Top MBA Essay Analysis from Jon Frank---P11: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING MBA APPLIC

JASO

Hey Jon,
I hope you are doing well.
My concern is not about optional essay but CV.
I am a transfer student. I got 73/100 average when I was in China and 3.9/4.0 in my last two years in US.
Is it necessary to put 73/100 into my education background?

JASO

Hey Jon,
I hope you are doing well.
My concern is not about optional essay but CV.
I am a transfer student. I got 73/100 average when I was in China and 3.9/4.0 in my last two years in US.
Is it necessary to put 73/100 into my education background?

-- by 会员 JASO (2011/9/24 7:59:37)

The challenge dude is that youre gonna include your transcripts in your application.  Right?  So no matter what you write about on the CV, they will see your scores.  Now, we tell all our clients only to include GPA on the resume if your grades are reeeally good.  It sounds to me like maybe you shouldn’t include the bad grades on your CV, only the good ones.  Or NONE of em.  But you cant hide from those grades, schools will see em for sure…


Jon Frank
HBS 2005

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2011/9/25 15:15:05)

Dear Jon,

I have GPA 3.2/4.0 but ranked top 10% in class in undergraduate, and GPA 3.4/4.0 in graduate. Should I need to mention them in CV?

Best Regards,

-- by 会员 anomalocaris (2011/9/25 16:08:03)

i m not Jon but i think yes. also mention the ranking of course.

JASO

This helped me a lot. THANK YOU VERY MUCH JON!!!!! For master application, The adcom doesnt really care much about the grade from first two years of college. So I guess for MBA application, grade from the first two years doesn't matter that much either.