<p>I am new to this site, so please forgive me if I'm not posting this in the appropriate place. I am a current junior at Saint Joseph's University, I'm an accounting and Finance double major. I am finishing up my junior year and I am pretty sure I want to go on to get my JD/MBA at a 4 year program after I graduate and I am hoping to be able to go to a pretty accredited graduate school. I was wondering just how hard it is to get into harvard law/business, or even like georgetowns law/business schools. My gpa right now is 3.8 on a scale of 4 and I don't think it will drop, but no one knows that for sure. I do some community stuff too, like tax returns for people who can't afford to get them done and I'm the vice president of the golf club, you know, just regular stuff like that. So basically I'm asking what I would have to do in the next year to get into a good jd/mba program and does anyone have any advice on good programs?</p>
<p>Thanks, I appreciate it.</p>
<p>First of all, it’s hard to get a guage without seeing test scores. That being said, Harvard and Georgetown probably just aren’t going to happen for you. Honestly, the best thing you should do for yourself is get a job and figure out what you REALLY want to do with the rest of your life. Very few people actually need both a JD and an MBA, so figure out if you actually want both, or, if not, which one you really do want. Once you have a good plan for yourself and a few years of work experience under your belt, you probably won’t have any problem getting into a top business school or law school, as long as your test scores are strong.</p>
<p>jd/mba programs usually want to see a couple years of experience, but are more forgiving in the number of years and quality of the experience, particularly if you plan on heading to law. </p>
<p>the other possibility is to focus on the jd, and apply to the mba during 1L. this might or might not work out though, which is why you should focus on getting a job first and applying for both after a couple years.</p>
<p>3.8 certainly satisfies the gpa part of your app , although your chances improve at HLS significantly with 3.9+. if you are able to couple the GPA with a 99th LSAT, you will be in at HLS or Georgetown law for sure. HBS is really tough to crack though, and will come down to your work experience, career goal, gmat score, and leadership. I suspect that if you are admitted to georgetown law it would be fairly easy to get into georgetown mba during 1L because the law school is more prestigious.</p>
<p>Thanks, the second reply was more of what I’m looking for. My father is actually a professor and teaches most of the courses in MBA programs and he thinks it will be best to go right to grad school. So the question is more of where and what to do rather than work experience, cause that question has already been answered.</p>
<p>you will not get into a top mba program without work experience (like 95% chance +). your dad is sadly mistaken because your chances at a top mba program (and thus top mba career) are greatly improved by a couple years of experience.</p>
<p>If you want a JD/MBA, you will have to apply to each program separately and be admitted to each program based upon your qualifications. </p>
<p>Assuming that you have a high GPA, LSAT score and GMAT score, your biggest hurdle will be that generally, you will need at least 4-6 years of solid post-undergraduate work experience in order to have a hope of admission to the top MBA programs. You will be asked to show evidence of raises, promotions and other evidence of outstanding performance in your job. </p>
<p>While there are a small number of students accepted into top MBA programs straight out of undergrad (I believe that there is 1 such student in the Class of 2011 at HBS), generally they are folks with significant entrepreneurial experience. If you have extraordinary experience as an undergrad that make you stand out among all other applicants, then you may have a shot. Otherwise, your chances of admittance to a top MBA program will be slim at best.</p>