Hi All,

I am thinking about applying for an mba degree within the next two years, but I have some work to do to be a competitive applicant. I have a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from a top 15 program, but my gpa when I graduated was only a 2.7. I got A's and B's, some B-'s at worst in all my math classes(vector geometry, linear algebra, multivar, differential equations, statistics, calc 2). Right now I only have 2 years work experience in a mechanical engineering position. I am planning on taking the gmat within 2 months time.

My goal is to get into a top 15 b-school, and I was wondering how high of a gmat score would I need to get into those programs given my low gpa, and would 4 years of work experience be enough by the time I start applying. I was thinking about taking a few business classes online from ucla's extension to build an alternative transcript, and I was wondering what classes I should take. Right now I was thinking of starting out with a principles of macroeconomics class and/or business statistics.

Your advice would be greatly appreciated.