740 GMAT, 2.83 GPA (Please help me)

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740 GMAT, 2.83 GPA (Please help me)

by korkun » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:12 pm
Hi all,

I graduated from the best business school of Turkey. I had full scholarship there. My CGPA is 2.83. Though, my last 2 terms' gpas are 3.12 and 3.20.
I recently got 740 from gmat. (50 q, 40v, 5awa).

Now, I have a scholarship from Turkish Petroleum Corporation to have an MBA with Marketing major in USA. When I return, we will market Iraq petroleum to Europe on Turkey.

Also, I have no full-time work experience yet.

I want to apply to Stanford, Wharton, Berkeley, Cornell and Texas at Austin for fall 2009.

What are my chances? I'd be glad to hear your opinions about my profile.


ps: If I'm not accepted to these schools, I may retake GMAT. Would a score of 800 be any different than 740?
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by korkun » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:01 am
Hi again,

I'm not asking these questions to only the consultants. Readers are also welcome to make any comments. These comments are very valuable to me.

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by Hovey25 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:25 pm
740 is a great score...I would think most people on this forum would agree that retaking the GMAT is definitely not the answer. If you have a lower GPA you should try to make sure the other aspects of your application are top notch...

Retaking the GMAT might actually send a negative message to the schools, besides an 800 would require perfection :wink:

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by korkun » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:16 am
Mrs. Abraham, would you consider reviewing my profile?