Ask Stacy Blackman

Hi,

I was hoping you could please re-evaluate my profile which now contains some upated stats. I am planning on applying next year for admission to the 2011 school year and am targeting USC, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Irvine and Berkeley, and maybe an International school (e.g. Insead or HEC). Based on my profile I am unsure on whether or not I have a realistic shot at getting into these programs, and I was hoping you could please give me some honest advice.

Undergrad
I graduated from UC Berkeley in the Fall of 2007 with a 2.453 GPA as an Industrial Engineer. I began my program in 2001, however due to family, financial, and personal troubles I had one semester with all F's and one D- and wasn't able to finish the remaining two courses needed to graduate until the end of 2007.

Alternative Transcript
Microeconomics - A+
Accounting 1A - A
Statistics - A+
Intermediate Algebra - A+
(thinking about taking calculus 1)

Work
I am currently working as a corporate development analyst on the corporate development team of a fortune 500 company. I also expect to be promoted to Sr. Corp Dev Analyst next year. I manage the US and Canadian portions of our sales territories worldwide and frequently communicate and work with senior managers and executives within our company. I transferred to this position from another position within our company and I consider this move as a horizontal move upward (if that makes any sense). All of my work experience comes from this one company and I have been here since January 2006 (almost 3 years).

GMAT (taken twice)

2nd Attempt
700 (90th percentile)
Quant 47 (78th percentile)
Verbal 39 (86th percentile)

1st Attempt
680 (86th percentile)
Quant 47 (78th percentile)
Verbal 37 (80th percentile)
AWA 6.0 (90th percentile)

Extracurricular
After college I have done various random extracurricular activities. I coached a 6th-7th grade basketball team for a year, I mentored and tutored three kids for one full school year, I've been trying to start a focus group about a skin condition I have called hyperhydrosis, and I have also ran in a couple marathons and am training for a triathlon.

If you can please let me know what you think I would really appreciate it. Thank you!