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thededication2
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Hello Forum,
I'm 23 years old and in the midst of contemplating a future MBA to further my career. It's a tough decision that I never thought I'd be in a position to make.
Recently graduated with a liberal arts major, marketing minor from a top 40 university. I graduated with a poor GPA, around a 2.8. My work experience has been decent for my age, internships at local financial firms and a current marketing gig at a name-brand media company.
This summer, I completed an intelligence evaluation which diagnosed a few kinks in my system. I was diagnosed with Nonverbal learning disorder, which addressed deficiencies in mathematics and quantitative skills. This came as no surprise to me, as I barely passed any of my quantitative courses during my undergraduate. This compounded with my GPA has been the major obstacle that I've tried to overcome during my career and life.
A few positives can be said about me. During my evaluation, I scored in the high 90's percentile in verbal communication and memory. I've always considered myself pretty intelligent, having scored high 1300's on the SAT, attending a competitive private school, and being admitted to a relatively high-scoring university. It is very feasible for me to attend a local state school while I work to gain a second major, which will hopefully bring my GPA to around a 3.0.
My goals for attending a program are pretty broad. I'd like to attend a top 30 program. Part time programs have greatly appealed to me. Programs that I've been browsing are UT-Austin (Mccombs), Georgetown (McDonough) USC (Marshall), and ASU (Carey).
I'm pretty lost on what an MBA can do for me as well as my ability to compete in admissions. I'd like to pursue the MBA in about 6-7 years (age 29 or 30).
Any advice,
Thanks and much love
I'm 23 years old and in the midst of contemplating a future MBA to further my career. It's a tough decision that I never thought I'd be in a position to make.
Recently graduated with a liberal arts major, marketing minor from a top 40 university. I graduated with a poor GPA, around a 2.8. My work experience has been decent for my age, internships at local financial firms and a current marketing gig at a name-brand media company.
This summer, I completed an intelligence evaluation which diagnosed a few kinks in my system. I was diagnosed with Nonverbal learning disorder, which addressed deficiencies in mathematics and quantitative skills. This came as no surprise to me, as I barely passed any of my quantitative courses during my undergraduate. This compounded with my GPA has been the major obstacle that I've tried to overcome during my career and life.
A few positives can be said about me. During my evaluation, I scored in the high 90's percentile in verbal communication and memory. I've always considered myself pretty intelligent, having scored high 1300's on the SAT, attending a competitive private school, and being admitted to a relatively high-scoring university. It is very feasible for me to attend a local state school while I work to gain a second major, which will hopefully bring my GPA to around a 3.0.
My goals for attending a program are pretty broad. I'd like to attend a top 30 program. Part time programs have greatly appealed to me. Programs that I've been browsing are UT-Austin (Mccombs), Georgetown (McDonough) USC (Marshall), and ASU (Carey).
I'm pretty lost on what an MBA can do for me as well as my ability to compete in admissions. I'd like to pursue the MBA in about 6-7 years (age 29 or 30).
Any advice,
Thanks and much love
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