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by venusgarg » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:01 pm
I want to apply for Haas and Stanford business school fall' 09. Can you please advice if have any chance. I already have acceptance from SCU (Leavey school of business) but i want to invest my time and money, so i wanted to get this advice from you. Please advice

I have BS in Computer Science and Engineering from India with GPA of 4.0(US evaluation) and MS in Electrical engineering from San Jose State University with GPA of 3.7. My GMAT is just 570(Q48;V22).
I have 44 months of work experience in Electrical engineering, lot of quant work and interaction with people. With usual work i organized and managed many teams. I am always involved with extra curricular activities as below:

1. IEEE secretary during all of my school time
2. Wrote editorial for local regional new papers
3. Organized and Managed many regional events in bay area
4. Very active in sports
5. Organized one club during my school and now has around 30 members

I want to get into technical marketing because all my experience is in Tech and also i have BS and MS in Engineering.

What do you think of my chances for these schools.

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by Scottie@VeritasPrep » Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:31 pm
Though your educational and professional background is solid, you will definitely need to increase your GMAT score to be a competitive candidate. If you have not taken the test more than 3x already, you should consider enrolling in a prep class in order to attain a higher score.
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by venusgarg » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:53 pm
Thanks for evaluation

I am asking this because i have gone through lots of posts saying good schools won't look just at your GMAT or GPA alone but your whole personality.

what do you think.

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by Scottie@VeritasPrep » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:04 am
You are correct. The GMAT score is not the only factor in the admissions decision. However, you should aim for a score a bit closer to the median (Haas = 714, Stanford = 730) or at least get within the 80% range to increase your chances of admission.
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