Hi Lisa,
Thank you for responding to so many posts. It has been great to get a basis for what I need to do to overcome my GPA.
I have two questions: I understand it is best to take quant courses like Stats and Calculus in building an alternative transcript, but what about the type or prestige of the university, does that matter? I also can only take online courses due to frequent international travel for work. I work for the Fed Government and am deciding between taking online courses at the Graduate School at USDA for relatively cheap versus taking online courses at UC Berkeley extension for three times the price.
The other question, is whether I am just crazy or have a realistic shot at getting accepted to a top 5 b-school (or top-10) with the below credentials.
GPA: 2.9 from Ivy; double major Econ and Sociology (just immature, but GPA did increase to 3.3 for last couple semesters)
GMAT: 720 (49 quant; 40 verbal)
Job: Five years with progressive responsibility/promotion, significant work in banking in developing countries, and was an acting manager for a year where I oversaw our biggest year in by two-fold.
Extra Curriculars: No regular EC due to travel again, but started a small, small art business with my wife and am writing a travelogue/cookbook.
I expect to have good recommendations and am decent at essay writing
Thank you for the help! greatly appreciate the service you do for everyone on these posts.
Thank you for responding to so many posts. It has been great to get a basis for what I need to do to overcome my GPA.
I have two questions: I understand it is best to take quant courses like Stats and Calculus in building an alternative transcript, but what about the type or prestige of the university, does that matter? I also can only take online courses due to frequent international travel for work. I work for the Fed Government and am deciding between taking online courses at the Graduate School at USDA for relatively cheap versus taking online courses at UC Berkeley extension for three times the price.
The other question, is whether I am just crazy or have a realistic shot at getting accepted to a top 5 b-school (or top-10) with the below credentials.
GPA: 2.9 from Ivy; double major Econ and Sociology (just immature, but GPA did increase to 3.3 for last couple semesters)
GMAT: 720 (49 quant; 40 verbal)
Job: Five years with progressive responsibility/promotion, significant work in banking in developing countries, and was an acting manager for a year where I oversaw our biggest year in by two-fold.
Extra Curriculars: No regular EC due to travel again, but started a small, small art business with my wife and am writing a travelogue/cookbook.
I expect to have good recommendations and am decent at essay writing
Thank you for the help! greatly appreciate the service you do for everyone on these posts.
