<p>Hey all, I'm a rising sophomore at an Ivy majoring in bio/math, was intending to do premed. I did pretty horribly (~3.1) my first semester, but completely changed my study habits and got ~4.1 my second semester in 22 credits, so my cumulative GPA is 3.8+ in 40 creds (also taking a summer class). I recently found out about the HBS 2+2 program from a friend that goes to Harvard and had been accepted into the program; it seems like Harvard students are <em>very</em> heavily favored in admissions. I'm looking to maximize my application by the time I apply, and am shooting for a GMAT score of at least 750 (I won't be taking it till junior year though). I'm also interning in the consulting division of a pharma company (unpaid) and doing research this summer, as well as hospital volunteering, and will be doing research with a different lab come fall semester. I've done externships at Goldman as well as UBS, and am gunning for a BB internship next summer. I'm worried I don't have the "right" type of interest in finance; the program website is specifically looking for applicants that are not headed towards a solid career in business. What can I do to demonstrate the right type of interest (if that even makes sense) for 2+2? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>At what college can you get over a 4.0?</p>
<p>If your friend got accepted maybe they would be a better person to ask.</p>
<p>^ A+=4.3 in some classes at my school, so getting 3 of them bumped my GPA over a 4.0 (granted, those A+ classes were intro classes for my major, but they were still hard sci/math/engineering…)</p>
<p>my friend at harvard is an english major who was planning to go to law school, so we don’t have that much in common in terms of reasons for applying to 2+2. i read on the 2+2 website that the majority of admitted applicants are science majors, and was wondering if anyone on this forum had advice or past experience in applying to 2+2 for my particular app profile.</p>
<p>im a rising sophomore as well but at a state flagship. i have a summer internship currently at a wealth management firm and im hoping to get some type of good internship next summer. I think all you can really do is get great grades and do lots of internships. </p>
<p>i kind of get where you are coming from with that “right type of interest” but it seems ambiguous and something really intangible in terms of defining. it may be out of your control</p>
<p>best of luck!</p>
<p>Doing any type of finance/consulting work would work against you. If you are the finance/consulting type, HBS knows that you would be knocking on its doors in two/three year (if you couldn’t move up w/o a MBA). What HBS wants to do with the 2+2 is to attract the law/engineering type who probably wouldn’t be knocking on its doors in the future. Almost everyone who are going to Stanford Law will not apply to HBS for a MBA; people who go to MIT engineering are much less likely to apply to HBS for MBA than banking/consulting people.
However, you shouldn’t let the 2+2 steer your away from a finance/consulting path. Just follow the traditional path: undergrad->work for 2-5 years->move up or get a MBA.</p>