A female candidate, have to be in Chicago because spouse starts now PhD in u.Chicago. VERY strong leadership experience in the military (non-combat) and in volunteer work. GPA is in a different scale but I graduated cum laude and have a Master of Public Policy with very high GPA as well. Plan to retake the GRE and believe I can get to 319 because I struggle to get more than 156 in the verbal section. Wish to do MBA to pivot from the public to the private sector. Also would love to hear whether courses such as Business Fundamentals can compensate for lower verbal scores.