MA improve chances of getting into MBA?

mackinaw
Sat, 30 May 2009 10:35:18 +0000

Note that the 25-75% range on Stanford means that 25% of the students have GPA’s > 3.95. That’s pretty impressive (even in the age of grade inflation).

That said, I would reinforce the point that it’s the whole package that counts: work experience, undergraduate GPA and training, GMAT, essays, and letters. Excellent GMAT’s can compensate for mediocre grades (but they really should be above 3.0), but excellent work experience and essays that show how this has prepared you for the MBA can trump everything else as long as the GPA/GMAT is adequate.