<p>I go to UCLA and am an undergrad w/ a double major in Business Economics and Astrophysics. I'm a junior and will be graduating in 2011.</p>
<p>GPA is 3.35
...hoping to raise to a 3.5 but it will be tough.</p>
<p>My core GPA in Business Economics is a 2.9 :( I'm hoping to raise it to a 3.0 or above though.
My core GPA in Astrophysics is like a 3.3</p>
<p>I got lower than a B- in six classes. This includes a fail and a D+ but I repeated those for a B and A. I also dropped two classes late so those will show up on my transcript. All of these classes but one were lower division though (Econ 1, Physics 1, GE's, etc.). I wish I could say my grades show an upward trend but they really have kind of oscillated between straight A's/Dean's list and straight B's/C's.. I will try to change this in my Senior year.</p>
<p>Even if I get a near perfect score on GMAT or GRE, do you think it will be enough to get into this program?</p>
<p>I did two internships in finance/equity management, had a job on campus as a freshman, was involved in a lot of clubs (but did not hold leadership positions really), volunteer 4-8 hours a week, am doing research for astrophysics, hopefully graduate with honors in astrophysics
...other miscellaneous stuff like being published in a Sociology textbook, invite to Presidential Inauguration through Nat. Soc. of Collegiate Scholars, producing/exec. producing some feature length and short student films (only one award for the lot of them however, and they have not been in any film festivals)...and when I was a freshman I founded a film festival (nonprofit)... </p>
<p>I'm worried that since I didn't do anything on a national level (I didn't develop a program to feed 10,000 homeless or something), that all my extracurriculars will not carry as much weight. As you might be able to tell, I did a lot of experimenting in college and that is why I have low grades.</p>
<p>Yes, he is right.The competition t0 get into this program is severe.However, if you graduate with a ~~3.4 and get 2-3 years of good WE, you would have a reasonable chance :)</p>
<p>Two things are severely working against you here. The first being that one of your majors is in business, a huge no-no for this program. The second is your gpa. I would not say its <em>impossible</em> for you to get in, but I wouldn’t count on it to be honest with you.</p>
<p>If you were a freshman or sophomore, I would definitely say you have a shot - but you are a Junior, which means you will have one semester to raise your GPA (the deadline is second semester junior year). This will be difficult and you are pretty much over with the semester and you should have a good idea of where you stand GPA wise. </p>
<p>Your major - especially astrophysics - is difficult and it is understandable why your GPA is so “low”. I would say apply for the program if you have taken GREs or GMATs - you won’t lose anything but an app fee. If you haven’t - wait a little. Those scores (if you do well) are valid for only 5 years. Its just not worth it… If you wait and take it later, you will have a longer time to submit your GMAT scores (idk about GRE). Which gives you time to build up more work experience, which is obviously key to any MBA program.</p>
<p>Graduate first, find a good job, and build up a resume to apply to Harvard. That is your best shot - statistically, I don’t think many Harvard MBAs have ridiculous GPAs - they are well rounded and have shown in one way or another amazing leadership potential. You go to UCLA, which is a very highly ranked school and that will work in your favor for jobs. Try your best to raise your GPA for your job first. Take the GMATs in a year or so and see where that leaves you.</p>