Part II: Your Chances of Getting In

Ms. Peace Corps (cp)

750 GMAT
3.74 GPA
Undergraduate degree from a near-Ivy public university
Work experience as a Peace Corps business advisor in Honduras with two and one-half years as a strategy consultant with Deloitte Consulting
Extracurricular involvement as a three-time All-American women’s rugby player and a one-time USA under-23 team member
Minimal volunteering, but nothing too exciting.

Odds of Success

Harvard Business School: Better than 50%

Stanford: Better than 50%

Wharton (Lauder program): 60%

Chicago: 70% to 80%

Kellogg: 60% to 80%

Sandy’s Analysis: “H/S/W could happen. You check all the boxes, and everyone loves the Peace Corps. Also Deloitte is a known feeder to the schools you’ve selected, especially the business analyst program. And extraordinary athletic success is always a plus. Is Deloitte sponsoring you?”

Mr. Hampton (Hampton’s Finest)

(He’s already applied and is going to the University of Virginia’s Darden School, but requests feedback as to why he didn’t get into Harvard, Stanford and Wharton.)

660 GMAT
3.5 GPA
Undergraduate degree from a state school
Work experience in a non-glamorous industry

Odds of Success

Rejected by Harvard

Rejected by Stanford

Rejected by Wharton

Waitlisted at Dartmouth Tuck

Full ride at Virginia Darden

Sandy’s Analysis: “Sounds right to me. Your dreams can come true at Darden, and you did better than I would have predicted there so you must have something going for you.”

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