Is it possible to get into a top mba program as someone with two years of audit experience if I get a high gmat?

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Anything is possible, just not very likely.

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Really depends on what you mean by top (eg M7 vs T25) but 4-5 years of experience is the average at the best programs

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T7. I just feel like I wasted my time doing a lot of other things unrelated to this like teaching English abroad, then came back tried to start a business and failed, along with two years of audit experience

Sounds like an interesting story that could work. How high is your GMAT?

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