VERYYY General Question

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am a freshman at the University of Notre Dame, and I am very interested in attending a top notch MBA program down the road. My plan is to dual major in finance from the Mendoza College of Business and economics. Additionally, I am planning on entering a program for a Certificate of International Business as well through Mendoza. After my freshman year, I will have roughly a 3.8-3.9 GPA and was placed on the Dean's List for the first semester. </p>

<p>Basically, I just want to ask everyone if I am currently on track to be accepted to a top MBA program based on the aforementioned information. Obviously, many other factors come into play such as the GMAT and internships/work experience, but would a 3.8 GPA be good enough for the MBA programs such as HBS, Wharton, Stanford, Booth, Kellogg, Tuck, Cornell, or Yale? Additionally, what kind of internships should I target and even more particularly what should I do with the summer in between my freshman-sophomore years and my summer between my sophomore-junior years? Finally, would it be more beneficial to join many clubs related to business or target other clubs that I am also interested in that are not related to the business field?</p>

<p>Thanks for everything!</p>

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<p>Yes. H/W/S average GPA is like 3.5-3.6.</p>

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<p>What are you interested in? What do you want to do after you graduate? If you don’t really care what you do, keep in mind that the largest pools of applicants come from investment banking and management consulting. Those career paths can be “safe bets”, if you can get your foot in the door in the first place. Jobs like IT consulting and accounting are not as well represented.</p>

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<p>Try to get relevant internships to what you eventually want to do after graduation. If you can’t get any, try to do some research at school. Last resort, take a class or two/relax. </p>

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<p>It’s definitely good to join relevant business clubs so you can show an interest in the field, but it’s also important to present yourself as unique and having interests outside of business. Do a mix of both.</p>

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<p>As of right now, I would like to enter the investment banking field. Obviously, this is a pretty lofty dream, but I am going to attempt to do whatever I can in order to get an IB job.</p>