<p>What are my chances for getting into a GRAD school at a top school such as Stanford or Harvard??</p>
<p>Here are my stats:
- I attend a top UC school
- cumulative GPA: 3.7
- degree: Bachelor of Science in Management Economics
- Experience:
* interned at Lockheed Martin , Investors Bank , Consulting firm (all before my senior year in college)
* Planning to intern abroad senior year in London at top banking firm
- Vice President of sorority
- academic affairs commission officer for student government
- haven't taken GMAT or anything like that, but I am thinking I will do really well since I did well on the SAT (1390)</p>
<p>I presume you are applying for the Graduate Business Schools at these two.</p>
<p>Here's the bit--these two (and Wharton) are the top three graduate business schools in the US (and probably the world with one or two possible exceptions--)</p>
<p>Your GPA is good, your internships are great, but you have no GMAT score yet, and you are planning to apply with no work experience out of school.</p>
<p>I give you only about a 35% shot at these schools at this time. Both of these schools want people who have been out of school for 3 to 5 years. The reason is because they want people who can talk about how things are actually done in the real world at various corporations--and who have progressed up the ladder at their jobs as well.</p>
<p>There will be a few exceptions--someone with a 780+ GMAT score and a 4.0 from Yale or Harvard will get in, but you don't fall into that category.</p>
<p>The fact is, if you wait around 3 years and then re-apply to these schools your chances will go from 35% to around 55-60% based upon your stats--so wait, if you are seriously about going to these schools. If you just want an MBA now, go ahead and apply to these and other schools--but plan to go to the other schools.</p>
<p>P.S. My MBA is from UCLA--not as prestigious as Stanford or Harvard--but not "chopped liver" either. Its management graduate school ranked eighth when I graduated from there. You might have a chance at a school like UCLA, Virginia, or Indiana even without having the job experience.</p>