Mr. Captain Engineer

Hi, it’s Jennifer Jackson from Stratus Admissions. You’re not giving us much to work with in your profile here but I’d say MIT would be a huge stretch for you. Have you only had 1.5 years of full-time work experience? The average is about 4-5 years at matriculation, so I’d encourage you to wait a couple of years before applying. Also the GMAT is under the average at Sloan, and you can’t mitigate it with your GPA since that’s on the lower side at under 3.0. You certainly had a challenging major, and you might have some explanation as to why the GPA is lower, so I’d encourage you to put that in the optional essay (worked during college, poor time management, etc.). Schools are definitely looking for more under-represented minorities so that’s going to help you but I think you need more experience. I also don’t know what your goals are or your big wins, so be thinking of those over the next year or two as you put together your school list. Wishing you lots of luck!