I’m going to be honest here: I am not good at math. That being said, I have completed an internship in Auditing so I am extensively versed in excel. I don’t want to take the GMAT. I have a 3.6 GPA and I am bilingual. I am thinking of applying to 3 US MBA programs and 3 in Latin America. I want to enter consulting focused on trade. I have already applied to UC San Diego and the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Any advice?

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Have you looked at employment reports from those schools? MBB certainly does not recruit from them; unsure about B4.

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Well then, what schools do you suggest? What is B4?

I am not good at math either but I managed to join consulting. Id had to build up my case during the interviews and have strong answers in the technical / behavior questions (no MBA). It took some more time but if you develop a plan and work towards it, it’s not impossible!

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Math in GMAT is easy. Why don't you want to take it?

Take the online test and use a physical white board…that may be helpful

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