向各位大牛求定位

WesternCder

211，985小本，英语专业，辅修了金融。

GT700,/4.5 雅思7.0。 GPA 88/100

有2段暑期实习经历，一次是在妈妈同事的一个外贸公司，还有一次是在工商银行实习。

本人想读金融专业，但不知如何定位，比较迷茫， 求助各位大牛

xiruihuang

Hello my friend.  I would be happy to offer you some guidance here.  With a GMAT of 700, you likely will not get into a top-15 program.  Would you consider top-25?  If so, you will indeed have a chance!  But if I were in your shoes, I would consider either retaking the GMAT, or looking at schools in the locations where you want to be.  So for example, if you want to be in California, I would consider USC.  You have a chance there.  If you want to be on the East Coast, I would consider Cornell.  If you are open to different locations, perhaps look into Indiana.  But once you exit the top-15, the way to get a good job and good mileage out of your MBA, is by targeting geographic locations.  Another thing to consider, would be schools in Europe, or even Asia.  Would you consider HKUST?  Even INSEAD?  All great programs with contacts in banking, and juuuust a bit easier for you to get in.
Good luck my friend!

detectiveyangs

LZ是唯GMAT论英雄啊，殊不知去年中国人进斯坦福的也有整700的。
我知道为什么，中介嘛，他不了解你，写不出什么好的essay，所以就只能靠GMAT了。

seanceserene

同意ls，xiruihuang老师基本看你GMAT就告诉你能进啥学校了……我觉得比较偏激……

IMARCUS

我来说个逻辑吧，对于“来求定位的人”，Gmat如果再不高，确实没什么优势。

xiaoaojiang

985到底是啥啊？一直听人提到，我都不知道211好还是985好

JoshwuS

Hello folks! You are correct, we do place a high premium on GMAT scores.  And having worked on 5,000 applications or so through the years, there is a good reason why!

But let’s talk a bit more specifically if we can.  There are obviously exceptions to the rule—there will of course be people who get into Stanford with GMATs of 700 or less.  And there will be people who get rejected from Stanford with GMAT scores of 780.  Let me try to help everyone understand exactly how a GMAT score is used by MBA programs.  And hopefully this will help clear up some of the confusion!

In order to be considered at any top school, you will need to clear a GMAT hurdle.  So if you have a score of 500 for example, just to keep the example nice and simple, you will not make the “cut.”  Now, if you have a 650-700 or so, and if you are shooting for a top-three school, you would be what we call a “stretch” to get in.  Now again, this isn’t to say that it is impossible of course!  J  It is possible, as some of our other friends have pointed out.  But it is a “stretch.”

To make things simple for our applicants each year, we try to help everyone split the schools into three categories—stretch, in-range, and safe.  My goal for my clients, is that at the end of the process, they have options!  That is always my goal.  So if someone asks if they should apply to Stanford with a 700 GMAT, I would say…absolutely!  But it will be a stretch.  It is an exception to the rule, if you get in.  Remember the math problem here—a class of 350 people, 1/3 is international, etc.  So absolutely, apply…but do yourself a favor, and apply to a goooood range of schools.  Stretch programs, in-range programs, and safety programs.  That is all we are trying to help our friends understand.
I hope this clarifies it for you—and good luck to everyone!
Best regards,