I decided about 6-weeks ago to give the GMAT a shot. I figured that - if nothing else - it might dispel any delusions I might have of being able to get into a worthwhile MBA program.
Thanks to the study materials I found through BTG, when I took the test a week ago I (unofficially) got a GMAT score that, in and of itself, wouldn't disqualify me from most business programs out there.
However, I realize the admissions process looks at the complete package and the GMAT is but one component. Of greatest concern to me is my abysmal GPA of 2.7 from my undergraduate business program at the College of William & Mary. William & Mary prides itself on not inflating grades, but I readily concede that a 2.7 is virtually indefensible.
Since the GPA and GMAT are the two quantified portions of the application package, I was wondering if my relatively good GMAT might help to offset my unquestionably weak GPA. This would be useful for me to know as I consider whether to make a run at a top tier program or to forget the whole thing.
Just to flesh out the rest of the application package a bit, I am a 31-year-old Bermudian (and continue to live and work in Bermuda). My work experience is almost exclusively in the unglamorous retail industry (which I understand to be an underrepresented industry in business school). Whether either of these attributes is helpful or detrimental to my application I would imagine comes down to how I sell them.
I'm confident I can produce compelling application essays and procure suitably impressive recommendation letters. I also have a few extracurricular activities that I probably include.
I would be curious to know if anyone with a similar application package has met with success in the upper-echelon of business schools. Any general thoughts or advice from the sagacious BTG community would also be appreciated
Cheers,
Matt
Thanks to the study materials I found through BTG, when I took the test a week ago I (unofficially) got a GMAT score that, in and of itself, wouldn't disqualify me from most business programs out there.
However, I realize the admissions process looks at the complete package and the GMAT is but one component. Of greatest concern to me is my abysmal GPA of 2.7 from my undergraduate business program at the College of William & Mary. William & Mary prides itself on not inflating grades, but I readily concede that a 2.7 is virtually indefensible.
Since the GPA and GMAT are the two quantified portions of the application package, I was wondering if my relatively good GMAT might help to offset my unquestionably weak GPA. This would be useful for me to know as I consider whether to make a run at a top tier program or to forget the whole thing.
Just to flesh out the rest of the application package a bit, I am a 31-year-old Bermudian (and continue to live and work in Bermuda). My work experience is almost exclusively in the unglamorous retail industry (which I understand to be an underrepresented industry in business school). Whether either of these attributes is helpful or detrimental to my application I would imagine comes down to how I sell them.
I'm confident I can produce compelling application essays and procure suitably impressive recommendation letters. I also have a few extracurricular activities that I probably include.
I would be curious to know if anyone with a similar application package has met with success in the upper-echelon of business schools. Any general thoughts or advice from the sagacious BTG community would also be appreciated
Cheers,
Matt
