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Hello,

I was just wondering if my 2.7GPA really hurts my chances of admission to the schools listed below?

Age: 25 (Male, white, Canadian)
GPA: 2.7 (Have taken 5 quantitative courses since - received A to A+ in each (finance, accounting, statistics))
GMAT: 720

Education: Business (finance/marketing) undergrad from Canadian University. Grades trend upward... wasn't sure what I wanted to do during first few general years/had too much fun. 3.5 and 3.8 in last two years respectively.

Work Experience:
Internships: Financial analyst at one of Canada's largest telecom companies
Full-time: 2.5 years in business development at one of Forbes Top 10 most innovative tech companies (Promoted roughly once per calendar year). Should become a manager in 6 months or so.

Extracurriculars:
VP positions in University Commerce association
Teaching Assistant (3 different economics classes)
Ran 3 large university events
Big Brother Organization
Habitat for Humanity leader - Lead project to build houses in Nicaragua

Plan: Get an MBA in finance and leverage my skills (biz dev, finance) to gain employment at top consulting firm (tech sector)

Target Schools: Tuck, Darden, Johnson, Stern, Haas, Booth, Ross, Kellogg, Yale


Thank you very much!

Hi canadian52,

Thanks for your post.

The 2.75 GPA will be a hurdle in your application, but building an "alternative transcript" was a great idea and should help your chances.

Your work experience and extracurricular activities look to be competitive at top schools.

Based on the information you have provided, I suggest thinking about Darden, Ross, and Johnson as "target" schools (roughly 1 in 3 chance of acceptance) and the others as "reach" schools (roughly 1 in 5 chance of acceptance).

Please feel free to reach out to [email protected] for a free detailed profile evaluation.

Best,
Heidi