Handicapping Your MBA Odds – Mr. Google

This Handicapping Your MBA Odds candidate has his eyes set on management consulting at a top consulting firm. He wants to know his odds of getting into Michigan Ross, Northwestern Kellogg, MIT Sloan and Chicago Booth with a 710 GMAT and a 3.3 GPA. But with a job at Google Ads in analytics and data reporting, could Mr. Google set the bar higher?

In this video HBSGuru.com founder Sandy Kreisberg and Poets&Quants’ John A. Byrne assess Mr. Google’s shot at gaining acceptance to the schools of his choice and offer up some suggestions to this well-rounded candidate.

See the complete series of videos and assessments in Handicapping Your MBA Odds: The Full Archive!

 

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