<p>Does anyone know if this School has a good Business program?</p>
<p>I'm going for Finance probably.</p>
<p>I hear it's top notch.</p>
<p>Yeah?</p>
<p>Their requirements to get in as Transfer student don't seem tough at all.</p>
<p>Kelley is one of the best.</p>
<p>Good school for business and very easy to get into.</p>
<p>"Good school for business and very easy to get into."</p>
<p>Ouch. That always hurts XD</p>
<p>I think I have a good safety now!</p>
<p>It's true though. Of all the top 10 business schools in the nation, Kelley is by far the easiest to get into.</p>
<p>That's better Nick ;)</p>
<p>But Berkeley, UNC, Georgetown, and UIUC are all better schools and getting into their B-schools is much much harder. However, they are ranked below Kelley.</p>
<p>What are my chances with these Stats:</p>
<p>A little background on myself: I'm currently 22 years old, US Permanent Resident (Green Card), Hispanic. I went to an American School (K-12) in my home country El Salvador. To be honest I didn't do well in High School. I graduated in Fall 2003. I worked for about 3 years and then got into college, Bemidji State University (Minnesota), and I'm doing great right now and I want to transfer to a good Business School (Finance).</p>
<p>-Current College GPA: 4.0 (and I plan on keeping it)
-Relevant Completed Courses: College Writing I, College Writing II, Accounting I, Business Stats I, Pre-Calculus
-Courses to Complete: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Calculus I, Calculus II, Accounting II, Physics (For Engineer/Physics Majors), Business Stas II
(I could complete some others if necessary while I work in Spring 2008/Summer 2008)</p>
<p>My Curriculum:</p>
<p>Extra:
Languages: Spanish (100%), English (100%)</p>
<p>Intensive Italian Course in Italy (2001)</p>
<p>Philosophy Club (Fall 2006 – To Date)</p>
<p>Trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Lotus Corporation (2000)
Prize for website design, Represented El Salvador</p>
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<p>Work Experience:
Sputnik Productions (2003 – To Date)
Artist Management, Booking Agency, Event Production/Promotion, General Manager</p>
<p>BellSouth DSL Tech Support Call Center (Teleperformance) (April 2005 – May 2006)
San Salvador, El Salvador
DSL/Networking Training, Started: Level 1 Tech, Concluded: Level 2, Inbound calls from USA</p>
<p>USAirways.com Call Center (Atento, Telefonica) (November 2004 – April 2005)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Website/SABRE training, Tech support US clients, Helpdesk Team, Supervisor Assistant</p>
<p>Internship: St. Jude Medical - IT Department – St. Paul, MN (Summer of 2002)
Web-Page development, Help Desk assistance, installation of infrastructure, among others</p>
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<p>Volunteer/Leadership Activities:</p>
<p>Evergreen Recovery House - Bemidji, Minnesota (Volunteer in Rehab for Addictions) Summer 2007 - On</p>
<p>Health & Wellness Meeting - Bemidji, Minnesota (Chair of Meeting) Fall 2006 - Spring 2007</p>
<p>Teletόn – El Salvador (National Fundraiser – Children with Disabilities) Jan 2003 & Jan 2004</p>
<p>Deaf-Mute School – El Salvador (Teacher’s Aid) Fall 2002 – Spring 2003</p>
<p>Earthquake Relief – El Salvador January – March 2001</p>
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<p>@mightynick </p>
<p>That's 2006.. check out 2007</p>
<p>With those stats, you're definatley in. Shouldn't be a problem. </p>
<p>Why don't you aim higher though? Kelley should be a safety.</p>
<p>Yeah I have Kelley as a safety...</p>
<p>I'll try and aim higher but the problem is that if they ask for HS Transcripts (82/100 GPA) and SATs (800/1600) I won't be competitive enough compared to other schools. So I'll give it a try with tougher universities, but I'll have Kelley as a safety. </p>
<p>Do you have any recommendations for Reaches/Matches?</p>
<p>You have some pretty good work experience there and a very good college GPA. Are you applying for a junior year transfer? Or Sophomore? If its your junior year transfer then I think your High School stuff doesn't matter much. You have showed progress over the years and I think that's the most important part. Some reaches might be Texas, UNC, and UIUC might be a match. If you're applying for sophomore transfer, then I think Kelley should be a match/safety.</p>
<p>@MightyNick</p>
<p>I'll be entering Fall 2008 as Junior.</p>
<p>Some ask for HS Transcript/SATs... if I'm competing against similarly qualifies students dont you think they'll look at HS GPA/SATs ?</p>
<p>Yes they'll look at it but your college GPA, essays and work experience will matter more than what you did in High School.</p>
<p>I would say Kelley is a match. </p>
<p>All the programs above Kelley would be difficult to get into - Ross, Wharton , Haas , Sloan etc. </p>
<p>Perhaps Tepper , Stern are matches....if they dont ask for SAT scores that is :p.</p>
<p>Stern is as competitive as Ross.</p>
<p>if not more competitive =)</p>