Overriding A Low GPA

How to Convert a Foreign GPA At MBA Admit.com, we work with many MBA candidates who attained their undergraduate or graduate degrees from universities outside of the United States.  A very common concern among such candidates is how they should convert their GPAs, if their GPAs are not on a 4.0 scale, to the U.S. 4.0 scale as they apply to U.S. MBA programs. This is a concern that oftentimes causes candidates great alarm. When a...

Strategies for Redirecting Attention Away from a Less-than-Ideal GPA There are many strategies that can be effective for redirecting attention away from a less-than-ideal GPA to successes and achievements that can potentially persuade a business school admissions committee to grant admission to you.  Essays are usually key, as are the recommendations. Your GMAT Score, an “alternative transcript”, and your work experience can also help...

Specific Factors to Help Override a Less-than-Ideal GPA There are some broad factors that the admissions committee will take into account as reasons that can justify a lower-than-ideal GPA (and hence the admissions committee might not be looking at your lower-than-ideal GPA as a problem at all).  These factors can vary from what we at MBA Admit.com call “extreme extenuating circumstances” to “reasonably acceptable explanations.” When...

Is My GPA High Enough? “I’m really concerned about my poor college performance.  Is my GPA too low to gain admission to a top MBA program?” This is one of the most frequent questions we at MBA Admit.com hear from aspiring MBA applicants. There is no one-size-fits-all response to this query. If you conduct research about each business school’s average GPA for matriculating students, you can gain a sense about how a business school...

How Important is My GPA 4 Years After College? Some business school applicants simply never “gained their footing” in their undergraduate years.  Perhaps moving far from home to attend college was difficult for them and they did not achieve high grades.  Perhaps they chose the wrong major and never applied themselves to courses in which they had only lackluster interest.  Perhaps they chose to party too hard and made poor choices in...