Multiple Rehjections from Grad Schools

fessmoxnix
Fri, 01 May 2009 13:17:10 +0000

I’m new to this discussion and anew member. I served three tours, practically back to back, two in Iraq, the final in Afghan. My commission was reactivated and this unfortunately interrupted my civilian life, to the point that I discovered when I returned a earlier last year from my third deployment, I was unemployable. In a vain attempt to re-spark my accounting career, I took the GMAT and applied to four schools for a Masters Degree in Accounting. My undergrad GPA in Accounting was 4.01/4.0 from an accredited College and I was above the 95th percentile in the quantitative and verbal sections for the GMAT.
I had a very good progressive experience as a CPA, esp, in tax, before being called back in.
As the letters for acceptance have begun to mailed, I have been rejected by three of the schools (out of four) that I applied to. I am waiting for the last letter, which I assume will, too be a rejection. The final school is UNLV.

I thought I had a decent graduate package, test scores, GPA, civilian work experience, and letters of reco, two from current and former bosses, and a letter of recommendation from my CO.

I am perplexed and assumed that I had a fighting chance with my package. What did I do wrong and what can I improve for next years’ rounds of applications?

Second, should I re-apply to the schools I had previously applied to?

Third, should I forget about applying? Am I no longer in the target demographic when it comes to applicants?