Gpa explanation for mba programs, do they really care?

sonic2000
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:04:38 +0000

Certainly a GPA boost from 3.5 to 3.75 is not a significant difference. If you believe you did well despite dealing with personal issues you should definitely address this in your statement. Make sure it is a BIG deal, because if it weren’t you would probably have got less than a 3.0 - if you get what I am saying. This will demonstrate, that despite, very life altering problems you were able to sustain a respectable GPA. Instead of focusing less on why you had a low GPA, but rather how you were able to do well under pressure. Unfortunately a small increase in GPA is not highly valued, but you hold a competitive GPA nonetheless. Yes higher GPA will counter-balance a lower test score, but it really depends on how low the score and the standards of that particular school. Your test score should be within one standard deviation of the mean.