Many MBA applicants fear their low GPA thinking it will prevent them from getting accepted into the top business schools. That said, you must also realize that good B-schools comprehensively look at applicants and not based solely on one parameter. Despite the challenges a low GPA may present at times, it is not game over; other pieces of an application can qualify or disqualify a candidate.
Converting your GPA for business school application purposes can be a bit tricky and is therefore something that the ARINGO team gets asked about a lot. Due to all the questions we get about GPA conversion, we have added some simple tables that clarify how GPA conversion should be done, with grades from different [...]
An article on the site Poets & Quants presents Wayne Atwell’s analysis of the different factors contributing to the admission chances of candidates to Harvard’s MBA program. The data analysis reveals that for every 10-point increase in GMAT score between 710 and 800, admission chances increase by one percent, with a candidate with a [...]
An article on the site Poets & Quants analyzes the 2015 class profiles at the top U.S. MBA programs, and claims that this year’s top-10 students are especially impressive. A majority of admissions committees confirm that this year’s candidates are the best they’ve ever seen.Nine out of the 10 programs reported an increase in the [...]
Although an application has many components, there are two numbers that greatly affect the range of a candidate’s options: the undergraduate GPA and GMAT score. An article on the site Poets & Quants discusses these scores’ influence on admission chances, and reports on the great difficulty in gaining acceptance to the most selective top [...]
