<p>I'll be graduating Cornell a year early, first off. My undergrad GPA is so far a 2.89 or something close. That'll be up to a 3.2 or so, averaged out, this next year (I can assume this based on the classes I'm taking, various environmental factors, and my quitting of two out of four of my jobs). I'm wondering if that GPA will totally stop me from going to a reasonably-ranked MBA program or not? If so, should I just say "screw it" and start looking for a job, then re-apply when/if I've made myself into something desirable in a few years?</p>
<p>Also, if I have a crap chance of getting into a reasonably-ranked MBA program, what schools might I want to look at that might be not in the top15 or so in rankings? I'd really like to learn about business more, but I just feel like if I do go into school again, I wanna do it "right" and with professors who know *** they're talking about.</p>
<p>TIA</p>
<p>Those at ******* say that I won't have a good chance at getting into a top b-list grad school, which I tend to agree with, though that's why I'm here asking you all as well.</p>
<p>Just a little more information, which I also posted to my ******* thread:</p>
<p>"I'm most interested in doing international business with China, hopefully in the consulting arena wherein I help businesses to decide on the feasibility or importance of working in the emerging Chinese market. I know this can be done by just "consulting," but I feel like with an MBA I'll be both more qualified to help them make the decisions, and also able to have a "business" that does it, with people who work with me, as opposed to just a one-person consulting practice. Admittedly, I've not done much looking into the job market when it comes to these things, though, as I'm sort of confused on what to look for/at.</p>
<p>I didn't mention up there, but I'll be doing this program immediately after I graduate from Cornell called FALCON, hopefully, which is essentially a full-year of Chinese, 5 days a week, 9 hours a day, then an immersion at Tsinghua University (rank #1 in China) in Beijing.</p>
<p>I guess entrepreneurship or consulting would be my best bet at getting into business school, from what you said, since I really don't have any hook-ups in the business world that would be able to get me an i-banking job, and my grades obviously aren't good enough for it."</p>
<p>I believe Texas has a straight out of undergrad MBA program, but most MBA programs require at least a minimum of 2 years experience and even that is rare. I was one of the youngest few students in my class at Columbia MBA and was 24 at entry. The average age at most places is 28 years old. Your GPA won't prohibit you from a top 10 MBA at all, but you need work experience first. Work for a start-up (like I did), at a company, whatever. To get into top MBAs, the more non-traditional the better, Cornell should be able to help you get a job. did Cornell not help advise you with this??</p>
<p>Cornell, interestingly, is acting irritated/****ed that I am graduating a year early. I don't know why. As such, those who I've talked to (two of my advisors) have given me pretty empty advice, with no real direction or ideas.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input. :)</p>