U. Chicago Booth - 08-07-2017 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

August 7, 2017 11:21am ET

Applying: U. Chicago Booth, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA Anderson, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2018

Pre-MBA Career: Engineering + PM

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology Companies: Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google

GMAT: 750

GPA: 3.1

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: US

Notes:

Low GPA due to lack of direction in undergrad (first in family to go to college). 5 years of work experience as software engineer and project manager. Looking to transition into Product Marketing.

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OP Likes Earned: 0 Pretty good EC's and outside leadership experience, too. Looking at taking extension classes to remedy GPA (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 I have a similar background to you and did find it somewhat difficult to overcome the Undergrad GPA. However, I made it my "story" to explain my current success in the business world despite the GPA. The schools seemed to understand that I am now a different person than I was at age 18-22. I got interviews at a couple high ranked schools but ended up getting into a ~10 ranked school. The high GMAT definitely helps, I made it part of my argument for turning my scholastic efforts around. (0)

@Stan Likes Earned: 0 GPA is clearly an issue you will want to address, but the GMAT helps in a big way with the "that was then, this is now" argument. Further, your list of target schools seems reasonable, though you may want to at least explore Berkeley and/or MIT Sloan in light of target schools. (0)

Anon Likes Earned: 0 I do think taking the extension courses is a good idea. (0)