Is not having a GPA going to keep me from a good grad school?

[Prloko]

I like your plan, and if I may....
for some reason, we skip over writing and research here on this forum- not writing like I'm doing right now in this thread, or research like using Google- but academic research writing. Using style from your field (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) Academic writing is required in grad school, and "most" students learn it in English 102, then practice it in the classes they take. Furthermore, many students do a lot of research and writing in their field when they take the courses in their major. When you test out of *everything* you miss an opportunity to develop your academic writing and academic research muscles.
I took classes in my major when I attended TESU, and even though I didn't do a ton of academic writing in my classes, it helped a bit. My hubby is in an MBA program now and while he has writing assignments, they aren't as strict regarding academic style/research, so I'm not sure if that's just true of his program or if it's true of MBA programs in general.

Writing is very important. MBA programs tend to focus on business memo style writing. My program focuses on short, concise, and targeted writing (although well researched). It's basically to get young professionals used to writing impactful and to the point messages to busy C-suite types. My professors usually want 1-2 pages max for most work (cases tend to be longer). I actually sometimes find it harder to take info out to be concise than to find things to write about.

If you plan on an MBA and you plan on taking the SL version, I highly recommend people take the writing portions seriously and use them as practice (if you don't have much experience with them).

[bamafan98]

Writing is very important. MBA programs tend to focus on business memo style writing. My program focuses on short, concise, and targeted writing (although well researched). It's basically to get young professionals used to writing impactful and to the point messages to busy C-suite types. My professors usually want 1-2 pages max for most work (cases tend to be longer). I actually sometimes find it harder to take info out to be concise than to find things to write about.

If you plan on an MBA and you plan on taking the SL version, I highly recommend people take the writing portions seriously and use them as practice (if you don't have much experience with them).

Thanks for the feedback. I will do that. I also considered some extra tutoring on the side. I understand writing will be important. This is all good information from everyone.