great undergrad, great gmat, not so good GPA

gellino
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:16:41 +0000

Dividing your SAT by 2 is a rough approximation of how your GMAT score may turn out. Cornell MBA may be 36%, but top schools like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, MIT, Columbia are all in the 10-20% acceptance rate range. Plus, there is no common app and people don’t apply to nearly as many b-schools, so acceptance rates are not so distorted downward the way they are for top UGs.

Work experience and essays are the most important criteria for admission; GMAT and GPA are secondary in comparison.