the top of my head (in less than a minute) within 20 miles I can think of 7 major pharma/healthcare companies, at least 8 F500 companies, all the IBs, all the consulting firms, etc...
Get to work
Yep I'll echo what everyone else said - you'll need to work for at least a few years.
Also, why would you take the GMAT several times but throw away your scores? Those will show up on your score report, but just as a discarded test. You can only take the test once every 30 (31?) days, and I think 6 times within a 1 year period - scores discarded or not. Just study & take practice tests until you're scoring within the range you think you need, and then schedule a real test.
agree with other posters. OP, I went to a college similar to yours (for those who don't know, UNCG is not Chapel Hill (the target with OCR) and work experience will be invaluable. Wake Forest has some solid alums in your area, network your ever lovin ass off and get a good job that can tee you up for b school. also, UNC & Duke usually have MBA field days where different schools come to the area and look at candidates, I'd attend those as you get work experience. I'm not far (no more than a 5 hour drive) from you geographically, if you do some travelling to my neck of the woods I'll gladly meet with you. no room to hire on my team but can help with advice on what to do in my area (assuming you don't want to move far).
What you don't have is the ability to write clearly and succinctly. If that does not change, you are not getting into any of those schools.
Just follow what the other users have said. Even more than getting in, the MBA experience itself becomes more useful when you have a couple of years of experience under your belt. You don't want to be the person who has nothing to contribute in class.
Thanks for all of the comments!
For those of you commenting about me taking a stimulant, I have never taken anything more than caffeine. This is obviously not the type of writing I do when I send e-mails or essays; I had a lot of questions and kind of just threw them all out there at once without regard to formatting.
As far as the GMAT goes I was not away that if I threw out my score than it would still be recorded. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. So would any Fortune 500 company work for job experience? As far as networking goes, should I just grab a list of Alums from wake, duke, and UNC and go down the list contacting the useful ones? @thebrofessor thanks so much I will PM you!
So it seems to me like all of you are saying I am missing 2-3 years in a F500 company and that's really it.
What do you mean "that's really it?" ?
1) No, you can't just work at any F500 company in any role and "check the box" for admissions. Your story matters, how are you going to sell your experience? "well someone at WSO told me that if I did a random job at a F500 company then I would be good". What you do for a company and what company you do it for matters. Also how you perform at this company is also very important.
2) But probably the most important question is: What do you want? You want to go to an MBA program, but why? What is it about the MBA program that you are looking for? The MBA is a means to an end, not the end. You should answer this question first. Once you know why you want an MBA it will probably make it clearer as to what career path you should pursue.
3) What job do you want? Not "what job will get me an MBA?". What are you interested in? What do you plan on doing after your MBA?
I am not getting a lot from your post. You seem to have studied a lot and done a bunch of things because "they look good" and not because they interest you.
Join the Peace Corp, b schools love that shit and it'll make it easier to get into top MBA.
My GF has a ton of friends from mediocre UGs who went Peace Corp and are now in top MBA programs.
I was considering peace corps at one point. I'll keep it on the list in case I run into a wall when applying to these schools.
Apply to target school MBA programs, if you get in you may get a massive scholarship since you haven't made much money yet. That being said, its tough to say whether you'd get in since most programs want you to have several years of work experience prior to admission.
Which brings me to my last point, an ounce of work experience is worth more than a pound of education.
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