I have a fairly unique situation.
I am a 25 year old Hispanic interested in going to business school for free. I don't care too much about the quality of the program. I just finished 3 years at low first-tier law school (ranked 60s) and was ranked in the top 25%. I went to a second tier undergrad and had a 2.9 G.P.A in Econ (3.5 in last two years). I just scored a 710 GMAT today, first try. I have about 1.5 years of full time work experience, almost exclusively in sales, and have started a few small companies.
The tricky part is that I have a fairly extensive criminal background from the time I was 18 to about the time I was 21. When I applied to law school, I did not disclose these arrests, embarrassed and naively thinking I could expunge the arrests before the bar. I disclosed the arrests just before I was scheduled to graduate, and the school decided to defer the conferment of my J.D for two years. The arrests were all for drug and alcohol related incidents, and I have since gotten through rehab and have been clean/out of trouble for approximately four years.
I would like to apply to business schools starting the 09/09 semester. As I said, I am only interested in a full ride, and understand that I need to shoot low given my history. My question is, how low should I shoot? Any other suggestions as to how I can mitigate the eventual character concerns a school will have would be helpful.
Thank you.
I am a 25 year old Hispanic interested in going to business school for free. I don't care too much about the quality of the program. I just finished 3 years at low first-tier law school (ranked 60s) and was ranked in the top 25%. I went to a second tier undergrad and had a 2.9 G.P.A in Econ (3.5 in last two years). I just scored a 710 GMAT today, first try. I have about 1.5 years of full time work experience, almost exclusively in sales, and have started a few small companies.
The tricky part is that I have a fairly extensive criminal background from the time I was 18 to about the time I was 21. When I applied to law school, I did not disclose these arrests, embarrassed and naively thinking I could expunge the arrests before the bar. I disclosed the arrests just before I was scheduled to graduate, and the school decided to defer the conferment of my J.D for two years. The arrests were all for drug and alcohol related incidents, and I have since gotten through rehab and have been clean/out of trouble for approximately four years.
I would like to apply to business schools starting the 09/09 semester. As I said, I am only interested in a full ride, and understand that I need to shoot low given my history. My question is, how low should I shoot? Any other suggestions as to how I can mitigate the eventual character concerns a school will have would be helpful.
Thank you.
