<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I graduated last year (09) with a double major in biochemistry and biophysics. I have always loved science but since I graduated I have been working in labs and come to the conclusion that this is not for me. I grew up around the restaurant industry, my family used to own 44 units of a fast-service food chain. I grew up learning to work hard, reading P&L statements, suggesting ways to improve budgets and income and getting opportunities to manage family owned businesses. My family always advised to do something else but can't help that it's in my blood. My undergraduate i was in honors college at Oregon State University, i know, we moved there when I was young, till my senior year where I had a lot of health issues, which sucks but my gpa literally went from 3.6 to 3.3. If someone saw my transcripts they would definitely see a correlation and then a sharp drop senior year. I didn't end up with my honors college degree because I was ill and didn't have time to write my thesis and graduate in time. </p>
<p>Anyways, i know top b schools don't care much about my background and care about stats. I took GRE and got 740Q and 550V, which is pretty representative of science major. I hear some b-schools are now taking GRE's as well. Should i take the GMAT on top of that? I hear they are very similar and for comparison I saw that my GRE score was like a 670 GMAT score. Anyways I didn't know I was going to want to pursue formal business training instead of pursuing a PhD.<br>
As far as work experience, I have been at UMich medical school in dept of radiation oncology working as a research assistant in bioinformatics project. I will probably be a contributer to a publication here soon. Before that I worked in a molecular engineering lab as research associate at Stanford University. I currently work for the head of the department in radiation oncology and know I can get some great LOR's.</p>
<p>I would really like to attend a top b-school but don't know if i have the stats for them to be in my reach. Not sure if it helps that I have family that graduated from Wharton and Stanford b-schools but I'll find out. </p>
<p>My final question, I would really like to attend the Haas/Berkeley school of business for an MBA and was wondering if anyone out there with similar stats had any suggestions?? Ultimately I would really like to enter Genentech's operations rotational development program but after seeing some of the profiles of students on there realized i need some formal training to be very competitive. Anyone with suggestions welcome. Thanks.</p>