Hi, Are you worried that a low GPA or test score might be a dealbreaker for your dream MBA program? You aren't alone, and more importantly, your numbers don’t have to define your entire application. Join us for our next interactive Coffee Chat, where Shimri Winter (Head of Strategy, ARINGO) & Jenifer Turtschanow (CEO, ARINGO) [...]
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 [...]
