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Gracie/Student87 asked:


Hello. I am a current college student in a Florida community college. I am getting ready to finish up my A.A. degree and I am wondering what my chances are of getting into a good business school in the U.S. I have realized that in the business world the better the college you go to the better the job prospects are for you in the future (in most cases). Here is a little bit about myself to give you an idea how to answer my question. I thank everyone who gives a mature answer
My GPA is 3.3 (i know kinda low) but should be 3.4 my graduation.
I am a member of my schools Phi Theta Kappa honors society.
I train in mixed martial arts which is my passion; it is something I have been doing consistently since I was in the 8th grade. I know I am not really a member of many clubs in my school and that is due to the amount of time I dedicate to this sport. Where I am going with this is do college admissions look at this favorably, the time a dedication that you dedicate to something should mean something to them.
A few other factors about myself personally are; that I am hispanic and I am an epileptic, anyone that has to say anything about my epilepsy and competing in mixed martial arts can keep their comments to their selves. I mainly train in Brazilian Ju Jitsu and Olympic style Wrestling so I am not constantly getting my head pounded. I was diagnosed with epilepsy my senior year of high school and it has been hard for me not to train in the martial arts so I just dedicated myself to the style that involves the least amount of head contact. Lol ok enough of that I seem to be rambling on here. I hope you have been able to see some of who I am and can give me educated advice on what I should do. Also what colleges I can look to get into. Also some college’s I would like to get into are………….
University of Florida***
University of Miami***
Arizona State University***
UCLA***
USC***
University of Texas at Austin***
University of Arizona***
University of Michigan***
UNC at Chapel Hill
Penn State
Boston University
University of Maryland
University of Richmond
UC Berkley
USD***
Florida International University***
Rollins College

I put a few colleges up that I probably don’t have any shot at but if anyone knows of anything I could do to beef up my resume to get into something close then I’m all ears!:) Also another important fact lol my major would be in Finance, International Finance, or International Business. My preprofessional GPA so far is 3.5 after this semester should be 3.7.

Also I have 3 W’s on my transcript.:\
Another thing would one of those college admission coaches help? I heard of some stories of people with good activities and community service getting accepted into top schools despite the fact that they had a lower GPA.
Another thing, would a study abroad business program look good for these schools, I was looking at the Global Semesters Abroad Business Program, London, Paris, New Delhi, Bangalore, Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong. The program is unique because it travels to all these countries while you study international business material for college credit.
In case you all haven’t realized I would like to have a career in international business.
Thank you again to anyone who gives me some good answers here

Dora