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by islandgurl918 » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:40 pm
I'm looking to gauge the realistic chances of getting acceptance into some of my target schools when I apply next year (2011). I would like to apply in round 1 and have listed below my work and volunteer experience, as well as important stats.

Graduated UC Berkeley with a degree in Mass Communications, GPA of 3.5
Worked for Nielsen Mobile-Production Associate (07-08)
LookSmart (Account Coordinator then Promoted to Account Manager of Western Region) (08-09)
Pandora Radio (Campaign Manager-Inside Sales) (09-Present)

GMAT: 610 (re took a second time, and this was my score)
Marketing Chair-Northern Ca Chapter of 85 Broads; I help to promote and market all our events, geared towards professional women in all industries.
Other stats: 24 year old Chinese-Fijian American, female

I would like to apply to these schools based on my campus visits and their various offerings and programs:

1) USC
2) UCLA
3) Georgetown
4) university of maryland smith
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by Lisa Anderson » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:37 pm
Dear islandgurl918,

It is hard to say without having more detailed information on your background, but based on your post, I would say these are all reach programs for you. Georgetown and Maryland are a bit more within reach than USC and UCLA, but still a bit of a challenge. It is imperative you have a compelling application package that makes a strong case for you to be in the class and demonstrates you can handle the rigor of the program, namely from a quantitative standpoint. I think you have some interesting professional experience and other positives in your background that will be an asset for you, but the admissions committee must feel comfortable you can handle the quantitative aspect of the program. Since you are looking to apply next year, one thing you might consider is building an alternative transcript of math courses (i.e., college algebra, finite math, calculus) and other intensive quant subjects (i.e., statistics, finance, accounting). Also, you can try to raise your GMAT score again, but don't expend the resources unless you feel you can pull up your score at least 30 points.

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