申请院校求定位

veraniunu

帮我一个特别好的朋友来咨询下申请北美MBA学校定位的情况，因为他本人不在国内，发帖不方便，我代他向论坛里的各位高手咨询下：
教育背景：一般本科，非211 985的二本院校，GPA2.7左右
GMAT：760
TOEFL：目前有98分，上100分问题不大
目前已经技术移民到第三国（非美国）
毕业后没有怎么上班，一直自己创业，有一个规模不大的企业，年销售额大概在400万美金的样子。
想申请美国和加拿大的学校，不知道美国TOP50的学校是否有希望？加拿大有哪些学校比较有希望？ 真心求建议，谢谢大家！

m1a2i3l

猛啊 直冲HBS/S/W

veraniunu

谢谢楼上的回复， 这么顶级的学校还真有点不敢想，主要本科学校和GPA成绩摆在这里， 想知道多大，西安大略，virginia之类的是否有希望？怎么有人看没有给回复的啊

m1a2i3l

一直自己创业，有一个规模不大的企业，年销售额大概在400万美金的样子。

好故事啊，改改essay 上H/S/W

JonFrank

It seems like your friend is very accomplished!  And that can be a great thing, but it can also be an issue when applying tto a top 50 MBA program.  The key is for your friend to be able to identify WHY he needs the MBA.  Fact is if he's running an enterprise and generating $4 Million a year through it the Adcom will wonder whether he really needs an MBA.  After all it seems he has the knack for success all on his own.  Make sense?

So we need to be able to logically think through his goals.  What skills is he lacking that an MBA from Canada or the U.S. can solve for him? Where does he see himself after the MBA and why?  What are his long term objectives?  We need to ensure that his career arc is logical too based on his entepreneurial past.  If he chooses a career that is a tangent from what he is doing now then it could also become a problem.

Otherwise from a pure academic standpoint he seems to fit well with a top 50. And if he can really demonstrate his leadership capability and need for an MBA, we could even push for a Top 30.

Hope that helped!  

@JonFrank
HBS 2005

逸朗

G/T没问题，GPA低相对于他创业经历来说，减分因素不大了，完全可以申请最好的商学院，创业故事好好挖掘