MBA Handicapping: Can This Life Science Consultant Get Into Columbia & Kellogg?

Helen is a life science consultant with a 730 GMAT and a 2.8 grade point average from her undergraduate studies.

Can the rest of her profile overcome her low GPA at such schools as Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, Columbia Business School, and New York University’s Stern School of Business, where the average GPA for an entering MBA class is well above her 2.8?

She’s clearly not taking an chances and broadening her target list of MBA programs to include USC’s Marshall School of Business and Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

In this Friday’s with Sandy episode, HBSGuru.com founder Sandy Kreisberg assesses her odds at each of her target schools and provides some solid advice on how to overcome that below-average GPA.

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