<p>just a question, but how often are students accepted into top MBA programs directly out of college?</p>
<p>Not many people go for MBA’s directly after college. I don’t recomend it, and schools prefer you didn’t. I’m not sure the stats, but I’d be interested.</p>
<p>Your undergrad. school strength makes very little if any difference in where you get in. It is just typical that top schools will produce top candidates, so it is more likely that they will get in, not because of the strength of their school, but because they’ve been spectacular this time so far. As ‘reasonwhy’ posted, I also have seen profiles of other MBA students to back myself up.</p>
<p>As mentioned several times on this board, even if you can somehow get into an MBA straight out of college, you will be severely disadvantaged during the hiring process afterwards. It’s not only difficult, it’s not a good idea.</p>
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<p>By the way, the overwhelming majority of vets at the top b-schools are former commissioned officers – so their leadership experiences will probably be different from (what I gather your background is) those of the junior enlisted, NCOs, and even SNCOs.</p>
<p>bluedevilmike is 100% correct. That’s the point I was trying to get across. You CAN get into an MBA program, all of them, straight out of college, but you aren’t as likely to get in. Top MBA programs pride themselves in the fact that they select a diverse group of students from all fields. This way they can contribute a lot to the class and everyone around them. When you’re straight from college, you can’t really offer anything valuable because you have no experience (maybe an internship during a summer, that’s it).</p>
<p>Also, when you graduate, everyone else in your class will have the same degree as you, EXCEPT they also have a few years of work experience. You’ll need this to be hired by a good employer. B-schools are now averaging even more years of experience too. A few years ago the average was like three, maybe four. Now the average work experience is about four and a half years for a top program. If you do pursue an MBA directly after college, expect to get a job from the lowest paying end of the spectrum for graduates, and expect to have a harder time getting into a top program. Good Luck with whatever your decision may be!</p>
<p>A good undergrad school gets you a good job, which in turn gets you into a good b-school. If you can go to a place like UH and manage to get a non-operational elite job and can rock the GMAT your UG school shouldn’t matter. Particularly since you did so well there.</p>
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Well, this sounds a little automatic. Say instead “boosts your chances at.”</p>
<p>Is Cornell a good Underdrad school to get into a good grad school?</p>
<p>Near 4.0 at University of Houston will not raise any sort of red flag for adcoms even at top, top MBA schools, such as Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton.</p>
<p>The prestige of your undergraduate comes into a picture when your overall GPA is less than 3.5, a general yardstick.</p>
<p>You will not be penalized in ANY WAY for going to the state school, since many of the adcoms are generous enough to take your personal financial situation into the account.</p>
<p>Just for your information, if you are getting an IB job, you should plan to apply after the second year.</p>
<p>Top MBA programs are increasingly turning toward getting young applicants, and I believe that such trend will only continue to do so.</p>
<p>No. Cornell is not a good undergraduate school to get into a good grad school.</p>
<p>Can anyone elaborate on the Cornell comment? </p>
<p>I’m a prospective transfer (undergrad) and, for several reasons, I have a realistic chance at the School of Industrial Relations at Cornell University. </p>
<p>The school is known for sending plenty of grads to stellar law school programs, and b-schools, less so; however, it’s still a facet of the program.</p>
<p>I’m weary of undergrad b-schools because they lack diversity. An important component, I think, of graduate admissions. On that note, I am applying to UVA’s undergraduate b-school. </p>
<p>Assuming I get into both, what’s the better option here?</p>
<p>I believe he was being sarcastic about Cornell. Undergrad schools don’t simply produce top graduate business school applicants. The undergrad school will give you employment opportunities with the potential for excellent work experience which you will leverage to get into graduate business school. Both Cornell and UVA could provide you with those opportunities.</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight Vector</p>