求指点

buaagonggan

本人国内TOP2经济类本科，即将加入国内四大某所，计划几年后去美国读MBA，大学期间没好好学习，GPA不到3，想知道除了GMAT和T之外，这几年自己还能做什么方面的准备和努力，才能申请到较好的学校。。。G和T多高能上米国多少排名的学校的MBA呢？希望大家多多指点一下，谢谢啦~

miweekend

At this point, it’s too late to worry about your GPA. You should concentrate on two areas: 1) GMAT/TOEFL, and 2) work experience.

1)    Given the Chinese pools GMAT are higher than regular applicant pool. In order to compensate for the lower GPA, you should shoot for 720+ for a top 14 school.
2)    Big 4 financial advisory applicants are a dime a dozen at top tier schools. Frankly, accounting job at Big 4 is not as prestigious as it is in China. It’s difficult to stand out among the crowd. If you want to stay within the financial sector, I’ve seen people leveraging their connection at Big 4 to jump to investment banking or into corporate finance. On the IBD side, the typical MBA students at top tier schools were analyst at mid to large banks. On the corporate finance side, the typical MBA students at top tier schools were director level prior to MBA.

It’s impossible to gauge what school you can get into without more information. With that said, your shot at the ultra elite (HBS, Stanford) is bad given your low GPA. I would say the differentiation between 3-14 schools is minimal, as far as post-MBA opportunities goes. The opportunity falls off significantly afterwards.