by mbas | May 29, 2010 · 8:58 pm
Do I have a moderate chance at getting into a top MBA program?
Hello,
I am a 3rd year senior at Georgia Tech with a 3. 2 GPA in Electrical Engineering. I am pretty set on not going to grad school for EE, but instead going to get a MBA. I know my GPA is not stellar, but it is above the average (2. 7 from what I’ve been told) at GT. I will most likely graduate with honors. I have been really involved with volunteer work and taking some leadership roles. I hope to work in consultancy after college (I’ve heard about 5 years work experience is necessary). Ideally I would like to get my MBA at one of the UC’s or Duke. Also, as a side question, should I start studying for the GMAT’s now? I also noticed some schools accept the GRE as well as the GMAT, is it to my advantage to take both? Any input would be great. Thanks
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Ask again after you’ve gotten your consultancy job and been working for a few years – because that’s what will determine whether or not you’re top MBA material. Your GPA is a bit on the low side, but the fact you’ve done a challenging, quant-heavy program mitigates that somewhat. And leadership stuff now is great, but but you’ll need to keep that up after you’ve graduated. Everything else is just idle speculation at this point.
As for the GMATs, your scores will keep for about five years, so it’s really up to you when you want to take them (though I’d recommend doing it before you have to focus on your essays). Don’t worry about the GRE: top schools aren’t really going to want those scores unless you’re applying to a doctoral program, and if you can handle one, you can pretty much handle the other.
Most of the “top” MBA programs – Wharton (where I graduated), Stanford, MIT, Harvard – want their MBA students to have a few years of work experience before starting the MBA program. My personal impression is that you would be wasting your EE degree if you don’t get out there and get some hands-on experience. I can’t imagine a consulting company wanting to hire someone without real experience. (You will learn, out here in the “real world” just how much you did NOT learn in college. ) Until you get that time under your belt, you won’t have any need for the MBA. And you risk the hiring authorities (for the EEE positions” being concerned that you would not be bringing the LATEST technical knowledge to them, if you took off the two years to get the MBA.