Hi All,
I've just graduated with a B.S. in Industrial and Systems engineering (finished in 2 years) and want to do my MBA. I had a mediocre GPA of 3.3/4.0 and want to do my MBA from a good business school. Per my research, I found that many universities require at least 3 years of work experience. Hence, I'm thinking that I should work for 2-3 years and then begin applying to MBA schools. Is this the right approach? Is this GPA too low for the top MBA schools?
I have begun to study for the GMAT's now (is this too early?) and while I haven't taken a diagnostic exam, I have been doing problems from the official GMAT review (12th edition). In regards to their practice problems, I am scoring around 79% overall on the Math section and around 68% on the Reading Comprehension section (I am yet to do the practice problems for the Sentence correction and Critical Reasoning sections).
I am thinking that I should continue doing these practice problems until I have a good foundation of the material. Once I am done with these practice problems, I plan to begin doing full exams (free ones found from Princeton Review, Manhattan GMAT, official GMAT, etc). Basically, I do not want to do any full exams right now because I fear I may not have enough to practice with in the end.
Am I on the right path? Can you provide any advice on what I should do other than this?
I am currently 21 years old and plan to obtain 2-3 years of work experience, which means I will begin my applications around the age of 25 (If possible, I want to trying finish the MBA by age 27). Is this the right time for me to study for and take the GMAT or should I wait a year or so? Any advice?
Also, I own a Mac and do not wish to install Windows on it. Will the prep software used by many companies work on a Mac?
Thanks for the help!
I've just graduated with a B.S. in Industrial and Systems engineering (finished in 2 years) and want to do my MBA. I had a mediocre GPA of 3.3/4.0 and want to do my MBA from a good business school. Per my research, I found that many universities require at least 3 years of work experience. Hence, I'm thinking that I should work for 2-3 years and then begin applying to MBA schools. Is this the right approach? Is this GPA too low for the top MBA schools?
I have begun to study for the GMAT's now (is this too early?) and while I haven't taken a diagnostic exam, I have been doing problems from the official GMAT review (12th edition). In regards to their practice problems, I am scoring around 79% overall on the Math section and around 68% on the Reading Comprehension section (I am yet to do the practice problems for the Sentence correction and Critical Reasoning sections).
I am thinking that I should continue doing these practice problems until I have a good foundation of the material. Once I am done with these practice problems, I plan to begin doing full exams (free ones found from Princeton Review, Manhattan GMAT, official GMAT, etc). Basically, I do not want to do any full exams right now because I fear I may not have enough to practice with in the end.
Am I on the right path? Can you provide any advice on what I should do other than this?
I am currently 21 years old and plan to obtain 2-3 years of work experience, which means I will begin my applications around the age of 25 (If possible, I want to trying finish the MBA by age 27). Is this the right time for me to study for and take the GMAT or should I wait a year or so? Any advice?
Also, I own a Mac and do not wish to install Windows on it. Will the prep software used by many companies work on a Mac?
Thanks for the help!
