Hey!
I was wondering whether I've got any chance in Top-B-schools in Europe?
There are two main concerns:
1.) My GPA is low compared to GPAs in other countries. However, in my school (WU, Vienna) there are rankings.
With my GPA of ~1,8 I'm ranked as 21st + plus GPA combined with duration of studies I'm ranked 13th right now (out of ~1700)
Do those B-Schools take that circumstances into account?
2.) I've got no extracurriculars... I used to play soccer and volleyball where I won federal state championships - after a bad injury I stopped doing sports (in clubs) at all. Virtually I'm in a Management Club, but I dont participate at all...
Other achievements + infos about me:
- Used to visit a technical school (instead of high school, so i received no degree), where I had a bad GPA (2,4 - best in class had 2,0)
- had a couple of interns some technical and some business related + I aim to make, after finishing my degree, one year of interns to finally recognize the field I'd like to work in.
- I'm about to do an semester abroad (UCF, Orlando)
- Haven't done the GMAT yet, but in school we had logical tests everyone had to make and i finished 3rd or something in my whole federal state. So a GMAT-score of about 700 is realistic, verbal could be a problem (but not a too big one I think)
- In B-school I visit the most competitive specialisations: Strategic Management and Management Control (well known in Austria, Top-Companies contribute to classes a lot e.g. McK, BCG, ATK, Booz, Austrian Companies), Entrepreneurship & Innovation ( Consulting Project with mediumsized company w/ 100 employees, where we had to renew the innovation process + Innovation Project with Airbus - "Cabin of the Future"), and Accounting
OK... that's pretty much it - would be really nice to let me know what you think about my chances on B-schools (LSE, LBS, Ox-bridge, Imperial)
I think my profile is above average, but not really outstanding... So I'm afraid of not getting admitted at top schools...
Rgds lil' A