<p>I am a JD with three years work experience and an OK GMAT score. </p>
<p>Q1: How much do admissions offices weigh a JD?
Q2: Suggestions on schools within my reach?</p>
<p>The most important factor at top MBA programs is impressive work experience showing you can grow in an organization and manage people and budgets. Without that, the JD, even from Harvard, won't help much, especially with an 'OK' GMAT.</p>
<p>For advice, tell us what the work experience is, where you went to college and law schools, grades and the GMAT score.</p>
<p>I recieved a JD at Roger Williams University and an undergraduate degree in political science/religion at Saint Michael's College. My GMAT score is 650, law school GPA of 3.0 and an undergraduate GPA of 3.3. I have worked for three years in a management position at Dick's Sporting Goods but besides that, only odd end jobs like bartending etc...
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank You very much.</p>
<p>I'm not familiar with Dick's Sporting Goods, but your experience there would be important to MBA programs. Did you grow through the organization? Manage people? Budgets?</p>
<p>What is your career goal at this point?</p>
<p>You are not looking at top MBA programs unless your work experience is seen as impressive. A program ranked under 30 or so, IMO, only makes sense with a specific goal that you know the program can meet.</p>
<p>There are definitely programs below top 30 that can give you a good return on your investment. I'm wondering why a JD would be working in management for Dick's sporting goods. Was this before or after your JD?</p>
<p>Your work experience does not sound good at all unless you can spin it. Your ugrad GPA/GMAT combination seems to be inline with someone attending an SMU caliber MBA program. However, given what you have presented as work experience, that may be a reach and a program at the level of TCU may be more appropriate.</p>
<p>Vector, everyone is not a Harvard grad looking for world class opportunities. It's more helpful if we understand someone's goals before telling them why their experience is not good enough.</p>
<p>^ says the person who just stated that schools lower than top 30 aren't worth it. </p>
<p>I'm just giving my honest opinion of what I perceive his/her profile to be. If someone disagrees, or if I am missing something, feel free to interject. I think people can have success out of SMU or TCU which is why I recommended he look at schools on those levels. If he expands upon his experience, perhaps i will change my view.</p>
<p>What I said is that you need to have a specific goal you know the program will meet to deem one worthwhile.</p>