Q) I am from India. I have
average academic score in schooling and in graduation. (59.2%). I am
worried about my low academic performance. I would like to know whether
this will create difficulties in taking admission in top Canadian, US
universities. How I can compensate this. I have 8 years of experience in
project Management, now working as a senior project coordinator. What
needs to be done to get admission?
Alex Chu (MBA
Apply): Two things. First, if you were an engineering major
in undergrad, the good news is that adcoms tend to be more forgiving since they know that
engineering schools (regardless of country) tend to grade on a much
harsher curve than arts/sciences. Secondly, for US
b-schools, adcoms tend to focus
more on GMAT than GPA for candidates who received their
undergrad degrees outside the US (since it's really hard to compare say a
Russian GPA to an Indian GPA to a South African GPA!).
For
European B-schools, they also focus on the GMAT more than the GPA since
their incoming applicant pools are even more diverse than the
US.
So in your case, it comes down to one thing:
the GMAT. Don't
worry about your undergrad grades, because it's in the past. Focus on
what you can control, which is the GMAT. If you're shooting for top 16
