<p>I am a student at a community college in Washington state. I consider myself a committed student and have maintained a 3.8 college GPA. Recently, I have been working on applications to Washington State University and the University of Washington. These are the two schools where I would like to continue with my undergraduate education.</p>
<p>I was talking with my dad the other day and he said that MBA admissions at top schools would look down on my application if I ended up going to Washington State University. </p>
<p>After a few years of work experience, I am considering applying to these business schools:</p>
<p>Haas -Cal
Anderson -UCLA
Marshall -USC
Foster- UW</p>
<p>If I were to attend WSU and maintain my current GPA for the most part, how much would my chances of being accepted into MBA programs at these schools be affected?</p>
<p>I’ll speak for Haas since it’s the best b-school in your list. </p>
<p>i asked some of the current Haas students where they and their classmates took their undergrad and the answer i got varied considerably. </p>
<p>the top 5 most represented are: Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard, UCLA and Cornell. but a few no-name schools are represented as well, albeit in a minute number. about a third of the current students come from outside of the US.</p>
<p>take note that the information i got did not come from Haas itself, but from current students, so you can take my statements with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>I’d say in my own opinion that UG school does not matter directly in terms of MBA admissions, but what does matter is the type of work experience you get after UG, which (especially recently) has been largely predicated by UG school (hard to get good jobs in Finance/Consulting unless you go to a feeder school, etc). </p>
<p>Basically, if you can get a good job afterward, you will be fine. However, getting a great job out of WSU will be significantly harder than getting a job from RML’s list of Cal, Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, or Cornell (or any other top program).</p>
<p>You’ll be fine if you end up at WSU, particularly if you continue to hit the books and keep your GPA up. </p>
<p>There are other things you can do to help your standing when applying to grad schools like volunteer work or taking an online post-grad class or 2 to demonstrate your ability to do the work at that level. The credits likely won’t be accepted at any of the schools you want to attend, but if you can ace those classes it’ll help.</p>