Hello all,
I am a 22 year old student in Economics, I will be 23 once I graduate in 2016.
My GPA is 3.2 unfortunately. However my school only counts all years after first year as GPA. If I can work really hard, by taking extra courses this year (which will mean that I will graduate with 25% more courses than needed) I can try to increase this to a 3.8 (which will be 3.6-3.7 totally over 4 years). Also I have one year of delayed study, however I guess the extra course load will compensate for that).
I also still have the opportunity of doing a masters degree at a decent, not top, university. Obviously if I take take I plan for the 4.0 GPA.
I have not yet taken the GMAT.
I do not have any work expierence as I have been self employed and also play poker profesionally during my studies.
I also have had problematic health issues throughout my undergraduate, having been to a neurologist, internal disease, ENT, and others. This led to emotional problems and obviously a loss of motivation.
My question to you is:
- Would it be wise to pursue a masters degree first before going to work?
- Would it be a silly idea to start a new undergraduate study in econometrics or physics? I would really like to do that, but my end goal is an MBA.
- Would it be a silly idea to do an extra year of undergraduate and by doing so getting a law degree?
- Would working for a options trading company hurt my chances for getting admitted at the top programs?
- Would you mention playing poker (succesfully on a profesional level) on your admission?
- Will a summerschool in leadership at LSE/Harvard add any value?
Assuming:
- I graduate with a 3.6GPA (with 25% more courses than needed)
- Get a 3 month internship at a top 10 investment bank
- Be either an option/ETF trader or risk analyst at a trading firm for 1 to 3 years
- Do volunteer work besides that
- Get a balanced GMAT of 700+
What would be my chances of a top 10 school?
Thanks so much, amazing!
I am a 22 year old student in Economics, I will be 23 once I graduate in 2016.
My GPA is 3.2 unfortunately. However my school only counts all years after first year as GPA. If I can work really hard, by taking extra courses this year (which will mean that I will graduate with 25% more courses than needed) I can try to increase this to a 3.8 (which will be 3.6-3.7 totally over 4 years). Also I have one year of delayed study, however I guess the extra course load will compensate for that).
I also still have the opportunity of doing a masters degree at a decent, not top, university. Obviously if I take take I plan for the 4.0 GPA.
I have not yet taken the GMAT.
I do not have any work expierence as I have been self employed and also play poker profesionally during my studies.
I also have had problematic health issues throughout my undergraduate, having been to a neurologist, internal disease, ENT, and others. This led to emotional problems and obviously a loss of motivation.
My question to you is:
- Would it be wise to pursue a masters degree first before going to work?
- Would it be a silly idea to start a new undergraduate study in econometrics or physics? I would really like to do that, but my end goal is an MBA.
- Would it be a silly idea to do an extra year of undergraduate and by doing so getting a law degree?
- Would working for a options trading company hurt my chances for getting admitted at the top programs?
- Would you mention playing poker (succesfully on a profesional level) on your admission?
- Will a summerschool in leadership at LSE/Harvard add any value?
Assuming:
- I graduate with a 3.6GPA (with 25% more courses than needed)
- Get a 3 month internship at a top 10 investment bank
- Be either an option/ETF trader or risk analyst at a trading firm for 1 to 3 years
- Do volunteer work besides that
- Get a balanced GMAT of 700+
What would be my chances of a top 10 school?
Thanks so much, amazing!
