You should consider schools in the top 20 - 30 range if you are only looking at your stats. However, there are other factors that play a role in determining the strength of your application incl. the quality of your work experience, community involvement, unique characteristics, future goals, and LORs.

One other thing to keep in mind: do you think you could pull up your GMAT score if you worked hard studying for a few months? If you're at 650+ right now, you might be a few hard months of studying away from a 700.

If you can hit the 700 mark, you'll be in a better position to try to describe your poor GPA while still displaying the ability to succeed in the classroom.

When you do write your applications and you shoot for top schools, be sure to explain your GPA in the "additional info" optional essay (or in another essay if it fits). When doing so, I always recommend that applicants don't make too many excuses. Be honest about it. Explain what happened, and explain how you've grown or changed since then and why the admissions committee should believe that you can succeed in their program.

Best of luck!

Hi,

What kind of work exp are the B-school looking for? Am working as a software engineer in consultant firm, in a web-based project as a developer. Is this work profile good enough?
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I'll share my experience as I had a similar undergraduate GPA and 650 GMAT. My only difference is that I had a lot more work experience when I applied earlier this year. I'm in my early 30's and since I decided I wanted an MBA I decided to take several University classes in commerce (economics, accounting, stats etc). I mostly did them by corespondence at an acredited school (University of Athabasca), and really worked hard to earn straight A's. With a couple A's in my belt I was able to make a convincing case that I was a very different person from when I did my undergraduate. I only applied to one school (Cornell-Queen's eMBA) and was accepted without any problems. I'm now 6-months in and enjoying every second of it.

Good Luck

Kelly