<p>Im a student at U-Del with a 3.85 GPA. My current GMAT score is 690, 90% on quantitative. I definitely will be working at a big for accounting firm upon graduation. In maybe 2-3 years from now, which schools would be a fair match considering my credentials?</p>
<p>You may have a good chance at Wharton Stanford Harvard. GMAT slightly below avg, but everything else looks good.</p>
<p>Rolen, my only concern is I went to community college my first two years.(High performing high school students go for free in my state, hard to turn down). My GPA at community college was 3.80 (Phi Theta Kappa). Will this impact things??? However ,Im in the Honors program at UDel..</p>
<p>Explain this situation in your essays and you should be fine. If you get rejected, get some more work experience and I'm sure you'll have a good shot.</p>
<p>community college probably wont hurt if your work experience is really solid</p>
<p>I think you would have to have amazing recommendations, essays, and interview to get into Wharton, Harvard, or Stanford. A 690 GMAT doesn't really stand out - it is below the average for the three schools. Also, U-Del doesn't stand out, nor does an accounting job for 2-3 years.</p>
<p>I saw one person who had similar stats who did 2 years at Big 4 and then 2 years at The Gap and was able to be admitted to Wharton, so yeah -- Big 4 alone probably wont make it happen but Big 4 and then something where you'd get more responsiblity to demonstrate some leadership would.</p>
<p>It's is not an just an accounting job, its a big four accounting firm (PWC,KPMG,E&Y,D&T). Next, 3.85 is well above the average GPAs at all three. Finally, A CPA with big four experience would bring a wealth of knowledge to a classroom or would you rather admit a Computer Science major instead?</p>