Chances At Stanford, Harvard????

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>What are my chances for getting into a GRAD school at a top school such as Stanford or Harvard??</p>

<p>Here are my stats:

  • I attend a top UC school
  • cumulative GPA: 3.7
  • degree: Bachelor of Science in Management Economics
  • Experience:
    * interned at Lockheed Martin , Investors Bank , Consulting firm (all before my senior year in college)
    * Planning to intern abroad senior year in London at top banking firm
  • Vice President of sorority
  • academic affairs commission officer for student government
  • haven’t taken GMAT or anything like that, but I am thinking I will do really well since I did well on the SAT (1390)</p>

<p>so… what are my chances?</p>

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<p>I presume you are applying for the Graduate Business Schools at these two.</p>

<p>Here’s the bit–these two (and Wharton) are the top three graduate business schools in the US (and probably the world with one or two possible exceptions–)</p>

<p>Your GPA is good, your internships are great, but you have no GMAT score yet, and you are planning to apply with no work experience out of school.</p>

<p>I give you only about a 35% shot at these schools at this time. Both of these schools want people who have been out of school for 3 to 5 years. The reason is because they want people who can talk about how things are actually done in the real world at various corporations–and who have progressed up the ladder at their jobs as well.</p>

<p>There will be a few exceptions–someone with a 780+ GMAT score and a 4.0 from Yale or Harvard will get in, but you don’t fall into that category.</p>

<p>The fact is, if you wait around 3 years and then re-apply to these schools your chances will go from 35% to around 55-60% based upon your stats–so wait, if you are seriously about going to these schools. If you just want an MBA now, go ahead and apply to these and other schools–but plan to go to the other schools.</p>

<p>P.S. My MBA is from UCLA–not as prestigious as Stanford or Harvard–but not “chopped liver” either. Its management graduate school ranked eighth when I graduated from there. You might have a chance at a school like UCLA, Virginia, or Indiana even without having the job experience.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>you have great chances…</p>

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<p>I’m sorry, but UC Davis is not a “top UC school.” It’s great, but it’s no UCLA or Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Your SAT score: 1390 - this is not particularly outstanding. You will need to do much better on the GMAT.</p>

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<p>^However, you do have a lot of good internships and job experience, so you have an OK chance.</p>

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<p>well ur gpa seems good, but like NCODY said, Davis is no berkeley, or UCLA.
I dont know how well no work will fly, but you could try.</p>