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wityes

Joined: 16 Mar 2009
Posts: 2
Please help, need advice
Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:13 PM
Hi everyone,

I'm from Korea, and I want to enter a US MBA program.

My gpa is very low (2.0),
but I have 6+ years of excellent experience managerial experience in a company where I performed very well.

I am studying for the GMAT and TOEFL right now, but I don't know if I will get a good score. What are my chances of being accepted to a US MBA school? I don't care about the name of the school.

Thanks!
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a_mukerjee


Joined: 08 Sep 2006
Posts: 211
Please help, need advice
Wed Mar 25, 2009 03:16 PM
dear wityes,

if your track record(work experience) is impressive, you might get into a program with this gpa, but you will also probably need a good GMAT score and essays to get into a good one.

if you mean you don't care about the name, because you plan to stay in your company, then i can understand it, but otherwise the name of the school is important indeed! it has to be a name recognized by company recruiters.

whats important anyway, also in schools that are not ranked, is proper accreditation, that would insure a certain standard.

[Edited by a_mukerjee on 25 Mar 2009]
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wityes

Joined: 16 Mar 2009
Posts: 2
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Tue Mar 31, 2009 07:20 PM
thanks for the information!

what kind of gmat score do you think is acceptable?
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MBAAdmCracker


Joined: 23 Apr 2009
Posts: 89
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Fri May 01, 2009 11:46 AM
Hi everyone,

I'm from Korea, and I want to enter a US MBA program.

My gpa is very low (2.0),
but I have 6+ years of excellent experience managerial experience in a company where I performed very well.

I am studying for the GMAT and TOEFL right now, but I don't know if I will get a good score. What are my chances of being accepted to a US MBA school? I don't care about the name of the school.

Thanks!



If you're talking about top 20, you'd need at least a 680 (or ideally, 700+) to be competitive given your low GPA. You'd also need to pull off some stellar essays, and be able to pronounce a coherent and compelling career goal.

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