<p>Hi again!</p>
<p>Thus far, I have had positive experiences with CC. The support, advice, etc. has been amazing so I thought I would do a "Chance Me" thread in the appropriate forum. I will be applying this fall and basically would like to know if my list of schools is reasonable or not.</p>
<p>About Me:
Undergrad: Public School in Virginia
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Marketing
Work Experience: I've held several internships (4 Advertising/Marketing, 1 Research position) As a Research assistant I actually worked under Sheila Johnson (co-owner of BET and Washington Mystics). Great experience. In addition to my internships, I now work at a global advertising agency in NYC. Within one year, I moved from Assistant Account Executive (jr level) to Account Executive (mid-level). </p>
<p>Reason for MBA: I REALLY want to go into brand management (client-side). </p>
<p>Stats:
Undergrad Cumulative GPA: 3.197 (not so stellar I know...)
Undergrad Major GPA: 3.500
As for my undergrad GPA being low, I did have significant upward trend each year.
Fall 07 (2.615) | Spring 08 (3.071) | Fall 08 (3.2) | Spring 09 (3.75) | Fall 09 (2.8) | Spring 10 (3.33) | Fall 10 (3.0) | Spring 11 (3.5) | Fall 11 (3.75)</p>
<p>I really hope they take the upward trend into consideration. I do plan to address my weakness in essay #4. I worked 40+ hours to pay bills, since housing dormitories are far too pricey. Working so many hours while taking 15 credit hours was certainly a struggle.</p>
<p>GMAT: I finished the Manhattan GMAT course and will be taking this spring. Still studying...</p>
<p>This fall I was accepted to Fordham's Pre-MBA program, which consisted of taking 3 MBA-level courses: Managerial Economics (B), Statistics (B+), and Mathematical Methods for Business (B+). This program was a really great opportunity and I'm grateful for the experience. I now know what to expect at the MBA level and know this is the right step for me. My graduate GPA is 3.33. Not the best, but not the worst either I suppose. Classes were very challenging. </p>
<p>I was an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant my last semester, so for one of my letters of recommendations I was going to ask the Dr. who I assisted/researched under. He is published and very charismatic. I know most schools prefer professional LORs though, so I am comfortable asking my Supervisor to write one for me.</p>
<p>So, I was hoping to get a feel for what I'm up against this fall. I know some people refer to b-school acceptances as a "crap shoot" so I wanted to provide you with my list of schools I would like to apply to and ask you if I should add any more to the list. It may be a bit of an ambitious list. My company offers the tuition reimbursement program luckily, so finance is not as much of a concern as it would've been otherwise...</p>
<p>So without further a due, here is my list of P/T programs I will apply to(in no particular order):</p>
<p>CBS- I'm aware this is a F/T only program
NYU
San Diego State
Fordham
American
George Mason
St. John's
Baruch
Hofstra
UC- Irvine
University of San Francisco (my company has a location out there)</p>
<p>I feel like I need more "likelies" or "safeties." Please advise! **Also, if you would need my GMAT scores to really chance me, I will check back in a few months after I take it. This is just a rough guess.</p>
<p>Thank you and sorry so long :)</p>