U. Chicago Booth - 11-12-2024 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

<< Back to ApplyWire

November 12, 2024 1:31pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Engineer

Post-MBA Target Industry: Private Equity, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: Blackstone , Carlyle Group , Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group , TPG , KKR

GRE: 303

GPA: 2.3

Years of Work Experience: 11

Post MBA Location: New York

Notes:

Indian male engineer applying round 2 to the schools listed. I worked for 3 companies over the last 10 years where I've managed several engineers. I started a nonprofit focused in food sustainability. I'm working now to improve my GRE but I can not seemed to score above a 305. My background is filled with quant. My question is will schools look at my GPA as a negative? I majored in Engineer at Princeton for undergrad. Is my profile overrepresented?

Like (0)

Show Comments (1) Last: November 12, 2024

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1676 Yes, you may be considered over-represented, which will make things more challenging in Round 2, versus Round 1. With a low GPA, this means there may be more focus on getting a very high GRE score, so that will also present challenges, especially with these top programs as targets.

Showing impact and growth at work will also be important, and with 10 years of experience, establishing “why now” will also be important. Are you also involved in activities outside of work?

(0)