Are 3Ws and a P/F a bad thing for grad admissions?

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<p>I am currently a finance/accounting major at the Univ of Maryland and am planning to apply to some MAcc programs (USC, UVA, Mich, CSU Fullerton, SJSU) and some Msc Finance Programs in London (LSE, Imperial, Oxford). </p>

<p>I currently have a 3.57 overall GPA and a 4.0 GPA, however, I also have 3Ws and a P/F. Do you think these will hurt my chances for admissions? I expect to get a 700+ GMAT score (scoring 750 on GMATPrep).</p>

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<p>Bump Bump Bump</p>

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<p>Finance at LSE will be a big stretch. Even though standardised tests are a requirement with the application, hardly any weight is given to them. GPA is by far the most important thing, and 3 Ws will likely have a big impact on your application (just because of the high numbers of apps they get that don’t have Ws).</p>

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Are you serious!! GMAT has no weight for their application? I am planning to apply for their Msc in Accounting and Finance, which seems to be less competitive than their normal Msc Finance program. If it counts for anything, I have a pretty good reason for my Ws and they don’t relate to mdy major whatsoever.</p>

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<p>Well go ahead and apply. Send an explanation with your app, but I have my doubts about whether they will:</p>

<p>a) read it
b) care</p>

<p>My understanding is that the GMAT is simply a check mark that you are above a threshold, to see that you are not mentally inept and that your undergraduate university wasn’t simply a degree mill. Same goes for the GRE (which perhaps does not apply to you since you are doing business). Do you have any high profile work experience or internships? I recommend trying to find a way to definitively differentiate yourself from the hundreds upon hundreds of other hopefuls.</p>

<p>Bear in mind that I can only speak about LSE (and it’s not like I’ve ever been in the mysterious cavern known as the admissions office). The other universities you’ve listed might be different, although my understanding is that top British graduate level courses generally don’t put much stock in American style standardised tests.</p>