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MTlookingforMHA
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I accidently stumbled across "beat the gmat" this evening while searching for GMAT experiences via google. I must say, I wish I would have found this website months ago while seeking information about the GMAT and b.schools.
Background: I graduated about two years ago from a top ten public university with a degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. I have been working for two years as a medical technologist at a local hospital. I have always wanted to go onto grad school, but have realized that my GPA from my undergrad is going to be one of the obstacles I am going to face with admissions. I graduated with ~2.8. Ultimately I would like to get an MHA with an MBA. I would like to know the average GMAT score for some of the accredited graduate programs that offer an MHA, but that information seems hard to come by.
Preparation: I have been taking the Kaplan prep course since June and my final session is this week. Juggling work and kaplan has kept me rather busy during the past two months. I had to work every other weekend so I could have a day off during the week to attend class. During the week I usually work evenings, so my study time has been between 10pm-3am. The weekends were a mix of midnight shifts and evenings shifts. Finding time over the past 2 months has been a real struggle, but I put forth as much effort to get the most of the class. Here are some of my initial scores:
Kaplan Diagnostic(6-4): 470(Q29/V28)
Kaplan CAT1(7-2): 530(Q31/V31)
Kaplan CAT2(7-13):540(Q34/V26)
During CAT1 and CAT2 I had to guess the last 10-15 questions of my quantitative section. Ultimately I need to work on the timing issue during the quant section.
I expect to take my third CAT on Wednesday.
I realized that I have about a month of studying available before the GMAT and all my weekends are available till test date. So I hope to make a lot of grounds when it comes to my score. I feel that I need a 680-700 score to overshadow my GPA from my undergrad.
I am wondering if this is at all possible over the next month to actually improve my score about 100-150 points? Is my range for the GMAT good enough that some business schools/pubic health schools would possibly over looking my GPA a bit. I guess I should also list some school that I am interested in applying to: Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Ohio State, and a couple of others. I would prefer to stay in the Midwest. For most of these schools I would be applying to both the School of Public Health(MHA) and the School of Business(obviously the MBA). I don't know if that actually will hurt my odds or increase them. Possibly if I get into one of the programs and excel during the first semester, I can reapply for the program that I did not get into?
Sorry for the long post, some of this has been on my mind for sometime now and I want to make sure that my expectations are not far fetched. I am open to any suggestions anyone might have regarding my post and studying over the next month.
Thanks!
Background: I graduated about two years ago from a top ten public university with a degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. I have been working for two years as a medical technologist at a local hospital. I have always wanted to go onto grad school, but have realized that my GPA from my undergrad is going to be one of the obstacles I am going to face with admissions. I graduated with ~2.8. Ultimately I would like to get an MHA with an MBA. I would like to know the average GMAT score for some of the accredited graduate programs that offer an MHA, but that information seems hard to come by.
Preparation: I have been taking the Kaplan prep course since June and my final session is this week. Juggling work and kaplan has kept me rather busy during the past two months. I had to work every other weekend so I could have a day off during the week to attend class. During the week I usually work evenings, so my study time has been between 10pm-3am. The weekends were a mix of midnight shifts and evenings shifts. Finding time over the past 2 months has been a real struggle, but I put forth as much effort to get the most of the class. Here are some of my initial scores:
Kaplan Diagnostic(6-4): 470(Q29/V28)
Kaplan CAT1(7-2): 530(Q31/V31)
Kaplan CAT2(7-13):540(Q34/V26)
During CAT1 and CAT2 I had to guess the last 10-15 questions of my quantitative section. Ultimately I need to work on the timing issue during the quant section.
I expect to take my third CAT on Wednesday.
I realized that I have about a month of studying available before the GMAT and all my weekends are available till test date. So I hope to make a lot of grounds when it comes to my score. I feel that I need a 680-700 score to overshadow my GPA from my undergrad.
I am wondering if this is at all possible over the next month to actually improve my score about 100-150 points? Is my range for the GMAT good enough that some business schools/pubic health schools would possibly over looking my GPA a bit. I guess I should also list some school that I am interested in applying to: Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Ohio State, and a couple of others. I would prefer to stay in the Midwest. For most of these schools I would be applying to both the School of Public Health(MHA) and the School of Business(obviously the MBA). I don't know if that actually will hurt my odds or increase them. Possibly if I get into one of the programs and excel during the first semester, I can reapply for the program that I did not get into?
Sorry for the long post, some of this has been on my mind for sometime now and I want to make sure that my expectations are not far fetched. I am open to any suggestions anyone might have regarding my post and studying over the next month.
Thanks!
