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September 3, 2026 1:25am ET
Applying: Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Penn / Wharton, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Medical device sales
Post MBA Career: Finance, Investment Banking
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Boston
Post MBA Location: NYC
Notes:

-5 year Division I student athlete
-3x captain
-3.97 masters gpa (business analytics)
-undergrad major is sport management
-4 years at Fortune 500 med tech company (3 different positions)
-started a fund 5 years ago to help families affected by cancer in memory of my mom (plan annual events, present to 200+ people per event, allocate funds to event beneficiaries)
-targeting round 2
-Taking the GRE in Oct

Any advice on a range for a target GRE score and based on my profile do you think the 3.3 will hold me back from those top M7/T15 schools that I plan to apply to?
(I assume to help offset the 3.3, my GRE score will need to be pretty high)