<p>Do you think this person can get into any decent school straight out of college...</p>
<p>Good Internships
3.8 GPA
670 GMAT</p>
<p>No, I don't think that they would get into a single decent school with those stats. Even with a GMAT 100 points higher than that, it's not a sure thing. It's hard to convince a b-school that you're ready without any full-time work experience.</p>
<p>would the admissions ppl look down at this:</p>
<p>--applying right after college but getting rejected, then applying again after work experience</p>
<p>Or, do they prefer this:</p>
<p>--just applying once after work experience.</p>
<p>I want to know because, after undergrad, I just want to try to see if I will get in. I dont want the risk to hurt me in the future, however.</p>
<p>Sometimes they defer you, for like two years.</p>
<p>I don't know of any b-school that defers applicants. Can you name some that do? Many admissions people have insisted that they don't defer because the strength of the pool varies from year to year depending on the economy. They don't want to defer someone, only to have them drag down the quality of their class two years later because more intelligent people decided to apply.</p>
<p>The quality of the applicant pool at top v schools does not vary greatly from year to year at all. A Wharton student today looks a whole lot like he did 5 years ago and will 5 years from now. Great grades, GMAT and work ecperience.</p>
<p>Back in the day almost all top b schools deferred everyone for 2 years. You applied senior year of college, they accepted you and you went and worked for 2 years. These days as work experience is a big consideration, I doubt there are many deferred applicants.</p>
<p>OP, if you want a top 10 b school, you'll need to work. You also don't say what college you go to. 670 is good but not great and the 3.8 is good if you are at a very top college or somewhere like Chicago known for tough grading. Work experience will need to be good to get into a top school.</p>
<p>I don't know if you've ever applied to business school, but as a college senior I wouldn't do it just on cost alone. At that point in your life, you might not know what you want to do, so you would have to apply to a bunch of different schools to cover your bases. I applied to four MBA programs this year and dropped $800 on application fees alone. Yes, that's not a typo. I spent 8 C-notes on four apps. Not many college seniors have that kind of money to spend at the beginning of their senior year.</p>