Concerned about High GPA low Gmat

[vyruzreaper]

I have a 3.7 GPA at UC Irvine In Economics with a 3.8+ Major GPA. I am non traditional in the sense that I worked for about 5 years in real estate before going back to school. I scored a VERY LOW 530 on the gmat, 40 on quant and 23 in verbal with a 5.5 AWA. Verbal just KILLED me.

What are my chances to getting in? I tried taking kaplan class retook the gmat and scored a 510! (although that was during my school quarter) I am entering my senior year at UCI.

thanks!

[vyruzreaper]

Anyone have any advice?

[CrackISB]

Hi Reaper,

Your GMAT Score is on the low side (and consistently, which is against you) but your GPA is quite good and clearly demonstrates your academic potential.

What are your target schools?
Also, can you briefly mention your non-academic interests and profile?

Do you have any internships while at school?

It will be difficult to apply for the top tier colleges but there is a place for everyone.

Regards,

[vyruzreaper]

Thanks for the reply

Well, I would like to stay in CA so I was hoping to get into UCI Merage, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, Berkeley Haas, UC Davis.. Out of state I would have applied to top schools like northwestern and columbia. But now with my low gmat I am not sure. I do not really understand why I have scored so low(Well I havent really studied for the gmat b/c of my busy schedule). I am still currently a senior at UCI. I have gotten As in all my hard classes including graduate school classes in econometrics, all my math classes(calc, differential equations, etc) all my upper div statistics classes. I am not sure why I can not do as well on my gmat.

I plan on working myself into the wireless field(sprint, verizon, att) As I used to work there in retail and I just have a passion for mobile phones. I am also being recruited by Deloitte into consulting and if cannot get into a top 25 MBA program then I would probably work there for a 1 or so then reapply to MBA hopefully with a higher GMAT.

I currently work for th UCI career center and our main recruiter loves me. She has recommended me in the past and has written letter saying on how well placable I am into a job(which MBA schools take highly b/c of their ranking). I worked as an intern last summer for a MBA grad from UCLA and a Lawyer as his executive assistent and I helped him run 4 of his businesses he owned. I have also worked for ATT wireless in retail sales along with 4 years of experience as a realtor and mortgage manager for a financial firm. I have made 6 figures already in a year at the financial firm(I do not know if MBAs care about that)

Hope this sheds more light!

Thanks!