<p>Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University (Top 15-ranked program)
Undergrad GPA: 3.75 (had a 4.0 in all non-engineering courses...not sure if I will be cut any slack for this?)
GMAT: 740
Work Experience: 3 years work experience as a Mechanical Engineer by the time I apply.
I'm Hispanic.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: I play in an adult soccer league and am very much into working out and fitness. Not sure if that counts? Also I was a math tutor for about a year after I graduated.</p>
<p>25 year old Hispanic male.</p>
<p>You should be a good candidate</p>
<p>Make sure you don’t apply just to top-10 programs… while top-10s are certainly within reach, they are pretty unpredictable at best.</p>
<p>In MBA application, essays are very important. Make sure you write an excellent convincing essay in explaining why you need an MBA degree and what you want to do with it.</p>
<p>No way to tell. You’re in the range of their admitted applicants, but with acceptance rates around 5%, so are a lot of other people who didn’t get in.</p>
<p>If you are Hispanic, check this out: <a href=“http://www.cgsm.org/”>http://www.cgsm.org/</a> It’s an organization dedicated to increasing diversity in the business world, and provides large scholarships to black, Latino, and Native American MBA students.</p>
<p>5%? If you’re talking about Stanford, yes, but Wharton is ~20%. Still a lot of people who didn’t get in either.</p>
<p>One has to consider that Wharton’s class is 3X the number of Stanford’s class in regards to acceptance rate. The number of applicants are about the same for the two schools.</p>
<p>“Make sure you don’t apply just to top-10 programs… while top-10s are certainly within reach, they are pretty unpredictable at best.” </p>
<p>This advice is only helpful if you are interested in programs outside the top 10. As many people acknowledge, the value of the degree declines for less prestigious programs. With your credentials, I’d be very selective in choosing a business school.</p>
<p>You can always try any of Yale, Duke Fuqua, UVA Darden, UMI Ross or UCLA Anderson… and, of course, other top schools like Wharton, Columbia or Harvard.</p>