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by trente » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:18 pm
Hi,

I am a 28 year old Hispanic Male from Southern California, below you'll find my profile. I'm in the process of deciding which schools to apply to but am having trouble deciding where I will be a good candidate given my low GPA. I'm hoping the rest of my profile and my GMAT score will help mitigate that performance. With a crooked GPA and GMAT score, I don't think I can reliably gauge the outlook on my own. Would Fuqua/Ross/Darden be out of the question? If so, what are some more reasonable target schools?

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2.5 GPA, Economics Princeton (4 Year Varsity Sport, and 15 hr/week working)

Took one year off after graduation to pursue sport professionally, then began career.

Work History: 5 Years working in corporate finance in pharmaceuticals industry. Have progressed in seniority though I have changed companies twice to achieve promotions. I am now a Senior Analyst for Latin America region.(fluent english, spanish, and proficient portuguese).

Service: 2 years as Exec Committee member for an organization serves at risk students at under-performing schools. My role is twofold, to serve as a mentor and to raise funds for the organization. Over two years, have organized events to increase mentor memberships and donations.

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by milimbamission » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:52 pm
Hi there,

Your GPA is quite low, but I do think the rest of your profile could compensate for it and tip the scale in your favor. Duke, Darden, Ross are possibilities, but I would advise that you add some safer options since the GPA makes you a bit of a wildcard candidate. Definitely address the GPA in an optional statement... maybe enroll in a stats or accounting course to show you can do well in an academic setting. Have your recommenders point out your analytic capability. These things should help!

Best of luck,
Mili


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by trente » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:01 pm
Hi Mili,

Thanks so much for the response. What would you consider safe options, would UNC, UCLA, or possibly Emory fall into that category? If you have any other suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.

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by milimbamission » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:03 pm
Hi,

Yes, I think those would be safer options. I do think you'll be able to compensate for the GPA given that you were at Princeton and have a decent reason for why you weren't focused on academics. Still, you never know, so better safe than sorry!

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Mili
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