What GMAT Does This Latina Government Analyst Need?

MBA mock interviews, essay fine-tuning, and general application tips are among the topics that Poets&Quants Editor-in-Chief John A. Byrne and HBS Guru Sandy Kreisberg cover in Fridays With Sandy.
In this episode we feature Vanessa, a 28-year-old Latina who currently works for the state government of California. A first-generation college student brought up by a single Mom, she majored in cognitive neuroscience and history at UC-San Diego before becoming a lobbyist for the second-largest pension fund in the U.S. She has spent two years advising the California State Treasurer on policy and legislation as an analyst.
With a 680 GMAT and a 3.1 GPA, Vanessa wants to get an MBA to build her business skills and options for the future. Her target schools: Kellogg, Michigan Ross, Duke Fuqua, Yale SOM, and UT-Austin.
In this Fridays With Sandy episode, HBSGuru Sandy Kreisberg and John A. Byrne, Editor-In-Chief of Poets&Quants, assesses her candidacy to her preferred schools and her chances of admission.
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[@Vanilla07903]

Relate to this girl. Being premed was the worse decision I made and it ruined my college career

[@michaellanky]

I am glad I got out early too. I was about to sign up for organic chem when I said enough is enough.

[@oceansky6207]

Does that include statistics and macro at the community college?

[@oceansky6207]

UCs ruin lots of college dreams

[@ihurricane7]

What a beauty

[@MsUmwolverine]

.... but if she was a white male with that background ... what would the chances be?

[@Chris24_]

Way worse

[@9doggie12]

Depends on the story

[@oceansky6207]

White males typically don’t have immigrant parents and low income.